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• TITLE: Grounding the Human Body during Yoga Exercise with a Grounded Yoga Mat Reduces Blood Viscosity

  AUTHORS: Richard Brown, Gaétan Chevalier

  KEYWORDS: Earthing, Grounding, Yoga, Yoga Mats, Blood Viscosity

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol.5 No.4, April 9, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Objective: Research continues to show that being connected to the earth can increase the potential of the body to scavenge free radicals. This study examined the effect of just one hour of grounding on blood viscosity while subjects participated in gentle yoga exercises designed to initiate minor inflammation. Design: In this double blind model, twenty-eight (28) subjects met at the Bowerman Sports Medicine Clinic on the campus of the University of Oregon and were grounded to the earth via contact with a grounded yoga mat or were sham-grounded. Ten yoga exercises were repeated five times over a one-hour period. Blood was taken pre and post exercise and analyzed for blood viscosity using a scanning capillary viscometer. Results: Subjects connected to the earth significantly reduced their post exercise systolic blood viscosity (p = 0.03) and diastolic blood viscosity (p = 0.03). Conclusion: Grounding has the ability to affect exercise induced inflammation, thereby reducing blood viscosity.