We often think that Earth is outside us, yet Earth is as much within us as it is outside of us. This may be a surprise, but Indigenous people the world over have known this for thousands of years. We can access Earth within us whenever we choose, through sound and meditation.
Earth is the essence and seed of our bodies, and it flows within us in six different ways, through six different parts of our body. These are our nose and sense of smell, our urge and capacity to procreate, our root chakra, the essence of our semen and ova, our innate deep-rooted sense of inertia or stability, and our individual sense of self.
Each of these six parts of us has a sound, and when we focus the sound into that part of our body, we amplify the Earth element within us, dipping into its abundant resources. The Earth within us as the Earth outside us is an invaluable source of life for us to benefit from whenever we want. Earth within and Earth without is full of compassion, kindness, generosity and love.
To tap into this is a simple process. Through sound and meditation aligned with our hearts, we can tap into the abundant Earth at any moment, even when we cannot go outside or put our feet and bodies on the Earth.
Our planet Earth has a frequency, a series of octaves that has been measured by modern science as ranging between 7.83Hz and up to 150Hz when Earth is particularly active. We can tap into that frequency through sound and meditation, as well as listening to certain music which is especially tuned to the Earth frequency. This grounds, calms, stabilises and soothes us quickly.
Whenever your frequency is out of alignment with Earth’s frequency, you become out of sync and out of alignment with your own natural rhythms, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Our electromagnetic fields and the electromagnetic fields and frequency of Earth are symbiotically and intimately intertwined.
Living in resonance with Earth’s frequency slows down the experience of time for us. We align into a relaxed, patient, peaceful and content way of life. The more we connect with Earth’s frequency, the more emotionally attuned we become – able to flow, let go into, and trust the natural feelings and cycles of life.
Many Indigenous societies have maintained a living connection to the Earth frequency as part of their daily way of life, which is why they often move more slowly and are generally happier. Earth helps us achieve this by encouraging us to slow down and become more still, changing our experience of time.
If we look to Aboriginal people, they measure time in millennia, not days or months. They are in no hurry at all, as they live a life-affirming wisdom that comes from moving slowly, in tune and at ease with the cycles of life and death.
Earth is our foundation for expansion, supporting, upholding, grounding, stabilising and completing. The more grounded we are, the higher we can fly. Earth forms our limits and boundaries, enabling us to define ourselves in order to fully express and manifest ourselves. Earth anchors self, creating a container for our lives, establishing healthy boundaries to feel whole within ourselves. In the Earth element, we find the things that matter to us, that which has value and meaning. Earth is the stability to maintain awareness and ground purpose in direction.
Science has been catching up to what our Indigenous societies have been practising for many years. For example, many of our emotional memories are connected to Earth’s magnetic fields. NASA astronauts learned this, for when they first rocketed out of Earth’s orbit and magnetic fields, they lost connection to some of their memories and identity and became disorientated. Now, every astronaut has a magnetic attenuation box on their belt to ensure they don’t lose their emotional memories, reference points and sense of orientation.
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly found that spending nearly a year in space away from the Earth’s frequency significantly changed his DNA. He had hundreds of “space genes” activated by this year away from Earth that altered his “immune system, DNA repair, bone formation networks and hypoxia”, according to researchers. NASA confirmed that 7% of his genes remain changed and they may stay this way because of “space travel, which causes changes in a cell’s biological pathways and ejection of DNA and RNA”.
Similarly, researcher Valerie Hunt undertook experiments with people in special rooms where they removed the background hum of the Earth’s field and frequency. People became deeply emotional and unbalanced, and again had problems identifying who they were. When the Earth field was restored, people felt balanced and “normal” again.
An experiment in 2011 by Nobel Prize-winner Luc Montagnier further shows us the effect Earth’s fields have on us. He removed DNA from test tubes filled with water samples and exposed them to the Earth frequency. The water, which had no DNA, produced new molecules even though no life was present. He theorised that our DNA communicates via Earth’s electromagnetic field, which we are all connected to.
Science has proved that our innate and deep wellbeing is connected to our staying in tune with the Earth. Yet Earth is within us too. We just have to know how to tune in to it – even when it is too cold or hot outside to do so. Thanks to ancient and Indigenous wisdom traditions, we can.
Satish Kumar and Padma Aon Prakasha will be holding a conversation Connecting Earth and Self: The Sound of Earth and Heart, on 12 June 2025, 7–8.30pm UK time. It will be streamed live to participants worldwide. The talk will include a guided sound healing meditation and the sounds to use to connect to Earth within you.
