Grounding 105: The Minimum Amount Of Time You Need To Be Grounding Daily

This blog post is the fifth and final article in a five part free series on grounding:

• Grounding 101:  Exactly How Grounding Works
• Grounding 102: The Medical Research Confirming Head To Toe Benefits
• Grounding 103: What Dirty Electricity Is & How To Fix It
• Grounding 104: Grounding For Your Specific Healing Goals
• Grounding 105: The Minimum Time You Need To Ground For Sustained Results — today’s article!

As the leading medical authority in the healing field of grounding, you’ve come to the right place to understand more than even your own physician does about the healing practice of grounding!!!  In this series we go over  how grounding works, why we know it works, how to do it, and tons of specific techniques you won’t hear from anyone else.  Click on any of the above articles to get caught up in this series if any interest you!

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So today… let’s finally answer the question of how long to do it for.  What is the minima amount of time you need to be grounding in order for it to help?  I bet you are already doing it at some point throughout the day… did you know you are grounded for a minute just while you are washing your hands?   Yep, that’s long enough to make a difference in your health.

Don’t believe me?  Let’s dive into it:

What is the shortest amount of time you can be grounded and still receive benefit?

Point blank: there is no time to short for grounding to make an impact on your health.

Grounding is as instantaneous as flipping on a light switch. When you turn on a light, the entire room is illuminated — that’s what happens when one cell in your body becomes grounded: your entire body is grounded. Because your body is instantly grounded at first contact, there is really no time too little for grounding.  Muscles instantaneously decrease in tension, the brain immediately shifts into more healing brainwave patterns, and our autonomic nervous system gets immediate support.

So I never want you to miss an opportunity to be grounded just because it’s might only be for 30 seconds while you touch a metal signpost at a street crossing, or hold a leaf on a tree while you take a break on a hike, or pull a weed from your garden, or wash your hands before you eat.

If there is not time too short to get grounded, is there a length of time that’s too long?  The answer to that is no.

Until we invented plastics just over a hundred years ago, and just like it is natural for all plants and animals living on this earth, it’s a natural thing to be grounded 24/7.  The body starts functioning optimally as all of our organ systems get supported better, and we shift out of fight-and-flight into rest-and-digest mode.

There is no amount of time too long to spend in an optimal healing state.  So just as no time is too short (you are grounded in less than a millisecond) you stay grounded as long as you have contact with the earth outside or an indoor grounding tool, even if hours and hours have gone by.

So today I created a list of medical studies you can directly read in the medical literature for more details on what the immediate benefits of grounding is, and how the build over time.  These are not all the studies on grounding there are — it’s a select few that highlight some of the important benefits of grounding and I put them in order of how long each study had the participants grounded.

At the end of this list of studies I also include a video I made for you running through these benefits (in case you’d rather hear me walk you through these studies instead of print them out and read them) and I also include a video I made on the longer term benefits that I believe are likely — the longevity benefits — for those that make grounding a lifelong habit.

Here we go!

Grounding Benefits Over Time:

In Seconds:

Cohesion with Schumann Resonance 

• Michael P, Saroka KS. “Human quantitative electroencephalographic and schumann resonance exhibit real-time coherence of spectral power densities: Implications for interactive information processing.” J Signal Inform Process. 2015;06(02):153-64.
• Cherry NJ. Human intelligence: The brain, an electromagnetic system synchronised by the Schumann resonance signal. Med Hypotheses. 2003;60(6):843-4.

Boosted Healing Brain Wave Patterns

• Zahari ZL, Mustafa M, Rahman NAB, Abdubrani R, Zain MZ. An effectiveness of EEG signal based on body earthing application. Int J Adv Sci Eng Inform Technol. 2023;12(2022):2322-6.

Decreased Muscle Tension

• Chevalier G, Mori K, Oschman JL. The effect of Earthing (grounding) on human physiology. European Biology and Bioelectromagnetics. 2006;2(1):600–621

Boosted Skin Perfusion

• Koniver Laura, Grounding and Skin Repair: The Power of DC Energy. Curr Res Cmpl Alt Med. 2023; 7: 197.

In Minutes:

Improved Vagal Tone

• RA Passie, KK Doheny, YB Gordin, HC Hinssen, CA Palmer Electrical grounding improves vagal tone in preterm infants Neonatol, 112 (2) (2017), pp. 187-192

Boosted Heart Rate Variability

• G Chevalier, ST. Sinatra Emotional stress, heart rate variability, grounding, and improved autonomic tone: clinical applications Integr Med, 10 (2011), p. 3

Improved Mood & Brain Function

• Koniver Laura. Grounding To Treat Anxiety. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 12, n. 12, Dec. 2024.

• Koniver Laura, Neurological Pathways Supported by Grounding. Open J Neurol Neurosci. 2023; 1(1): 1002

• Chevalier G. The effect of grounding the human body on mood. Psychol Rep. 2015;116(2):534-42.

