Earthing/Grounding in Cycling by @amnacademy - You can experience the huge benefits of earthing yourself daily via skin contact to the earth - The surface of the earth is electrically conductive, possessing a continuously renewed and limitless supply of free electrons. It has a negative potential maintained by the global atmospheric electrical circuit. - To grab these electrons, we need to have our skin in contact with the ground. It’s true that we haven’t remained barefoot throughout history, but we have worn animal skins and then leather-soled shoes right up until the late 1800’s. Unfortunately, we then developed rubber-soled shoes and most of us are now constantly insulated from the electricity of the earth, walking around on air bubbles.
We need to make an effort to get in contact with the earth now. - "Grounding appears to improve sleep, normalize the day–night cortisol rhythm, reduce pain, reduce stress, shift the autonomic nervous system from sympathetic toward parasympathetic activation, increase heart rate variability, speed wound healing, and reduce blood viscosity". (research paper in comments) - We recommend getting at least 30 minutes contact between skin and earth each day. Barefoot contact with the grass around the roots of a tree is best. Also consider a method of grounding the body at night when sleeping.