GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 9 | Page 107

calling all the aspects of your
energy and awareness back
to your body and the physical
Just as a bloom on a plant that space it occupies into present
is warmly and safely anchored time. For example, thinking of
into the earth has all its
loved ones at home and good
fundamental requirements
times gone by is a normal,
taken care of and is free to
common occurrence when you
simply come forward in its
are abroad. If for whatever
full beauty and brilliance, your reason, this turns into intense
ability to feel fully ‘grounded’
feelings of nostalgia or homewhere you are is exactly what
sickness however, it can cause
enables you to achieve the
you to completely lose yourself
same in your outer life.
in thoughts of home, memories and moments of the past.
What does it mean to be
grounded? To be grounded you Where your attention goes,
must become aware of where your energy follows. You wind
you actually are in the presup frustratedly trying to funcent moment and intentionally
tion in a formless space that

1 | Be Grounded

exists somewhere between
the present and the past which
causes you to miss out on
being fully present - not only to
yourself - but also to the
opportunities and experiences
in front of you in the NOW.
Being ungrounded in a new
country affects your well-being
and your ability to make the
most of the opportunity in the
most fundamental of ways.
When you ARE grounded, your
entire body and being spontaneously begin to align with
the energy, psyche and cultural
model of your new home. Your
degree of ‘groundedness’ also
affects every other point
mentioned below.