Grounding is the practice of reconnecting your nervous system to a sense of stability — through direct contact with nature, water, your body, or supportive tools — so you feel less swept up in your own or other people’s energy. This guide covers 24 grounding techniques for empaths and highly sensitive people, organized into four categories you can mix and match.

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As a highly sensitive person and empath, I oftentimes find myself feeling restless. During these moments I feel incredibly overwhelmed. Somehow, it feels like I ‘flow’ along with the energies of everyone around me. Moreover, it feels like I have no steady base to rely on. Usually, this feeling overcomes me when I do not focus on applying grounding techniques. For highly sensitive people and empaths, this is an essential aspect of thriving in life. Therefore, I decided to implement grounding in my daily self care routine.

If you are anything like me, you may experience grounding like another effort that takes up too much time. That’s how I felt when I first started implementing these techniques. However, don’t worry, I’ve got you! In this article, I share 24 powerful grounding methods that are easily applicable to daily life. These grounding techniques for empaths and highly sensitive people can be practiced during different moments of the day. Perfect for the busy highly sensitive empaths who still wants to take care of their well-being!

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What Is Grounding?

Grounding (also called earthing) is the art of connecting with the energy from the earth. It sounds very spiritual, but is actually supported by science. From a purely scientific point of view, grounding entails direct skin contact with the surface of the earth. For instance, skin contact through your hands or feet touching the bare ground. Have you ever felt recharged after walking barefoot through the grass or on the beach? That, my friend, was the power of grounding.

You may wonder what actually happens when you ground your energy with various grounding methods. Everything on our planet is energy, including our planet itself. Consequently, all of us walk around electrically charged on an electrical planet. These different energies react toward each other all the time. Consequently, science shows that our body reacts to the electrical energy of the planet, also called grounding.

From a more spiritual perspective, you can also ground your energy by mentally connecting to the core of the earth. Through the power of the mind, you stimulate your body to connect to the energy of the earth center throughout the day. There are many different grounding techniques to do this, which are discussed further below in this article.

What Are the Health and Well-Being Benefits of Grounding?

There are many health & well-being benefits when you ground yourself. Here is a list of some of the benefits you may experience after applying grounding techniques in your life:

• Increase of energy.
• Improves sleep quality.
• Relieves muscle tension.
• Reduces headaches.
• Reduces or eliminates chronic pain.
• Decreases stress and makes you feel more calm.
• Improves blood pressure and flow.
• Reduces inflammation.
• Calms digestion.
• Regulates hormonal rhythms.
• Balances autonomic nervous system.
• Speeds wound healing.
• Reduces jet-lag.

As you can see, there are countless benefits. Hence, you should consider to give grounding a try!

How To Ground Yourself As An Empath Or Highly Sensitive Person: 24 Grounding Techniques

Now that you are aware of why grounding is important and how it can benefit your health, it is time to discover the best grounding techniques for empaths and highly sensitive people. I have divided the techniques into different categories, depending on the situation and things you need.

5 Nature Grounding Methods

Grounding in nature is the most pure form of grounding. Whenever I am able to do my grounding practice outside, I instantly feel how my mood shifts and my happiness increases. If you’d like to try grounding in nature, here are five valuable ways to do so.

#1 Walk Barefoot On The Ground

As the best grounding occurs in direct skin contact with the natural ground, take off your shoes and walk barefoot. Preferably, walk through the grass or take off your shoes when you are visiting the beach. This way, you can take in the proper energy without any blocking elements like shoes, floors or house foundations. During the winter, you may find it more challenging to walk barefoot outside. For those moments, we recommend using a grounding mat, which helps you to ground your energy from the comforts of your own home.

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#2 Forest Bathing

Forest bathing is the art of grounding by spending time in the forest. By taking in the smells, sounds and other sensations of the forest, you connect deeply with the energy of the earth. As forests are what enables humans to live, there is no better place to practice grounding than in the woods. Therefore, simply go for a walk in the forest, sit down on a bench or tree trunk and take in the rejuvenating energy of the trees, animals and air around you. If you’d like to read more about forest bathing, make sure to check out our article on the topic here.

#3 Lay Down On The Grass

Remember when you were a kid and you would lay down on the grass, watching the clouds? This actually is a great grounding exercise! If you have a garden and the sun is shining, go outside and lay down on the grass. Moreover, put your bare hands on the ground and simply be present in the now. This grounding technique is incredibly calming and easy to do, as you don’t have to do anything besides laying down.

#4 Gardening

If you are lucky enough to own a garden, this provides you with another wonderful way to ground your energy. As your garden needs maintenance, you can use this to your advantage and include it in your grounding practice. Therefore, grab your gardening tools and don’t be afraid to put your hands in the soil every now and then. This energy is great for grounding! Moreover, your garden will thank you for your love and attention! 😉

#5 Touch A Tree

Another powerful grounding technique is to touch a tree with your bare hands. Often, people laugh at so-called ‘tree huggers’, but these people know how powerful the energy of trees is. Don’t worry, you don’t have to hug a tree, but I highly recommend you to touch a tree with your bare hands every now and then. If you’d like to, you can visualize how the tree is ‘sucking’ negative energy out of your body and replacing it with pure, positive energy from the earth’s core through its roots. Also, sitting and leaning against a tree while reading a book in the park is very grounding for your energy.

6 Grounding Techniques With Water

Water is another powerful grounding technique to implement in your earthing practice. There are multiple ways to use water for grounding benefits. For instance, here are six methods to try out in daily life:

#6 Use Rainwater

Rainwater is the purest form of water, as it is filtered by nature itself. Moreover rainwater has not been in touch with toxins from plastic and factories. Therefore, I highly recommend you to collect some rainwater every now and then on a rainy day. Use this water as a beverage or to wash your face.

#7 Wash Away Energies While Washing Your Hands

When you wash your hands, try to visualize how you ‘wash away’ energies that do not benefit you. Especially empaths tend to be a magnet for unwanted energies. Therefore, it is important to consciously get rid of these energies through different grounding techniques. Simply washing your hands and visualizing how the energies that do not belong to you go down the drain back to the earth core to be recycled, is an incredibly powerful grounding method.

#8 Shower Grounding

Similarly to the previous method, you can practice grounding while taking a shower. For instance, you can visualize how the shower washes off all unwanted energies and returns them to the earth core through the sewage system. You may want to listen to this short grounding meditation, while taking your next shower:

#9 Swim In The Sea Or In A Lake

Another effective grounding method that involves water, is to go swimming in natural waters like a lake or in the sea. As this water is in direct contact with the earth surface, it contains the right energy for you to ground. Simply go for a swim and feel how it recharges you. However, please make sure to pick safe places to go swimming, so you feel safe while grounding.

#10 Put Your Feet In Water

Foot baths are not only good for your feet, but also great for grounding. Therefore, try to take a relaxing foot bath next time you are watching a movie or your favorite series. Preferably add some foot bath salts, herbs or essential oils to your water for ultimate relaxation and grounding.

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#11 Take A Bath

If you are lucky and own a bathtub, regularly try to move your grounding practice to the water. Fill your bath water with relaxing bath products like lavender oil or epsom bath salt and put on some relaxing music or nature sounds. Then, lay down in your bathtub and visualize how your skin absorbs the rejuvenating energy of the water.

7 Grounding Methods For Mind And Body

It is possible to ground your energy as an empath by focusing on your mind and body. There are various ways to do so and below I summarized my top 7 favorite methods.

#12 5-4-3-2-1 Method

The first method that I find to be very grounding, is the 5-4-3-2-1 method. It is very simple: name 5 things you can see, 4 things you can feel, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell and 1 thing you can taste. This method brings your mind back to the now when you feel anxious, stressed or hurried. Moreover, it calms your nervous system and relaxes your own energy. From this state, it is easier to practice some of the other grounding techniques mentioned in this article.

#13 Body Awareness

Another powerful grounding method to bring your energy back to the here and now, is to focus on body awareness. Perform a simple body scan to redirect your focus away from your stressful feelings and sensations. For instance, you may want to try this quick 5-minute body scan:

#14 Mental Exercises

If you find yourself overwhelmed and overthinking things, you may want to try mental exercises to redirect your energy to the here and now. For instance, you may want to spell your name and the name of three other people you know backwards. Also, counting back from 100 by 6 is a powerful mental exercise. If you are more of a creative type, you may want to imagine an object you know and draw it with the fingers in the air. There are countless ways to mentally redirect your energy to the now and away from what worries you.

