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Hit the GROUND

I wiggle my toes and bury my feet deeper in the cool sand. Foamy, salty water washes around my ankles and trickles into the holes made by my toes.

I breathe in. I breathe out. In that one breath cycle, life already feels more peaceful.

This is grounding, also known as earthing, and there’s a lot of scientific evidence to support how beneficial it is to our nervous system when we get outside and let our bare feet touch soil, grass, sand or water.

Switched on

Humans are essentially electrical beings – we are made up of

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