I have been barefoot around the house for years but since I retired 6 months ago at 60 I have not worn shoes( except in stores). I started to walk nature trails barefoot about a month ago and it's the best feeling in the world. I had to visit my chiropractor every 2 weeks for back pain but I have not seen him since. I truly feel that barefooting has immensely improved my health and spirit

And yes, walking barefoot is a great pleasure.

I absolutely love being barefoot. I think everyone should give it a try. It really does connect you with nature.

i like the way he breaks down his experience. and how he says “barefeet” in place of barefoot. He’s got very nice looking feet which I wouldn’t expect from a barefooter. Inspiring. More men should bare their feet like this.

Up until I was a junior in high school, I spent about six months out of every year barefoot. I always got a good tough callus layer on the soles of my feet and could walk on the sharpest gravel with no problem. I never wondered “how to walk,“ or “how to run.“ I just did it. Autumn was always torturous because I had to cram my feet back into shoes. In my junior year, I went to Greece for a summer, and I could not go barefoot there. Not only was there a status/social stigma against it (“Gypsies do that!”), There is just so much on the ground it will puncture or otherwise injure your feet. I went and stayed a year after high school, so that was more or less the end of being barefoot. I am always barefoot in the house and in the garden, but not beyond the bounds of my yard. The funny thing is, I never questioned it. A few months ago I got a pair of “barefoot shoes.“ I was amazed at how fast I got used to them; I had a little bit of pain in my thighs the first day and then no more. (Today I had to wear some regular hiking shoes and was shocked at how uncomfortable they were at the end of the day.) I’m learning to run in them as well but I would really like to relearn it barefoot; it’s winter now and though barefoot shoes are definitely a step in the right direction, they are not the same as being barefoot. I’ve made up my mind that I will do it this summer, and not worry about the looks. I especially look forward to going barefoot in parks. I will get a pair of minimalist sandals so that I have something to put on if I need to.

i love dead malls. last summer i got the brilliant idea to walk barefoot in a dead mall. (two different malls in my state) i walked with out shoes. took a deep breath and walked on that pavement. (my feet didnt burn) i opened the door to the mall and walked right in. (it just felt natural to me) the mall was basically dead. not a soul in the mall except for bed bath and beyond and T mobile store. (nvr went into stores) took two laps around and left. On sept 18, 2021 would be the last time (for the year ) to be free of shoes there. I noticed a little more foot traffic there. so i avoided ppl. at the same time i had to use the bathroom. (felt a little awkward in there. knowing the floor have germs and urine around the stall) used the stall, washed my hands and left. (after walking barefoot in the mall. i have sanitized wipes in my car. cleaned my feet that way) just as i was turning around the corner. the security of the mall was walking into the bathroom. it makes me wonder to this day. if the security guard on duty. had he seen me barefoot. would i be escorted out of the mall. (in reality what rules am i breaking) they’re just feet nothing more. if i see something hazardous on the floor. walk around it! 🙄😑 When i was at the mall in Jan or Feb of this year i noticed a list of rules. they said shoes are required in the mall. curious can i be escorted out of the mall for not wearing shoes bc the mall requires me to? (this summer i hope to bring a friend with me. walk barefoot (in a mall) and see his reaction/get a feel from him)

Go barefoot whenever you can, be it for a long walk in the neighborhood or short run.

I'm barefoot for many years. Shoes are just tools for me now. In ordinary life I just don't need them, like gloves.

I have started doing this, I love the free feeling of it. Cant always be barefoot but when I am its incredible. Thank you so much for posting

In bare feet life is better (healthier, happier and more comfortable) than in shoes. Bare feet are happy feet ! In fact, "Going barefoot is the gentlest way of walking and can symbolise a way of living - being authentic, vulnerable, sensitive to our surroundings. It’s the feeling of enjoying warm sand beneath our toes, or carefully making our way over sharp rocks in the darkness. It’s a way of living that has the lightest impact, removing the barrier between us and nature". - Adele Coombs, “Barefoot Dreaming” I'm a barefoot hiker, since at 3 years old (in 1962). Sincerely, Dinu 👣, from Romania.

