I drink coffee and rest my leg on my knee when I sit. when I was young I noticed the men sat this way and the women crossed their legs. now im doing it. I don’t know why, I should probably just sit with my feet on the floor.
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I’m too heavy right now to sit this way.
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eh, i sit with my feet on the floor, crossed legged if i’m on the floor, one leg resting on my knee and i cross my legs. (yes, i’m male and not effeminate)
i hear a lot recently that both feet on the floor is a good grounding technique. idk that this was a thing of late.
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good news is im back to having bm’s once a day. tmi I know
coffee will do that to some. 
good to happen all the same.
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I’m clueless.
bm?
#2, sitting on the porcelain throne, making the stinky, passing the hard stuff and not the gas, etc.
bowel movement
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bowel movements…bm’s. or number 2 as my dad says
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Ahh got you … thanks 
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can you be grounded by being on the second floor?
hope I am
I mainly have both feet firmly planted.
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i’m not up on the new grounding thing everyone talks aboot.
if it’s based off of what i think it is then yes.
ideally getting to the bottom floor by going outside but the building is solid in the earth.
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I dont understand this grounding technique either
shot in the dark here because i haven’t been exposed to the new way but i think it has to do with centering ones self, calming down, being in the here and now as well as getting through a bad moment.
there are other implications but haven’t looked into/ conversed much on it yet. to me some are metaphysical.
i was in the psychs office and had a huge wave of anxiety while my legs were crossed. they suggesting grounding. that was the second time the new way was introduced to me.
others i’m sure can expand on it more.
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yes people have mentioned it in my mi group but im still a bit unsure about it.
How does taking ur shoes off and walking on the earth help to center oneself, Im not criticizing, im just curious
like i said, not sure about new way.
something solid and stable to reassure yourself, connecting with mother earth and her energy and helping to balance those lil liquids inside us to maintain perspective.
some of it is mental and some is metaphysical. both are to help pull you back into the right place inside you, balance you.
when you get scared you have a go to: a happy place, a blanket, food, movie, music, pillow… something. when your without that and you are tumultuous this is a way of bringing you back to reality, letting that bad moment pass.
figuratively speaking: like standing perfectly still as huge waves crash around you in the ocean.
the metaphysical side is to harmonize the negative energy within you.
that kinda looks different for larger groups of people.
you pass negative energy out of you by allowing the grounding and/or positive energy from the earth flow in you and destabilize the negative energy within.
it also goes back to the premise of working with the energy gets you on a level your use to again as a distraction and a technique. it’s not for everyone. i can only feel the earth.
when and if i ever get into a place like that i hold tight until it passes. trying to ground myself makes things worse but i’m weird.
the mental side of grounding is more simplistic.
it anchors your thoughts and the rest of you in the here and now of reality allowing you and your brain to effectively determine what your going through will not last forever and keep you from acting, entertaining or perpetuating manic thoughts.
it calms you down with breathing being involved. if your feeling something stable while going through a tough situation it lends you comfort of something solid. if that makes sense.
like i said, others can explain it better than i can.
thanks for ur perspective, it was also kind of directed at all the forum members to see if anyone had an idea too lol
ok then i guess ill ask those in my group as well 
and if i remember feedback on here
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most excellent.
my apologies, i was only trying to relate what lil i knew of.
i didn’t mean to keep anyone else from responding if i did.
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theres space for anyone to respond if they want to lol, no worries