Reflect on the questions below. As you do, if you notice you’ve moved into a state of blame, shame, or judgment toward yourself, just acknowledge it and gently return to curiosity and compassion. There are no right or wrong answers. The best answer is the one that comes from your honest felt sense, even if it seems strange or messy. It can be helpful to write the things you are noticing in a journal or a place where you can return to them later.

These questions are not necessarily meant to be answered once and checked off. They are part of the practice itself. They help you to:

• Stay in relationship with the teachings as they unfold over time

• Develop your felt sense and increase your capacity to receive information from your energy body

• Cue you into the things in your inner landscape that are asking for your attention

The Questions

• When do I choose not to ground, and why?

• In the moments I do choose to be grounded, are there things in those moments that empower and resource me to help me make that choice?

• What does it feel like when I’m grounded? What does grounding feel like in my body? What does it feel like in my emotional body? What does it feel like in my mind?

• When I choose to be here, what feelings arise?

• What am I noticing when I practice qigong?

• What am I noticing when I practice exploring and moving in my energy body?

• As you practice exploring the bedrock foundation in the grounding visualization, notice:

  • What does the bedrock teach me about the importance of place/home? What does it feel like?

  • Who am I?

  • Where do I stand?

  • What do I stand for?

  • What makes life worth living?

  • What is worth dying for?

• As you practice exploring the Earth as a Being in the grounding visualization, notice:

  • What does the Earth as a Being show me about the current quality of my own ecosystem?

  • How can I create more balance in my life at this time?

  • What is my current relationship to manifestation?

  • How can I manifest change in my own life in a way that is sustainable and creates balance?

• As you practice exploring the essence energy of the Earth, the Earth’s dreaming, in the grounding visualization, notice:

  • What does the Earth’s dreaming show me about my relationship with darkness, stillness, silence, and solitude?

• What is the Earth teaching me about the standard of health I am invited into?

• How do I bridge the gap between where I am and that standard in a way that is right for me now?

• What am I noticing about my unique constitution at this time? Do I tend to be frequently up in my head with my thoughts spinning? Or do I tend to feel more heavy & stuck? Or do I feel both? Just notice.