Welcome,
I am Mary McGillivray and today we are going to have a little chat about the difference between grounding and centering.
For a long time I thought that grounding and Centering were the same things.
You often hear them in yoga session,
Mindful session,
Meditation.
And over the years I've come to experience them as two distinctive qualities.
Grounding for me is feeling supported.
It's that moment when you become aware of that moment that you feel Your body is in contact.
With the earth beneath you.
Your feet are on the earth.
Your sit bones.
Are in contact with the chair.
Your breath is moving through your body.
When we feel anxious,
Overwhelmed or caught up,
In our thoughts.
It's easy to lose our sense of support.
We can feel that we are floating somewhere above ourselves.
And grounding is a gentle return.
It's an experience of arriving back in the body.
And recognizing that,
At this moment.
That we are being held.
Now centering feels different.
Centering is what happens.
When from a place of support.
We reconnect with ourselves.
Not a buzzy mind.
Not the stories.
Not the expectations.
Required to place underneath.
In yoga I often think of coming back to the heart of our awareness.
A place that remains steady.
Even when our thoughts,
Emotions or circumstances are constantly changing.
If grounding is feeling connected to the earth,
Centering is feeling connected to your inner compass.
Grounding helps us feel safe and centering helps us to get clear.
And often they work together.
In my experience it is very difficult to feel truly centered when we are not grounded.
And that's the reason why yoga practices mindfulness practices.
Meditation.
Starts with the body.
So first we arrive.
.
.
And then we listen.
And that's perhaps the.
.
.
Most simple way to understand the difference.
So grounding is arriving and centering is listening.
And both invite us to a deeper relationship with ourselves.
With ourselves.
Thank you for watching this short video.
Explanation Well,
I hope you have a little bit more of a feeling about the difference between grounding and centering.
Namaste.
