Centering and Grounding ║ Witchcraft 101
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My quick guide to centering and grounding, two of the most useful practices to undertake and study before jumping into spellwork and ritual. These are the techniques that I use within my own practice, they may not work for everyone, but hopefully some of you will find this video useful xx
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You have such a soothing voice. You should do a guided grounding meditation video! Love all your videos ❤️
Oooo, yes! That's a good idea, a guided meditation.You do really have a soothing voice.
Millie McGrail I second this
Millie McGrail Right!
I agree!
Still waiting for this!
I'm using this video as a guided practice. Centering 6:52 Grounding 14:15
Thank you. Very helpful.
I didn't know that after "your practice or spellwork" that you can put the energy back into the earth.
This is so much easier than other explanations that try to make you transform your into a tree
I know, right? ;)
It may be easier to visualize the energy going down through the tailbone, rather than splitting the energy to go down each leg. I leaned this through a guided chakra meditation.
Agreed! If I'm sitting in a chair, which I usually am for this kind of exercise, my grounding cord goes down through my tailbone.
Thank you for sharing this learning! I have such a hard time splitting the energy and visualizing roots growing out of each foot separately. My energy naturally wants to go straight down through my tailbone as well.
ME TOO
I did that! Thank you!
@BansheeBeatzz that's fantastic you are so in tune with your energy to know what feels most grounded for you. Been studying vedic astrology and the connection between signs, planets and chakras and where they connect to the body. Interestingly, these comments align with vedic spirituality in that the root chakra is where we find our grounding point and it correlates to the planet Saturn (structure & security etc) Meanwhile, the feet are associated with the sign of Pisces which is basically the opposite of grounded. I suppose that's why walking on bare earth is helpful.
Feeling grounded and secure requires focus on the ROOT chakra (which is balanced and centered in the body) it would just become lost to channel energy out through the feet (Pisces can correlate with losses due to its association with the 12th House in a birth chart.)
Thanks for sharing these insights. It's helpful to me to know what's accurate when it is a repeating theme through a variety of practices.
Many ppl associate mars with the root chakra, just because of the color red. But if you look at s SUNSET: it goes from red nearest to the earth on up through all the colors of the chakras, which are akin to the human body as well ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗🙏😘😘
Brilliant video as always. I really struggle when following a spell from a book. It always starts off "centre and ground yourself" and I'm like...."how?" Well now I know 😁
Something that may help people who can't visualize might be also to use another sense. I'm not sure if this is connected but I have psychic abilities but I *feel* things rather than see them. So when I'm working with energy, I can't see it and I struggle to visualize energy, but I can feel it 100%. It's like a pulsating, wavy feeling. Like the pulse feeling is from the crest of the wave passing a certain point. (I struggled to feel crystals at first, btw, but I find that the ones that connect with me have the same wavy pulse feeling, but different crystals have different wavelengths.)
Sorry for the rambling, but it might help someone idk
You are not alone dear, I sense the energy by the feeling too... My energy is usually like a heatwave, and some people can really sense it as my brother did. But earth energy for me is more refreshing, cool but not cold, and also vibrates.
I can kind of see it, but I definitely feel it so much more. I thought it was weird. Thanks!
I do that too!
Thank you so much for this! I remember going through shamanic journeys and people tell me all about these grade visions that they have and I just remember not being able to visualize anything, but becoming one with the drum and I felt my body pulsate with every hit and then since it was a group of people I felt the energy waves of everybody as they were journeying and it felt like I was kind of almost floating in the water and through the water and I felt just the energy of everybody, but I felt kind of weird explaining it this way because everybody had these amazing dreams and I felt things and then heard things. I just have those senses connected with the hearing in the textures.
Thanks for this comment! Not sure if I have psychic abilities but visualisation just doesn’t feel right for me, so it’s nice to know that it’s not the only technique to do energy work! :D
My energy centers in my hands; when I center it, I can feel tingling in my fingers and palms. I can't hold it for long, I'm really a beginner with this, but it's really cool ♡v♡
my energy centers in my hands too!! i felt like i was doing something wrong because everyone mentions centering and grounding down the middle, but for some reason i feel the tingly energy gather in my hands!
@@tayn6860 I'm still really new to this, and I was somewhat concerned when I kept feeling pressure/tingly in my hands and wrists. I'm glad I'm not the only one!
@@CatalystCodex me too, and I'm very new at this- I wonder if it's okay if we just use our hands?? Or are we not effectively centered that way?
I giggled at the Harry Potter lupin reference makes me realize how much work and energy JK truly put into her work.
