Is there or are there Standard Grounding Timeframes?

[Mike]

Hello Everyone, I have been pracitising my groundings morning & night. These usually take me 15 to 20 minutes. I am looking to increase the times I ground. Is the effect the same if I were to speed up this process to say 5 minutes? My daily work area does not allow me to have extended times to ground. Also, my work world in the fire service is not conducive to my practice. Finding a specific space is nearly impossible.
Mike

[Lady C]

Hi Mike,

I'm Lady C.  I'm a member from way back who has gone through some incredibly busy years (the past 5 or so) and haven't been as engaged as i once was.  It is taking me awhile to get to the space where i'm feeling grounded again, even though there was a point when i was grounding seemingly automatically, in just one breath.  The FST course has a chapter on it, so you will get the opportunity to review it when that time comes.    So yes, to answer your question, the process of grounding does speed up, and remain effective, once it's become nature to you.

[Gustaf]

Hello Everyone, I have been pracitising my groundings morning & night. These usually take me 15 to 20 minutes. I am looking to increase the times I ground. Is the effect the same if I were to speed up this process to say 5 minutes? My daily work area does not allow me to have extended times to ground. Also, my work world in the fire service is not conducive to my practice. Finding a specific space is nearly impossible.
Mike

Hey Mike!

I would experiement for myself and find out what works best.  What matters more than anything with any sadhana is that it's done with enthusiasm and focus. 15-20 minutes for grounding is like a complete meditation practice, very good when done twice a day. If you are used to it, you can easily do it in just a few minutes, just to keep you grounded. If you do longer sessions they can take you deeper.

I don't spend that long with the grounding meditation myself. I do it a few minutes before morning meditation, and before going to bed, a few minutes.  Sometimes I stay with it and bring the light up with the in-breath, expand, and down to the earth to connect with the out-breath. It becomes a very powerful kriya.

Once you know how to become grounded, I'd focus on two things:  Check and manage grounding as often as possible throughout the day (and night if you wake up), this can be done fairly quickly when you are used to it.  Checking grounding can be done by checking for the tingly feeling in feet and head simultaneously.  Even better, can you feel the tingling throughout the whole body?   The second thing is to use grounding for meditation practice, you can do this two ways. One way is a meditation technique in its own right, like you are doing. The other is in conjunction with another technique, maybe  clearing karma, kegels, or if you have some other practice you like doing. Then it's good to do the grounding as a start and possibly end for each practice session. In that case a minute or two for grounding is enough.

Since you are in the fire service, try to make it into a constant practice. Whenever you have a moment to spare, feel your feet, check the grounding cord, take a few breaths, visualize yourself completely connected. The more you do that, the less you will have to do it in long meditation sessions. You can even do that while being with other people. The only thing people around you may notice is that you appear silent and a bit still. 

Tantra is adaptable to any lifestyle. Adjust the grounding to your day, it'll feel a lot less limiting when you do.

Hope some of this is useful
Namaste!
Gustaf

[Mike]

Hi Mike,

I'm Lady C.  I'm a member from way back who has gone through some incredibly busy years (the past 5 or so) and haven't been as engaged as i once was.  It is taking me awhile to get to the space where i'm feeling grounded again, even though there was a point when i was grounding seemingly automatically, in just one breath.  The FST course has a chapter on it, so you will get the opportunity to review it when that time comes.     So yes, to answer your question, the process of grounding does speed up, and remain effective, once it's become nature to you.

Hi Lady C, Wow, I am looking forward to being able to ground automatically. Thanks, I did in-fact go back again to re-read to grounding session. I was wondering if I did a short focussed grounding(say 2-3 minutes) if it would be just as effective as my 15-20 minute sessions. As I am moving forward, I want to make sure I am in a proper mode as it were. Thanks Again,
Mike

[Mike]

Hey Mike!

I would experiement for myself and find out what works best.  What matters more than anything with any sadhana is that it's done with enthusiasm and focus. 15-20 minutes for grounding is like a complete meditation practice, very good when done twice a day. If you are used to it, you can easily do it in just a few minutes, just to keep you grounded. If you do longer sessions they can take you deeper.

I don't spend that long with the grounding meditation myself. I do it a few minutes before morning meditation, and before going to bed, a few minutes.  Sometimes I stay with it and bring the light up with the in-breath, expand, and down to the earth to connect with the out-breath. It becomes a very powerful kriya.

Once you know how to become grounded, I'd focus on two things:  Check and manage grounding as often as possible throughout the day (and night if you wake up), this can be done fairly quickly when you are used to it.  Checking grounding can be done by checking for the tingly feeling in feet and head simultaneously.  Even better, can you feel the tingling throughout the whole body?   The second thing is to use grounding for meditation practice, you can do this two ways. One way is a meditation technique in its own right, like you are doing. The other is in conjunction with another technique, maybe  clearing karma, kegels, or if you have some other practice you like doing. Then it's good to do the grounding as a start and possibly end for each practice session. In that case a minute or two for grounding is enough.

Since you are in the fire service, try to make it into a constant practice. Whenever you have a moment to spare, feel your feet, check the grounding cord, take a few breaths, visualize yourself completely connected. The more you do that, the less you will have to do it in long meditation sessions. You can even do that while being with other people. The only thing people around you may notice is that you appear silent and a bit still.

Tantra is adaptable to any lifestyle. Adjust the grounding to your day, it'll feel a lot less limiting when you do.

Hope some of this is useful
Namaste!
Gustaf

Hello Gustaf, Thanks for assisting me in my grounding practice. The two groundings I am doing now in the morning and evening seem to work great. I feel great afterwards. I like your advice regarding the checking of my grounding during my day. There are certain times during the day when I feel "off", "sluggish" and even very tired. I will work on my proficiency to get the grounding down to a science. I can see where this short 2-3 minute version would come in handy during the day to re-vitalize me.
My other practice is a ZEN meditation by Gempo Merzel, "Big Mind - Big Heart". I like this one because I can just sit in quiet. I really need the practice in quieting my mind and not attaching any energy to the entering thoughts.
Thanks so much,
Namaste,
Mike 

[Gustaf]

Hello Gustaf, Thanks for assisting me in my grounding practice. The two groundings I am doing now in the morning and evening seem to work great. I feel great afterwards. I like your advice regarding the checking of my grounding during my day. There are certain times during the day when I feel "off", "sluggish" and even very tired. I will work on my proficiency to get the grounding down to a science. I can see where this short 2-3 minute version would come in handy during the day to re-vitalize me.
My other practice is a ZEN meditation by Gempo Merzel, "Big Mind - Big Heart". I like this one because I can just sit in quiet. I really need the practice in quieting my mind and not attaching any energy to the entering thoughts.
Thanks so much,
Namaste,
Mike 

Sounds great.   The grounding is so dynamic that everybody have to find their own way to make it work in their lives. My wife and I have very different ways of approaching both grounding and meditation.  The "Big Mind - Big Heart" meditation sounds great. Would be great to try sometimes. We all seem to need to quiet our noisy minds.

Namaste
Gustaf