#15 Journaling

Journaling offers you the opportunity to get your thoughts out of your mind and onto paper. This way, you can clear your mind and make your body more receptive for calm, peaceful energy through grounding. Especially highly sensitive people, who have a tendency to overthink, may benefit from this grounding technique. For instance, you may want to try these journaling prompts:

1. What worry is currently occupying my mind and how would I solve the issue at hand if it would occur in real life?
2. Which energy and what thoughts would I like to let go of right now? (Imagine how the thoughts and energies are transferred into your journal through writing.)
3. Which energies from others do I carry, that I should return to them now?

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#16 Meditation

Another effective grounding method is to meditate regularly. Meditation helps you to be more present in the here and now. There are thousands of different types of meditation. If you are new to meditation, I highly recommend you to start with guided meditations, as they help you to focus on the practice. Meditations without guidance are for the more experienced meditators. For instance, you may want to try this meditation specifically for grounding:

#17 Breathing

If you are on the go and you struggle with not feeling grounded, focusing on your breathing is the first thing you can do. Oftentimes, when we feel stressed, we breathe quickly and with our chest. By focusing on your breathing and breathing with your stomach, you can calm your energy and focus on grounding. For instance, you may want to inhale for 4 seconds, hold your breath for 4 seconds and exhale for 4 seconds. Repeat this exercise as often as needed in order to feel more present and grounded.

#18 Yoga

Yoga is one of the most gentle sports that also encourage grounding. Therefore, if you are like me and dislike sports, this may be the right sport for you! Not only does it help you to ground your energy, but you will also become more flexible and fit when practicing this grounding technique regularly. For instance, Yin Yoga or Restorative Yoga are great practices for grounding.

6 Grounding Methods With Support From Your Environment

The grounding techniques mentioned until now involve nature, water and yourself. However, there are also methods that you can try with support from your environment. Below, I share 6 grounding methods where you need external factors.

#19 Cuddle Your Pet

Guess who carries amazing energy because it always walks directly on the ground? That’s right, your pet! Therefore, cuddling your pet is a great way to ground. No wonder animals often are given jobs as therapy supporters. Their energy is amazing! Grab your cat or dog and snuggle away!

#20 Use Crystals

Another grounding method that involves external items, is using crystals for grounding. As crystals originate from the ground, they carry great energy. For instance, you may want to purchase a necklace with crystals or a bracelet with little crystals on it. Crystals such as black tourmaline, jade and pyrite offer great grounding characteristics.

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#21 Eat Food That Supports Grounding

A wonderful tip I received a while ago from my neighbor, was to eat food that supports grounding. For instance, food that grows in the ground like potatoes, carrots or asparagus. By eating this food, you will notice that you feel more calm and grounded after a while.

#22 Use Essential Oils

Essential oils have many wonderful health benefits. Depending on the type, you can use them for various purposes in life. For instance, you may want to try lavender oil, cedarwood oil or sandalwood oil to feel more calm and grounded.

Put the essential oil in your oil diffuser or straight on your inner arm for relaxation. Make sure to test if you are allergic, before applying larger amounts on your skin.

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#24 Use A Grounding Mat

Do you currently live in an apartment and is it challenging for you to ground directly with the surface of the earth every day? I’ve found the perfect solution: a grounding mat! A grounding mat is a wonderful tool that enables you to ground at home, even if you do not have direct contact with the surface of the earth. How does it work? Plug the grounding mat into a grounded plug and stand or sit on the mat with your bare skin. The reviews of this grounding mat show that people are incredibly satisfied with owning a grounding mat. Therefore, if you do not have one yet, get one ASAP!

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Frequently Asked Questions about Grounding

How often should I practice grounding techniques?

Daily is ideal if you’re prone to overwhelm, even just 5-10 minutes, but grounding is also useful as an as-needed tool whenever you notice yourself feeling scattered or “swept along” by other people’s energy.

Do grounding techniques actually work for empath overwhelm, not just general stress?

Yes: grounding specifically helps re-establish the sense of a separate, stable “you,” which is often exactly what’s missing when an empath feels flooded by other people’s emotions.

What’s the fastest grounding technique when I’m overwhelmed in public?

The 5-4-3-2-1 technique (naming 5 things you see, 4 you can touch, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, 1 you taste) is one of the quickest, since it needs no tools and works anywhere.

Can grounding techniques replace therapy or other mental health support?

No, grounding is a helpful daily-regulation tool, but it’s a complement to, not a replacement for, professional support if you’re dealing with ongoing anxiety, trauma, or other mental health concerns.

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Change Your Life Through The Art Of Grounding

Now that you discovered all these wonderful grounding techniques, it is time to start your grounding practice. Highly sensitive people and empaths who practice grounding regularly, seem to benefit greatly from it. Therefore, give it a try and see what it does for your overall well-being. Good luck with grounding!

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Wondering if meditation is the right choice for you? Discover 5 common signs that you should pick up meditation as a healthy habit.

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Midway into 2025, it’s clear the world isn’t slowing down. Between digital overload, workplace stress, and constant noise—both literal and mental—our minds are often in a constant state of fatigue. Meditation, once viewed as a niche wellness practice, is now recognized as a science-backed tool for enhancing mental clarity, emotional stability, and even physical health. If you’ve been on the fence, here are five signs that this is the year to make meditation part of your life.

Your sleep patterns are disrupted

If falling asleep has become a nightly battle or if you wake feeling unrested, meditation could offer a simple but powerful solution. In today’s hyperconnected world, sleep disruptions are increasingly common. The habit of scrolling through social media before bed—often called “doomscrolling”—has been linked to anxiety and poor sleep quality. Recognizing this, some platforms have started promoting bedtime mindfulness features to help users unwind.

Guided meditations can help ease the transition from wakefulness to rest by calming the nervous system. According to a Healthline article medically reviewed by Dr. Cynthia Cobb, meditation “can quiet the mind and body” and when done before bedtime, it “may help reduce insomnia and sleep troubles by promoting overall calmness.”

Stress and anxiety levels are sky high

Nearly everyone experiences stress, but if it’s beginning to affect your daily functioning, meditation could help restore balance. The past few years have seen a surge in mental health challenges, and chronic stress is now recognized as a serious contributor to illness.

Research shows that meditation, particularly mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), reduces the body’s cortisol levels—the hormone responsible for stress. It also lowers heart rate and improves mood stability. A consistent practice can help you build emotional resilience and become more aware of your stress triggers.

Some people choose alternative methods to relieve their anxiety, such as organic CBD. Healthline reports, “A 2020 literature review on CBD and mood disorders found that multiple studies suggest CBD has properties that may help reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and even psychosis.”

Concentration and focus are waning

Many people find it harder to focus today than ever before. The constant influx of information, emails, and alerts fragments our attention spans. If you’re struggling to stay productive or get lost in deep work, meditation may offer an edge.

Meditation trains the mind to resist distractions and return to the present. In fact, studies have found that just a few weeks of meditation can significantly improve attention span and working memory. According to a Harvard study, mindfulness can even change the structure of the brain by increasing gray matter density in regions related to learning and memory.

Emotional well-being needs a boost

It’s easy to feel emotionally drained, especially in a year marked by global uncertainty, economic shifts, and political noise. If you’re seeking more stability or a deeper connection with yourself and others, meditation can serve as a grounding force.

Mindfulness encourages non-judgmental awareness of thoughts and emotions. Instead of reacting impulsively, meditation helps you respond with intention. Over time, it fosters compassion, gratitude, and a greater sense of contentment. As WebMD explains, a meditation practice may help improve depression symptoms by changing your thinking and preparing your mind for stressful situations. 

You’re seeking a natural way to support brain health

A lesser-known but increasingly studied benefit of meditation is its potential to support brain health as we age. In 2025, cognitive longevity is a hot topic – and for good reason. People are living longer, and many are searching for ways to maintain mental sharpness without relying solely on medication.

A new study by Harvard-affiliated researchers “found that advanced yogic meditation may reverse brain aging by an average of 5.9 years” per The Times of India. The researchers used advanced EEG technology and found participants’ brain ages were significantly younger than their chronological age.

Dr. Balachundhar Subramaniam, co-senior author of the study, said it was “inspiring to see ancient wisdom validated through modern science.”

