Digging In: Earth Soles

Before we see how Earth Palms work…let’s feel Earthy Soles.

It’s best if you can go barefoot and find some good, grip-worthy soil. Sand will do; maybe you can find a garden or a good lawn.

Otherwise, if your ground is frozen or your feet are fragile, then push your imagination through your carpeting, through your house foundations, and then: into the Earth.

• Coil your feet. Grip the ground, like you’re clawing at it, but gently.

Grip the ground, just a little more. Grasp the Earth with your feet enough so that you must sink into your heels—some weight remains on the outside edges of your feet and in the tips of your toes—center your weight in your hefty heel.

• Sink from head to heel.

Let your weight drop, flow, fall through your heels into the Earth.

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