A Year of Natural Health & Beauty Tip #41: Take Off Your Shoes

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To view all tips so far, click here or simply scroll to the top of the screen and click on 52 Tips.

One simple tip this week: take off your shoes!

I know, you paid a fortune for them / they’re super-cute / they’re “really actually comfortable.”

But they ain’t your feet and your tootsies know it.

Proponents of minimalist (“barefoot”) footwear call shoes “foot coffins” for a reason: they restrict natural movement, essentially freezing your muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments into a living rigor mortis. Some energy medicine specialists even say they cut you off from the true energy of the earth, preventing any kind of grounding and keeping you disconnected from the planet’s healing energy. Orthopedic shoes and inserts can minimize the “shoe death trap,” but the best solution is just to take ‘em off.

Wiggle your toes, do some ankle circles. Set your feet free.

If you’re up for it, get your feet dirty—remember, soil increases serotonin! Don’t forget regular pampering, either, with foot massages and callus removal ;-)

Do you go barefoot at home?
Do you go barefoot outside of your home?
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Space traveler, part-time genius, firestarter.

5 responses to “A Year of Natural Health & Beauty Tip #41: Take Off Your Shoes

  1. Every chance I get during the day I walk around barefoot, or with some socks on. :)

  2. Kendra

    bare feet in my son’s sandbox is the best feeling! bury your feet and wiggle your toes :D

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