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From the brain injury site cited the other day:
Running again! October 30, 2010 | Author Deacon Patrick
Crystal Falls early in my standard run. The left side of the waterfall is frozen.
Returning to the trails is like meeting an friend you used to see almost daily but circumstances kept you apart for a month. Not just the running. The experience of primal running is much, much more. It is prayer. It is breathing God�s creation. It is flowing through God�s creation. It is a return to the way things are supposed to be.
These last three days I�ve run 8 miles total. That was made possible by about a week of rather pathetic outings, hobbled combinations of running in place and trotting/stumbling a few dozen yards and back.
Pathetic as it was, I returned each time feeling better than I left. That how running primal works. I�ve said it before, but there is something about running that helps us heal.
This recovery I am doing a number of additional things that I was not on my previous 6 month recoveries (which matched how I felt at the beginning of this one and the only other times I was super slammed like this, so it�s the only bench mark I have.).
First: I understand now how having adrenaline kick in sets me back and I know how to avoid it. I�ve again regained the ability to shut down rather than enter fight or flight, which helps.
Second: The Genotype diet, Buteyko breathing, barefoot running, and floor living. God�s engineering makes everything more efficient, and so healing occurs more rapidly.
Third: I am eating a few finger-fulls of Cacao nibs each day. This raw, unprocessed bean is used to make chocolate. It soothes my continuing skull tectonic plates as they find their proper places. I�ve no idea what else it does, but it is considered a superfood for the brain and it�s part of my Genotype diet.
Forth: the inversion table and hyperbaric chambers.
Fifth: I�m intentionally staying out of interacting with my family as much as I usually would to prevent myself from short circuiting as often, which research shows only prolongs and deepens recovery time. Better two month of greater seclusion than 6 months of being slammed.
My hope is that since I am near the one month mark, I will take an additional 2-4 weeks recovery time to get back to where I was, then see where I get to go from there. Now that I am able to run, perhaps that will speed up the timeline?
Posted in Deacon Patrick's Log, Running | Tags: Barefoot Running, Body Efficiency, Primal Running | No Comments � Running but not writing August 19, 2010 | Author Deacon Patrick
Running barefoot but neglecting the blog.
Posted in Deacon Patrick's Log | Tags: Barefoot Running | No Comments � Take Off Your Shoes and Exercise! May 6, 2010 | Author Deacon Patrick
Go Barefoot or Minimalist
There is a two-fold issue here. First, is shoes. They change the way our body moves, affecting everything from our toes to our nose. Why? Two reasons: they raise the heel, which changes our natural gait and makes motion far less efficient; and they �protect� and �support� our feet, making them, our ankles, legs, back, etc weak, hypersensitive, and prone to needing more and more support.
Does this mean you shed your shoes and run off happily into the sunset? No. Please don�t. The transition to going barefoot or �minimalist� (shoes that offer no support and minimal protection), can take up to a year. You have muscles, tendons, cartilage, posture, and new ways of moving to grow and learn. The hardest part of the transition, taken slowly, takes up to 3 months. To learn more about HOW to make this transition see:
How will making the transition to barefoot/minimalist shoes benefit your brain? The more efficiently our whole body functions, the less energy our brain spends on making it do the every moment tasks. The difference may startle you, because part of how we can help our brain have more energy is to decrease the energy our brain have to spend.
Exercise!
Studies are starting to show that running actually grows new brain cells in mice. Emerging studies also indicate that exercise helps promote overall healing and health. I�ll take both of those!
My own experience tells me that there is truth to both those statements. I the more I am able to exercise, the better I feel. I have reached the point that when my brain is fatigued (but not too fatigued), going for a run rejuvenates my brain and I come back feeling better than I left.
Whatever you form of exercise, be sure to do it with doctor approval and with help as needed so you are as safe as possible. Posted in Uncategorized | Tags:
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The book says one should expect detox symtoms. How has www.earthing.com disapointed you?
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Rachellemarie,
Thank you for the suggestion. Take care.
