Getting GROUNDED
‘I slept with a grounded wire for a couple of nights. With instantly improved sleep and reduced pain, I knew I was onto something.’
A good friend messaged me about grounding, also known as earthing, early this year: ‘Pretty amazing and well worth checking out,’ he enthused. ‘Many health benefits. I’ve been spending as much time barefoot as possible and feel better for it.’
A Google search revealed a vast alternative health movement, with websites for everything from a 2010 book (Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever? by Clinton Ober, Stephen Sinatra and Martin Zucker) to a 2019 documentary (The Earthing Movie by Josh and Rebecca Tickell), a fullon Earthing Institute in the US (earthinginstitute.net), and earthing products available even here in South Africa (groundlive.co.za).
All centre on a single premise: that we are designed to be connected directly to the earth and its electromagnetic field, and our wellness depends on it; yet we insulate ourselves in shoes with rubber or plastic soles, spend our
