Grounding while working from home: how to use a desk mat
With a grounding mat on your desk you automatically turn working time into contact time. You don't have to plan any extra exercises and you can easily measure the connection.
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Anyone who sits behind a laptop every day already has a fixed moment when grounding fits effortlessly. The Earthle Desk Mat is located where your forearms or hands rest. Simply connect, make skin contact and continue working.
Why sitting quietly for an hour is interesting
In a double-blind study with forty adults, pleasant and positive mood improved more after one hour of real grounding than after an identical sham session. Another double-blind experiment with 28 adults measured direct changes in skin conductance and other physiological signals during forty minutes of grounding. A desk is therefore a logical place for a calm, consistent routine.
The best place for the desk mat
- Place the mat in front of the keyboard so that your wrists or forearms regularly touch it.
- The mat can also be used under the desk with bare feet.
- Check the grounded socket and click the cable firmly into place.
- Choose one daily work block so that the habit develops naturally.
Direct contact makes it easy
Bare skin provides the most reliable electrical connection. A thin cotton sleeve can sometimes be conductive, but measuring provides certainty. Earthle mats use conductive carbon material and are smooth enough to be easy to keep clean.
The best grounding routine is the one that doesn't require any additional planning. At your desk, every working day automatically becomes an opportunity to ground yourself.
Which Earthle product fits this use
The Earthle Desk Mat measuring 65 by 25 centimetres fits for the keyboard and mouse or under your forearms. If you also want contact with your feet, the larger Yoga Mat offers more space.
Sources
- Chevalier, Psychological Reports, 2015
- Chevalier, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2010
- Earthle, what our grounding products are made of
Further reading: Scientific evidence for grounding · What you may feel and expect
Sources
- Chevalier, Psychological Reports, 2015 In deze dubbelblinde proef met veertig deelnemers verbeterde de stemming alleen in de echt geaarde groep, wat het onderscheidt van een placebo-effect, al blijft de meting beperkt tot één sessie van een uur.
- Chevalier, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2010 In dit dubbelblinde experiment met 28 volwassenen veranderden huidgeleiding, ademhaling, pols en zuurstofsaturatie meetbaar tijdens veertig minuten grounding; de meting toont een fysiologisch effect op korte termijn, geen bewijs voor een gezondheidsuitkomst op lange termijn.
All links checked on September 10, 2026.
