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I have a metal plate connected to a grounding rod that I use for this purpose. I either do standing meditation (bare feet) on it (drive qi down to begin with as a cleansing process .. and after that put intent to middle dantien). I now wondered if perhaps this was not a good idea, hence my question. I have also done sitting meditation on it (clothed).

Okay, I need to change the title of the topic and replace the word grounding with earthing. Can this be done? Thanks.

Thanks for the responses. Helpful. Just for clarification, I don't do Kunlun (have read many books including some of the Damo Mitchell books)... but I read the book by Christensen and one thing it says is to sit on an animal fur/skin. In an article on dos and don'ts it says "I have been asked by people why we do Kunlun® on an animal skin or rubber mat. (The traditional method was to use deerskin or a piece of large leather, but a rubber mat will also be fine, but not as good as a natural skin.) The answer to this question is that all yogic traditions used the fur for insulation purposes. If you touch the bare ground while practicing, the qi can leak from the lower areas of the body, thereby draining the kidney qi."

Hello: I started learning a year ago from books etc and have practiced quite deligently some forms. I don't want to get into all that. I do have a question that I find confusing. Many have said that grounding (bare earth grounding) while meditating is a good thing to do. Otoh Kunlun practice says don't ground since leakage is not good. You guys are experienced in this, so what is your recommendation. Example, is it bad to do standing meditation with bare feet on earth ? thanks in advance.