Grounding on the Awakening & Ascension Journey: Why It’s Essential for Holding Higher Frequencies
On the awakening and ascension journey, many of us become deeply focused on expanding our consciousness, opening our hearts, activating our intuition, and connecting to higher frequencies.
But here’s the truth that often gets overlooked: If you’re not grounded, you can’t truly hold the energy.
Grounding is not separate from spirituality, it is spirituality embodied.
Without grounding, higher-frequency experiences can feel overwhelming, disorienting, or unintegrated. You may feel spaced out, anxious, emotionally raw, fatigued, or unsure whether what you’re sensing is even yours.
Grounding is what anchors your soul into your body, allowing you to feel safe and calm whatever energies come your way!
It is one of the most important steps on your spiritual path and your daily practices!
What Does It Really Mean to Be Grounded?
Grounding means being fully present in your body while staying connected to the Earth.
It means your energy is anchored through your feet, legs, hips, and root chakra into the planet beneath you. When this connection is strong:
You feel calmer and clearer
Your nervous system regulates more easily
You can distinguish your energy from external energies
Emotional processing becomes gentler
Intuitive guidance feels steady rather than chaotic
In simple terms: Grounding is how heaven meets earth inside you.
Why Grounding Is Essential on the Ascension Path
As collective consciousness rises, many people are experiencing:
Heightened sensitivity
Emotional clearing
Physical symptoms (fatigue, headaches, dizziness)
Old patterns surfacing
Increased empathy and energetic awareness
These are signs of expansion, but without grounding, they can feel draining.
Grounding allows your body to safely receive and integrate higher frequencies. It supports:
Nervous system regulation
Emotional stability & ability to create clear energetic boundaries
Physical vitality
If your roots aren’t deep, the winds of transformation can knock you over.
This is why grounding should be a daily self-care priority, not an occasional practice.
How to Know When You’re Ungrounded
You may be ungrounded if you notice:
Feeling “floaty”, scattered or disconnected
Anxiety, racing thoughts, or difficulty concentrating
Overwhelm & exhaustion from being around other people
Trouble sleeping, chronic fatigue or burnout
Strong spiritual experiences without integration
This is your body’s way of getting your attention & come back to self.
Simple Daily Practices to Stay Grounded
Grounding doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, the simplest practices are often the most powerful.
Here are gentle, accessible ways to ground yourself every day:
1. Connect With the Earth
Walk barefoot on grass, sand, or soil. Sit under a tree. Garden. Let your body remember its relationship with nature.
Even 5 minutes makes a difference.
2. Conscious Breathing
Slow, deep breaths into your belly signal safety to your nervous system.
Try this:
Inhale for 4
Hold for 2
Exhale for 6
Repeat for a few minutes.
3. Drop Into Your Body
Place one hand on your heart, one on your lower belly. Feel your weight. Feel your feet. Feel your breath.
Presence grounds you.
4. Use Grounding Crystals
Crystals like black tourmaline, smoky quartz, or hematite can support energetic anchoring. Carry one in your pocket or place it near your feet during meditation.
5. Water Rituals
Showers, baths, swimming — water clears stagnant energy and brings you back into your physical body.
6. Eat Root Vegetables & Warm Foods
Foods like sweet potato, carrot, beetroot, and soups help anchor your energy into your body.
7. Journaling or Creative Expression
Writing, drawing, or even making tea mindfully brings awareness back into the present moment.
Grounding Is Self-Love in Action
Grounding isn’t about lowering your vibration.
It’s about stabilising your vibration so you can live your spiritual truth here on Earth.
You didn’t come here just to ascend.
You came here to embody your soul, to heal, to love, to feel, to create, and to bring your light into form.
Grounding is what makes that possible. Because when you are grounded, you are safe to expand.
Final Reflection
If your awakening feels intense, if your emotions feel amplified, or if your energy feels scattered — don’t try to “rise higher.”
Come back down into your body.
Your roots are just as important as your wings.
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It is a big time on the planet, make self-care and nourishment a conscious priority!
Abundant Blessings Sheryl