Grounding Together
How do you help another to ground? One thing to remember is that moods are contagious. Grounding yourself and making contact will help to ground another. You will either get ungrounded with them or they will ground with you. With contact, you won’t stay in different spaces very long.
The stronger you are at remaining grounded, the more likely they will be to ground with you. It will also help another to ground if you get across that you are listening to them and caring about that.
Often what ungrounds people is not feeling heard or cared about. Help them to feel like they have choices about the situation they are in. Remember that ‘trapped’ is the vulnerability that causes anger to generate the quickest.
Feeling like they have choices will help to calm and center them. Remind them to breath and let go of muscle tension, without invalidating the importance of the issue at-hand to them.
Staying Grounded Under Pressure
You will not stay grounded under stress or pressure if you are not used to being grounded all the time.
I strongly suggest a ‘morning ritual’ that includes grounding, that you practice each day, every day upon waking up. So, set your state of being, before you interact and before you handle any content of the day.
Ground when you begin your day, ground when you begin anything, and ground whenever you do not feel grounded.
