Where did you go barefoot today?

Basically CVS and wine shop today. I am back and forth with myself about a haircut which would be one of those places that sorta intimidates me because I've been going there for years. (if you wish to weigh in here Jaime, please do) I haven't been in about 2 months so it was still winter last time. But I think the deed needs to be done and it'll be 80 deg out tomorrow so I guess I'll bite the bullet and get it cut (ewww....maybe we shud shape it for growing long) and deal with doing it barefoot (cool ultimately, once I get over all of these issues).

 

Not really anywhere; just at my friends' houses. But I had flip-flops until I got to the door because I don't want to get their floors dirty.

I had an argument with my mother. I mentioned I had gone to the store barefoot and she said I shouldn't do that. Her best reasoning was that it was a liability --which it is-- but when I asked about whether flip flops with no traction or high heels should also be considered a liability, she just said she didn't want to argue. Her other arguments were "When in Rome do as the Romans do" (which isn't an argument -- actually a saying with negative connotations) and "out of respect." She had no reason why it was respectful to wear shoes.

 

You're a barefoot runner? Too cool! With the proper running form, barefoot is definitely the best. Better than having your feet sweat inside stinky shoes. :ack2:

By the way, I highly recommend the following website, if you haven't already looked at it:

http://therunningbarefoot.com/

The Yahoo Group for this website is also pretty active with lots of nice folks too.

 

cheers, after looking at the race pics i do think i need to improve my form. I think it broke down a bit when the skin ripped off a couple of my toes, and so i was trying to avoid hitting the ground with them. I'm not sure if my form was what caused it in the first place.

I have had it checked out by a POSE qualified coach, so when I focus on it then it seems to be ok.

I was lucky enough to train with Erwan Le Corre last year which was pretty cool and insightful. going barefoot is just a small part of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiI

 

I took a vacation day today, so this morning I went to the post office and the dry cleaners barefoot. Turned out to be the perfect day for it, too. Sunny and 72F/22.2C. Summer is just around the corner--Yay!!!

 

Yes, that sounds like you need to work on your form to avoid getting scraped toes--ouch! In the Running Barefoot website, it explains that you need to try more of a mid-foot landing and at the same time, lift your toes. Try running in place and see how your feet land. You don't land on your heels, right? Most likely you're landing on the balls of your feet. That's how you want to try landing on your feet when running barefoot in order to avoid any nasty injuries.

By the way, thanks for the link to the Erwan La Corre video. It was great to watch and the scenery was beautiful too!

 

A few days ago I did a 2.7 mile walk barefoot, which was my longest journey yet. The big test was when we decided to go down a railroad track where they have those rocks laid down. It was definitely doable to walk on them, I just had to slow it down a bit. I'm still easing my feet into things, so I walked on the smooth wood planks whenever I could.

There was a part where it was all damp dirt, which felt amazing to walk over. If I had worn shoes, I would have never been able to appreciate the feeling of cool damp earth beneath my feet so much. It's weird how you can take things for granted because of something as small as what you have on your feet. Sadly I had to throw on the flip-flops (that I had only brought because I didn't actually know where my walk would take me) temporarily when we went under a tunnel because, well, apparently it's just the coolest place for teenagers to gather and smash glass and leave rusty paint cans.

Major kudos to all you people who can handle walking over rocks and gravel! My walk was a few days ago, and I'm still feeling the effects of it. Not really sore, just a tingly-ish sensation. Maybe it's the sensation of my skin manning up!

 

Well, let'see so far I have not done much but I am planning to go to a cool art festival later today and since the weather is great i'll probably go barefoot!

 

Just the grocery store today, but yesterday went to a carnival with some friends.

 

A bright sunny day - walking barefoot over a medieval-themed market in our town was just the thing to do... especially in a very barefoot-friendly park directly behind an old castle.

Wiggling happy bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

To the refrigerator and back

 

took the train to london, various rides round the underground to camden town, embankment and covent garden amongst others.

was a bit worried at one point as the pavement was really hot in the full sun at about 1 ish.

feet now black but a pretty cool day out!

 

CVS, once again marching proudly past the NSNSNS sign....lol

 

Well, since today is a holiday over here (feels like Sunday), I took my usual barefoot stroll in the park:

With bright sunshine being my accomplice, I set out to my favourite park to take that usual barefoot walk to feel some natural soil and grass beneath my soles. Since it had been dry and sunny over the last week, this also meant a prime opportunity to find me a spot and sit in the grass, preferably under a tree to have its green canopy above, while being in touch with Mother Earth below.

I had brought a little bag of equipment with me to spend some quality time there – including of course my hippie hi-tech gadgets: cell phone/camera, MP3 player and mini laptop. And, in addition to feeling the warm and soft grass and earth for energizing purposes, I also packed a small bottle of caffeinated stuff – incidentally my favourite brand of cola (largely unknown outside Germany, I'm sure, since it's a German brand,
called Afri-Cola).