As someone who tunes into your work more than other channels this topic was really important to me as I’m an excitable and energetic person - Thankyou for your energy and information 💜✨
This may sound weird, but when I was younger and exploring with meditation and visualization, I came up with the tree roots connecting to the earth and getting peace from the earth, but I also went the other way with the branches and leaves, as my tree of light reached all the way up into the universe. Like how trees use their leaves to absorb sunlight, I would use mine to get peace from the universe too. Now I can't wait to try this old method with a new perspective on energy! Also cool to think about in addition to the roots is the mycorrhiza network that lets all the different plants talk to eachother and share info by literally exchanging energy! Magic is just science that hasn't been proven yet!
I also do this both ways as well when I center and ground! Drawing up from the Earth and down from the universe through my crown 🦋
I also connect with the cosmos but not from visualizing a tree but red treads leaving my body and connecting to the Earth and pale aqua blue treads leaving my body to connect with the universe\cosmos and the colors are meeting in myself with my own color\energy.
I love this, I'm going to try it, thanks!
This is actually how I learned to ground and center, roots to the earth, leaves and branches to the sky, and mixing the energy with my center, then back.
I love your explanation for centering, Hearth! My energy centers in my solar plexus! As for my grounding technique (in case it's helpful for beginners to read another sort of visualization), I find it most effective to send down a single grounding cord versus roots or tendrils. I send the cord alllll the way down to the earth's core. And that single grounding cord acts almost like an umbilical cord between me and the earth. It is hollow/tubular, allowing the earth's energy to come up while also allowing me to send down any excess energy, negative thoughts, self-doubt, etc., where it can be neutralized and dissipated by the earth. And most times when I'm done with my working, instead of drawing the cord back up to myself, I'll simply snap it off and, again, allow it to be dissolved into the earth's energy.
This sounds very similar to hiw I envision it. When I first learned Reiki, my teacher told us to imagine a rope from our crown chakra to the Cosmos and another from our root chakra to the Earth. This has stuck with me.
I had a similar training. Hearths videos have helped by explaining why we do this and all the great comments have helped as well.
That is what Debra Lynne Katz says to do in her book 'You are Psychic'. She also says to make a cord for something you are looking for and make your and it's cord the same color and that will help you find that object.
I absolutely live for your channel. I just started actively practicing and stumbled on your channel by accident. I've since obsessively watched each and every one of your videos. I love how thorough with the history and the way you go through each different path someone may take. You're so amazing and I love how educated you are about this subject and the fact you are so open with sharing the different techniques one may use. Keep up the hard work. You're absolutely awesome.
I’ve been a witch for 14 years, the last few months my energy and motivation to do any workings has been absolutely stagnant. Watching your videos makes me feel inspired again! Something about your voice is so soothing yet empowering. You’re amazing keep doing what you’re doing. Blessed be!❤️
So funny I saw this as I opened CZcams within 5 minutes of suddenly thinking about centering and grounding in particular a moment ago.
Love when that happens.
Needed this so much today. I know to do this but sometimes we need a smack to the back of the head as a reminder ( and I have been doing it for over 20 years) so it’s not just beginners that benefitted from this. Message received🌒🌕🌘
I wish I could retain information from books the way I do from watching your videos. Thank you so much💚💚💚💚
Man..this is some of best info. out there..i love ur videos....on another note..watching ur home grow and u always look beautiful!
Sorry meant to say.i also enjoy watching ur home..ur hearth..grow..and u always look beautiful..
I just tried the centering exercise. I really thought I would feel the energy as tingling because when I picked up my pendulum for the first time, I felt my hand tingle. But it actually felt very "smooth" and warm, and it all gathered straight in the heart chakra area. I am not surprised by this though 'cause everytime I cleanse my crystals I feel a rush of energy in my heart chakra area. So strange and awesome at the same time! 😃
I can center, I can just feel it, although I did my first spell bottle before I learned to ground. I remember being a little tired and then just snacking on Hershey Kisses, going to sleep, and waking up fine. I still can't ground, but I'm trying...
I can't visualize anything in the first person. It's incredibly difficult, and feels like a virtual reality where everything is slightly out of proportion. However, if I picture myself in the third person, as if it were a movie, it's easy. That's how I figured out centering, and that's how most of my memories are. As an only child with too much screen time, there's usually different angles and background music because that's how my brain works, but it can help me focus sometimes.
For me, when I center, I see my energy like blue sparkles, probably because blue is my favorite color. It always goes right in my chest, that's where I feel most things. It's not hot or cold, just a comforting cool, like what I feel all around me when I swim. When I see it in my head, it's swirling around itself and spinning.
