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Grounding and Centering 101

By Marius Ophir

Centering

Centering is simply concentrating all of your focus and energy into your physical body, literallycontemplating your navel. Most people have their center where it is usually directly behind or a

little above you navel. Your center can differ from person to person. The trick to finding your center

is to move your focus up and down until you find a place where you are both comfortable and still.

As an example my center is directly behind lungs but in front of my spine. The simple method for

finding your center is as follows

Take a few relaxing breaths and picture in your mind that you are following your breath into the

interior of your body. !very breath brings you deeper and deeper into yourself until you find

yourself within your center. As i stated before this may be behind your nave , slightly above it, or

any other area that you feel both comfortable and still in. "hen you find this area this will be where

you center to before grounding.

There are some variations that can be used. These are as follows

As your ability with this improves you will be able to center yourself using fewer and fewer breaths.

#ow while in your center imagine the you$re surrounded by a pool of li%uid light. Take note of the

color of the pool of light as this is your power color. This can be used to help with protections and

control of your energy.

Grounding

&rounding connects your energy to that of the !arth, 'niverse, storm, or other sources that can be

used to draw energy from. This does ( things

). *erves as an +anchor to make you more difficult to be moved or suffer interference from

+outside forces- i.e. other practitioners, spirits, powers or gods of various flavor.

. This serves as another source of energy to be used to allow you to conserve or augment your own

personal energy resources, such as amulets, talisman, or other occult devices devised to act as a

energy source.

(. /t will serve as a energy +sink, this will allow you to rid yourself of excess or unwanted energy

to safely bring yourself back to a normal state.

The simple method for this is as follows. *it down, or choose a comfortable position that will allow

you to relax but not fall asleep, and then center yourself. Move inward to reach the very tip or baseof your spine. /magine a large root growing down out of you and into the !arth. !ach breath you

take pushes this root deeper into the !arth, all the way down to the molten center of the planet. 0eel

the root reach into the heart of this core till you are flooded by warm, golden, healing energy.#ow

using your breath pull this energy up towards you. As it reaches you, breath it up into your spine

and the let it radiate outwards to the rest of your body until you are filled to the brim with this

energy. "hen you have done this you can the push unwanted or negative energy out of your body

and down into the core where it will be cleaned and renewed to use again. There are variations to

this as follows

). *ending down a pillar instead of a root helps with anchoring yourself.

. *end down roots from a standing position, becoming a tree filled with energy and flowers and

blooms coming from your arms and upper body.(. You can elongate your astral legs until they reach the core. 1isuali2e your feel mounted to the

earths core and your body reaching up from it. This may feel very odd but can be used. /f this works

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/ suggest practicing with it till you$re comfortable. To finish this exercise be sure to push whatever

unwanted energy out of you.

3. The *tar Metaphor. *tand with your feet shoulder width apart with arms out to your sides left

palm up right palm down 4can be reversed for lefties5. Take a deep cleansing breath, hold for a few

seconds then release. #ow repeat while drawing up a flow of energy from the ground and up your

left side while you inhale. Continue drawing energy while inhaling until your left side pf your body

4as much as you$re comfortable with drawing5 and then exhale the energy down your right side ofyour body and out your right foot into the ground. 6epeat as many times as you$re comfortable

with. You can repeat this process but use any other source of power such as a storm, prepared item

etc.

This is the basics / personally use and believe this can be used by any person looking to do energy

work, no matter, race, religion, or aptitude. As mentioned before be careful and my &od go with

you.