For many years now, we have lost contact with the earth by wearing rubber soles on our shoes.
I am a strong believer that having contact with the earth by walking barefoot in the grass or dirt can have a positive effect on our health.
Have you ever noticed that when you walk barefoot on the beach, it has a calming and relaxing effect? That is not just because you have a day off or are on vacation. That is earthing!
You are in direct contact with the electricity in the earth.
However, many of us don’t like to do that at home in the grass for one reason or another.
What Is Earthing?
Earthing is just having skin contact with the surface of the earth. This can be with your feet, hand, or any other part of your body.
The theory behind it is that with that contact, we rebalance the electricity in our body with the electricity in the earth.
Some people also call it “tree hugging,” and this is also part of the same process.
The technical explanation behind it is that Earth’s negative potential can have a stabilizing effect on our bioelectrical environment.
Yes, that is a mouthful. But for me to explain in layman’s terms, it is like this:
We have electric charges in ur body, and in the past we kept contact with the earth through wearing shoes with leather soles. Nowadays, all shoes have rubber soles and, as we all know, rubber is a perfect insulator.
This rubber prevents the Earth’s electricity from connecting to our internal electricity and balances it out.
Earthing Health Effects
There is still a lot of research going on about the health effects of earthing. For me, as a hopefully common-sense person, it makes complete sense that it will influence our health.
If we are part of the earth but do not stay connected with it, that will cause a problem for our health.
I have seen images that you can find in the resource section that show that healing will go faster and better by using earthing techniques.
What do the findings show
In a study done in March 2025, you can find some findings on the results of earthing on our overall health and the healing power of using earthing.
This is not the only study done, and you can find many other research papers that prove the facts about earthing.
- Improved sleep
- Better day-night rhythm
- Reduce pain
- Reduce stress
- Increase heart rate variability
- Speed up wound healing
- Reduces blood viscosity
Earthing – My Experience
I heard of earthing many years ago and, as always, I try to find out more about it and some proof in particular.
After reading tons of articles and watching YouTube videos, I am convinced that earthing works.
As I mentioned above, it makes perfect sense to me. We are part of the earth, and by wearing rubber soles under our shoes, walking in insulated buildings, and not touching the earth, we disconnect ourselves from that.
Time for me to find out a way that would work for me to have more contact with Mother Earth.
Since I don’t have too much time to walk barefoot in my yard, I had to find an alternative.
For many years now, I have used an earthing mat under my desk. The reason for that is that I spend several hours a day there writing and working on my website.
What I would like to test is an earthing sheet on my bed. I just have not found one that is washable and will keep its conductivity after that, and will last a while.
So, if you know of a brand, feel free to contact me.
Does it work for me? It is hard to compare the use of an earthing mat to not using one for the simple reason that I always use one.
I can give you one example. My dog likes to lie under my desk on the earthing mat. You can believe that she has a nice, soft dog mat to lie on if she wants to rest. However, she prefers the not-so-comfortable earthing mat.
Not just while I am working but also when I am not at my desk. And that proves to me that earthing works.
Earthing in combination with my monthly chiropractor visits has helped me with my health
Eddie van Aken
I am Eddie van Aken. I’m still learning about faith, health, family, purpose, and life itself.
A Faithful Life is where I share some of those lessons, experiences, and questions as I continue my journey.
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