And... Okay, thank goodness, I wanted to figure out grounding but the closest earth is my backyard and everything is dead, and if I spend too long in the park outside, my parents will get suspicious.
I have tried grounding before in the park, (which is how I know they get suspicious,) and for some reason, I felt horrible picturing roots. It made me want to cry and it made me uncomfortable. I've seen anxiety grounding techniques, and tried those, and they feel extremely helpful, but I know that it's different. I had to do some anxiety grounding to stop myself from panicking while normal grounding.
Could I picture a hollow anchor? Like, a ship's anchor? Because, I can just imagine it hooking into the ground and then the hollow cord pulling up the energy... But anchors are generally man-made, so does that mean it wouldn't work that way?
I would think that if the anchor feels good to you, then it should work! Definitely don't make yourself picture roots if it makes you uncomfortable. Everyone is different, and grounding is an intensely personal thing, so it is going to be different for everyone. Whatever is most comfortable for you is probably what will end up working the best.
I visualize in the 3rd person as well. When I meditate I visualize like I’m in myself but I can’t hold it for long periods of time. I do crystal layouts on my body and like to meditate for about 45 min. So I go back and forth. I picture I’m in myself and then I go outside like I’m standing next to me watching the scene, then back to picturing it from inside myself. It’s the only way I can hold my focus on the meditation for that long without letting other thoughts come in. I thought I was the only one that did that, lol.
I just tried a grounding exercise for the first time last night. So cool that you put out this video today!
Hey Hearth,
Thanks as always, especially for acknowledging not everyone can see mental images. It's called Aphantasia, one of the mini witchlings has it and has found it frustrating when videos and books don't mention this.
The other one has done a picture so I might send you fan art on amino since she doesn't want me to post it here 😉
I also have aphantasia but it is possible to learn to visualize. Aphantasia meow on CZcams has many videos on it. Hope this helps ♥️💗💖💕💕💖💗♥️♥️❤️💖
@@brooklynnrobertson338 Thank you, we will check that out :)
This is the best explanation I have heard. I always had a problem with centering. Just couldn’t quite get that part down. The grounding was easier for me. Thank u so much for posting this video and as always love all ur stuff!! Looking forward to the next live Q & A. Enjoyed the last one very much. And any progress on the patreon?
I can't tell you how much this video means to me. I'm a baby witch and an empath, and once I opened my mind up to this way of life (recovering christian), I found other people's emotions as well as the ICU ward I work on were draining me and making me feel sick. I can't wait to practice this and receive greater strength!
I love that you always put into consideration that not everyone has use of body parts that a lot of people say are required for doing certain practices. I absolutely love you and your videos!
I have a friend who tells me when she takes a nap in the middle of the day, she feels like she gets lifted out of her body and it freaks her out every time! I'm fairly new to the practice and had no idea grounding would help her, but I'm sharing this video now!
You're amazing. So underrated. You have such a positive energy and I immediately felt the energy tingling inside me while you were describing the process!
I have learned more from you in three days then anyone else on CZcams in the past year Not one person mention energy manipulation centering and grounding
This was the easiest and kindest instruction on grounding and centering that I’ve come across! In my own journey, there seems to be so much negativity online when trying learn why something is going on with me after spell work. People are so quick to say “you’re doing it wrong” and “you’re not grounding” without actually telling you how or why to ground. This was so helpful!! Thank you!💕
this is by far the best explaination of grounding I've ever heard. I've been practicing for about a year and this has helped with a huge disconnect I had been feeling with grounding
I am an empath and struggle with energy overload quite frequently. This is great advice for releasing this non-me energy and I am going to give this a go when next this occurs. Thank you.
This was extremely helpful. Thank you so much, even two years later!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!
I totally get the lifted away by the fairies feeling!!!!! I struggle to be grounded when there's a lot of stuff happening around me and I'm not in a safe familiar space. You explained it word for word, so excited to try this in those situations now
I just started my journey into witchcraft. Centering and grounding are two things I've really been focusing on. This video is an excellent resource, as are all of her videos.
I have definitely felt that "flow away" comment! I also thought I was the only one. I use obsidian.
Also I'd LOVE a video on perfection techniques. I see there is a protection book in your books you recommend videos.
I am currently taking a step back on my craft and going back to basics. Thank you so much for your channel!
Indeed, you do have a calm, assuring voice and would make great meditation/ grounding videos!
As you were talking that we can ground wherever dispite the altitude, I was just thinking about the gravity that pull us towards the earth. Doesn´t matter if we are connected to the ground or in an airplane gravity is always pulling us, which can be energeticly compared to always being able to conect to the earth's energy
I love how everyone quotes Lupin when they explain grounding- I've seen this on a few other 'how to ground' videos even those who aren't for witchcraft
You’re the only person I want to read a book by.
