Bernard O'Shea: Hugging a tree. I had broken my earthing virginity

Each week Bernard tries out new experiences and shares them.

Bernard O'Shea. Photograph Moya Nolan

I didn’t know that a deep unknown fantasy of mine was to have secret foot rolls in the wet grass at dusk. I almost certainly didn’t know that I'd be earthing myself silly between sheets at night and that I'd fall deeply in love with someone ninety years older than me. 

This is my attempt to a “fifty shades” style opening to the world of “grounding”.