Decreased Blood Viscosity

• G Chevalier, ST Sinatra, JL Oschman, RM. Delany Earthing (grounding) the human body reduces blood viscosity—a major factor in cardiovascular disease J Altern Complement Med, 19 (2) (2013), pp. 102-110
• Brown, Richard and Chevalier, Gaétan (2015) Grounding the Human Body during Yoga Exercise with a Grounded Yoga Mat Reduces Blood Viscosity. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 05 (04). pp. 159-168. ISSN 2162-2477

Lowered Muscle Damage

• P Sokal, Z Jastrzębski, E Jaskulska, K Sokal, M Jastrzębska, L Radzimiński, et al. Differences in blood urea and creatinine concentrations in earthed and unearthed subjects during cycling exercise and recovery Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013 (2013), p. 382643

Cardioprotection

• Elhalel, G., Price, C., Fixler, D. et al. Cardioprotection from stress conditions by weak magnetic fields in the Schumann Resonance band. Sci Rep 9, 1645 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36341-z

In Hours:

Decreased Muscle Soreness

• Brown D, Chevalier G, Hill M. Pilot study on the effect of grounding on delayed-onset muscle soreness. J Altern Complement Med. 2010;16(3):265- 73.

Boosted Blood Flow

• Chevalier, G. , Melvin, G. and Barsotti, T. (2015) One-Hour Contact with the Earth’s Surface (Grounding) Improves Inflammation and Blood Flow—A Randomized, Double-Blind, Pilot Study. Health, 7, 1022-1059.

Decreased Inflammation

• Oschman JL, Illnesses in technologically advanced societies due to lack of grounding (earthing), Biomedical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2022.10.004

Improved Digestion

• Koniver, Laura. Grounding and the Gut-Brain Axis: A Review of Emerging Mechanisms and Health Implications. J Med -Clin Res & Rev. 2025; 9(7): 1-4

Improved Brain Function:

• Koniver, Laura, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Health: Optimized By Grounding. American J Neurol Res. 2023; 2(1):1-4.

In Days:

Improved Wound Healing

• Shaner S, Savelyeva A, Kvartuh A, Jedrusik N, Matter L, Leal J, Asplund M. Bioelectronic microfluidic wound healing: a platform for investigating direct current stimulation of injured cell collectives. Lab Chip. 2023 Mar 14;23(6):1531-1546. doi: 10.1039/d2lc01045c. PMID: 36723025; PMCID: PMC10013350.

Improved Sleep

• M Ghaly, D Teplitz The biologic effects of grounding the human body during sleep as measured by cortisol levels and subjective reporting of sleep, pain, and stress J Alternative Compl Med, 10 (5) (2004), pp. 767-776

Lower Cortisol

• Koniver Laura. “The Earth’s Role in Circadian Regulation: Grounding to Set Daily Cortisol Pattern.” J Med – Clin Res & Rev. 2025; 9(8): 1-4.

Improved Recovery

• Müller E, Pröller P, Ferreira-Briza F, Aglas L, Stöggl T. Effectiveness of grounded sleeping on recovery after intensive eccentric muscle loading. Front Physiol. 2019;10:35.
• D Brown, G Chevalier, M. Hill Pilot study on the effect of grounding on delayed-onset muscle soreness J Altern Complement Med, 16 (3) (2010), pp. 265-273
• Brown R, Chevalier G, Hill M. Grounding after moderate eccentric contractions reduces muscle damage. Open Access J Sports Med. 2015 Sep 21;6:305-17. doi: 10.2147/OAJSM.S87970. PMID: 26443876; PMCID: PMC4590684.

Boosted Immune Function

• Mousa HA-L, Prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection by earthing, Biomedical Journal, https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.bj.2022.08.002

In Weeks:

Anti-Aging Benefits

• Koniver, Laura, Grounding: An Anti-Aging Breakthrough? Trends Gen Med. 2024; 2(3): 1-7.

• Koniver, Laura. Grounding as a Potential Modality for Protecting Stem Cell Reserve During Aging. Stem Cells Regen Med. 2025; 9(3): 1-4.

Improved Sleep Quality

• Lin CH, Tseng ST, Chuang YC, Kuo CE, Chen NC. Grounding the body improves sleep quality in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease: A pilot study. Healthcare. 2022;10(3):581.

Dereased Anxiety

• Koniver, Laura. Grounding To Treat Anxiety. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 12, n. 12, dec. 2024. ISSN 2375-1924.
• Park H-J, Jeong W, Yu HJ, Ye M, Hong Y, Kim M, et al. The effect of earthing mat on stress-induced anxiety-like behavior and neuroendocrine changes in the rat. Biomedicines. 2023;11(1):57.