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I just ordered some Soft Star shoes. I got the soft leather with suede bottoms(designed my own...all black leather...how creative...not!!! ...because they might be for my son with autism). He seems to move more fluidly and can walk/run faster when he is not wearing shoes or boots. If he can not or does not want to wear them, I will take them since we wear the same size right now.
The weather is cold here right now and it might snow. I think I can send him in boots to school if need be and have him change into his Soft Star shoes at school. Best yet...he won't have to tie them (still unable to tie at 11 years old)!!! I hope the teachers let him wear them to gym class to see how fast he really is ! Then again...he might run so fast that they can not catch him...he he he !
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quote:Originally posted by Carol in PA: One person said that she grounded herself to the water pipes.
Isn't there a danger of getting electrocuted if the house is hit by lightning?
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quote:Originally posted by apljack: Water pipes are typically grounded. There should be a water company sticker on the electrical panel. You can't get an electrical final without it (at least where I live).
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Right, water pipes are grounded. If the house is hit by lightning, the electrical charge would run through the water pipes or the electrical wires right down into the ground.
But... If a person is connected to that, wouldn't the electrical charge run through him too, which would electrocute him.
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I'm really the only person who still thinks this is a total scam?
I've been playing guitar for over 20 years... guess what - the strings on an electric guitar are grounded. I'm grounded for at least a few hours a day when i play.
The shell of my laptop is grounded, that's another few hours.
i was perfectly well with my wifi, and cell phone and all the emf in the house.
Then i got bitten by a tick and got very sick, and all the guitar playing in the world didn't make me better.
It would be lovely if healing were this simple, but was anyone on here had any personal experience with this creating any substantial lasting benefit?
Not a book, not a web excerpt, not a youtube video ... have YOU been helped?
i hope it has, and i'd love to hear about your success.
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quote:Originally posted by lymie_in_md: the3030club stated : "looks like quackery to me.". Can you supply some interesting research papers or some valuable studies to support this view! Until you do, the point of view is without substance.
Telling me my point of view is without substance is an angry, mean thing say. Regardless of how badly i might disagree with you, or anyone. I will never belittle their opinion.
Don't agree with me, but don't insult me.
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I too would like to see something substantive as well. I see a lot of slick marketing by this company, but not much to back it up.
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3030-- Some people have posted positives on this thread (in response to..."have YOU been helped?").
Not sure if you saw them.
My son gets red ears/crabby when using his Dell laptop. If we put him in contact with the pad, it does not happen.
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I am loving my Earthing Bands. Helps with/pain,sleeping deeper and longer and more relaxed. I totally don't think its a scam,at all. I am Grateful to have them. Joyce
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quote:Originally posted by the3030club: I'm really the only person who still thinks this is a total scam?
I've been playing guitar for over 20 years... guess what - the strings on an electric guitar are grounded. I'm grounded for at least a few hours a day when i play.
playing guitar does not mean your are grounded!!!
The shell of my laptop is grounded, that's another few hours.
How is your laptop grounded????
i was perfectly well with my wifi, and cell phone and all the emf in the house.
Then i got bitten by a tick and got very sick, and all the guitar playing in the world didn't make me better.
It would be lovely if healing were this simple, but was anyone on here had any personal experience with this creating any substantial lasting benefit?
Not a book, not a web excerpt, not a youtube video ... have YOU been helped?
i hope it has, and i'd love to hear about your success.
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Hoot,
That is good news. I hope to see more tesitmonials like yours. For now, I am skeptical. We have been using the pad without much success.
Take care.
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Hoot,
That is good news. I hope to see more tesitmonials like yours. For now, I am skeptical. We have been using the pad without much success.
Take care.
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Another thing to report for my son...he is sleeping longer than 9 hours a night. He is sleeping about 10 hours per night or more after years of only sleeping 9 or less.
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You're clearly misinformed in regard to this topic. All electronics are grounded. When they are plugged in they are literally tied into a spike driven into the ground outside your house.
search "Ground (electricity)" on wikipedia and read up.
