I am not very familiar with what is Ying and what is yang and their effect on the body.
The sole of the foot is connected through the nervous system with the rest of the body, and in the practice of reflexology there are maps and charts describing these connections. So, the effects on the sole of the feet are also felt by the rest of the body. The wetness of the grass has the effect of eliminate the electrical potentials that have the tendency to build up in the body. Wet grass is electrically conductive, dry dirt is not. I think at some point it was mentioned wet sand on the beach, again an electrically conductive medium.
Dan G
inthesunrays@yahoogroups.com
Wayne Purdin wrote:

Dan,

Chi Gung masters say that walking barefoot on dewy grass is
very yang. Last August, when I had the beginnings of a sore
throat, I walked barefoot on grass for a couple of days to see if it
would make it worse or better.  It seemed to help. Working in the
garden in the early morning must also be yangizing. Monks who
get up before dawn to work in the fields are happy and energetic
even though they get like five hours of sleep every night.

Wayne

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>
> I suspect that this idea about walking barefoot on the dirt is
coming
> from the fact that that is what they have available there in India.
> Probably walking barefoot in the dew wetted grass is the best,
but
> nobody did any study probably.
> Some might say the walking in the grass is an european bias!
> Dan G
> inthesunrays@yahoogroups.com
> Wayne Purdin wrote:
>
> > I just spent a couple of hours in my back yard putting in a
garden
> > and loved every minute of it, especially sitting on the grass
with my
> > barefeet in the freshly exposed dirt and pulling the dirt out of
the
> > cut sod with my hands. I felt really connected to the earth and
calm,
> > more so than when I go barefoot walking. My wife asked me
yesterday
> > about my involuntary movements. I told her that it's just a side
> > effect of kundalini rising and a sign that I need to get back to
> > barefoot walking, which I haven't been doing for the last
couple of
> > months because we moved and our new house is not close
to a dirt
> > path. We used to live right next to a desert area with dirt bike
> > trails. It was okay, but people ignored the NO DUMPING sign
and would
> > dump their garbage in there, plus dirt bikers and ATVers and
paint
> > ball warriors would frequent it. So I didn't look forward to
driving
> > to this desert and putting up with the garbage and noise.
Last night
> > I had the idea of starting a garden instead of barefoot
walking. I
> > would spend an hour every day after work with my bare feet
and hands
> > in the garden. I believe that this would be a viable alternative
to
> > barefoot walking. And it's something most people can do.
Not everyone
> > lives near a sand or dirt trail, but most people have a back
yard.
> > The patron saint of gardeners, Saint Friacre, used to heal
mentally
> > ill people by just having them work in a garden. Thus
gardening must
> > have some grounding effect on the psyche.
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