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 and you can also read the study for yourself here.
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So today I want to walk you through a quick 6 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 neruoinflammation 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, let’s combine meditation with grounding so that you are getting a 6 minutes of benefit from both meditation and grounding together… as grounding and meditation are synergistic.
And 6 minutes is plenty long enough for grounding to provide other whole body benefits as well… reduce your muscle tension, decrease muscle soreness, relax your brain waves to make meditation easier and more therapeutic, reduce over all markers of brain stress, and boost your vagal tone to your entire digestive tract too, which soothes the knot in your stomach and releases heartburn, indigestion and irritable bowel symptoms, and so much more.
Here we go, just click the button below and give me 6 minutes to help you feel instantly better:
Easy ways to do this spring meditation while grounded include:
- being outside sitting on the ground while you listen to this mediation
- being outside and simply touching a leaf on a tree while you listen to this mediation
- standing barefoot on sidewalk while you listen to this mediation
- touching a metal signpost that is anchored in the sidewalk or directly in the ground while you listen to this mediation
- relaxing in bed on an organic grounded mattress topper while you listen to this mediation
- sitting or laying indoors on an organic grounding mat while you listen to this mediation
- sitting in a hot tub or pool while you listen to this mediation
- or taking a nice warm bath to either start or end your day while you listen to this mediation
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:
Brain Stress Decreases While Grounding
Ready to try it? I’ve got you.
Get grounded, get comfortable and let’s do this meditation together.
Here we go… My Spring Grounding Meditation:
You can do this grounded mediation any time, even multiple times a day!
Definitely try to do it before bedtime to see how it can help you slip into sleep more easily… just bookmark this page (and share it with others) and come back any time to do a quick grounded mediation as part of a deeply healing nighttime routine.
By doing a grounded mediation prior to bedtime, you have just prepped your body to slip more easily into sleep and for that sleep to be deeper and more restorative… just by simply listening to this meditation while relaxing in a warm bath, you’ll be grounded and ready for bed afterwards!
Here is the link again for My Spring 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