Also, here's proof that the strings of an electric guitar are grounded:
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So yeah. I've been "earthing" for 19 years. I can report no health benefits as a matter of absolute fact.
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I haven't bought anything from the company discussed on this thread, but have been doing a similar thing for about a month now, during sleep only, and it has clearly helped me sleep better.
I don't expect sleeping while grounded to cure lyme disease all by itself. But, what I believe it can do is help the body get stronger so that treatment and recovery can be quicker and less painful.
By the way, I was able to duplicate the essence of the youtube video. I was grounding myself with a slightly different approach, but the result was the same, in that I did measure voltage on me before touching the grounding cloth and then measured no voltage while touching the grounding cloth.
I don't have an electric guitar to test it, but I would wonder, perhaps it is a different situation, sleeping while grounded versus playing a guitar. I wonder if the grounding allows the energy/electricity to flow away from you, but perhaps you are still subjected to a good bit of it as you are touching the strings. Really, just don't know a lot about electric guitars, and am speculating.
But, sleep is for regeneration, and I would expect grounded sleeping is going to be more valuable than being grounded for most other activity. Sleep is probably more easily disrupted by voltage, and just more important.
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Speaking of sleeping being disrupted by voltage...
during the time my son was regressing into autism (about 10 years ago), I was frequently staying up late doing internet research to figure out what was best to do for him. It did not matter what time it was...11 pm, 2am, midnight, 3am...when I turned off the computer, he always woke up. The computer was not even close to his bedroom.
On to another subject...
I got the Soft Star shoes. They are comfortable. I am hoping my son will wear them. If not, they will fit me just fine.
I think *Chinese shoes* with the cloth (cotton) bottom would be a less expensive alternative to Soft Star shoes...although the Soft Star are much more stylish. The *Chinese shoes* also come in a rainbow of colors (at least for women). Posts: 236 | From Illinois | Registered: Feb 2009
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I actually got this 'earthing' book for Christmas, and I'm a little confused. And this confusion somehow made the author's theory seem less credible to me.
The author claims protons (with a positive charge) are considered 'free radicals', but some other more reputable resources claim that free electrons are the free radicals..."killer electrons".
So which is it? Protons or electrons? Which are the free radicals? Or does a positive charge (proton) knock electrons free, transforming them into "killer electrons"?
Actually, free radicals, from what I've read elsewhere, aren't always a bad thing...they kill cancer cells, harmful bacteria, viruses....
I'm one of the most electrosensitive people on Lymenet, and though I was hopeful at first, I now think the book is bogus. I spent several summers outside...digging, planting, pruning, mulching...and maybe I wasn't barefoot doing it, but I sat on the ground, touched trees and shrubs and the ground for hours at a time (since my OCD follows me into the garden now), and I can't say that doing this helped my symptoms. In fact, some days I had to come inside the pain was that bad.
So in my opinion, this guy just wants to sell earthing pads to everybody.
If you really want to read some awesome books on the subject of EMFs, read Dr. Robert O. Becker's 'The Body Electric' and 'Cross Currents'. I've read both these books several times, and they are my absolute favorites!...and he's not selling anything...
Dr. Becker studied regeneration in salamanders and truly believes that the right 'electricity' can cause humans to regrow damaged limbs, organs, etc... I don't want to give the whole book away, but humans 'should' also have this ability to regrow virtually any tissue, even entire organs and limbs.
I forget where I read this...you can probably google it...but if you were to cut your fingertip off above a certain point, did you realize it would regrow? fingernail and all? It will!
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Hey! I was reading something similar yesterday and it basically said the same thing. A person had a limb infected with a bacteria and it would not heal. The bone was being eaten away as well. The docs applied silver and electric current and the bone and skin started to regenerate and the infection was gone.
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quote:Originally posted by hoot: Speaking of sleeping being disrupted by voltage...
during the time my son was regressing into autism (about 10 years ago), I was frequently staying up late doing internet research to figure out what was best to do for him. It did not matter what time it was...11 pm, 2am, midnight, 3am...when I turned off the computer, he always woke up. The computer was not even close to his bedroom.
On to another subject...
