The Best Way to Get Rid of Inflammation

Earthing is the reason I started this site in the first place. It truly is the mother of them all. Ever since I was kid, I’ve always enjoyed growing things and playing in the dirt. I loved the smell of the earth and getting it between my toes. I enjoyed it. It made me feel good, but I never thought about why it made me feel so good. I just knew I liked it. Fast forward to 2025 where I turned 69 in April and finally discovered the why. Turns out earthing is actually a thing. It just never had a name until Clinton Ober discovered it and coined the term.

I don’t even remember how “earthing” came into my radar recently, but it did. Maybe some kind of cosmic expression that this is what I’ve been missing. Maybe I was looking for something to help me sleep better. Yep, that was it, because I ended up coming across a mattress cover that was supposed to help with sleep and lots of other things, too. I did some looking around, found out that Mr. Ober is the one who actually discovered this phenomenon and ended up purchasing one of his products for my bed. With that purchase came two free books, Earthing and The Mother Earth effect. Reading these books is what helped me understand how powerful earthing truly is. You deserve to know, too.

The best way to enjoy the benefits of earthing is to simply go barefoot and walk on the naked earth as often as you can, but not everyone is able to do that for various reasons. That’s why Clinton Ober came up with the products for indoor use. Take a look at the items below. I’m sure one of them will be perfect for you. ♥

I have the Sleep Mat Kit and Grounding Patches. The mat didn’t do what I’d hoped, but it surprised me with something else. Even though it didn’t help me fall asleep faster, the sleep I do get must be deeper and more restful. I wake up feeling ready to go. I mean, as soon as my eyes open, I’m AWAKE. You know how sometimes it feels like it takes an hour or so before you’re fully awake? Not anymore. What truly suprised me, though, is how I feel. I’m in a much better mood all the time. Happier. Uplifted. It’s not easy to explain, but it’s definitely better. My boss even said she can tell I’m more energetic. And I don’t get “hangry” anymore!

The Sleep Mat also hasn’t help with my shoulder pain, at least not yet. I read stories in The Mother Earth Effect book of people who got fantastic results, though, so I know it happens for some. I also know the longer I use it, the less inflammation I will have in my body, and it will eventually get to that shoulder pain. 😉 Speaking of which, that’s why I decided to get the patches, and they ARE working.  I put one on while I’m working here at the computer and let it do it’s thing. After two nights, I had about an 80% reduction in pain.

Before this, I was going to a chiropractor for the issue. It would help for a little while, but the pain always came back. It’s muscle pain in the deltoid when I lift my arm out to the side. By the time I get to shoulder level, it’s screaming at me. Now I can raise it up and down and rotate all around. A little tinge of pain is still there but not enough to stop the movement. I feel confident that continued use of the patch will eventually get rid of the problem completely. I’ll be sure to keep you updated. 🙂

The maker says they are one use only, but that isn’t 100% true. If you take them off, yes. If you just leave them on, you can definitely use the same patch more than once. As long as the center gel is touching your skin, you will still get grounded. At least that’s what they say, so that’s what I’ve been doing. I completely forgot I had one on last time I got in the shower, and it stayed stuck.

There is a bit of a trick to using them more than once, though. The patch is stuck to your skin, of course, and the cord is snapped to the patch. When I tried to pull the snap slowly, it started to pull the patch off, too. So just yank the snap off really quick. It works. I promise.

Oh! Here’s another thing, too. My sleep mat came with two cords and two adapters. If you decide to get the patches after your sleep mat like I did, you only need the patches and not the whole kit. You can use the cord and adapter from your sleep mat.

If you’d like to know more about this wonderful thing called Earthing before you give it a try, those two books up above will tell you all you need to know. Earthing is about how it all came to be. The Mother Earth Effect is filled with women’s life-changing stories and how we can all use this discovery in our everyday lives.

“I have been walking barefoot all summer for the two-tenths of a mileback and forth to work, a few times a day, and pretty much anywhere else I can go barefoot. I also walk around a big grassy field. I love being barefoot. I love, love, love it and can’t believe the difference in how it has made me feel! More alive. More toned. More articulation in my feel. More settled emotions. Greater overall well-being. Of all the things I have done for my health such as changing my diet, working out and talking supplements, nothing has been as simple, easy, and enjoyable as taking off my shoes!”

Eileen McKusick in the Earthing book by Clinton Ober