Three Grounding Techniques to Help Your Children Be More Present

There are many perspectives on grounding, and the need for us to be grounded, present and centered. However, there are many times within our days when what our soul is really asking for is to soar, embrace its expanded state, and be free. We may need it as a break from intensive days or at times of creative expression. An innate quality all humans have, and that children ask that we nurture. 

Observing our energy field, we can see that when we are engaging in creative forms of expression, we expand. To some, those moments, or hours of our more expanded state, may seem as floaty, away, not present, not concentrated, and the life, when all we are ‘doing’, is ‘being’. ‘Being’ the more that we each are.  

The Benefits of Grounding 

We are energetically grounded when our luminous field, our energy bodies, are aligned with those of our physical body. The action of grounding is the action of aligning our luminous parts with our physical body. We pull it down towards the ground, thereby grounding ourselves. 

Feeling energetically grounded feels good and focused, our thoughts are clear, decision-making is easy, and we are able to experience what is going on around us. Manifestation is not possible if we are not present. We can come up with the most brilliant ideas, even start working on bringing them to life. But, if we are not present, within and around our physical body, manifestation will be hindered. 

When not grounded in our physical body, we might walk down the street and miss a familiar turn, or become anxious about things that normally seem insignificant. The less grounded we are, the longer and more challenging it is for us to return to focus. It is tough to be present when you are not grounded. Our patience levels are lower, everything takes longer, and we may feel more challenged. 

How Grounding Supports Your Children  

Children in such a state are scattered and/or floaty, and they constantly feel under attack by normal, daily demands. It is hard for them to keep up, and they may be in a continuous state of anxiety, evoked by the mundane elements of daily life. It is not because they are not trying, they are just not fully here, for many possible reasons. 

Being challenged to ground oneself physically can be related to one’s sensitivity, spiritual awareness, empathy, or the enormous noise and input constantly flowing around from the many children sitting together in one classroom. Reasons can stem from gaps between one’s soul’s expectations from one’s family and upbringing, and the actual circumstances. For many newcomers, embodying their physical nature is a challenge.  

Three Grounding Techniques to Help Your Children Be More Present: 

(1) Centering using visualization: Guide your child on a simple visualization into a safe space, preferably with scenery from nature that they know from this lifetime. Invite them to imagine a circle and sit in its center.    

(2) Center with the help of nature: Most are more present when in nature. Nature allows both expansion and being present at the same time. Go out into nature, or bring natural elements such as rocks and plants into your child’s room. Do so with them. Some stones and crystals are great for one, yet can be too powerful for those more sensitive. 

(3) Centering using our breath: Practice together, slowing your breath. Once you establish ease in slowing your breathing together, invite your child to sense their energetic boundaries, expand them, and then pull them back, in alignment with their inhaling and exhaling. This technique is simpler than it may sound and is powerful.