The pursuit of scientific validation for Earthing began with Clint Ober’s initial question in 1998 of whether direct connection with the Earth could have an impact on health and whether separation from the Earth―such as by wearing insulative shoes―could contribute to unwellness.

The research that followed has produced fascinating evidence demonstrating that Earthing generates a powerful and positive shift in the electrical state of the body and restores natural self-healing and self-regulating mechanisms.

We know that Earthing allows a transfer of electrons (the Earth’s natural, subtle energy) into the body. We know that inflammation is caused by free radicals and that free radicals are neutralized with electrons from any source. Electrons are the source of the neutralizing power of antioxidants.

In the Earthing studies, as well as the feedback from thousands of individuals who have grounded themselves, we have consistent evidence of people whose pain was reduced. Such reduction of pain is evidence (but not proof) that inflammation is reduced. However, the studies point clearly in that direction.

The institute hopes that evidence collected to date will inspire researchers with the financial resources to perform large studies to further clarify the benefits of Earthing.

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Earthing Studies

  1. Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth’s Surface Electrons | View
  2. Emotional Stress, Heart Rate Variability, Grounding, and Improved Autonomic Tone: Clinical Applications | View
  3. The neuromodulative role of earthing | View
  4. Earthing the Human Body Influences Physiologic Processes | View
    Chronic Disease: Are We Missing Something? (Editorial) | View
  5. Pilot Study on the Effect of Grounding on Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness | View
  6. Changes in Pulse Rate, Respiratory Rate, Blood Oxygenation, Perfusion Index, Skin Conductance, and Their Variability Induced During and After Grounding Human Subjects for 40 Minutes | View
  7. The Effect Of Earthing On Human Physiology, Part 2 | View
  8. The Effect Of Earthing On Human Physiology, Part 1 | View
  9. The Effectiveness of a Conductive Patch and a Conductive Bed Pad in Reducing Induced Human Body Voltage Via the Application of Earth Ground | View
  10. The Biologic Effects of Grounding the Human Body During Sleep as Measured by Cortisol Levels and Subjective Reporting of Sleep, Pain, and Stress | View
  11. Medical Thermography Case Studies | View
  12. Grounding The Human Body to Neutralize Bioelectrical Stress From Static Electricity and EMFs | View

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Earthing Scientific Commentaries

  1. Gaetan Chevalier, Ph.D., The Earth’s Electrical Surface Potential A summary of present understanding | View
  2. James Oschman, Ph.D., Can Electrons Act as Antioxidants? A Review and Commentary | View
  3. James Oschman, Ph.D., Charge transfer in the living matrix | View
  4. James Oschman, Ph.D., Perspective: Assume a spherical cow: The role of free or mobile electrons in bodywork, energetic and movement therapies | View

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Earthing Institute Statements

  1. Understanding Earthing (Grounding) | View

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Matteo Tavera

  1. Matteo Tavera, Sacred Mission | View

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The surface of the Earth resonates with natural, subtle energies. Ongoing scientific research is discovering the details as to why people feel significantly better when they connect with these omnipresent energy fields. Earthing refers to the process of connecting by walking barefoot outside, as humans have done throughout history, or sitting, working, or sleeping grounded indoors.

For more than a decade, thousands of people around the world—men, women, children, and athletes—have incorporated Earthing into their daily routines and report that they sleep better, have less pain and stress, and faster recovery from trauma. Earthing immediately equalizes your body to the same energy level, or potential, as the Earth. This results in synchronizing your internal biological clocks, hormonal cycles, and physiological rhythms, and suffusing your body with healing, negatively charged free electrons abundantly present on the surface of the Earth.

Earthing is among the most natural and safest things you can do.

The Discovery of Earthing’s Health Benefits

The remarkable story of the discovery of Earthing began in the late 1990s when a retired cable TV executive started to think about the human body in terms of electrical grounding.

For 25 years, Clint Ober had participated in the spectacular rise of the cable industry and his own business–the leading cable installation company in the U.S.–by giving customers images that were superior to broadcast television.

What does cable TV have to do with health? The answer may surprise you. The crisp image delivered by the cable is the result of shielding that prevents signals from leaking out and prevents outside disturbances from leaking in. The cable consists of an inner copper conductor surrounded by a mesh shield. The shield is electrically connected to the Earth (grounded), so that the Earth can either deliver or absorb electrons and prevent the build-up of electrical charges in the system. The potential of the shield equalizes with that of the Earth’s surface, thus protecting and stabilizing the signals flowing through the conductor.

After his retirement, Mr. Ober began to consider how his experience with cable TV might apply to the human body. He realized that most people wear synthetic-soled shoes that insulate their bodies from the Earth’s energy field that stabilizes not only cable TV but all electrical equipment– industrial or residential– throughout the world. This seemingly simple realization inspired a scientific adventure that has resulted in what is perhaps the greatest health discovery of our time.

For more information see:

http://www.earthinginstitute.net/index.php/overview

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