Grounding Techniques: Exercises for Anxiety and Panic Attacks originally appeared on usnews.com Update 12/13/24: This story was published at an earlier date and has been updated with new information.

Grounding, also known as earthing, is when you stand on the earth or have contact with a product that’s grounded into the earth. This is thought to connect your body to the natural electric ...

Various techniques can be used, such as box breathing, lion’s breath or cyclic sighing. But it’s most important to make sure that there’s an increase in oxygen flow throughout the body.

Grounding techniques shift the sympathetic nervous system’s "fight or flight" natural response toward activating the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for the “rest and ...