Cancer recovery: walk a dog grounded
There have been several incredibly positive studies showing
that walking is one of the best things you can do to recover
from, and prevent remission in, cancer treatment. Walking
was shown in a large medical study to significantly improves
sleep in cancer patients (no matter which type or stage of
cancer they had) and another study showed that walking
improved outcome, decreased mortality rates, and predicted
positive outcome in cancer recovery [34,35]. Those results
were so impressive that some physicians even started prescribing
adopting and walking a dog daily as a crucial part of a
cancer care plan. Walking helps reverse sleep impairment
during cancer treatment, supports better sleep during recovery,
and is so good at improving outcomes that it could be
considered front line therapy alongside conventional medical
treatment. Add grounding on to this and compound these
fantastic results with decreased pain, decreased inflammation,
deeper and more restorative sleep at night, and improved
energy and mood as well. Walk your dog and petting him or
her often (which allows you to ground through your pet) or
remove your shoes and walk barefoot with your pet daily.
Take your activities outside
By now, I hope you can see how integral a grounding practice
can be for your health no matter what your health care
treatments are, and that's why I routinely prescribe it for my
patients as a crucial part of their healing plan. So I urge you to
consider taking your health care activities outside and doing
them grounded whenever possible.
Whatever therapeutic and healing daily practices you have
that support your health, ask yourself if you can possibly do
them outside, so that you can get the double benefit of supportive
relief from the activity as well as from time spent
connected to our global electrical circuit. So many therapies
are even more powerful when done outside. For example, if
your physical therapist has a set of stretches for you to do
daily at home, do them outside. If your psychologist wants you
to do journal writing daily, do it outside. If your massage
therapist suggests hydrating more, take your glass of water
and drink it outside. If your physician wants you to get more
exercise, swim or yoga or walk grounded outside. If your
nutritionist wants you on a specific diet plan, eat it outside. If
your spiritual director suggests you meditate daily, do it
outside. If your friend wants to come over and spend time
with you, hang out outside. If your partner wants time with
you, go on a walk holding hands together outside. If your kids
want to play with you, head outside! If your boss has catch up
work for you to do on your laptop at night, take it outside.
Even though we have discussed numerous scientific
studies that support the practice of grounding, the point isn't
just to optimize your cardiovascular health, or boost your
metabolic health, or get better sleep. The whole reason we
want to optimize those things is so that you can feel vibrant
and alive and enjoy your life more. And ultimately that's what
grounding does. I've seen it over and over again, I've experienced
it personally in my own life, and I encourage you to
connect to our planet and get grounded daily so that you can
experience it too. The global electrical circuit is just outside,
waiting for you.