I got the Soft Star shoes. They are comfortable. I am hoping my son will wear them. If not, they will fit me just fine.
I think *Chinese shoes* with the cloth (cotton) bottom would be a less expensive alternative to Soft Star shoes...although the Soft Star are much more stylish. The *Chinese shoes* also come in a rainbow of colors (at least for women).
Cant wait to get mine!
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quote:Originally posted by elizzza811: I actually got this 'earthing' book for Christmas, and I'm a little confused. And this confusion somehow made the author's theory seem less credible to me.
The author claims protons (with a positive charge) are considered 'free radicals', but some other more reputable resources claim that free electrons are the free radicals..."killer electrons".
So which is it? Protons or electrons? Which are the free radicals? Or does a positive charge (proton) knock electrons free, transforming them into "killer electrons"?
Actually, free radicals, from what I've read elsewhere, aren't always a bad thing...they kill cancer cells, harmful bacteria, viruses....
I'm one of the most electrosensitive people on Lymenet, and though I was hopeful at first, I now think the book is bogus. I spent several summers outside...digging, planting, pruning, mulching...and maybe I wasn't barefoot doing it, but I sat on the ground, touched trees and shrubs and the ground for hours at a time (since my OCD follows me into the garden now), and I can't say that doing this helped my symptoms. In fact, some days I had to come inside the pain was that bad.
So in my opinion, this guy just wants to sell earthing pads to everybody.
If you really want to read some awesome books on the subject of EMFs, read Dr. Robert O. Becker's 'The Body Electric' and 'Cross Currents'. I've read both these books several times, and they are my absolute favorites!...and he's not selling anything...
Dr. Becker studied regeneration in salamanders and truly believes that the right 'electricity' can cause humans to regrow damaged limbs, organs, etc... I don't want to give the whole book away, but humans 'should' also have this ability to regrow virtually any tissue, even entire organs and limbs.
I forget where I read this...you can probably google it...but if you were to cut your fingertip off above a certain point, did you realize it would regrow? fingernail and all? It will!
And is the scientific research studies mentioned in the book and website also bogus? Perhaps you can explain those away as well?!!!
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Okay, so why do I feel worse some days sitting on the ground spreading mulch around for hours?
And I'm not saying earthing has no effect, but I certainly don't think it's the cure-all the author claims it to be...that's all.
Plus, nobody here has yet helped to answer my question about free radicals...are they protons or electrons? The author claims they are positively-charged protons, but from other books I've read, free electrons are the damaging ones.
I also have trouble believing that the God who created me would expect me to build a home only of the proper electron-sharing materials...without equipping me with this knowledge from the get-go; nor would He expect me to walk un-shoe-ed through rocks and mud on cold wet days...without equipping me with paws at least...
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quote:Originally posted by elizzza811: I also have trouble believing that the God who created me would expect me to build a home only of the proper electron-sharing materials...without equipping me with this knowledge from the get-go; nor would He expect me to walk un-shoe-ed through rocks and mud on cold wet days...without equipping me with paws at least...
What got did create however is hypothermia. And i'm in New York today and it's COLD. I'm wearing nice warm boots.
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elizzzzza,
I started sleeping while connected by giving a simple trial of two nights, all night long. Each morning following that, I felt very groggy. For me, this is something I have seen with a variety of treatments as they begin, where a lot of good things are happening, but perhaps it is too much to go through and also be comfortable.
I decided then to build up, started just a couple hours a night, and slowly built up to all night long. As soon as I went at it that way, it was wonderful.
The woman who posts "lymebytes" also recently discussed her experience with it, and it was similar in this respect, that too much at once might be discomfort, that working up to it can be the way to go.
So, I would suggest you consider the possibility that your reaction to working out side, and feeling worse, is a sign that there is something worthwhile there for you, but perhaps too much.
(There are other possibilities that could cause you problems outside with mulch--working too hard, too much sun, sensitive to light, and so on. The point is, when you go outside and spread mulch and do it in a way where you are grounded, you are not just being grounded, you are exposing yourself to sunlight and working and all that. That is something to consider too.)
