"Provocative new research suggests that a practice called earthing -- walking around barefoot or putting any body part in direct contact with the ground -- may decrease pain and improve heart health." Dr. Stephen Sinatra
I was recently with a yoga teacher who reported the same thing: that there is something very grounding about standing with our feet on the earth. Dr. Sinatra's research says that just 20 minutes of earthing eases pain and inflammation, 40 minutes begins to reduce blood viscosity -- thick blood that may lead to heart attacks and strokes in vulnerable people. When we have a body part in contact with the earth, "you're absorbing the earth's negatively charged electrons," says Sinatra, and this acts similarly to antioxidants, balancing out positive free radicals that contribute to inflammation.
An easy way to add health to our life.
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