Focus Forward – Personal Growth

Try to interpret the new sensations as just that, new sensations. At first, the unfamiliar textures overwhelm the tactile senses. The first ten minutes or so for a beginning barefooter can be the most difficult. You will be in a process of adjustment. Most find that after this time (sometimes just as they were about to give up), the going became considerably easier. Did you ever get too much wax (or some water) in your ear for a while, and then when you got it out, the world seemed really LOUD. Perhaps, when you first take your shoes off, the ground is too “loud”. It’s like listening to a lot of uncomfortable noise. After a while, your body adjusts and you begin to “hear the music”.

via wikihow.com c/o On Hiking Barefoot

Truly seems like an amazing idea, to experience the earth more than it ever has been before, and to prove it is possible to link refers to a wikihow article about two who hiked the Appalachian Trail Barefoot and even more videos beyond that, who else is up for the experience?