The Barefoot Movement

Try not doing that next time, if you're so inclined. It's very interesting.

Do wearing things like this count?:

Not quite....but I do have 2 pairs of those. I use them when I run or when I do have to wear something on my feet.

I don't get hassled...there's just so much junk on those floors...I'm afraid of getting cut.

Haven't connected to the barefoot link yet, so can't speak to that.

However, going barefoot is not only good for your feet, but your entire body.

Well, not if you're going to be only walking on hard concrete, but walking where the ground is uneven, having differences in hardness/softness/textures.

It allows your feet to be flexible the way they evolved to be, for walking, running, grasping, climbing, etc.

Doing this allows the rest of your body to adjust and intergrate itself for better balance, strength, flexibility, etc.

Encasing the feet in hard shoes, or high heels forces your body to work in ways it was not meant to, in order to function.

That said, I prefer wearing shoes that allow the feet to act as naturally as possible. Shoes that have very flexible soles, and do not have heels.

I do this for protection, as I don't want to step on glass, sharp objects, or any other manner of things.
I certainly don't enjoy getting them dirty, and shoes of some type keep them clean.
I go barefoot in my home, and when at yoga, and wear flexible shoes of some type when outdoors.

Not flip flops.

You're a cultural member of the Awkward Squad chai. A degenerate one might even say. It's an affectation I'm afraid.

Our whole project is anti-evolution. Evolution is for the lower life forms which have no other choice.

When are you starting on loin cloths or even the Ms Willendorf style with chanting mantras at the moon for entertainment and ablutions in the river?

I do chant mantras. Not at the moon, however.

I do practice moon AND sun salutations.

I also practice mudras, and pranayama breathing.

Ms Willendorf, whoever she is, is welcome to join me.

Ms Willendorf, chai, is the famous Venus of Willendorf. Simply Google that name and there you are--Earth Mother. The chthonic feminine. Tiamat. Hecate. Ilamatecuhtli. The devouring naked Mother and Queen of Heaven before the gentle and weak-willed Eve gave rise to our Madonnas.

Public Enemy No 1 to all who value modern conveniences as I do.

Wow – I honestly love it! I love to go barefoot – I don’t like wearing shoes (except when it is cold, but that is just because I can’t stand being cold). I wish I had the nerve to do this. As a kid during the summer, I would rarely wear shoes (unless I absolutely had to). My feet were filthy – but each night, I would soak them to clean them. I loved the freedom of being barefoot.

Now as an adult, I will sneak out and go barefoot when running outside for something quick. I sometimes take my shoes off at work when I’m sitting at my desk – I’ve even walked a few steps without my shoes on. I would love to live in such a society.

In my opinion I have beautiful feet – long, thin, smooth and not calloused even as a child when running around all day, my feet were never calloused - being barefoot doesn’t make your feet callused – squeezing into shoes that are tight or where your feet rub causing calluses. I never had feet like horses nails.

I do though still like shoes – high heels, flip flops whatever. I do like the fashion of shoes especially when you dress up. So I don’t think I would ever be 100% barefoot. But for most everyday life, I’d love it.

Here you go maporsche:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfgSIVF-5AY&feature=related

(Letty's music choices always take me somewhere interesting.)

The dollar bills blew away as well and for an illusion because they all kept their pants on. Are you ready for the $$$$s being discarded?

Music to do your head in.

Oh, ok, I remember that now.

I think that little stone statue is beautiful.

It's a video and song about running barefoot -- I thought maporsche might find it amusing. As for any underlying philosophy of life -- I try not to make those decisions based on pop songs.

It certainly is.

And it has an underlying philosophy. Why else the $$$$s blowin'in the wind.

Filmed, stored, broadcast and received with the best gizmos money can buy and scientific capitalism can produce. It's schizophrenic.

You're right of course. Everyone involved in the making of the video is a hypocrite. And since I'm obviously not clever enough to have posted it deliberately as a sly dig at anyone (really, I'm not and I didn't) I guess I should think twice before posting.

Well no TC. You provided an opportunity to have the hypocrisy pointed out which is a plus.

When I was about 10 I went to live in a tiny outback Australian town. I wore shoes the first day at school, but I was the only one. From then on, I didn't wear shoes again until high school.

I went barefoot again pretty much the whole time I was at university. I'd wear shoes to go out at night and stuff, but unshod by day. I was being somewhat deliberately rebellious but in all honesty there wasn't a lot of cash coming my way at the time, so it was fiscally advantageous. Your feet do adjust and I miss it a lot.

I think I also did it because I could get away with it again. I remembered how much fun it had been in primary school before the strict dress code of a private boarding High school.