Last word

You don’t need to retreat to a mountaintop to experience the benefits of meditation. Start with five or ten minutes a day using an app or simple breathing exercises. In a year filled with complex challenges and constant stimulation, carving out a quiet space for yourself might be the healthiest decision you make in 2025.

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Are you looking for breathing techniques to calm down your highly sensitive nervous system? Discover 10 methods in this blog!

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Feeling overwhelmed or stressed lately? Sometimes, the simplest solutions are the most effective. Breathing techniques are a powerful tool to calm your mind and body. Whenever I feel stressed out as a highly sensitive person, I focus on my breathing first. Many times, it is taking away the edge from the sensations I am feeling in that moment. Let’s explore ten techniques that can help you find peace and balance.

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1. Diaphragmatic Breathing

Diaphragmatic breathing, also known as belly breathing, focuses on engaging the diaphragm, a large muscle located at the base of the lungs. This breathing technique encourages full oxygen exchange, which can slow the heartbeat and lower or stabilize blood pressure. To practice, sit or lie down comfortably. Place one hand on your chest and the other on your belly. Breathe in deeply through your nose, allowing your belly to rise and fall naturally with each breath, while keeping your chest relatively still. Exhale slowly through your mouth. This method helps to deepen your breath and promote relaxation.

2. 4-7-8 Breathing

The 4-7-8 breathing technique is a simple method to help reduce anxiety and improve sleep. To start, sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and inhale quietly through your nose for a count of four. Hold your breath for a count of seven. Then, exhale completely through your mouth for a count of eight. This pattern helps to bring your body into a state of deep relaxation by increasing oxygen intake and promoting a slower heart rate. Regular practice of this technique can lead to long-term improvements in sleep quality and stress management.

3. Box Breathing

Box breathing, also known as square breathing, is one of the breathing techniques used by Navy SEALs to stay calm and focused under pressure. It involves breathing in a pattern that forms a square. To practice, inhale through your nose for a count of four. Hold your breath for four counts. Exhale through your mouth for four counts, and then hold your breath again for four counts. Repeat this cycle for several minutes. Box breathing helps to regulate the autonomic nervous system, reduce stress, and enhance concentration and clarity.

4. Alternate Nostril Breathing

Alternate nostril breathing, or Nadi Shodhana, is a yogic practice that balances the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Start by sitting in a comfortable position. Use your right thumb to close your right nostril and inhale deeply through your left nostril. Close your left nostril with your ring finger, release your right nostril, and exhale through it. Inhale through the right nostril, close it with your thumb, and exhale through the left. This cycle counts as one round. Continue for five to ten minutes. This technique can help to calm the mind, reduce anxiety, and promote a sense of balance and well-being.

5. Resonant Breathing

Resonant breathing, or coherent breathing, aims to reduce stress by slowing down the breathing rate to about five breaths per minute. This can be achieved by inhaling for five counts and exhaling for five counts. Sit or lie down comfortably and focus on your breath. As you inhale, feel your lungs fill with air. Exhale slowly, releasing any tension in your body. Resonant breathing promotes heart rate variability and a sense of calm, making it an effective tool for managing stress and anxiety.

6. Pursed-Lip Breathing

Pursed-lip breathing is a technique that helps to slow down breathing and improve ventilation. It is particularly useful for people with respiratory conditions, but anyone can benefit from it. To practice, inhale through your nose for a count of two. Pucker your lips as if you are going to whistle, then exhale slowly and gently through your pursed lips for a count of four. This method helps to keep airways open longer, promoting better oxygen exchange and a sense of relaxation.

7. Lion’s Breath

Lion’s Breath, or Simhasana, is a powerful breathing technique that releases tension and boosts energy. Begin by sitting in a comfortable position. Inhale deeply through your nose. As you exhale, open your mouth wide, stick out your tongue, and exhale forcefully, making a “ha” sound. Imagine releasing all negative energy with each exhalation. This practice can help to reduce stress, improve circulation, and invigorate your body and mind.

8. Humming Bee Breath

Humming Bee Breath, or Bhramari, is a calming technique that involves making a humming sound while exhaling. Sit comfortably and close your eyes. Inhale deeply through your nose. As you exhale, produce a humming sound, like a bee. Feel the vibration in your throat and head. This technique can help to reduce anxiety, promote relaxation, and improve focus. It is particularly soothing and can be practiced before bedtime to help improve sleep quality.

9. Deep Breathing

Deep breathing, or full yogic breath, combines diaphragmatic breathing with chest breathing. Sit or lie down comfortably. Inhale deeply through your nose, first filling your lower lungs, then your upper lungs. Hold your breath for a moment, then exhale slowly through your mouth. This practice encourages full lung capacity and helps to oxygenate your body fully. Deep breathing can reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and promote a sense of overall well-being.

10. Visualization Breathing

Visualization breathing techniques combine deep breathing with mental imagery to enhance relaxation. Sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and begin to breathe deeply and slowly. As you inhale, visualize a wave of calm washing over you. As you exhale, imagine releasing any stress or tension from your body. This technique leverages the power of the mind to enhance the physical benefits of deep breathing, promoting a deep sense of peace and relaxation.

By incorporating these powerful breathing techniques into your daily routine, you can find a simple yet effective way to calm your mind, reduce stress, and enhance your overall well-being. Each method offers unique benefits, so explore and find the ones that work best for you. Remember, your breath is a powerful tool always available to help you find balance and peace.

Disclaimer: In this article, we collaborated with AI while writing articles, meaning that we used it as a personal assistant to provide valuable information to our readers. The personal touch through stories and personal examples and the editing of the article have been performed by the author.

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Explore the transformative power of a cacao ceremony and its benefits for personal growth in our latest insightful blog.

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

In the landscape of spiritual and personal growth, the cacao ceremony is a profound practice, steeped in the ancient traditions of the Maya. It’s a ritual that transcends the ordinary, offering a gateway to deep emotional and spiritual exploration. As a highly sensitive person, I’ve found these ceremonies to be particularly resonant, providing a space for introspection and connection. In this piece, I will unfold the layers of a cacao ceremony and share how it can be a powerful tool for personal growth.

What is Ceremonial Cacao?

Ceremonial cacao is a sacred brew, a far cry from your average hot chocolate. This potent drink is made from unprocessed cacao beans, revered by the Maya for its spiritual properties. Unlike commercial chocolate, ceremonial cacao is pure and potent, often mixed with natural spices or herbs, but without any additives. It’s a beverage that’s rich in theobromine, a natural compound that stimulates the heart and mind, but without the jittery effects of caffeine. This revered elixir contains heart-opening qualities, allowing participants in a ceremony to delve deep into emotional healing and spiritual exploration.

What is a Cacao Ceremony?

A cacao ceremony is a spiritual gathering where participants drink ceremonial cacao with the intention of personal transformation. These ceremonies, often led by a skilled facilitator, create a sacred and safe space for emotional release and introspection. During the ceremony, participants are guided through meditation, reflection, and sometimes gentle movement or music. All while savoring the rich, earthy flavors of the cacao. It’s a ritual that connects us to the earth, to ourselves, and to each other. Moreover, it offers a unique opportunity for inner work and growth.

Is Ceremonial Cacao a Drug?

No, you do not have to worry that ceremonial cacao is a drug. While it’s a powerful substance that can alter one’s state of mind, it’s not intoxicating in the way drugs are. In fact, pure ceremonial cacao is a natural, plant-based substance that’s safe and legal. Participants in a cacao ceremony can drive and function normally after consuming it. The effects of ceremonial cacao are subtle yet profound. They work more on an emotional and spiritual level than altering your physical state or consciousness like a drug would.

What Does It Feel Like to Consume Cacao?

Consuming ceremonial cacao can be a unique and deeply moving experience. The initial taste is rich and earthy, different from the sweetened chocolate many are accustomed to. As you drink the cacao, you might begin to feel a gentle stirring of emotions and a heightened sense of connection to your inner self. Often, there’s a warmth that radiates from your heart center, fostering a sense of openness and vulnerability. This emotional clarity may lead to insights and breakthroughs, especially in a ceremonial setting where you are supported and guided through the process.

Benefits of a Cacao Ceremony

A cacao ceremony can be a transformative experience, offering numerous benefits. For one, it’s an opportunity to connect deeply with your emotions and inner self, promoting introspection and self-awareness. The setting of the ceremony provides a safe and sacred space for emotional healing. Here, you can release old wounds and traumas. Also, this ritual can foster a sense of community and connectedness, as you share the experience with others. Moreover, the cacao itself, with its heart-opening qualities, can help to dissolve barriers and open you up to new perspectives and possibilities.