The more electrically sensitive you are, I do think, the more important this grounding can be for you, but it suggests you may need to go at it very slow in the beginning.
If you can find a way to do it safely during sleep, also keep in mind, that is healing time, and there are likely more benefits there.
I haven't read the book, but if the author is claiming that grounding is a cure-all, I am inclined to believe he's crazy in that respect. I don't think there are any cure-alls, but I this grounding is clearly helpful for some people, and I would suspect it is most helpful for those that are most electrically sensitive.
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I have to admit I haven't read all of the posts here about people who have had success with this, so I am open to learning more.
Thing is that the whole 'protons are bad' thing is getting to me. I check Space Weather daily, and I've noticed that I generally feel better when the sun's protons are higher, worse when they are low, especially when there are 'electron fluxes'. Now I have seizures, so maybe I'm just backwards from everybody else.
Didn't I read that there is a way to make these grounding mats yourself? That kind of made me skeptical, too...having to purchase a grounding mat from the author. But if there is a way to make one yourself...I wasn't clear about it reading the book...a grid of metal duct tape, with a copper wire running from the duct tape to a metal pole in the ground?...I'd be willing to try it...
Wouldn't it make more sense though to just turn off all the electricity?...
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Interesting questions. I can't comment on the protons thing, I've never looked that deep into things, never seen the sun proton numbers. Perhaps you are noticing something important for you. Perhaps you are different or backwards in some respects. The best you can do is just keep paying attention and figure out what you can.
Certainly, you can make ways to ground yourself without buying that particular product. If you're not going to just sleep on the ground, or a floor that happens to be grounded based on how it was constructed, you will need to buy something.
At different points in time, I have bought a grounding cord and a conductive fabric. The grounding cord plugs in to the ground of a 3-prong electrical outlet--it's just the grounding prong, so the cord is 1-prong. It is done this way to avoid electrocution, it is very important. The grounding cord comes with an alligator clip that I clip to the conductive fabric, and I plug in the cord and slip the fabric inside my shirt while I sleep.
It works. I know because I used a meter to test it, and I know it affects how I sleep.
I bought those at lessemf.com. Of course, there are always other places things could be bought, and other ways things could be done.
A grounding stake could be put in the ground, and a person could use some clip and wiring to attach that grounding stake to themselves while sleeping. This would be a way to avoid going through the electrical system, for those not wanting to do that.
In the end, you're looking for an electrical connection to the ground. Some metals are very good conductors. There are many ways to fill in the details.
(As always, caution is advised when there is lightning possible.)
Regarding just turning off the electricity, it is a related idea. I don't know that it is identical, because, you may still have voltage in the air that your body would be subject to, that grounding would reduce or eliminate. But, perhaps turning off the electricity gets you a lot of the way. I do not know if those acts have different functions or more or less the same one. Maybe I'll take a look at trying to measure that someday. I do know, some people do turn off the electricity in their rooms while they sleep, and some have reported positive effects.
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quote:Originally posted by MichaelTampa: By the way, I was able to duplicate the essence of the youtube video. I was grounding myself with a slightly different approach, but the result was the same, in that I did measure voltage on me before touching the grounding cloth and then measured no voltage while touching the grounding cloth.
With all due respect, this proves nothing.
Neither does the experiment. A
s someone with a first background in electronics i can tell you that what you're doing when you perform this experiment is causing sort of a "short circuit" to the meter you're using to measure your body's voltage.
When you're getting a voltage reading on your body with a multi-meter you've got to have one lead in your hand and the other to ground (only way to get a reading) if you then touch ground with your body all you're really doing it connecting the 2 leads of the meter with your body .. it will always read 0. But nothing is changing in your body at all.
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When I first saw earthing and EMF on this forum... I thought it was bull**** and I avoided these threads.
Here is the series of videos made me take a closer look at this.
I consider earthing, grounding & EMFs a contributing factor to our health & well being.
I am not trying to convince anyone of something they don't want to accept. I am only presenting cold, hard evidence that grounding can change our bodies.