And I read a lot.
when you talked about being lifted by faeries i know EXACTLY what you mean, i used to do a lot of meditation when i was a kid without grounding and i felt myself as an energy entity being lifted out coated in blue light
Thank you I already know how to do this but it’s still very useful information 🌺
I just did a meditation and I felt butterflies in my stomach and I let it go through my body and I saw my deity Diana and she is beautiful.
Blessed Be.
There's so much that I find relatable in your beginner/core foundation witchcraft videos. Some of these things I had been doing intuitively since I was a very young child, and never had a name for it. And for a long time I felt like I couldn't rightly call myself what I felt I was, just because I wasn't regularly doing and practicing more of what I thought was proper spellwork/ritual. Thanks to your explanations of the roles visualization and energy work has, I don't feel like legitimacy is taken away from my practice just because I don't usually do certain things. I hope this makes sense lol. Anyways thank you Hearth for all of your knowledge and dedication, I always enjoy your videos.
That you for including us with mobility issues x
You NEED to make these into podcasts! That would be AMAZING!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I know this is an old video but I often come back to it. I find it works well for my practice but also as a device to calm my anxiety. Meditation essentially.
This video and your videos on tips for beginners and manipulating energy are so very helpful. I've been practicing moving energy for a few years via Qi Gong and now via Tai Chi. But your videos are opening up a whole new dimension of practice. Thank you so much!! I will work on the beginners techniques you've described. I look forward to watching your other videos as I am formed and mature in these particular practices.
Learned a lot from this. Thanks. I usually get a headache after
I do spellworks. Also an important reminder if I'm in a crowd where there are lot of energy flowing around.
Yes! Hi, I start learning about witchcraft and watching your videos recently. When I watch the one with enegry manipulation, I know that I use it earlier. Now it make sense. I dont know where it came from but I learn it from an empath/heyoka channel. And learn from grounding from an guided meditation. So, maybe it is a meditation or east culture teaching. I also learn from there a thing called "Energy Shield" for empaths. İts like when you visualize your energy, make it bigger like outside of your body or like visualize your enegry like a big ball and your body in the center of it. İt always help me feel good about all the emotions at the parties, gatherings ect. I don't know it is a healty thing to use your energy like that but, yeah its usefull for fellow empaths. Also, I like everything about you and your channel so thank you for that. Have a nice day to all!
Great information. I learned most of this energy work in my yoga training.
THAT ENERGY THO THAT WAS CRAZY
I love this technique, I think this works so much better than the visualization I previously used. Thank you so much!
Thank the Earth when you're done. It's the kind and polite thing to do.
That feeling of being "lifted off by faeries" as you described (particularly in crowds) is one I deal with now and again, so it's not just you! Grounding does help tons, and that tip about hematite is something I'll have to try.
Thank you from my heart . You've no idea how much you've helped me with your videos. Blessing be to you
Doing the wim hof breathing method helps a lot with this. Trust me!
I used to have problems with centering & grounding, but one of the accidental tools that was most helpful comes from a science fiction short story from the 1940s(?) involving a human "gladiator" grounding & centering before doing battle in an alien arena. I start with the air above me giving life, move down to the ground beneath my feet giving me support and stability, then "dive" through the layers of stone beneath the ground giving me strength, ending by drawing energy from the molten core which I then carry back up to the surface, gathering further strength, support, and life force as I come back "up" from the deep dive.
As an actor this is extremely helpful! I always thought of grounding as spreading my feet hip-width apart and unlocking my knees, but those things never really seemed to achieve the desired effect my teachers were describing. This makes so much more sense now, about the give and take, and to visualize deeper, not just the contact area of my feet touching the surface of...well, the surface. I was always confused about how to pull energy up too, I think because I was making a surface connection to begin with. Thanks Hearth for illuminating something I struggled with for YEARS!!!
Thank you so much! I've been needing this so much!
Even though I am very comfortable with centering and grounding, this videos still has a lot of wonderful points! I have had people tell me they get tired after spellwork but I have never been able to relate! I always feel buzzy and energized! Good to know that's probably related to grounding. =)
As usually a great video with great info. I binge watched all your videos now and is a bliss! Thank you so much! :-) and I really love your hair!
This is such a helpful visual tool, thank you.
Also yes to the floating. I use food and drink to reestablish the bodies energy, which seems to help be grounded as well.
This was so helpful!! You're my favourite CZcamsr, thank you for your amazing videos ❤️
You explained this so clearly and easy to follow along with. Thanks for the refresher ✨
this was a great video! I watch every one! thank you , HW!!