My Own Experience with Cacao

Recently, I embarked on a cacao ceremony journey at ‘Moment voor jezelf‘ with friends, led by the nurturing hosts, Karin and Bas. The experience was one of deep emotional exploration. First, we were invited to bring a symbolic item; I chose my childhood doll to aid my inner child healing. Then Karin and Bas cleansed the space with sage and palo santo, setting a serene atmosphere for our journey. As gentle music played, we each entered a meditative state, sipping our cacao.

It was amusing yet telling that my inner child hesitated to drink the cacao without permission, highlighting the need for the healing I was seeking. Throughout the one-and-a-half-hour ceremony, I journeyed into a deep meditative state, encountering visions of my inner child and those of my family members. I was able to offer them comfort and healing, tapping into the collective energy of the group for deeper emotional work. Tears were shed, but the sense of release and empowerment that followed was unparalleled.

Post-ceremony, I felt a renewed sense of confidence and power. It was as if a part of me felt healed. Moreover, cacao facilitated a deeper dive into my energetic state, and the experience was nothing short of transformative. I’ve since incorporated cacao ceremonies into my personal practice at home, finding them to be an incredible tool for releasing built-up tension and emotions.

Some Final Remarks

The cacao ceremony is an ancient practice that holds immense potential for personal growth, especially for those sensitive to their inner worlds. It’s a journey of emotional healing, connection, and introspection. Whether in a group setting or alone, the experience of a cacao ceremony can be a pivotal point in one’s personal development journey, offering a unique pathway to deeper self-understanding and healing.

If you’d like to try doing a cacao ceremony yourself, here is a brand that has many positive reviews on Amazon.

Disclaimer: In this article, we collaborated with AI while writing articles, meaning that we used it as a personal assistant to provide valuable information to our readers. The personal touch through stories and personal examples and the editing of the article have been performed by the author.

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Are you a highly sensitive person and/or empath looking for ways to work with your energy and balance your chakras? In this article, Certified Holistic Coach and Reiki Healer Margot Pauvers shares valuable tips on how to achieve this.

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes

As we go through transition periods, we don’t want to add more theories to our minds, but clarity on which step to take to unlock more fulfillment. In this article, you will learn how to work with your energy to find the right path without having to feed the overwhelm as a highly sensitive soul.

When being highly sensitive, we tend to question everything and analyze thoroughly. This happens to the point that it may sometimes trigger overthinking and anxiety (especially when the wind of change is blowing on our lives!).

As we notice a certain dissatisfaction within ourselves and start considering potential changes, it can get particularly uncomfortable making decisions based on the unknown. Especially if our energy feels already drawn out.

So how can you bring more safety, clarity, and trust to your mind and body by relying on your chakras?

It All Starts With Your Ability to Say «I am here and I am safe» With a Balanced Root Chakra

Being on the right path means acting in harmony with your deepest aspirations and values. Through your actions, you make come to life a vision of the world in which you wish to participate. But before you can visualize your goals and make plans to take action, you need to feel safe to do so.

While going through transition periods, your sense of safety and security is challenged. Change always implies to some extent a journey into the unknown – moving from what’s familiar (even if familiar means unsatisfying) towards something less familiar. Therefore, to embrace the disorientation and uncertainty that changes trigger, you need to build steadiness within yourself.

Each of your chakras has a number of attributes like a specific color, and an element, but also maintains specific physical and emotional functions within yourself. As you move into unfamiliar situations, it’s your root chakra that is primarily shaken.

Associated with security/safety, mental stability, survival, and prosperity, the root chakra confers confidence and trust in ourselves and in the world around us. It is particularly affected by your earliest experiences – for example, it may have been stressed by different childhood traumas triggering behaviors led by fear and lack.

Additionally, the Root Chakra acts as a foundation upon which you can build. When it is out of balance, the whole structure you’re building may fall apart.

As a result, to see the way forward and move towards your authentic path peacefully, you should balance your Root Chakra. After all, you want to be in your power to step up!

Here Are a Couple of Ideas to Get You Started:

Signs of an Unbalanced Root Chakra May Include:

Mental lethargy and a feeling of emptiness, insecurity, incapacity of inner stillness, arthritis, poor general health, lacking vital energy, anxiety, self-doubt but also greed, materialism…

Once You’ve Built Safety Within Yourself, You May Start Feeling Your Way Forward With the Sacral Chakra

Ok, so now that we’ve built more security and safety creating more space for your authentic self, it’s time to feel into it! The right path is primarily a feeling of alignment; it’s that place where what we say, think, feel and do meet to work in harmony.

Therefore, let me introduce you to the second chakra – the Sacral chakra which is a center of consciousness (instinctual) like the root chakra. It deals with our emotional capacity to experience pleasure, relinquish control, make choices, and create something unique and personal. Also, its state reflects our relationships with others and with ourselves.

“Sacred” from the Latin “sacer” refers to that which is ‘consecrated, dedicated. This chakra is the seat of creation of all kinds of projects: fertility and reproduction, but also fertility in its noblest act: creation.

When it is blocked you may note some of these symptoms: lack of creativity, feeling disconnected from your emotions, fear of intimacy, being destructive, dependent, addictive behavior, isolation/detachment from society, back pain, infertility, constipation, irregular menstruation, difficulty materializing your desires…

Finding your path is all about following what replenishes your energy rather than what’s consuming it. However, to follow your deepest aspirations and desires, you’ve got to be able to hear them and that starts with getting back into your body.

Assuming you now attend to your body’s needs with a balanced root chakra, you may now welcome fully what your body has to say. What does feel right? When do you see yourself ending an activity with more energy than before you started it? You’ve given yourself permission to « be » with the root chakra, now you may work on balancing the Sacral Chakra to uncover natural gifts and desires but also tap into your ability to create whatever feels right.

To Support Your Sacral Chakra Healing You May:

Being, Feeling… Now Let’s Bring in Some Action With the Solar Plexus Chakra!

Along with the root chakra, this is the chakra that is most frequently out of balance when we feel stuck or fearful to take the leap of faith towards a more fulfilling path. Moreover, its imbalances may lead to an excessive need to control, low self-esteem, oversensitivity to criticism, chronic fatigue, digestive issues…

The third chakra, Manipura in Sanskrit, is the seat of personal power, the self. Through it, we assert our individuality and exercise our free will. Consequently, it is the inner sun of the body and the awakening of the authentic self. Do you see why it is relevant to embrace its functions when seeking the right path?

Your solar plexus chakra represents motivation, will, and purpose, which arise from a sense of self-efficacy but it is also linked to your self-confidence and self-view. We may add that it governs the digestive system and its respective organs; therefore, it has jurisdiction over the emotional brain of the gut and stored emotions.

But that’s not it! The solar plexus chakra is also the trapdoor to the autonomic nervous system which basically regulates involuntary physiologic processes such as your heart rate, and blood pressure – oh, hello anxiety symptoms!

Being highly sensitive implies having a sensitive nervous system which means we might more easily trigger a fight or flight response or develop anxiety symptoms based on past experiences which we can regulate through balancing our chakras accordingly.

When connecting to your soul purpose and trying to find the right path, balancing your Solar plexus chakra is what will awaken the drive to take aligned actions as you face your fears unleashing your authentic power.

Here Are a Couple of Energy Healing Tips for Your Solar Plexus Chakra:

Set Clear Boundaries Around the Heart Chakra

Highly sensitives often tend to fall into people-pleasing behaviors and struggle to set healthy boundaries when it comes to giving and receiving. This often leads to scenarios where perfection becomes the ultimate but unachievable goal, external validation runs the show or we give in to an unrealistic evaluation of ourselves.

How is that relevant to finding your path? Well, how can you connect with YOUR authentic success if success only exists when you can validate it externally? How can you stand in your power and thrive when deep down your energy body reflects low self-worth and poor boundaries?

Most highly sensitive souls have an overactive heart chakra rather than a blocked heart chakra and that calls for healthy boundaries and more self-love! I very often see individuals being unable to connect with their true purpose because unconsciously they think they do not deserve it or try to get there for anyone but themselves.

Balancing your Heart Chakra will help not only invite abundance on your path but also create a healthier and more authentic version of success where your energy isn’t constantly leaking.

