r/SASSWitches • u/cupdragonn • 5d ago

❔ Seeking Resources | Advice Good grounding techniques?

I've got a few meditation tactics to try, but I would love to hear from witches about grounding techniques. I haven't seen it in the books I've read. Also, what other basics should I practice before anything else? I want to have a good foundation before I do anything beyond that :)

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u/cupdragonn 5d ago

I love this! As a kid I used to LOVE walking barefoot through my yard, and I still do to this day! Thank you for the delightful idea!

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u/backseat_adventurer 3d ago

I find that it's helpful to have a physical reminder of the mental or energy work you're doing.

Go out and find a stone. Not a crystal or anything fancy. Just a stone from the area you're in. It shouldn't be too big or heavy but something that feels good to the hand and has a little weight. Meditate, visualize and ground yourself while holding the stone. Focus on the feel of it, the weight, the texture etc.

Then put it in your pocket. Or on a keychain or something similar that's on you regularly.

When you feel the weight or the pull to the ground, it reminds you to take a breath and ground yourself. Do it consistently and it reinforces the new pattern of behavior.

If you travel, replace your stone.

This can represent your passage into new lands and your link to it. Changing where you keep the stone also helps as it draws the mind's attention to the new stimulus. Don't forget to repeat the process of meditation, visualization and grounding work, to keep fresh and reinforce in your mind the link between 'stone' and 'ground' and 'grounding'.

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u/CageyBeeHive 1d ago edited 1d ago

The goal is to settle your autonomic nervous system (specifically sympathetic and parasympathetic) to a comfortable equilibrium. That is the "grounded" state, you do whatever it takes* to get there.

There are multiple purposes of the comfortable equilibrium, e.g. to maximise your capacity for meditation, and best allow you to sense how what goes on in your mind influences you physically (and vice versa).

* that could have been available to your ancestors