Another well explained video Hearth! Thank you so much!!
Really, really enjoyed this explanation. Your videos are always so thorough, thank you for all you do for the witchy community, Hearth! 💜
This is super useful, Thanks so much Hearth. This is a keystone in my practice.
Ok, this is the best centre and ground video I’ve watched! Thank you so much for the visual inspiration 🥰✨
Just started my book of shadows, so this is so amazing for just gathering information and getting in touch with my own energy, and connecting with the earth for my green witch path 🥰 love you, and everyone here ✨ blessed be ✨
Thank you for creating these videos. I love your channel ❤
That was a fantastic description. I was able to follow real well. Thanks
All your videos are really helpful and I'll do enjoy them so very much.
Just wanted to say thank you so much! Your videos are very educating and helpful. Your energy is amazing and very relaxing yet stimulating.
This was so helpful, i was actually looking for a grounding exercise and this really helped.
Thank you so.so. much !!! You just make it so easy to learn, you are my favorite witch, I love learning off of you you gave me such great ideas🌿🌿🌿
Thank you! This is a such a fantastic video. I've been trying to read around grounding and centering recently and find that authors assume you know exactly what they mean; this is the best information I've found x
I have been waiting for this video and I am not disappointed! It's very well explained and I can't wait to start practicing 😊
Btw, this lipstick colour really suits you !
Very helpful. Can’t wait to practice.
I’m going to work on grounding myself more, I’m very grateful to have landed on this video. Thank you 🙏 🖤
Just have to say thank you for all of your videos they really help me with all my beginner's research and notes.
I love this video! Great job!
This is rad! I’ve been doing this all along without even knowing it. I guess it’s magical intuition 🌻🔮
Awesome video. Almost a guided meditation!! Love it.
This is exactly how I was taught to center and ground when I first started! So refreshing to see others suggest this technique!
Omg thankyou so much finally it’s been explained properly your amazing xx
Hi! I've just started learning about witchcraft and I'm so glad I found your channel! Your videos are clear and concise, you really help me learn and improve. In visualisation, I see my energy as a blue-white liquid around my body and in centering, aside from tingling, I feel it as a cold sensation. I just wanted to share these little experiences that motivate me to go further.
You re awesome! Thank you so much for all your help!
Amazing technique! I knew grounding but centering sas a great relief 💙🙏🏼 bkessings to you
Thank you for sharing. This was monumentally helpful. I feel so much better.
Your account is so thorough and easy to understand, this channel has helped me the most as a bb witch 😊
This is amazing. I'm just starting out and this has been very easy to understand. Thank you!
This is my new favorite video! I was fortunate to learn from the beginning to ground and center (though I didn't know that's what it was called). For me, the energy quickly moves to my hands where I start playing with it before directing it where I want. I love the "drifting off" feeling and have been trying to astral project so I am intentionally allowing it. I'm going to think of fairies now every time I feel it! I hope you are planning other videos on energy. One (or two) videos on astral projection would also be wonderful!! The videos on astral projection I have found are too esoteric for me. Your way of explaining things is much more relatable and clear. Thank you for this video and all the hard work, time and energy you put into this channel!
Just LOVE your hair!!! Looks amazing on you!!! 😍🎉. I love grounding, I need to do it way more often than I do...in every aspect of my life..😊
I love your confidence, it’s so contagious. Great and helpful video. You clearly have experience.
Thank you so very much for this explanation! You explained it so very well! I have tried to read many books on how to do this, but this is the best understanding I have had of it and I thank you so very much! I also wanted to say that I love watching your videos and I have learned so very much from you! Thank you so much for giving so much!😃
Wow! I'm just seeing this video and i love it❤ I've never heard it all explained this way and its so helpful! Thank you for all the work you put into these videos!
Thank you so much for sharing your great videos and experiences. I didn't know grounding is a very important practice until I saw this video and it really helps me so much. Now I know why my energy balance is always uneven !A huge thanks and I love all of your videos too!!
Thank you soooo much. This is the most wonderful and clear discription I have known it's so discriptive.
Take care, stay safe.
Blessed Be
Tan. Xx
Hi HearthWitch, lovely putting it into a way of understanding, love this video its good to go back to basics for everyone ive been practising for years but it is good to hear different ways to do this thank you Halsa Valang
I just want to thank you so much for your videos. I have been a long practicing witch, but feel like I've really been losing touch with the foundations of my craft, and your videos have really helped me feel like there is hope in returning
Hi Hearth, thanks so much for this and other many videos that are helping me to improve my practice. Kisses from Brazil!