In a world where noise, confusion, and spiritual imbalance dominate, becoming spiritually grounded is one of the most important things you can do for your soul.
To be spiritually grounded means your mind, body, and soul stand firm like a tree with deep roots. Your emotions are stable, your aura is clean, your spirit is centred, and you move through life with peace, power, and divine connection.
Whether you are a spiritual worker, herbalist, pastor, or seeker of light, these 31 spiritual grounding steps will help you connect deeply with your inner essence, your ancestors, and the divine elements of nature that sustain you.
1. Connect Your Feet To The Earth Each Morning
Every morning, step barefoot on natural soil or grass for at least ten minutes. The earth has electromagnetic power that neutralises anxiety and drains excess energy. In Ghanaian tradition, this is called “touching the mother”—the Earth that bore you. It grounds your energy and reminds your spirit that you belong here.
2. Perform Herbal Steam Baths Weekly
Boil prekese (Tetrapleura tetraptera), neem leaves (duku nsa), and bitter leaves (awɔnwono). Cover your head with a cloth and inhale the steam while praying. This ritual clears spiritual heaviness and unblocks your aura. Herbal steam is both a physical and spiritual detox that refreshes your soul.
3. Candle Flame Meditation
Light a white candle, fix your gaze upon the flame, and breathe deeply for 10 minutes. The flame represents the fire of your spirit—pure, focused, and alive. This simple act strengthens your concentration, awakens your inner fire, and connects you with divine light.
4. The Dawn Bath Ritual
Before sunrise, mix sea salt, coconut water, and rainwater and use it for bathing. Salt cleanses negative vibrations, coconut restores freshness, and rainwater renews energy. This combination resets your body and spirit every morning.
5. Chew Alligator Pepper For Purity
Take seven seeds of alligator pepper (Aframomum melegueta), chew them slowly, and spit four times in the four directions—north, south, east, and west. Speak prayers of cleansing and alignment. Alligator pepper is a sacred African seed used to purify the tongue and open ancestral channels.
6. Pray Facing The Rising Sun
The east is the direction of beginnings. Each morning, face the sunrise, stretch your arms, and give thanks to the Creator, your ancestors, and the elements. As the sun rises, visualise your own spiritual power awakening with it. This practice harmonises your inner rhythm with nature’s divine clock.
7. Keep A Sacred Calabash At Home
Fill a calabash with clean river water, three white stones, and a white cloth. Place it on your altar or a quiet corner of your room. This serves as a spiritual anchor for peace and balance. Water represents calm, stone represents stability, and white cloth represents purity.
8. Bathe With Bitter Leaf Weekly
Once every week, preferably on Fridays, squeeze bitter leaves into water and bathe with it. Speak aloud: “As this leaf is bitter, so shall bitterness leave my body and spirit.” Bitter leaf removes spiritual dirt and helps you stay calm and spiritually clean.
9. Observe Daily Silence
Every day, spend at least 10–20 minutes in total silence. Silence is a sacred language. It allows your spirit to speak clearly without interference. In that stillness, you begin to hear divine whispers and receive spiritual direction.
10. Wear Grounding Beads or Stones
Wear black agate, tiger eye, or coconut-shell beads on your left wrist or ankle. These natural materials absorb excess energy, preventing spiritual dizziness or confusion. They serve as anchors to keep you grounded, especially if you handle spiritual work daily.
11. Practice Deep Breathing
Inhale deeply for 4 seconds, hold for 4, and exhale for 6. Do this nine times. Breath (Sunsum in Akan) is the life force. Conscious breathing helps you stay present, calm, and spiritually rooted, no matter what chaos surrounds you.
12. Anoint Yourself With Oil
Mix olive oil with a drop of frankincense or bay leaf oil. Before you step out each morning, anoint your forehead and chest while saying, “Let divine peace and power go before me.” This protects your aura and keeps your vibration balanced.
13. Meditate by the River
Once every month, visit a clean river or stream. Sit by the water in silence, touch the surface, and speak your intentions. The water spirits (Mami Wata, Tano, or local river deities) are known to purify emotional burdens and wash away confusion.
14. Connect with Trees
Choose a sacred tree—odum (iroko), neem, baobab, or shea. Sit under it quietly, place your hand on its trunk, and breathe deeply. Trees have grounding spirits and ancient wisdom. Their energy stabilises yours and connects you to the Earth.