Here Are Some Ways to Balance Your Heart Chakra:

Express Your Truth With the Throat Chakra

You’ve connected to yourself on a deep level. Also, you now know what is truly coming from your authentic self and what isn’t. You are aware of what’s simply a defense mechanism based on past trauma or a manifestation of misalignment. Now that you are aligned with your values and aspirations, you may simply express them!

The energy element governed by the Throat chakra is effective communication and that includes communication between your chakras too. Vishuddha Chakra is the source of vibrations and sounds and also represents inspiration and expression.

For instance, through this center of communication (listening and expression, body-mind connection, communication with the authentic self,…), we can clearly express our own truth on our path.

Balancing your Throat Chakra will help you find the connection between what you give to life (eg. Through your creative gifts, goals achieved…), what you take from it (what you receive from your experiences and relationships), and the stance you take towards life through your attitude. In other words, you will fully uncover your truth, and your life purpose and be able to speak it out loud.

Here Are Some Energy Healing Tips for Your Throat Chakra:

Look Beyond What You See as You Open Your Third Eye Chakra

Are you still disconnected from your intuition? Unable to visualize? Lack of imagination and focus? Highly sensitive people have a natural ability to connect with their intuition and inner sense of knowing but they might weaken that communication through overstimulation or accumulation of stress.

If that’s the case, you might need to nurture your third eye chakra – or Ajna chakra in Sanskrit is known as “the seat of intuition”. Translations of the Sanskrit name include “to perceive”, “beyond wisdom” and “to command”. Located in the center of the forehead, it acts as the center of wisdom, awareness, and higher consciousness of the individual.

Etymologically, “eye” comes from the Sanskrit “Aksa” meaning “sense”, and the Greek “Ops” meaning “sight”. What is even more interesting is that in Roman mythology, Ops is the goddess of abundance and prosperity. The third eye thus evokes the ability to see abundantly beyond the real, to be rich in our understanding of things beyond their first interpretation. Moreover, it enables clear thinking, spiritual contemplation, and self-reflection.

Healing Tips For Your Third Eye Chakra:

When Your Energy Is balanced – You Just Know It!

Sensitive soul, you are oh so magnetic and your ability to connect with the subtle worlds is immense. When your energy is balanced, your magnetism is unleashed and synchronicities come from all directions.

The crown chakra, or sahasrāra chakra in Sanskrit, is known as “the bridge to the cosmos”. Of all the seven chakras, it is the most spiritual in nature. Located above the crown of the head, it acts as the center of spirit, enlightenment, wisdom, universal consciousness, and connection to the higher guidance of the individual.

The crown chakra represents the highest level of human consciousness. Moreover, it symbolizes that which is greater than our understanding of life. Hence, it allows connection with the eternal part of us: the soul. But it also connects us with the divine, the spirit guides, and the universe.

The coronal chakra stands for wisdom, altruism, self-knowledge, soul consciousness, and spiritual connection, but also the universal energy source. Sahasrara opens your higher mind leading to spiritual understanding and the experience of peaceful moments. Meditation is well known for finding this state.

Headaches, obsessive thinking, disillusionment, boredom, melancholy, and restlessness may come as reminders of this precious gift of yours that need to be taken care of.

Energy Healing Tips For Your Crown Chakra:

Are you still unsure of the energy blocks that may be preventing you from finding your path? Not sure which of your chakras should receive support as a priority to get unstuck? Connect with me on Instagram or book a free 30 min discovery call with me so we can dig deeper.

Ready to balance your energy and chakras and immediately book a session with Margot? Use the coupon code HISENSITIVES10 during your checkout to receive 10% off any energy-healing session!

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Are you asking yourself the question ‘Am I an Empath’? In this article, you’ll discover the common signs and ways to embrace your trait.

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes

We all come to this term, “Empath,” at different points in our lives. If we’re lucky, we learn of this at an early age and we grow up understanding our sensitivity and developing the skills needed to live well.

But most of us do not hear the word “Empath,” until much later in life, and we struggle through our adolescence and even adulthood. We don’t fully understand what we’re feeling and we don’t know how to care for ourselves.

Maybe a friend recognizes these qualities in you, or maybe you find yourself up late one night Googling the “symptoms” out of desperation. And there is a “knowing” at the first mention of the word itself, and the more we read, the stronger that “knowing” becomes.

Am I An Empath? These Are The Common “Symptoms”

Do you wonder whether you actually are an empath? Below, I listed some common “symptoms”.

Accepting The Label

But we still find ourselves asking “Am I an Empath?” We read books and take quizzes. Why? Because we haven’t learned how to trust our intuition, and as humans, we struggle so dearly with labels.

I was several years into my sobriety before I was able to say “I am an addict” out loud. It wasn’t a secret by any means, but by adopting the label I felt like I was asking others to feel sorry for me.

I had heard firsthand so many inspiring stories of recovery. Beautiful people who had faced struggles far worse than I had endured, and I didn’t feel like I was “worthy” of putting myself in the same category with them. Consequently, I didn’t believe I had suffered enough.

 And while being an addict and being an Empath are two starkly different things (although it’s not uncommon for an unpracticed Empath to struggle with addiction as a way to cope with the overwhelming feelings), I have wrestled with this label in very much the same way.

Intuitively, I have known that I am an Empath, but it wasn’t until very recently that I was able to outwardly identify as such. Also, I lacked the confidence and skill required to trust in myself.

How To Come To This Acceptance

How did I come to this acceptance? In slow, metered degrees. When I got sick in January I wasn’t sure what the rest of my life was going to look like, or how much longer I was going to have.

It’s so easy to find ourselves rooted in the false security of tomorrow, and while my illness is how I came to understand that we are not guaranteed anything, this is true for all of humanity. We Just. Never. Know.

When I surrendered to this, what I found in its wake was a dark, vast hole of unknown. Moreover, I accepted that I was not the center of the universe, and when I recognized how small I was in the grand scheme, I truly came into my power and, for the first time, felt my connection to it all.

How To Learn To Understand Your Empathic Trait

Being an Empath sounds more like a ‘what’ than a ‘who,’ but I’m not sure this is true. When we take another’s energy, another’s emotions into our bodies, they very much become a part of who we are, even after we learn how to differentiate between the two.

Being able to identify the source does not prevent us from feeling, and we still need to learn how to process and release this energy. Being aware and taking care of ourselves becomes essential to leading healthy, happy lives, and is very much a part of who we are.

So how do we come to understand ourselves? And to care for ourselves? The tools are the same. It is through understanding ourselves that we learn what we need, and that is going to look a bit different for all of us.

I cannot tell you exactly what your path will look like, but I can share with you my journey, and assure you that you will know your path when you find it.

#1 The Art of Meditation

This was the first time I ever really felt connected to my highest, truest self, and to something greater than me, and it happened simultaneously, though not instantly. I had to get down underneath all the noise in my head, and that took practice and time.

A suggestion – thinking about not thinking will only make the process harder. I know – I tried it. Thoughts are human and as unstoppable as our breath, but it is possible to learn to detach from them – to witness them as they come and go. There is even insight to be found in doing so, and the practice will help you get there.

#2 Be Mindful of What You Eat

Digestive issues are often a good indicator of stuck energy, and Empaths are prone to them. For instance, Chinese medicine believes that when we eat we are not just taking in the food – we take in air, energy, emotions – and our bodies need to be equipped to process all of this.

Therefore, try to eliminate preservatives and additives, be mindful of where your food comes from (and what it may be carrying with it) and listen to your body – they are telling us all the time what they need.

#3 Make a “Joy List.”

Write down a list of activities that feed your soul. For instance, it could be reading, painting, taking a bath. And then take it a step further. Schedule time (yes – really schedule it) as often as you can and dedicate it to doing something from your list. Daily is wonderful! However, make it manageable.

The intent here is to give yourself time to feel joy, not to add stress by trying to squeeze this time in. You can always choose to schedule more time later. And add to the list! Spending time being joyful often leads to more joy.

#4 Trust Your Intuition

I say ‘trust’ and not ‘listen to’ because I believe as Empaths most of us already hear it, sense it, but we’re either not confident enough or not skilled enough yet to trust what we’re hearing.

Next time you get a “feeling,’ lean into it. We’re doing all this work on the inside, so let go of any fear that someone else will know what you’re doing, that you’ll be judged. Therefore, just lean in a little and see what happens.

