Make Your Earth Connection
by Master Chunyi Lin
One of the greatest things about summer is that it’s so easy to connect with Mother Earth. Earth energy is so powerful, so healing and so grounding.
When I was in China I buried my feet in the earth about half a foot deep and I stood there with my toes and feet and ankles buried in the earth and did my standing posture meditation. That feeling is so good!
You can literally feel the energy coming in through the Bubbling Spring energy point and up the ankles and calves, through the knees and thighs – give it a try it is amazing! If you’re at the beach dig into the sand that works, too.
Find time to work in the earth – garden – get your fingers in the dirt. When you dig the ground and smell the qi from the ground, from the earth, it is so very healing.
In spring and summer, I spend as much time outside as I can. Yard work becomes a meditation, and i focus on my bond with the earth. Activities like pulling weeds and watering plants deepen this connection, as the energy from the smell of the earth and growing things is incredibly healing.
Do Barefoot qigong on the earth outside, if you can. This helps you be more grounded into the earth. When you do so, you visualize your feet are nine feet deep in the earth. Using that visualization is even better.
To make a better earth connection, dig yourself a little trench to sit in while you meditate. Open the ground a little bit so you can smell that beautiful earth smell and then you meditate – it is such a wonderfully grounding feeling. You can meditate or do your active exercises. You can just stand there and meditate or you can just sit on the earth or sand. The Earth energy is so beneficial and healing.
Remember to balance your time outside. Take breaks to rest in the shade, drink plenty of fluids, and avoid overexposure to the sun. It's about maintaining harmony while making your earth connection. Wearing gloves is fine, but try to get your fingers in the dirt whenever possible for an even stronger connection.
If you’re not able to garden that is okay, too. But find time to Smell the dirt, the earth, the plants and flowers. The Smell that comes from the earth and growing things is also so important, so grounding and so healing.
Earth Energy helps to calm down your emotions, especially when you smell the smells of the earth, of growing things.
Take a Deep Breath and inhale that wonderful smell, that powerful energy.
Almost everything comes from the earth and eventually goes back to the Earth so the Earth Energy is what we need to make everything grounded.
The earth energy supports all the activities you are doing energetically so getting connected with the earth and the smells of the earth is such a great way to build your energy and ground your energy without overdoing. Please give it a try this summer as often as you can.