grounding mind body exercises for stress, anxiety, panic, insominia, personal fulfillment

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Introducing a manual of exercises devoted exclusively to helping you get grounded

 

Available in print or ebook

More than 50 exercises

68 photos in black and white

At home, work, alone, with others

Easy insructions

Suggestions for a routine

Everything you need

Money back guarantee

 

About Being Ungrounded

When we are not grounded, we are out of touch with our world and our bodies. We refuse life's invitation to become immersed in a world of sensory aliveness, immediacy, and aliveness..

When we are ungrounded, our energy is concentrated more in our heads.

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  An Audio Message from the Author
Sometimes we experience this as being spaced out, living as if in a dream, absent-minded, klutzy- unaware of our bodies. Sometimes we experience this 'spaciness' as even being unaware of our legs and feet or simply feeling numb to life below the neckline. We live from within the tower of the mind content to spend our lives in fantasy or other unbalanced intellectual pursuits. This is not to say that intellect and fantasy have no place in our lives.. Rather it is to suggest that the life of the mind be integrated and balanced with the life of the body.

“I love your new manual—it’s so thorough and user friendly! I’d like to include it as part of my program’s required book list.”

Nola B., Assistant Professor of a counseling program

Sometimes feelings of stress, anxiety, or panic will lead to being ungrounded. We feel harried, scattered, 'running around like a chicken with its head cut off.' We can't slow down our thoughts. Our bodies are always on the move.

An ungrounded life is a life whose mind and heart and body are not integrated. This lack of integration results in an imbalance of energy causing the bulk of the energy to be centered in the head. This can result in a seeminly endless mental chatter. We can't think straight. Or, we experience life as if we only were a (dissociated) head, having no or limited awareness of feelings and bodily sensations. Our awareness is centered in the head, rather than distributed throughout our body.

Getting Grounded

To become fully alive, we need to step down from the head, and dip our whole selves into the body, its senses, the world, and the waters of life. We need to be grounded.

Being grounded is fundamental to well-being and a balanced life. Grounding also is an important component of any effort to remedy stress, anxiety, panic attacks or insominia, because grounding directs the energy and awareness back into the body thereby helping to manage stress, catastrophic thinking, and panic.

If you are unhappy with being ungrounded, you can do something about it! Getting grounded is a skill which you can develop, and make a way of life. To become grounded, you need to apply yourself to exercises that develop grounding such as are found in...

The Getting Grounded Manual

Until now there has not been a manual devoted exclusively to teaching grounding exercises, despite how important grounding is for everyone.

Getting Grounded: A Manual of Grounding Exercises is unique not only in that it is devoted to teaching readers how to ground themselves, but also the manual gathers into one source grounding execises found in a variety of different discplines from the West and the East including somatic psychology, yoga, and contemplative practices.

Getting Grounded describes more than 50 exercises for grounding yourself whether alone, with a partner, at home, or at work. The exercises are illustrated with 68 black and white photos and diagrams which complement the easy how-to instructios provided for each exercise.

The manual contains everything you need to understand the role of grounding in your life and to develop your own grounding practice for developing mind/body integration, alleviating stress, anxiety, panic, and insomnia.

“I discovered your book on the Internet while preparing our yearly two days spiritual retreat in an abbey, last weekend. I attribute the success of the retreat for a big deal to the grounding exercises from your book, with which we started each session of reading, sharing, praying and meditating. You have translated a lot of theoretical knowledge into a very useful practical manual. As I said, it is more than I expected. Thanks again.”

Rafael T, Counselor

The Table of Contents includes these topics:

About Grounding

The Anatomy of Grounding West and East

Suggestions for How to Do the Exercises

Grounding Exercises for the Feet and Ankles

Grounding Exercises for the Legs

Other Standing Grounding Exercises

Grounding Exercises on the Floor

Grounding with Others

Emergency Measures for Stress, Panic, and Anxiety

Grounding at the Workplace

Grounding through Awareness

and more...

 

About the Author

Michael Nagel MA is a counselor serving clients in his private practice in Portland, Oregon. Michael has authored numerous articles published in books, magazines, and scholarly as well as peer-reviewed journals of psychology. He has almost 40 years or experience in personal growth disciplines.

Available in Print or Ebook Versions

Getting Grounded: A Manual of Grounding Exercises is 66-pages. The print version is a spiral-bound manual. The Manual also is available as an ebook that is ready for immediate downloading or downloading within 24 hours at your convenience. To purchase by credit card, debit card, or PayPal, simply press the "buy now" button below. For overseas payment of the print version, be sure to select the "Non-USA Print" button. For bulk order discount information, please inquire.

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