Cognitive Benefits

• Koniver, Laura, Could Grounding Improve Cognition? Curr Res Cmpl Alt Med. 2024; 8: 252. DOI: 10.29011/2577-2201.100252

Decreased Brain Stress Levels

• Taehun Kim, Dae Yun Seo, Jun Hyun Bae, and Jin Han  Barefoot walking improves cognitive ability in adolescents Korean J Physiol Pharmacol 2024; 28(4): 295-302

Improved Circadian Rhythm

• Koniver, Laura. The Earth’s Role in Circadian Regulation: Grounding to Set Daily Cortisol Pattern. J Med – Clin Res & Rev. 2025; 9(8): 1-4.
• Oschman JL. Perspective: Assume a spherical cow: the role of free or mobile electrons in bodywork, energetic and movement therapies. J Bodyw Mov Ther 2008;12:40e57.
• Martel J et al., Influence of electromagnetic fields on the circadian rhythm: Implications for human health and disease, Biomedical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2023.01.003

Decreased Inflammation

• Chevalier, G., Patel, S., Weiss, L., Pruitt, C., Henry, B., Chopra, D. and Mills, P.J. (2018) Effects of Grounding (Earthing) on Massage Therapists: An Exploratory Study. Health, 10, 228-250.
• Sinatra ST et al., Grounding, The universal anti-inflammatory remedy, Biomedical Journal, https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.bj.2022.12.002
• Oschman J, Chevalier G, Brown R. The effects of grounding (earthing) on inflammation, the immune response, wound healing, and prevention and treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. J Inflamm Res. 2015;8:83-96

Improved Energy Levels

• Chevalier G, Patel S, Weiss L, Chopra D, Mills PJ. The Effects of Grounding (Earthing) on Bodyworkers’ Pain and Overall Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Explore (NY). 2019 May-Jun;15(3):181-190. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2018.10.001. Epub 2018 Oct 11. PMID: 30448083.

Lowered Blood Pressure

• Elkin HK, Winter A. Grounding Patients With Hypertension Improves Blood Pressure: A Case History Series Study. Altern Ther Health Med. 2018 Nov;24(6):46-50. PMID: 30982019.

Even Longer Term Benefits:

• Koniver, Laura, Grounding: An Anti-Aging Breakthrough? Trends Gen Med. 2024; 2(3): 1-7.
• Sinatra ST, Oschman JL, Chevalier G, Sinatra D. Electric Nutrition: The Surprising Health and Healing Benefits of Biological Grounding (Earthing). Altern Ther Health Med. 2017 Sep;23(5):8-16. PMID: 28987038.
• Chevalier, Gaétan, Sinatra, Stephen T., Oschman, James L., Sokal, Karol, Sokal, Pawel, Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth′s Surface Electrons, Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2012, 291541, 8 pages, 2012.
• Martel J, Ojcius DM, Is a return to nature a piece of the health puzzle?, Biomedical Journal, https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.bj.2023.02.002
• Oschman JL, Illnesses in technologically advanced societies due to lack of grounding (earthing), Biomedical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2022.10.004
• Wendy Menigoz, Tracy T. Latz, Robin A. Ely, Cimone Kamei, Gregory Melvin, Drew Sinatra. Integrative and lifestyle medicine strategies should include Earthing (grounding): Review of research evidence and clinical observations, EXPLORE, Volume 16, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 152-160, ISSN 1550-8307,
• Gae ́tan Chevalier, Stephen T. Sinatra, James L. Oschman, Karol Sokal, and Pawel Sokal  Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth’s Surface Electrons Journal of Environmental and Public Health Volume 2012, Article ID 291541, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/291541
• Paweł Sokal, Karol Sokal, The neuromodulative role of earthing, Medical Hypotheses, Volume 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 824-826, ISSN 0306-9877, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.046.

Don’t feel like reading those studies directly?

If you still want more details about this topic but don’t want to read each study yourself, you don’t have to.  Let me run you through the an overview of grounding benefits based on how long you are grounding for in this video right now:

How Quickly Does Grounding Start To Work:

(watch on YouTube here)

What if you ground for years?

Want to look ahead to how longer amounts of time may benefit your health, over months and years?

Here are some of the research backed reasons that long term grounding could be anti-aging:

Grounding: An Anti-Aging Breakthrough?

(watch on YouTube here)

After seeing the immense benefits of grounding shown in the past 50 years of medical studies, you may want to consider making grounding part of your daily health routines, like brushing your teeth and drinking water and wearing a seatbelt.

I highly encourage you to.

For long term grounding, an indoor grounding tool may be helpful.  And there is only one place on earth to get eco-ethically hand crafted, all natural and organic grounding tools made right here in the USA — my grounding boutique.  

