We are officially into summer now, as the summer solstice was just this past weekend! I hope you considered throwing the Summer Solstice Grounding Party I recommended for you in my June newsletter! And if you don’t get those newsletters, you can sign up for it right here:
The Healing Power Of Meditation
I’ve long been a fan of the health benefits of meditation, so I was really excited when a new medical study confirmed that not only does meditation significantly reduce pain, it does so in a totally unique neuropathway, completely separate from any pain relief that is typically found through 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:
…and you can also read that study for yourself right here.
Now Add Grounding
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.
Grounding has even more brain benefits, including decreases inflammation, boosting neurotransmitter levels, and naturally boosting mood.
If you want to go deeper into the brain protective benefits that grounding gives you, I’ve published several articles in the medical literature on how grounding supports better brain function — and you can read them now right here:
- Grounding And Cognition
- Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Health: Optimized By Grounding
- Neurological Pathways Supported By Grounding
So today let’s leverage the power of meditation with the power of grounding — and let’s do it together.
I’ve recorded a 5 minute summertime mediation for you, so that if you are feeling any discomfort or pain in your body, we can reduce that, together.
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:
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 for the win! Bookmark this page or save this email and come back and do this 5 minute mediation all summer long, whenever you could use a health boost.
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
