"How does Earthing work?
According to Dr. Koniver, the free radicals that we build up throughout the day are positively charged, and the surface of the Earth is negatively charged.
“It’s a symbiotic thing,” adds Dr. Koniver. She argues that if we can get our vitamin D from the sun and our oxygen from the trees, we too can get healing electrons from the ground. In Dr. Koniver’s words, “We are meant to build up free radicals and inflammation by the way we live our lives, and the Earth is our docking base.”
How do we begin Earthing?
The great thing about Earthing (or Grounding, as it's also known) is that it can be practiced almost anywhere, and it's completely free. First things first, though — take off your shoes. If you’re walking with rubber soles separating your feet from the ground, you won’t be getting the benefits.
“Even wearing cloth or natural fabrics is fine,” says Koniver. “You can wear socks or clothing and still get that electron transfer. It’s really just the manmade rubbers in shoes, and flooring and insulation, that separates the transfer.” This transfer, according to Koniver, can also be made through any point of the body, as long as that body part is making direct contact with the ground.
Where do we Earth?
According to Dr. Koniver, some places are better than others, but Earthing can be practiced in just about any natural setting. “To me, if healthy grass is growing outside over a layer of soil, it’s connected to the crust of the Earth, and that’s all it needs to be,” says Koniver. She adds that beaches are probably the best places to Earth (as the moisture from the ground acts as a conductor) but that a person can reap the healing benefits from grass, sand, rock, dirt, soil, and to a lesser extent, even concrete that’s been laid over the crust of the Earth. “Concrete acts as a semi-conductor,” says Koniver, “so if you live in a city with no real access to nature, you can map out a little patch and kick off your shoes.”
How long we should be Earthing?
“There’s no wrong answer,” says Koniver. “I really believe that your body would be thankful for two seconds.” Ideally, though, Koniver recommends Earthing every day for at least 10 minutes, but stresses that “You can’t overdo it.” And, if 10 minutes is too hard to work into your schedule, she advocates fitting in as much barefoot time as you possibly can. “At the end of the day, if all I have time to do is take off my shoes and walk across my lawn to the mailbox, I’ll take it.”
What are the health benefits of Earthing?
According to Dr. Koniver, Earthing can help with a wide range of health problems, including arthritis, stress, sleeping disorders and depression. In fact, she also believes in Earthing as a way to treat her patients who are experiencing menopause.
At the moment, Koniver is also studying the effects of Earthing on obesity. “I think Earthing can help with the obesity epidemic in kids and adults, and also with diabetes,” says Koniver, who is currently working with a group of overweight patients to research her theory. “Every person in my study, except for two, is losing weight with no other changes in diet or exercise,” she says. “I have a patient who is losing over 10 pounds a week, doing nothing different besides Earthing."
Research by Laura Koniver, M.D.
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