It's over three years I've worn socks and go barefoot as much as possible. I only wear barefoot shoes and sandals. Not having to mess with socks in my life is such a freedom. 👣 🙄

When I was a teenager I was always barefoot all summer. I miss that, it was counter culture then, most young people went barefoot. Now I go walking barefoot as much as possible. But, today's social culture barefoot has rules on where and when. And their are different barefoot rules for men and women.

I love walking barefoot

I like barefooting at first it feels ache it makes you make this funny face but then you get used to it and becomes a cool thing

Bro this is amazing!

Je pratique la marche pied nu en randonnée j'ai commencé mi mai jusqu'a fin novembre j'en ai fait un peu plus de 30 c'est un pur bonheur c'est très benefice j'aime bien le contact avec le sol c'est une marche naturelle contrairement avec les chaussures qui sont des cercueils pour pied et j'ai hâte de le refaire

Yes… Being barefoot is cool… Do it all the time…. being …”Barefeet” means you look like a pair of bare feet …not walking barefoot. It’s just a verbal observation , don’t anybody panic…

I just love being barefoot and all over and the whole time it makes me feel so good and is healthy also i like it as a humble thing as I'm a born again Christian also i like it as a humor thing it just makes me so happy to me that's the way

Very nice and inspiring video . I love walking video too. It became a niche on my channel. It makes me happier and free!. Great sharing!

I practice climbing on trees only because it's all I have access to and I'll say it is so much easier barefoot albeit a little uncomfortable but makes it so much easier for me to trust my feet because I can usually feel a slip before it happens

Wish I could do this in school.

Hi, my dear barefoot (er) friend - how are you ? And me also 👣. So ... life is beautiful !

I go barefoot too...

I'll be honest, the foot for me is EXTREMELY erotic. Walking barefoot in public gives me a very strange feeling that combines arousal with vulnerability. People comment, and I can't really say that I like that part of an outing but overall it's quite a rush. I make a point to walk through any oilspots I see if i can.

I think grounding is a con. They talk about 'free electrons' in the earth somehow being transferred to the barefoot person and this leading to stress release and better sleep and whatnot. Reality I feel is that barefooting improves your circulation (as the feet are now an active part of the body as opposed to being forgotten in shoes), makes the mind more active (seeing as your receiving sensations from the feet and actively looking out for hazards) and as such one might feel this 'euphoria' (at least initially) from being barefoot out and about. This buys into the 'grounding' effect and before you know it you've been suckered into buying a bed that plugs into the wall to 'discharge' you while asleep or flip flops with a special chip that will do the same whilst outside (which defeats the whole barefoot angle but there you go)... So the whole thing is a business model to capitalise on a knee-jerk reaction to natural stimulation... I mean you went and blindfolded yourself as per some YT suggestion. There's probably a racket in that - why get a blindfold when you can just close your eyes!? It's crazy!! TOMS One day without shoes is a similar reaction. While the idea might have noble intentions, its application hasn't been the best. For one it asks the habitually shod to go barefoot for one day. As such most have a knee-jerk reaction to the sensations, the over-stimulation, any antagonistic social interactions and any hazards. Thus they conclude the habitually barefoot must be really impoverished and worse off. And so TOMS gets its money and buys shoes for all, kids predominantly. But they typically don't buy local and so any shoe business there loses trade because they can't competes with thousands of free shoes. And the kids now start to develop weak feet which leads to all sorts of complications later in life. Of course everyone should have access to shoes, but feet can be pretty strong and resilient in of themselves but the knee-jerk shoe culture we live in can't see that and so must impose its standards of normality on the rest...

I'd be carful not to overthink the heel vs. toe strike thing too much. I actually injured and tendon running on the balls of my feet a while back, took a good two years for it to heal. I agree you shouldn't land totally midfoot, but don't go all in on the balls of the foot either, something in-between, more than anything else, just do what feels natural when you're barefoot.

I always wondered if those "shoeless shoes" worked at all?

Me too

Lmao @ "hell no look at me being barefeet, fighting capitalism - I AM A HERO"

I hope you are not an anti-capitalist.