{"id":335,"date":"2023-03-06T01:18:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T01:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2023-03-06T01:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T01:34:49","slug":"barefoot-and-fancy-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"barefoot and fancy-free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good for the soul, good for the spirit, good for body<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jungle Book was my favorite when I was little.  Mowgli was my idea of barefoot and fancy-free.  We cannot prance about the jungle barefoot here where we live, but we can spend time in nature where we disconnect from everything for a while and go for a barefoot walk on the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman - The Bare Necessities (From &quot;The Jungle Book&quot;\/Sing-Along)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6BH-Rxd-NBo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love the earth. I love everything about it. I love feeling it under my feet, whether dirt, sand, or grass. I always have. I remember playing in the mud and making mud pies as a child. Then there was a colossal dirt mountain I played on two houses away. I loved climbing that dirt mountain where we would play king of the mountain and have dirt bomb fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>When I had my son, I made an area in the yard that was all dirt and soaked it with water for him to play. I also love sand. When my children were small, we played countless hours in the sand, digging deep holes, making sandcastles and roadways, and burying each other.<br>Today, I love gardening not only barehanded but barefoot as well. I also love walking along the shore&#8217;s edge at the beach and lying on the grassy ground. I also love lying on the ground to get a great capture when doing my nature photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>I learned a few years ago that these things are healthy for you. It is called Earthing or Grounding. I had always believed that when God created the earth, he put everything here to care for and heal us. Years ago, people were in closer contact with the ground than today&#8217;s modern times with all the technology and positive charges. It is very unhealthy for our bodies and minds. The earth itself is such a marvelous gift from our maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Earthing or grounding is when you walk on soil, sand, or in a lake, ocean, or bay barefooted or even if any part of your skin touches the earth. It just needs to be in direct uninterrupted contact with the earth. The earth has a mild negative charge to it. Because with all the technology, our bodies build up a positive charge. Direct contact with the earth evens this positive charge and returns the body to a neutral state.<br>We today are a population of shoe\/sneaker\/slipper wearers. Not at all like our ancestors many years ago. Many people no longer have this kind of contact with the earth. Experts think this contributes to the many health problems we are experiencing today. We spend lots of time indoors or outdoors with something on our feet. Many of us could go decades not directly touching the earth at all, even if we&#8217;re outside. The result? The positive charge builds and can lead to health problems.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is an excellent article if you want to read further about grounding. It is so easy to do and not only doesn&#8217;t cost a thing but may save you on medical bills.  It will also bring some joy into your life while you reconnect with the electrical charges from the earth and with God&#8217;s beautiful masterpiece we can nature surrounding you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/earthinginstitute.net\/what-is-earthing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"earthinginstitute.net\/what-is-earthing\/\">earthinginstitute.net\/what-is-earthing\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy, the bare necessities my friends!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good for the soul, good for the spirit, good for body Jungle Book was my favorite when I was little. Mowgli was my idea of barefoot and fancy-free. We cannot prance about the jungle barefoot here where we live, but we can spend time in nature where we disconnect from everything for a while and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyme.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}