It’s OK to ask yourself questions, and it’s OK if you hear an answer. This doesn’t make you crazy. When we really tune into our thoughts we find that we’re already doing this every day, subconsciously.

Take control of what questions you’re asking yourself. You have the power to connect to your intuition, and in doing so, to change the story you’ve been telling yourself all along.

#5 Journaling Is A Conversation With Your Soul

This one was tricky for me. I have collected dozens of journals, most of them with only a few pages filled. Also, I always started the practice with gusto but quickly abandoned it.

I told myself the ‘energy wasn’t right,’ or ‘it was the wrong journal, but the truth is I approached it like an assignment and always felt like I failed. My handwriting was off. I misspelled a word. It wasn’t poetic enough.

This last time I made a commitment to myself. Come typos or bad grammar, I would write every day for one month. I chose not to go back and read anything for fear of judging myself.

As a result, I ordered the plainest notebook I could find and laughed when it arrived. It was unlined! I was sure the universe was mocking me, but I went with it. And under the precept of prose, I found me.

If you are looking for a great journal to get started with your journaling practice, here are a few great options for empaths:

#6 Deepen Your Connection With Spirituality

I’m not telling you to find God (I’m not, NOT telling you to find God, either), but as Empaths, we are sensitive to energy. Consequently, I have found that in order to work with my energy I had to find my connection to its source.

When I was in rehab I asked my facilitator if I could skip the NA meetings. Moreover, I told her that I had gotten myself into this mess and I was not going to “surrender myself” to anything, that I did not believe in “God” in the way that they intended.

She told me that she didn’t care if I found God in a light bulb and ordered me to attend more meetings. Therefore, I went, but this didn’t make sense to me until many years later. Spiritual practice is as broad as its definition and as individual as the person.

Be cautious of Pinterest boards that tell you what it’s supposed to look like. Connection is a feeling and there is more than one way to get there.

#7 Learn to Identify Your Boundaries

I’m wary of anyone who tells me where to set my boundaries. When we learn to set boundaries, what we’re really learning is how to ask ourselves “am I OK with this?” I know for myself, this answer can shift with the person, the place, or even my hormones.

Through meditation, journaling, and learning to trust my intuition, I have discovered how to discern what the answer feels like in my body. I think it’s been trying to tell me all along, I just didn’t understand the question and therefore didn’t recognize the answer. It warrants repeating. Trust your body – it’s talking to you.

#8 Find Your Release

As humans, we all have to learn how to process our emotions, whether we recognize their relation to energy or not.

As Empaths, we become starkly aware of their energetic nature and what that energy feels like in our bodies. But we can only carry so much, and ‘overloaded’ is a sensation we become quite familiar with, even if we can’t name it at the time. It shows up as exhaustion, depression, anxiety. Sometimes it even presents as addiction.

So we have to learn first how to name it, then how to locate it, and finally how to let that energy go. Meditation, learning how to talk to and listen to my body and spirit, and finding my joy have all assisted me in learning how to do so.

Sometimes The End Is The Beginning

I didn’t find all the answers to this awakening. However, what I found were more questions.

What does this mean for me? Where do I go from here? If I am not the center of it all, then what is my purpose? But at the root of this was “Who am I?”  Because without this knowledge, I’m not sure the answers to the other questions would be possible.

The most important gift we can give ourselves is to start asking these questions. As soon as we ask –

“What do I need?”
“How am I feeling?”
“Is this mine?”

We have already begun to put it out there. To set the intention. We are telling the universe, and even more importantly, ourselves, that we matter.

Valuable Resources For Empaths:

I’ve included below some of the resources that I have found helpful along my path. I hope that some of them may be of service to you, too.

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Looking for guided meditations that help you as an empath with grounding? Try these 5 powerful guided meditations!

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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Empaths tend to be very sensitive towards the emotions and feelings of others around them. As a result, anxiety may arise from being overwhelmed by your surroundings or the environment you find yourself in.

These selected guided meditations for grounding Empaths are each no more than 10-15 minutes long and are 100% free. Therefore, find the time in your day to ground yourself, cleanse the mind, and release the negative energy that might be affecting you as an Empath. 

#1 The Daily Breath with Deepak Chopra

This guided meditation podcast is one of the favorites that we listen to on an almost daily basis. Deepak Chopra hosts an eight to ten-minute show where he effectively guides the listener towards releasing negative energy. 

Empaths that choose to listen to this particular podcast will find at least one show that will help with their specific needs. For instance, one is named Total Meditation and focuses on bringing forth positivity. The series called the Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire encourages you to work mindfully towards your goals.

Find comfort in the best series on the Daily Breath for Empaths called the Secrets of the Self. Deepak will help you discover the causes of your suffering by elevating your awareness and then become more connected with the real you.

If you would like a guided meditation to ground the Empath in you, check out the Daily Breath for free wherever you listen to podcasts. For instance, Spotify and Apple podcasts are the most popular platforms. However, don’t be afraid to keep searching for a chance at achieving inner peace. 

#2 Daily Meditation Podcast by Declutter The Mind

Become more mindful in under six minutes being the shortest meditation in this list of recommended. For instance, if you would like a quick session of relaxation and become more grounded and mindful, then this is the podcast for you.

Most of these episodes begin with relaxing the positioning of the body and practice of deep breathing techniques. Moreover, there is no noise in the background of the host’s speech, and the host mindfully speaks in a comforting and simple manner. 

Empaths will find many episodes that will decrease anxiety, uneasiness, and despair. Episodes from Declutter The Mind are also useful for Empaths as they are focused on attracting positive energy and hope.

There are longer episodes ranging toward the twenty-minute mark if you find yourself with more time on your hands. They tend to include fewer words and journal prompts to help release your thoughts onto paper. 

Discover a way to generally lower stress and ground the overwhelmed empath through a free app called Declutter the Mind and on Spotify. These apps are available for both IOS and Android. 

#3 Ten-Minute-Meditation For The Empathetic Soul By Great Meditation 

YouTube is overwhelmingly saturated with guided meditations for empaths so that it can be difficult to find what you need. However, Empaths will find limited options catered towards their specific needs. After avid research, we discovered this guided meditation that will have you feeling mentally lighter in just ten minutes. 

This guided meditation is particularly based on grounding the Empath to the present. This host uses awareness to recognize love and acceptance for one’s natural being. This meditation includes affirmations as well including, “I am here, I am seen, I am me.”

Within this ten minutes, the host of Great Mediation provides an imagined scenario to help you visualize and connect you with who you are. They also specifically identify what it is like to be an Empath and emphasizes all of its positive and powerful aspects. 

Listening to the kind and uplifting words of this guided meditation not only grounds you but aids in self-actualization. Empaths will find themselves feeling like a superhero who has the potential to control how others affect their personal state of mind.  

#4 Guided Meditation For Releasing Anxiety & Overwhelm by Dr. Ramdesh

This meditation guides awareness mentally through internal acknowledgment and physically through paying attention to stress points in the body. Dr. Ramdesh brings this awareness of overwhelming feelings and stress in an attempt to grounds you to the present moment.

The background consists of nice, calming sounds and a soft song in the background of the words spoken. Moreover, This aspect is beneficial for Empaths that prefer music in their guided meditations to help them release a little easier. If you tend to be more sensitive to sound, you may want to skip this one. Although, still consider it a good listen.

These spoken affirmations will curb your anxiety, release fear, and let go of judgment for yourself. For the average Empath, this is important to ground yourself and separate your emotions from the words and feelings of others around you. In exchange for these negative feelings, this meditation will replace them with peace, healing, and love for yourself. 

Become present with your emotions and breathe easier with this guided meditation for grounding yourself as an Empath. Find this meditation on Spotify or play it here:

#5 Guided Evening Meditation For Highly Sensitives And Empaths By Tertia Riegler 

Finally, the last recommendation is a short meditation found for free on YouTube and is just under eight minutes. Constructed by YouTuber Tertia Riegler, these videos are curated for Empaths and other highly sensitive people. 

Hearing the slight soft instrumental in the background does not distract the listener and helps provide solace and peace.

By listening closely, you will notice uncomfortable emotions and discern them from healthier feelings. Tertia talks you through deriving the root of these feelings and then helps in letting them go. Her goal is to guide you in the process of getting rid of negative energy and emotions. 