15. Keep Your Home Spiritually Clean
Your home reflects your spirit. Sweep daily, mop with salt water or camphor, and avoid clutter. When energy flows freely in your environment, your mind and spirit remain peaceful and alert.
16. Chant Positive Affirmations
Speak aloud:
“I am rooted. I am guided. I am protected.”
Words are spiritual weapons. They shape your energy field. Affirmations like this strengthen your aura and remind you of your divine authority.
17. Perform a Seven-Herb Grounding Bath
Boil neem, lemongrass, bay leaf, fertility leaves, miracle leaf, bitter leaf, and scent leaf. Bathe with it for three consecutive days while praying for balance. These herbs carry the essence of the Earth, harmonising every part of your spiritual system.
18. Rebalance Under the Moonlight
During full moon nights, step outside and let moonlight touch your skin for at least 10 minutes. The moon cools emotional heat and rebalances yin and yang energies. It is the divine mother’s light — soft, healing, and deeply grounding.
19. Carry Soil from Ancestral Ground
Collect a little soil from your father’s or mother’s compound and keep it in a small pouch near your altar. That soil carries your spiritual DNA. It reminds your soul of where it comes from and keeps you connected to your ancestral line.
20. Light the Candle Of Peace
Every Sunday, light a blue or white candle and pray for peace within and around you. Candles are fire messengers. As they burn, they release your intention to the spiritual realm and stabilise your home energy.
21. Speak Only Positive Words
Avoid gossip, insults, and negative speech. Every word you release becomes energy that can bless or destroy. Speaking positively keeps your spirit strong and your vibration clean.
22. Bless Your Food Before Eating
Before eating, close your eyes and give thanks to the elements and ancestors who provided the meal. Food carries spiritual energy; when you bless it, you align it with your divine vibration. This promotes physical and spiritual nourishment.
23. Drink Daily Herbal Tea
Drink lemongrass, moringa, or scent leaf tea every morning. These herbs don’t only cleanse the body — they also balance your spirit. Herbal teas are gentle daily healers that keep your vibration high.
24. Sleep With Sea Salt Under The Bed
Place a small bowl of sea salt under your bed or at the corners of your room. It absorbs spiritual heaviness and protects you from astral attacks during sleep. Replace it every seven days.
25. Use Sound To Purify Energy
Clap your hands three times or ring a small bell before you pray. Sound is powerful; it breaks stagnant energy and awakens divine frequencies around you. Traditional priests use bells to call the attention of spirits — and you can do the same to keep your space clean.
26. Sun-Bathing For Vitality
Stand under the early morning sun for 5–10 minutes with open arms. Feel its rays on your forehead and chest. The sun charges your aura, increases vitality, and ignites spiritual power.
27. Keep A Spiritual Journal
Write down your dreams, signs, thoughts, and feelings daily. This helps you trace your spiritual progress and recognise patterns in your growth. Your journal becomes your mirror and teacher.
28. Feed And Clean Your Altar Weekly
Your altar is your spiritual battery. Once a week, clean it and offer water, light, or food. When your altar is neglected, your spiritual foundation weakens. Feeding it maintains your ancestral and elemental connection.
29. Reflect Every Evening
Before sleeping, sit quietly and reflect on your day. Forgive yourself and others, give thanks, and release all tension. Night reflection restores peace in your aura and prepares your soul for restful sleep.
30. Take A Spiritual Walk
Once a week, take a slow, conscious walk in nature — along a road, forest, or riverside. Focus on your breathing, your steps, and your surroundings. Walking in awareness grounds your soul in the present moment.
31. Fast With Herbal Water
Once a week, fast till noon, drinking only warm water infused with cloves and prekese. During this time, meditate or pray for purification and direction. Fasting disciplines your body and heightens spiritual clarity.
Final Reflection
Becoming spiritually grounded is not a one-time act — it is a continuous practice of balance, peace, and awareness.
Each of these 31 steps can be woven into your daily, weekly, or monthly routine.
When you live by them, your energy becomes calm, your aura glows, your intuition sharpens, and your connection to the Divine and ancestors becomes unshakable.
You become like a sacred tree — firm in spirit, fruitful in purpose, and deeply rooted in divine truth.