What is Grounding

WHAT IS GROUNDING ?

What is grounding? When the human body connects with the surface of the Earth, it receives natural energy that re-balances the body system. This therapeutic technique is also known as earthing.

Have you ever felt a sensation of warmth or calm while walking barefoot on grass or at the beach? That feeling is the Earth’s energy flowing into your body through the soles of your feet.

This flow of the Earth’s free electrons can reduce inflammation, ease chronic pain, improve sleep quality, and support healthy circulation.

Grounding is essentially making an electrical connection with the Earth’s energy. The simplest way is by walking barefoot on grass, dirt, or sand. It can also be practiced indoors through modern methods such as using grounding mats and other conductive products. Studies suggest this method may improve mood, reduce muscle soreness, and promote faster recovery.

According to researchers, benefits of grounding include reduced inflammation and cortisol, more energy, improved healing speed, decreased pain, and restoring natural balance to the body.

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Grounding – Text Left / 16:9 Video Right

HOW GROUNDING MAT WORKS INDOORS

Ever wondered how a grounding mat works? A conductive mat connects directly to the Earth through the grounded third pin of your wall socket or an outdoor grounding rod. Importantly, no electricity powers the mat—it simply channels the Earth’s natural electrons.

As shown in the demonstration video, Earth’s energy flows into the mat and then into your body when you sit, rest, or sleep on it. This equalizes your body’s electrical potential and helps neutralize built-up static charge from daily exposure to electronics and EMFs.

This gentle transfer of Earth’s free electrons can lower human body voltage, support relaxation, and encourage deeper, more restorative sleep.

Safe, natural, and easy to use, the Grounding Mat® brings the benefits of walking barefoot on the Earth directly into your home. Simply place the mat on your bed, sofa, or workspace, connect the cord into a properly grounded outlet, and let the earthing mat reconnect your body to the Earth’s energy while you rest.

Evidence of Grounding — Sleep, Inflammation, Cortisol, Recovery

Evidence of Grounding

Explore research areas where grounding (earthing) has been studied. Switch tabs for quick summaries, then tap the button to see detailed references on the research page.

Sleep & Relaxation

  • Lower night-time cortisol & better sleep (pilot sleep-in-bed study).

    Eight weeks of grounded sleep reduced night-time cortisol and trended toward normalized 24-hour rhythm; participants reported improved sleep and less stress.

    PubMed
  • Improved sleep quality vs sham (randomized, double-blind).

    In mild Alzheimer’s patients, 12 weeks of grounding (30 min, 5×/week) significantly improved PSQI sleep scores compared with a sham mat (p = 0.006).

    PMC
  • Relaxation physiology: HRV shift toward “rest-and-digest.”

    A lab study found 40-minute grounding sessions increased parasympathetic activity and improved heart-rate variability beyond relaxation alone.

    terrapia.pl
  • Short-term mood benefits (double-blind).

    After a 1-hour session, grounded participants showed significant gains in pleasant/positive mood compared with sham-grounded controls.

    PubMedSAGE Journals
  • Stress & insomnia measures (2025 RCT).

    A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of earthing mats reported reductions in perceived stress, insomnia severity, and daytime sleepiness from baseline.

    ScienceDirect
  • Peer-reviewed reviews.

    Reviews summarize evidence that grounding may improve sleep quality and normalize cortisol rhythms, while noting small samples and the need for larger independent trials.

    PMC+1
  • Preclinical support.

    In a 2024 EEG rat study, an earthing mat modulated sleep–wake cycles and related neurochemical markers.

    MDPI
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Put Grounding to the Test — Video Right (16:9)

You can put it to the test right now

  1. Go outside and remove your shoes.
  2. Walk barefoot on the grass.
  3. To notice a difference after 30 minutes note down that how different you feel before and after in muscle fatigue, pain, stress or mood.

We have always overlooked earthing which has always been around.

Earthing is not new. For centuries, people across Asia have believed in the healing power of the Earth. In the 19th century, German physiotherapist and naturalist Sebastian Kneipp also wrote that walking barefoot could help prevent disease.

Today, science is beginning to confirm these traditional beliefs. To maintain a healthy lifestyle, it’s important to reduce ongoing inflammation, which otherwise may turn into chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation has been linked to many serious health conditions, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, strokes, and even depression.

Free radicals and chronic inflammation

Free radical steals electron from a healthy atom
Swarm of free electrons encounters free radical

Free radicals are unstable molecules that steal electrons from healthy atoms, creating a damaging chain reaction inside the body. When the immune system detects a pathogen or damaged cell, white blood cells called neutrophils rush to the site. Neutrophils attack and destroy the invader, but in the process they release highly reactive, electron-deficient oxygen molecules.

If your body doesn’t have enough free electrons available, these reactive molecules turn to healthy cells, stealing their electrons and causing more damage. This electron deficiency is common in people living modern, unnatural lifestyles—poor diet, limited outdoor time, and less connection to nature.

Free radical steals electron from a healthy atom (mobile inline)

The result is a destructive cycle: more cell damage, more neutrophils sent out, and more free radicals created. Over time, this process can lead to chronic inflammation, which often develops silently for years and has been linked to serious health conditions.

Swarm of free electrons encounters free radical (mobile inline)

The simplest way to interrupt this chain reaction is grounding. When you are grounded to the Earth, a supply of free electrons flows into your body. These electrons act as natural antioxidants, neutralizing free radicals before they can damage healthy cells. By providing neutrophils with the electrons they need, grounding helps prevent the inflammatory cascade and supports long-term health.

Circadian Rhythms (and How Grounding Helps)

Circadian rhythms are your body’s 24-hour “clock” that times sleep–wake cycles, melatonin at night, morning cortisol, body temperature, digestion, and mood. Bright morning light helps set this clock; late-night screens, irregular schedules, jet lag, heavy late meals, and caffeine can push it off-track—leading to hard-to-fall-asleep nights and groggy mornings.

How grounding may support circadian rhythms: Using a grounding (earthing) mat indoors gives your body a steady connection to Earth’s electrons through the grounded third pin (no electricity powers the mat). Early studies suggest grounded sleep can nudge night-time cortisol toward a healthier day–night pattern and increase “rest-and-digest” parasympathetic activity—both linked to calmer nights and easier sleep onset. Practically, pair morning light + a short grounding session to set the clock, and sleep grounded at night to reinforce timing. For best results: keep a consistent sleep schedule, dim lights 1–2 hours before bed, avoid late heavy meals, and connect your mat only to a properly grounded outlet or outdoor ground rod