Additionally, she focuses primarily on associating pictures and images with your emotions in your mind’s eye. Towards the end, Tertia lets a ball of gold light wash over your body to ground you mentally and “cleanse the energetic body.” Tertia’s voice connects you with the earth to ground you in your mental space as an Empath. 

After the seven minutes have passed, you are asked to think of what you are grateful for. This brings in positive energy and recharges your mental state. Consequently, it is here you will find how beneficial this time spent was for you to ground yourself through guided meditation.

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In this article, I share my experiences with the Embody Me platform, which is a personal growth-, wellness- & yoga platform for growth oriented women.

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

I love yoga, spirituality and wellness. When I discovered Embody Me, I was psyched to see that there is a platform where all of these passions are combined in one place!

After testing the platform for a couple of months, I decided to summarize my experience with Embody me in this extensive article. You’ll discover what Embody Me is, what the platform looks like and what you can expect from it. Also, I will share my experiences with some of the classes and courses that I attended on this platform.

What Is Embody Me?

Embody Me is a ‘Live stream Yoga, Wellness, & Personal Growth Studio’ for growth oriented, ambitious women. On this platform you will learn how to embody the best version of yourself.

When I discovered Embody Me, I felt so aligned with their values. As a personal growth junkie and PTSD survivor, I spend a great amount of time on finding ways to improve my wellbeing and thrive in life. After reading tons of self-help books and taking different classes, it is refreshing to discover and experience a platform like Embody Me.

Embody Me offers you the opportunity to discover and embody you best self. Through workshops, live stream classes and online courses, members learn about many different topics.

From learning more about the moon phases, manifestation and goal setting to live stream yoga- & meditation classes – you’ll definitely find it on Embody Me!

If you are looking for a place to improve both your physical and mental health, Embody Me definitely is worth your consideration, time and money!

What Does The Platform Look Like?

You may wonder what you can expect from Embody Me. Once you register and log in, you will see this main screen. As you can see, navigation through Embody Me is very clear and straight-forward. Also, the design of the platform is clean and minimalist, which is perfect for highly sensitive people!

Some of the main features on Embody Me are:

• Community
• Live stream Classes
• Workshops
• Online Courses
• Blog

Let’s have a look at each function!

Community

First of all, Embody Me is unique because it also offers an on-platform community. Once you register, you can edit your profile, where you can add a profile pic, cover photo and information about yourself.

You can easily connect with other members by following them. This way, you will stay updated on what they are up to. I found this to be a great way to follow my favorite teachers on this platform.

Once you attend classes regularly, you will also get to know the other members and be able to connect with them. I love being able to do that. Making friends who have similar interests has never been easier!

Live stream Classes

Another Embody Me feature that I love are the live stream classes. If you are a Deluxe Member, you have unlimited access to all different types of classes.

From Yoga classes to meditations, manifestation classes and soul talking; the choices are endless! No matter what type of person you are; you’ll definitely find a class you enjoy on Embody Me.

Also in terms of time slots, there are classes available on different times of the day. As the teachers on Embody Me come from all over the world, you will discover classes that fit your schedule.

The classes are held on Zoom and can easily be followed from home. Perfect for highly sensitive people who prefer their own, safe surroundings for their yoga & wellness practices.

Workshops

Besides regular live stream classes, you’ll also be able to join extensive workshops on Embody Me. These workshops help you to deepen your knowledge about different wellness topics.

Whether it is nutrition, aligning with your menstrual cycle or learning more about manifestation; you’ll be able to deep dive into these topics in personal workshops held by qualified instructors.

Online Courses

Another feature I love about Embody Me, is the fact that they offer online courses to their members. I am a big fan of courses and learning in my own tempo.

Once you become a member, you’ll notice that there are wonderful courses available to you. For instance, you can learn more about aligning with the lunar phases. Also, there is a manifestation course available to those interested in working with the law of attraction.

Blog

Finally, Embody Me regularly shares informative blogs about topics such as yoga, wellness and personal growth. If you want to get to know the platform before becoming a member, this is the perfect place to start!

My Experiences With Embody Me

Now that you are aware of its different features, I’d like to share my experiences with some of the classes I followed on Embody Me!

Somatic Experience For Receiving

I followed this class on a beautiful Thursday evening when the sun was shining. When I entered the class, I was not sure what to experience. I simply knew that this practice is very good for PTSD survivors, so I chose to give it a shot!

Once I entered the Zoom class, instructor Nela welcomed me and the other member participating with a warm smile and kind words. I immediately felt welcome and safe. After a short introduction, it became more clear what we’d do: A somatic experience means to move intuitively and visualizing how we feel on the inside through movement.

As this class was about experiencing what it feels like to receive, we’d visualize how it feels to give and to receive. It was a very personal and emotional class for me, as I was able to express on the outside how I felt on the inside.

At some point, I even felt like I reconnected with my inner child, which was incredibly transforming. Therefore, this practice was amazing for me to reconnect with my feminine side and the flow of my own body.

The warm and comforting character of instructor Nela created a safe space for this wonderful experience and I can highly recommend you to give it a try as well!

Stillness Meditation

After having such a great first experience with Nela, I chose to give another class of hers a try as well. This time, I chose to participate in a stillness meditation. I was somewhat stressed after a long day of work, so I hoped that this meditation would help me to feel relief.

We began the practice with a few deep breaths in and out. After doing so, Nela guided me through the meditation, helping me to ground my energy properly.

Nela’s calm voice, the music and the energy helped me to begin my evening with a calm energy and let go of all the stress I carried around.

In fact, I found this meditation more relaxing than a power nap, showing how effective this practice is! If you are looking for a great meditation class, I highly recommend you to attend meditation classes on Embody Me!

Vinyasa Flow

While I loved the calm practices, I also wanted to try some more intensive classes on Embody Me as well. Therefore, I signed up for Nela’s ‘Vinyasa Flow’ class, which was a short 30-minute yoga session.

The practice began peacefully with gentle movements and gradually became more difficult. When I began the practice, I felt great tension in my back muscles and shoulders. However, after doing this practice, I slowly felt how the tension became less. This shows how good it is to practice yoga regularly!

For beginners, this practice is a great place to start, as it is a gentle form of yoga that introduces you to the basic positions. Besides Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Embody Me also hosts classes such as Yin Yoga and Kundalini Yoga.

Face Yoga For Reducing Wrinkles

Finally, I tried face yoga. I’ve been dying to try this for a long time, so I was so happy to discover that Embody Me offers it on their platform! I followed the face yoga class from Prema Gaia.

With a gentle face oil, I massaged my face and the different areas of it to reduce wrinkles. It was incredibly relaxing for my face and at times super funny: you’ll make a lot of funny faces and movements with your face!

After doing face yoga on Embody Me, I felt super relaxed and my face felt incredibly smooth. I highly recommend you to give it a try.

Price – Quality Check

If you are curious about the pricing of Embody Me, you are in for a pleasant surprise! Memberships start already at 19$ per month. For 49$ you have access to an unlimited amount of classes, all online courses and receive 10% off workshops. If that isn’t a steal, right?

Just compare these prices to the prices of your local yoga studio, and you’ll see that this is definitely a lot of value for your money. If you’d like to experience Embody Me before committing 100%, you can now test it for 7 days for just 1$! This way, you’ll see whether you want to remain a member.

Some Final Remarks

If you are looking for a platform that helps you to transform your wellbeing and embody your best self, I highly recommend you to give Embody Me a try. The instructors are friendly, the membership area is a nice way to connect with others and the offer is outstanding. I am a big fan!

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In this article, Anne-Kathrin shares her 7 favorite methods that helped her to become more spiritual as an empath.

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Do you feel like your life is out of balance? Do you find yourself feeling a little off-center and overwhelmed by the world around you? If so, then this blog post is for YOU!

In this article we will explore 7 ways to help become more spiritual as an empath. These are some things that I’ve found to be helpful in my spiritual journey, and I hope that they will help you too. Let’s get started!

#1 Grounding To Become More Spiritual

Get grounded every day. Grounding exercises can help with spiritual development because it gives your energy time to slow down and come back into your body where it belongs.

A grounding exercise could be something as simple as taking deep breaths or listening closely to the sounds around you. You can also use grounding stones such as black tourmaline, hematite or jade.

When I first started my grounding practice, I immediately noticed a shift in my energy and how I went about the rest of my day. Also, I noticed that I could manage my energy more effectively when being around other people. Something that is quite useful, considering the fact that I am an empath.

