Introducing Grounding Mats: Deepen Your Acupuncture Experience Naturally

Connecting with the Earth is one of the most universal ancient methods of healing.

We are excited to announce a new addition to your treatment experience: grounding mats, also known as earthing mats. Starting this summer, we will be utilizing these mats to enhance the effects of your acupuncture sessions.

Grounding mats are designed to replicate the benefits of walking barefoot on the Earth — a practice long revered in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for its grounding, calming, and healing effects. These mats connect to a grounded outlet or rod, allowing your body to receive the Earth’s natural electrons even while indoors.

What Is Earthing?

Earthing, or grounding, refers to direct physical contact with the Earth, such as walking barefoot on grass, sand, or soil. Grounding mats allow you to achieve similar effects from a treatment table, allowing you to receive these benefits while relaxing during your acupuncture sessions.

Benefits of Grounding Mats

1. Reduces Inflammation

   • Provides negatively charged electrons that neutralize free radicals

   • Supports chronic inflammation reduction — a root of many diseases

2. Improves Sleep

   • Helps regulate cortisol levels

   • Promotes deeper, more restful sleep

3. Decreases Stress and Anxiety

   • Balances the autonomic nervous system

   • Promotes calmness and reduces mental tension

4. Enhances Circulation

   • Improves blood flow and oxygen delivery throughout the body

5. Reduces Pain

   • May ease muscle soreness and joint pain

6. Improves Immune Function

   • Reduces inflammation and stress that impair immune response

7. Accelerates Wound Healing

   • Enhances tissue repair and recovery

8. Balances Energy and Mood

   • Many users report feeling more energetic, focused, and emotionally steady

Why Combine Grounding Mats with Acupuncture?

TCM views the body as an intricate system of energetic flow. Acupuncture helps regulate Qi by stimulating meridians, while grounding provides a direct connection to Earth’s electrical field — supplying subtle, balancing energy.

Together, they create a powerful synergy:

1. Enhancing Energy Flow (Qi)

• Acupuncture regulates meridians; grounding helps stabilize bioelectrical systems. Combining these two results in deeper energy balance and therapeutic benefit

2. Reducing Inflammation

• Acupuncture activates anti-inflammatory pathways

• Grounding neutralizes free radicals that drive chronic inflammation

3. Promoting Deeper Relaxation

• Acupuncture shifts the body into the parasympathetic (rest & digest) mode

• Grounding further calms the nervous system and lowers cortisol

4. Enhancing Circulation and Healing

• Both modalities support improved blood and oxygen flow

• Grounding has shown potential in speeding up the healing of injuries by enhancing tissue repair and reducing inflammation.

5. Improving Sleep and Mood Post-Treatment

• Most of our patients report better sleep after acupuncture. Incorporating a grounding mat during your session will reinforce that benefit by regulating your stress hormones and brainwaves.

Backed by Research

• Acupuncture's Electrical Response: A study published in the Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies found that grounding during acupuncture significantly increased meridian electric potentials (MEPs) — suggesting enhanced electrical conductivity and treatment efficacy.

• Earthing’s Impact on Inflammation & Immunity: A study in the Journal of Inflammation Research showed that grounding can reduce inflammatory markers and modulate white blood cell activity — key components in immune response.

• Combined Modalities: A review in the European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences supports the use of grounding with acupuncture to amplify pain relief, reduce inflammation, and improve clinical outcomes.

  
  

What This Means for You

Starting now, grounding mats will be available during your acupuncture session. You won’t need to do anything differently — just relax and allow this added layer of care to support your healing process.

Potential Benefits You May Feel:

• Enhanced calm and mental clarity

• Faster relaxation and deeper treatment effects

• Reduced inflammation and pain

• Better post-treatment sleep and mood

  
  

We can’t wait for you to experience the grounding difference. As always, we are here to support your body’s natural healing process in every way we can — safely, holistically, and with care. Book online or give us a call today!