I’ve long been a fan of the health benefits of meditation, so I was really excited when a new medical study confirmed that mindfulness meditation significantly reduces pain, and does so in a totally unique neuropathway that is completely separate from any pain relief that is found through the placebo effect.
Turns out, meditation modifies pain brain patterns to help break you out of repetitive pain signals. I talk about that in this TikTok for you here:
Pain Signals In The Brain Decrease During Meditation:
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…and you can also read that study for yourself right here.
If you want to see for yourself how your brain immediate shifts its brain wave patterns into a more relaxed and focused brain state (perfect to help deepen and facilitate a mediative state!) watch this video I made for you here.
I used an at home brain wave monitor to help show you:
Grounding Shifts Brain Wave Patterns:
Brain Stress Decreases While Grounding
So today I want to walk you through a quick 5 minute mediation, so that if you are feeling any discomfort or pain in your body, we can reduce that, together.
Not only does meditation modify those pain signals to help you feel better, it also boosts serotonin, dopamine and GABA — essential neurotransmitters in the brain that help you feel your best.
Now for the good part… want even deeper benefits? Add grounding.
Grounding decreases inflammation which is part of why your neurotransmitter levels are disrupted in the first place. Inflammatory cytokines cross the blood brain barrier and decrease neurotransmitter production, decrease neuroplasticity, and increase neuroinflammation which depresses mood.
Grounding helps reverse that, by decreasing inflammation, boosting neurotransmitter levels, and naturally boosting mood. I’ve published several articles on how grounding helps support better brain function that you can read here:
- Grounding And Cognition
- Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Health: Optimized By Grounding
- Neurological Pathways Supported By Grounding
Today, just give me 5 minutes and let’s combine meditation with grounding so that you are getting 5 minutes of benefit from both… as grounding and meditation are synergistic.
5 minutes is plenty long enough for grounding to provide other whole body benefits as well… reducing your muscle tension, decreasing muscle soreness, relaxing your brain waves to make meditation easier and more therapeutic, reducing over all markers of brain stress, and boosting your vagal tone to your entire digestive tract too, which soothes the knot in your stomach and releases heartburn, indigestion, irritable bowel symptoms, and so much more.
Just click the button below and give me 5 minutes to help you feel instantly better:
Easy ways to do this summer meditation outside while grounding — even when it’s hot out — include:
Take a frozen juice bar or ice pop outside—keeping your focus on cooling down while you enjoy the icy treat and listen to this mediation
Lay in the shade with a fan or mister while you listen to this meditation
Rest cold packs over your eyes, on your forehead, across the back of your neck, or on your chest while you rest outside to get in a grounded meditation without raising your core body temperature
Turn on a sprinkler in your yard to allow the water to cool you down and ground you while you meditate.
Always drink a big glass of water with added mineral drops in it before and after every grounding session, to boost your hydration from the inside out. Here is an article where I talk more about the importance of staying well hydrated in the summer: Do You Have Any Of These 10 Symptoms Of Silent Dehydration Right Now? What To Do If The Answer Is Yes
- Want to stay inside to do the grounding meditation? Absolutely you can. Click over here to read this free article I wrote for you on 5 Easy Ways To Get Grounded Inside When It’s Just Too Hot To Go Outside.
Ready to try it? I’ve got you.
Get grounded, get comfortable and let’s do this summer sunshine meditation together.
Here we go… My Summer Grounding Meditation:
This meditation comes directly from my book The Earth Prescription, available in 4 languages right here, I’ll sign it for you!
Enjoy using meditation for a quick reboot, to break out of pain cycles and release stress from your brain. And deepen those benefits by doing it grounded.
Ahhh… doesn’t that feel better?
It’s amazing what taking just a few minutes to nurture your brain can do to help you feel head-to-toe, instant and profound benefits.
xoxoxo, Laura Koniver MD