Custom made, individually hand sewn, boutique quality grounding tools made locally using eco friendly, environmentally conscious materials like hemp and organic cotton, and superior quality conductive elements like stainless steel, so they are the longest lasting, most eco-friendly and non-toxic grounding tools on the planet.  Healthy for you, healthy for the planet. Shipped from my hands to yours.

I also have lots of outdoor grounding solutions for you too… options like grounding hiking sticks, grounding canes, grounding shoe stickers, grounding gloves and so much more!

So let’s pull all of this information together:

Grounding: there’s no time too small. A millisecond is enough for physiological change.  And the benefits of grounding accumulate.

So ask yourself: can you do it daily?

Seconds count, so you probably already are getting a helpful amount of grounding in each day.  Like I said at the beginning of this article, just washing your hands grounds you for long enough time to make a difference!

Maybe you’ve already noticed that — do you ever find work stress lessens after you have a bathroom break and wash your hands, or maybe a headache you felt coming on actually goes away? Ever notice that a disagreement with your partner feels smaller and less important after you finish washing the dinner dishes? Or notice that you feel so much more ready for bed after soaking in a bath?

That’s because grounding is at work the entire time you are in contact with a flow of water out of your tap — and it only takes a second to start decreasing muscle tension and shifting your brain waves out of stress mode.

What if you can’t do it daily?

No problem.  Get out your 2026 calendar and book it in right now — just one weekend a month, prioritize grounding in nature.

Medical studies have shown that just one weekend in nature is enough to make a physiological difference in your health that lasts for an entire month afterwards… reducing stress, reducing inflammation, and even boosting the body’s immune response, compared to staying in an urban environment for the weekend. 

Researchers found that subjects that had a two day immersion in nature had measurably boosted immunity markers in the blood, lowered blood inflammatory markers, lower cortisol levels, boosted natural killer cells, along with improvement of several other markers of immunity and inflammation.  And here is the best part: not only was this health boost significant immediately, but it persisted for an entire month after just that one single weekend in nature! So one weekend in nature sustained an improvement in health for weeks, well after the subjects returned to their urban living.

Cumulative anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer benefits from one weekend a month in nature?

That’s a pretty good deal. If you can strive to take monthly breaks from your daily grind in order to support your long term health, you can reap the benefits for much longer than your weekend getaway lasted. Weeks of boosted health, even if you can’t live in nature…. turns out even just a venture outside every few weeks does a body good.

Want to get grounded with the leading medical authority on grounding?

If you want to have a healing weekend with the world’s leading medical authority on grounding (that’s me!) I would love that and cherish the opportunity  to truly boost your health — not just on retreat but permanently, giving you tools that you can use for the rest of your life.

I make as simple as joining one of my 2026 Grounding Retreats — I’m only doing two this year — I’ll personal lead you through grounding breath work sessions, grounded yoga, grounding meditations, grounding walks in nature, grounded stargazing, grounded stretching, grounded mindful eating, grounded self-care, with tons of time to talk and connect and answer all of your questions and more.

The two retreats I’m leading this year are totally different from each other, so you can take them both and get amazing benefits from each!

• If you want a retreat center with a dining hall (& meals included!) and to experience grounding sessions both indoors and outside, tons of outdoor trails and even an outdoor labyrinth to walk, my spring retreat in April is the one you want!  This retreat is in perfect timing with your body’s natural Springtime Renewal!  In this retreat we will spend a few days renewing and refreshing your body from head to toe — inside and out — with grounding activities and tons of self care exercises that will leaving you feeling like a new person, ready for new growth and a new level of health to enjoy all year long.

• If you want a more camping style, nature immersive setting, with an outdoor gathering spot where we will hold all our sessions under the open skies, your own private tiny cabin with your own bedroom/bathroom, kitchenette, and fire pit, my fall retreat in September is the perfect one for you!  This retreat is in perfect timing with your body’s natural Fall Release and Reset!  In this retreat we will spend a few days cocooning inwards, sharing grounding sessions over a fire pit and starry skies, releasing stress, tension, and old energy dynamics that no longer serve you.  We will have lots of down time to nap, wander, explore, dream and have meals on your own in local restaurants, as well as over your own firepit or in your own mini-kitchenette in your cabin if you prefer.  This retreat will leave you feeling centered and relieved… ready to welcome a profound reset in your life.

Get out your 2026 calendar right now and schedule these in:

Come with me on one grounding retreat in April, one in September, and fill one weekend of each of the other months with activities devoted to spending time in nature in a way you love — camping, RVing, hiking, golfing, skiing, gardening, stargazing, birdwatching, picnics, visiting different local parks, wineries, the ocean, your favorite lake, u-pick farms, etc…

If both retreats are sold out, join my retreat waiting list right here to be notified if a spot opens up and be the first to know when a new retreat is scheduled!

I can’t wait to heal and renew — grounded — with you this year!

xoxo,

Laura Koniver MD