{"id":5055,"date":"2019-04-27T08:49:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T12:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2019-04-27T08:49:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T12:49:34","slug":"grounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/grounded\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounded!  A Visit with Mother Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HolisticTranspersonalPsychology\/videos\/vb.759604480796013\/1531098583646595\/?type=2&#038;theater\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\">Post # 255<\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 27, 2019<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hot Picks<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>My Favorites<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Some thoughts about<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mother Earth<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>I wrote a creative non-fiction essay which is published in my book, <em>Walking by Inner Vision: Stories &amp; Poems.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The story is<\/h3>\n<h3>Great-Grandmother Speaks<\/h3>\n<h3>in this story the Great-grandmother teaches her children about grounding &#8211; or earthing, as it is also known.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have just one question for you today:<\/p>\n<p>Have you walked outside, taken off your shoes, and placed your feet on the Earth lately?<\/p>\n<p>You will experience the joy of being in touch with our Earth Mother and her energy will surge through your entire body.<\/p>\n<p>If you have never done this, I urge you to just do it now.\u00a0 I cannot fully describe the feelings you will have.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Give our Mother Earth a chance to comfort,<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>energize and even heal you.<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Body &#8211; Mind &#8211; Spirit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4836\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4836\" data-attachment-id=\"4836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/stony-paths-disappear-tanka-part-2\/dsc09187\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC09187.jpg?fit=5159%2C3765&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5159,3765\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554594025&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bare feet on stony ground\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;In this article Pennsylvania Author, Lynda McKinney Lambert, introduces her audience to the benefits of GROUNDING.  Try it!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lynda McKinney Lambert takes off her shoes and steps into her Zen Meditation Garden.  Grounding has many benefits  for Body, Mind, and Spirit&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC09187.jpg?fit=1024%2C747&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4836\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC09187-300x219.jpg?resize=300%2C219\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC09187.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC09187.jpg?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC09187.jpg?resize=1024%2C747&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC09187.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC09187.jpg?w=3240&amp;ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynda McKinney Lambert takes off her shoes and steps into her Zen Meditation Garden. Grounding has many benefits for Body, Mind, and Spirit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The article is a gift to you from Lynda McKinney Lambert.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>SHARE THE HAPPINESS.<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Please visit the HOT PICKS PAGE ~ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/hotpicks\/\"><strong>Click Here!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Share this post with friends on Social Media.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I only ask that you share the entire article AND the copyright information.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I\u2019ll See YOU at the Top!<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_2399\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2399\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2399\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Front-Cover-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking by Inner Vision: Stories &amp; Poems<br \/>Published 2017<br \/>by DLD Books<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Day &#8211; Are you GROUNDED?<br \/>\nWhen is the last time you enjoyed a visit with Mother Earth?<br \/>\nPennsylvania author, Lynda McKinney Lambert, provides some thoughtful insight on grounding or earthing. <\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/grounded\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4gbwn-grounded","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5244,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/great-grandmother\/","url_meta":{"origin":5055,"position":0},"title":"Great-grandmother sings little songs &#8211; Poem","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"May 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Pennsylvania author, Lynda McKinney Lambert says: : I've never known any of my Great-grandmothers. 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