The Powerful Health Benefits of Grounding (Earthing) in the Sahara Desert

Grounding is a proven technique with incredible health benefits, from reduced inflammation, to stress reduction, better sleep, and a stronger resilience. Grounding naturally takes place when we connect with our bare feet with the earth, such as walking barefoot, sitting on the grass, or connecting to nature by going on a walk in the woods.

The direct connection with the electro-magnetic field of the earth is a major factor in how we feel, as it it improves our mood by boosting endorphine levels and keeps our body healthy.

“By connecting to the earth, free electrons from the earth are being transferred to the body providing an increase in energy.”

What is Grounding?

Grounding, also referred to as earthing, is as primal as it’s healthy. Our ancestors spend a lot of time outdoors, be it through hunting animals or planting crops on the field. Women would wash their clothes in the river and children would play barefeet outside.

The amazing beenfits of that are only now being rediscovered. Grounding happens naturally through the physical contact with the earth. When we walk barefoot, loie on the grass, or spend time in nature, we connect with the electromagnetic field of the earth and recharge ourselves with electrons.

At the same time harmful frequencies, such as EMF radiation from 5G towers or endless hours on the computer or the phone, are being discharged from our body. Like this, our vessel is brought back to a state of homeostatis – a state of balance. And that’s not only beneficial on a physical level, but also on a mental, emotional, and spiritual level.

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“Grounding happens naturally through the physical contact with the earth. When we walk barefoot, lie on the grass, or spend time in nature, we connect with the electromagnetic field of the earth.”

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After spending time in nature, such as the Sahara desert in Morocco, people often notice feeling more calm, having less thoughts, and feeling more inspired to take action. Grounding enhances the connection to ones Soul, our inner wisdom, but also the connection to our surroundings and to other people. It’s as if the noise of the world is drowned out and the inner voice can be heard again.

Furthermore, recent studies have proven that grounding has life-changing benefits. Participants in the studies reported faster wound healing, siginificantly less pain in the body, lower levels of anxiety, and a reduction in inflammation.

The Sahara desert has been used traditionally for similar purposes, such as the „bain the sable“, a sand bath. Moroccans come here every summer to let themselves be covered in the scorching hot summer sand (with their head sticking out), to suck out inflammation and other conditions, such as arthritis and rheuma.

How to Ground Yourself

Grounding is quite simple. All it takes is at least 30 minutes of uninterrupted time in nature, best barefoot or with direct skin contact to the ground.

In the Sahara desert you’d simply lie on the dunes and absorb the energy of the earth, discharging any surplus energies and stress, and recharging yourself with the healthy electrons of the earth.

If you are not in Morocco, you can try any of the following grounding exercises and feel their positive benefits on your body, mind, and Soul!

You can even buy products, such as grounding mats, these days. This is very beenfitial, if you don’t have regular access to nature. However, nature is always your best friend to unplug and recharge and renew your Soul. In the Sahara desert you’ll be able to connect fully to the electromagnetic field of the earth that’s so powerful that it’s lasting for a few weeks, even when you have left the desert.

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Grounding is becoming increasingly more important for our health, especially in our modern world, where we are surrounded by EMF (electro-magnetic frequencies of an unhealthy nature) and technology all the time.

When we used to play music from a stero system, we now play it from the phone or computer, plugged into the Wifi. When we used to read a book at night, we now read a Kindle. When we used to listen to the radion, we now use Spotify. A lot of what we do, happens with the internet or the computer, and that increases the levels of radiation in the body, which creates stress and a disconnect.

Earthing helps us to feel safe in our bodies, connect to our intuition, and ultimately become and be healthy. It boosts immunity and stress resistance and even balances our emotions. Find out more in these documentaries and clinical studies.

What are the Health Benefits of Grounding?

While grounding is only becoming more popular in our culture in the recent years, it has been prescribed as a healing modality in many ancient cultures, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), at Native American tribes, and among herbalists. That’s one of the reasons many Babas (spiritual seekers in India) don’t wear shoes.

„The way that shoes are produced in our day and age is often creating a disconnect between our feet and the powerfull electro-magnetic field of the earth.“

We can recharge ourselves with the healthy and energy-boosting electrons of the earth, given that we have contact with the ground. Shoes with rubber or plastic soles, in contrary, stop the healthy inflow of electrons.

Barfoot shoes or natural materials, such as leather, raffia, or fiber, allow the natural flow of earth electrons to move freely. The Tuareg and Berber of the Sahara desert to this day wear handmade leather sandals.

Scientific Studies on the Health Benefits of Grounding:

1. Improved immune system functions
2. Increase in white blood cells
3. Reduced pains and inflammation
4. Boosted metabolism
5. Reduced muscle soreness
6. Reduced anxiety and stress
7. Faster wound healing
8. Better sleep quality
9. Boosted endorphin levels and „good feelings“
10. Reduction of unhealthy EMF in body from WiFi and 5G

What’s preventing Grounding?

Although grounding can be integrated into our daily life in an easy manner, such as regular barefoot walks or spending time in nature, it’s important to say that our lifestyle should support it, too.

If you spend the whole day at the computer for 10 hours, and only walk barefoot for 30 minutes, the effects will be bearely noticed. If you walk barefoot, but watch something on your phones, you are still not giving your body the rest and recharge it needs.

If you need to spend long days in front of a screen, watch many videos, or have a lot of artificial light on in the house, it means that your bioenergy is still impacted by the EMF radiation. In this case, the grounding needs to be longer and ideally you can reduce long hours at the screen as well as artifial lights to a minimum.

Try putting your phone on flight-mode when you are doing focussed deep work. Dim the lights at night to prepare your body naturally for sleep or keep a candle on instead. Like this, your body naturally releases melatonin and prepares for sleep, which enhances the phases of deep sleep and gives you a feeling of being fully rested, when you wake up the next morning.

Additionally, a healthy, nourishing foods that come from earth, such as fruits and vegetables, regular sports, and a healthy night routine allow you to ground yourself more easily to keep body, mind, and Soul grounded the good way.

Final Thoughts on the Powerful Benefits of Grounding

I hope this article convinced you about powerful health benefits of grounding! If you want to experience the strong grounding presence of the Sahara desert and allow yourself to be grounded for a full week or even 13 days, then join one of our next retreats.

Here, you have the time to walk barefoot over the sand dunes every day, sleep in a groundfloor room in a traditional Riad that’s been built by a fomrer nomad family, and experience 2 wonderful nights in the Sahara desert in nomad tents. You can even sleep outside under the stars, directly on the sand dunes!