If you haven’t discovered it yet, make sure to check out this extensive blog about grounding, where we share 24 powerful grounding techniques.

And if you’d like to get started with grounding right away, I highly recommend giving this grounding practice a try:

#2 Practice Gratitude

Another practice I found useful in my search for spiritual connection, is to practice gratitude. Oftentimes, many of us tend to look at the negative situations and things in our life.

We get so wrapped up in what we don’t have, that we forget to look at what we do have. However, this is the biggest spiritual blockage that you could create for yourself. From this aspect, it is difficult to practice spiritual method such as manifestation, compassion and love. Therefore, it is important to free yourself from negative and limiting beliefs by shifting your mind towards positive aspects of your life.

If you’d like to get started with your gratitude practice, I highly recommend the gratitude journal ‘Good Days Start With Gratitude: A 52 Week Guide To Cultivate An Attitude Of Gratitude’

#3 Get Out In Nature To Become More Spiritual

Another way to become more spiritual, is to spend more time in nature. There is nothing more spiritual than connecting with the source of all our happiness and inner peace – Mother Earth.

Think about it for a second; everything that you have in front of you; your phone, your clothing, your jewelry, your food, your home… it all origins from this planet. Yet, many of us forget to connect with this beautiful core of our being. Therefore, if you want to become more spiritual, going outside to spend time in nature is the best way to do so.

Go to the beach, spend time in the forest or simply sit under a big tree in your local park. As long as it helps you to connect with Mother Earth.

If you’d like to read more about the power of spending time in nature, I highly recommend reading the book ‘Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness’.

#4 Meditation & Yoga

If you are looking for ways to become more spiritual and reconnect with yourself and your own energy, meditation and yoga are definitely worth looking into.

For me, these two practices combined were life-changing for my mental and physical well-being. Ever since I started meditating daily and regularly practicing yoga, I became more spiritually connected with everything around me. Instead of becoming frustrated by other people’s behavior, I now manage to look at them with compassion and love.

Meditation and yoga helped me deeply connect with spirituality and to generally become a more nice and caring person. Also, it helped me to be more gentle towards myself and my own thoughts.

If you’d like to discover these practices, you may want to have a look at this brand new platform for growth oriented women. On this platform, you can follow the best yoga- and meditation classes and learn more about spirituality. I am a big fan!

#5 Spend Time With Animals

Another powerful method to become more spiritual, is to spend more time with animals. Animals, unlike humans, do not spend time worrying about the time, everything around them or the future. They simply are present in the here and now.

Therefore, spending time with animals is an incredibly powerful way to connect with your spirituality. Simply watch them play or be in the present moment and notice how your own energy shifts more towards the now.

#6 Give Back To Others To Become More Spiritual

How can one of us be happy, if the rest is unhappy? This is a common thought amongst many spiritual beliefs. According to modern spirituality, we all are one and connected with each other.

Therefore, it is important to give back to others. By being there for other people and helping them, you will feel more connected with the spiritual energy surrounding all of us.

For instance, you may want to help out at your local animal shelter or support the homeless with food and clothing. Also, you may want to help out a friend who is moving or an elderly person by doing their grocery shopping. There are tons of ways to give back!

#7 Be Compassionate With Yourself

Many empaths are kind and caring for others, but incredibly tough on themselves. What helped me to create a better relationship with myself and become more spiritual, was to learn self-compassion.

I identified my hateful thoughts towards myself and turned them around to more positive affirmation statements. For instance, I turned the thought ‘I never do enough’ around to ‘I am working hard every day and every tiny step I take, is a step towards my end goal’.

Simply by countering your negative, limiting beliefs with more positive affirmation statements, you over time can change your mindset towards more self-compassion.

As I learned to become more self-compassionate, I learned that I can help others more efficiently. My positive energy is healing for people who struggle. Therefore, I now know that by being kind and loving for myself, I actually help others more than putting all my energy into others without spending time on self-compassion.

Have Fun Discovering Your Spiritual Path

When you start your spiritual journey, the most important thing is to have fun. Spiritual practices are very personal and there is no ‘one size fits all’-approach.

Therefore, try to experiment with different spiritual practices and pick those that are the most interesting to you.

Which of these methods are you going to try to become more spiritual?

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When you are exhausted and tired, it can be tough to get things done. Therefore, it is wise to recharge your energy. Try these 5 meditations!

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

In Need Of A Recharge?

So you are super exhausted?

Feeling the desperate need for some peace and calm?

Struggling to relax although you feel like you could sleep for a million years?

Do you overthink daily and does it exhaust you?

I can relate! As a highly sensitive empath, it is tough out there, right? All the input, stimuli from your environment, the problems everyone is dealing with, the stress at work: it. is. exhausting!

In those times, it is more important than ever for you to recharge, and that is why I share my top 5 meditations to recharge your energy with you today!

What Is Meditation?

Meditation is the art of observing your thoughts and feelings without judging them. Eventually, this helps you to gain better understanding of yourself. Meditation originates from Hinduism and Buddhism and has grown in popularity worldwide in the last decades.

Most likely, people seek for a way to recharge and remain calm in this oh-so-busy society. I know I do! Ever since I started meditating, I feel more connected to my higher self and more collected. Moreover, it helped me to cope with tough times in life and to recharge my energy. 

The Benefits Of Meditating

Besides that, meditation offers multiple other health benefits such as:

• Lower blood pressure and improved blood circulation
• Lower heart rate
• Less perspiration
• Less anxiety
• More feelings of well-being
• Less stress
• Deeper relaxation

As you can see, the facts speak for themselves. So if you were doubting on whether you should start to meditate, why don’t you just give it a try with one of the 5 meditations below?

1. Grounding Meditations

One of the first things that I do when I feel super tired, is to ground myself. According to Kimberly Snyder from Well+Good, our bodies create their own electricity and are made up of positively charged protons, negatively charged electrons and neutrally charged neutrons. Apparently, the newest technology is able to throw this electrical energy off.

In addition, the continual exposure to technology’s electromagnetic fields might result in free radicals (unpaired positive ions) building up in our bodies. Those radicals have been connected to premature aging, inflammation and disease.

However, you can minimize this through the art of grounding. When you make contact with earth, negative ions from the surface enter your body and release those radicals. So, what are you waiting for? Time to get rid of those radicals! It is not hard to ground yourself, and this meditation might help you with it:

2. Cut The Cord Meditation

According to Sarah Hall, cords are attachment to other energies than yours. These can be energies from other people, situations or past abusive relationships. Eventually, these energies might ‘eat’ your energy and cause you to feel this exhausted.

Especially for empaths who are prone to picking up on signals easily, it is important to release these energies. After I was aware of this and cut the cord with those energies, I felt so much better and relieved! I hope that you feel the same with this meditation:

3. Protect Yourself From Negative Energy

After releasing negative energies, it is important to protect your energy field from new energies entering it unwelcomed. You want to go into the world feeling safe and protected, without the fear of constantly becoming exhausted from it.

Therefore, I can highly recommend you to try this meditation from New Horizon. I tried this meditation during tough times & conflicts and it has helped me tremendously in protecting my energy:

4. Release Tension And Recharge

After doing these spiritual meditations, you may also want to release some tension and anger. Unconsciously, tension and anger build up in our bodies when we experience stress.

For example, signals such as a clenched jaw, tight shoulders and a general feeling of tight muscles indicate that you have been saving up on tension. Time to release this! In fact, this meditation can help you with releasing tension and recharging your energy:

5. Love Yourself

One of the best ways to maintain this energized, is to love yourself. Unfortunately, most of us aren’t programmed to see self-love as a natural thing. Therefore, we have to learn how to love ourselves.

Positive affirmations, self-care and building up your self-esteem are ways to higher your vibration and build a strong energy shield. Finish your recharging-retreat with this meditation and you will be good to go:

Good Luck With Recharging Through Meditations!

I hope that these meditations will help you as much as they helped me! If you set aside enough time to do all five of them, I am sure they will be of great benefit for you! If you are looking for a quick way to release stress, you might also try this meditation.

Do You Want To Connect With Other Highly Sensitive People?

Are you highly sensitive and or empathic and do you want to connect with likeminded people? Good news! We created a group especially for highly sensitive people: HiSensitives Community – A personal growth community for highly sensitive people and empaths

Click here to join!

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