After a short walk through the grass, I found a nice chestnut tree to sit under, directly at its base. Since the wind was picking up and large fluffy clouds starting to build high towers in the sky, a change of weather was foreshadowed, and the wind had also provided a carpet of chestnut blossoms lying beneath that tree... and I sat down there, appearing to the mainstream people in the park walking by or sitting on nearby benches to be some modern reclining Buddha – at least until I got out my laptop to begin typing this... all the time while I was sitting there, the wind (a pleasantly warm breeze) kept shaking the canopy, sending down more blossoms to rain onto the ground – and onto me, as well. There could be worse things raining down on me, for sure – therefore I took it as a bit of Mother Nature's mischief. It felt as if she were in a playful mood... or perhaps it was a bunch of mischievous fairies, seeing me sitting beneath their tree and sayig „Look!! A hippie! Let's throw flowers at him!“. Since I was listening to some ambient music from my MP3 player, I couldn't hear any fairy giggles... but it might still be true, nonetheless. And just as I had written this, a good handful of blossoms rained down on me. I also noticed several caterpillars landing on me... which felt a little creepy-crawly as they also landed on the back of my neck...

Another note on listening to music: just before I chose to listen to an ambient album by Proton Kinoun, I did my usual listening to the Avatar soundtrack – the usual favourite tracks 5 to 7 – and this time read the corresponding parts from the Activist Survival Guide which I had brought with me... And as I came to the final part of track 7 - Jake's first flight - when the prayer song to Eywa is heard, I felt a tingle run up and down my spine, sitting in the grass with my back resting against the tree trunk. Communing with Mother Earth, indeed.

After getting pelted with some more blossoms, I looked around and found me a different tree to sit beneath, right in the sun to soak up a bit of sunlight, too, before heading home again... I figured the one being just the right spot for that – a young oak. As I sat down at the base of that tree, a funny thing happened: the wind had suddenly died down, and the shower of blossoms beneath the chestnut tree had stopped. It might be true, that there were some mischievous fairies in that tree who now decided that the fun was gone along with that hippie... In the distance, near the duck pond in the park I could see a woman taking off her clothes to lie down in the grass wearing a bikini... so, I decided to tune up the reclining Buddha impression by taking off my t-shirt, and bare my trademark Ganesha belly to the world at large.

The warm breeze together with the bright sunlight was a true delight. A bit later, another young woman chose a spot on the lawn to take off her clothes and lie down in her bikini, too... So the two women and me were building a large sunbathing triangle... Even though that park wasn't a naturist sunbathing site, I felt as close to it as possible, since I wore my skirt the most comfortable way – without underwear, as usual. I mean, what is the point in wearing a skirt if it's not done barefoot to the waist? The only thing missing to make it a perfect site would be a small lake to skinny-dip - and if that were there, I bet people would begin sunbathing nude, too.
After spending more than two hours in the park, one of them reclining semi-nude in the sun, I decided to head home, feeling very relaxed and energized at once... Only in hindsight I relized that there was one thing I didn't bring to add some hippie ambience: incense sticks. That's definitely going onto my list for spending some quality time in the park.
On the way home, I passed a spot on the sidewalk (which I passed on the way to the park as well), only to again shake my head at the foolishness of people, since some asshole had not only smashed a bottle of cheap Sangria, but also made it his business (I'm very sure that jerk was male!) to trample onto and spread the shards around for people to step into or have their bicycle tires punctured... well, the world is filled liberally with idiots. And that particular idiot seems to have been wearing combat boots. This is sad... very sad only.

After returning home and entering my apartment, the first thing for me to do was to get barefoot all over (naked, that is), step into the shower and have a stream of cool water flow over my sweating body - not only to make up for the missing lake, but also to rinse off the odd caterpillar I might have overlooked. All in all, a nice barefoot day-out and a happy ending for a barefoot Whitsun weekend.

(full report on my barefoot Whitsun weekend on my personal barefoot diary page - with pictures, too...!)

Wiggling happy toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

I have spent all day in the park so had no shoes on, but am not used to the hot pavement

 

Everyday at school i wear my flip flops but in my classes i take my shoes off and i walk home barefoot too.
:grouphug:

 

I have to make small amends to my previous posting, as I found the real and true happy ending for my barefoot Whitsun weekend... I went for another barefoot stroll into the park after sunset. However, since I wasn't just barefoot there, I put that into another thread right there on the "Bare It" main page.

Wiggling happy toes,

~*Ganesha*~

P.S.: and yes, that also is part of my barefoot Whitsun weekend diary entry on my own personal barefooting web site.

 

I havent worn shoes once since i graduated two weeks ago. my feet love summer too much

 

Congratulations on your graduation and the apparently concurrent death of your shoes!

 

Garden center, doctor's office, CVS (nsnsns) twice, gotta go again in a bit, bank, and hair salon (yes I finally got round to it). The reason for this list is that I got "The Stare" in 3 of the places, tho it didn't strike me dead. But, until today, I haven't detected "The Stare" at all...tho I do not have eyes in the back of my head. Not sure if this is a moon phase thing or what....maybe dressing nicely is a problem. Wearing a Ralph Polo shirt is too much for some?