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little crazy, but it’s a sure way to
bring your body back here on
earth if you have not been feel-
ing IN your body lately. There
are two ways you can do this
exercise. The least daring one is
holding ice to the middle of the
bottoms of your feet. The goal
is the hold it there until the ice
cube has completely melted. The
second activity is taking a cold
shower. Not lukewarm, but cold!
While the experience isn’t tradi-
tionally favorable, it can be not
only beneficial but even enjoy-
able when you shift your per-
spective on the experience.
Regardless, it will certainly help
connect you with your body and
bring you into the present
Moment.
4) Feet on Soil
the breathing exercise from #2
in combination with this. This
exercise, unlike the others, is
literally connecting you with the
ground. It’s simple, and feels nice
to imagine Mother Earth trans-
ferring her deeply calming
energy to you. are some of my favorites: “I am
always safe.” “I love my body.” “I
am safe in my body.” “I am an-
chored and connected to Mother
Earth.” “I am always protected
by The Universe /God.” “The
Universe will always provide for
me.”
5) Root Chakra Affirmations I hope you try out these practices
to see which you like best and
feel are helpful. You can truly
integrate these into your life any-
time, anywhere.
The root chakra is the first
This next one is quite simple. All chakra for a reason. You can’t
it requires is standing barefoot
build on unstable ground. There
on a nice area of soil, but grass
are many ways to balance the
basically works the same. You
root chakra but my favorite
can take a few deep breaths or do are affirmations. The following
About the Author
Sophie Jennis is a Tarot Practitioner
and on the path to becoming a teacher
of Divine Love, working with Holistic
Healing modalities for powerful
transformation.
divineloveactivation.com
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