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grounding techniques

outlanderSenior Contributor29 June 2017, 9:16 pm AEST

grounding techniques

hi everyone

im in need of some grounding techniques

can anyone give me some ideas and maybe examples too

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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor29 June 2017, 9:22 pm AEST

Re: grounding techniques

@outlander I super like to lie prostrate on the carpet. I like to feel the solid floor beneath me and feel the pattern in the carpet.

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CheerBearSenior Contributor29 June 2017, 9:23 pm AEST

Re: grounding techniques

A quick search of the forum shows this thread here that might help @outlander. Some great ideas there.

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outlanderSenior Contributor29 June 2017, 9:37 pm AEST

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Thanks @CheerBear @Phoenix_Rising

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patrickTSenior Contributor21 July 2017, 1:46 pm AEST

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I like sitting with a straight back, legs crossed, hands on knees with palms facing up and eyes gently open, not closed but not quite completely open, almost as though you're about to fall asleep. Then listening to my breath and counting from 10 -0, 9-0, 8-0 and so on until you reach 1 then starting again.

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outlanderSenior Contributor21 July 2017, 3:07 pm AEST

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Sounds like meditation @patrikT 🙂
Im glad it helps you

Welcome to the forums too btw. I hope you find being here is welcoming and supportive

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-Rayne-Senior Contributor31 July 2017, 6:44 pm AEST

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I find the tricky thing is maintaining a partially ungrounded-but-not-too-ungrounded state. Too dissociated and I can't function but too grounded and I also can't function for different reasons. It's really hard to have that degree of control.

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