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aFTER the initial tingling for a few days I get a feeling of warmth everytime I lie down. I dont need as many blankets now? anyone else get that?
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I seem to be a little warmer like you. Tingling is gone since the first few days.
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I started Earthing with the Earthing bands in Dec. Rt away it helped me with pain,sleep and was more relaxed. I was using the bands when on computer and all night when sleeping. About a week ago I got slammed with a Huge horrible herx.
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I was Ramping up on A-Bart and A-Babs and have now backed down.And cut my time on bands. On other sites I am seeing more and more peeps having BIG herx's.Most rt away,and I am extremely sensitive.
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I have seen tremendously positive health benefits in patients when they kept their treatment unchanged and only started doing progressively more grounding of their bodies to the earth each day. I do not have any stock or ownership in earthi...ng pads nor do I get financial benefit from suggesting this to patients. Cave men & cave women walked on the earth barefooted much of the day & often slept on the ground at night. They were grounded to the earth hours per day. Most present-day humans walk on synthetic non-grounding shoes all day long, sleep on synthetic beds all night long & only get grounding for a few minutes when they take a shower. Because most people don't have the time or correct circumstances to ground to the earth as much as they would benefit from, I have suggested to patients that when the weather permits, they should take their shoes off & sit in a chair with their feet touching the ground (not touching the synthetic carpet, linoleum or wooden floor) while they read a book or do some other task that they needed to be seated for. If patients need more grounding than they can get that way (and some patients appear to require many hours per day), I sometimes suggest they purchase some small-guage insulated, braided speaker wire, a 2-foot-long metal rod & a small pipe-clamp to attach the wire to the rod (total cost less than$10). They drive the metal rod into the earth outside their bedroom window, strip 1" of insulation off the speaker wire, and attach it to the metal rod with the pipe clamp. The wire is then run through the window in such a way that the window still closes. The wire is extended to the place on the bed where the patient sleeps. Approximately one foot of insulation is removed from that end of the wire so that it can be wrapped loosely around the patient's wrist while the patient sleeps. It is important that the patient set a battey-operated alarm clock to awaken in the night to take the wire off the wrist until they have built up to at least 3 hours of use each night (starting with only about 10 minutes). Then they can sleep with it for 8-9 hours without getting excessive detox reaction from grounding (see Connie's comments above). Instead of the speaker wire approach, most find the metalized cloth grounding sheets easier & the cost is approx.$170-200 (includes a plug that can plug into a properly grounded electric outlet in the house & a device to measure each wall outlet to see if the outlets are properly grounded).Steyla, faith, hope & belief are critically important components in getting well, but if you believe that we were created to walk, live & work in the garden (of Eden) and now are living in a fallen, mostly-synthetic, chemically & electromagnetically polluted world, then maybe at least some of the illness is from our not doing each day what we were created to do. I suggest that Jenni & Finette educate themselves more on this topic before commenting here further on this topic.
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quote:Originally posted by Healing in Santa Cruz: I was Ramping up on A-Bart and A-Babs and have now backed down.And cut my time on bands. On other sites I am seeing more and more peeps having BIG herx's.Most rt away,and I am extremely sensitive.
can you provide any links?
I think I am like you sensitive but dont want to just go to 10mins earthed per day as DR c suggests. I will try an hour a day.
However this wont stop me from getting naturally earthed as much as possible.
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One of my lyme friends only did 2 mins on grass and herxed hard. Interesting I felt good for quite a few days and then herxed hard.If it messes with cyst form like the doc on S Chicks says I am wondering about Biofilm etc.I am sure the critters r affected also.
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You r welcome Wallace. I think this is powerful medicine. Just need to find the right timing. I was so excited that I was having positives,so did too much too soon. Sooo had to back down. Going slow. Posts: 905 | From Santa Cruz,Calif | Registered: Aug 2005
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...because they might be for my son with autism). He seems to move more fluidly and can walk/run faster when he is not wearing shoes or boots. If he can not or does not want to wear them, I will take them since we wear the same size right now.![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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