I've been slowly getting into being barefoot all the time. Started going for walks and going to the laundromat barefoot and it's so nice. My biggest fear was people saying something judgemental but no one's even given a second look!

In these photographs from August 2017, we see some Michiganders in the town of Midland enjoying the freeing feeling of a barefoot lifestyle, whether they're shopping at the supermarket or doing yard work:

https://www.ourmidland.com/photos/slideshow/Midland-residents-try-barefoot-living-160641.php

I was having a hard time adjusting to not being able to wear shoes and socks but now it's a liberating feeling. I was worried about not being able to be successful in society without them. Now that I know I can't fit the mode the pressure is gone. I was embarrassed about getting kicked out of places, by the filth and dry skin on my feet, by not being able to have a job and just feeling weak because I couldn't handle the pain that came from shoes and socks. But I found a sense of freedom by just letting go of what I could never have. I got over the fear of persecution and judgement. I'm not afraid of people recording me and putting me on the Internet. I got over(not completely but at least 80%) using public restrooms 🤷🏿‍♂️. I'm ok with being unemployed for a while and I know that this journey is a lesson. I tried to hold on to shoes longer than my body could and now I reached my limit. I finally reached the acceptance stage.

I hadn't been wearing shoes much in the last couple of months except when I had to go into the office which had been several days a week. I had also been taking progressively longer walks barefoot, up to 3 miles.

My office as been shut due to construction and will be for a few months. I've returned to work-from-home which has allowed me to be barefoot all day everyday for over a week.

Previously I would carry my flip flops and put them on before going in any shop. But today, I needed to run a quick errand to the grocery store and decided to go to the store barefoot.

I brought my flip flops in just in case there was a confrontation. I felt conspicuous being without shoes and it made me hyper aware of peoples shoes which I ordinarily would not have noticed. It was a mad house of course with everyone stocking up for Thanksgiving which was my reason to be there as well.

No one said anything not even the many security people I passed. I'm not even sure whether anyone noticed, if they did they didn't seem to care.

Hello there. The account name is "barefooting365".

It is intended to be an account where every barefooter can share their videos/photos and experiences, sensations and feelings about it.

It is a non profit instagram page and has as main target to reduce the shame and discrimination against barefooters, and at the same time to share our happiness with other fellow people of our kind!

Thank you!!

Hello there, i really love to walk barefoot, but i am getting the feeling that no one is going to ever love me like i am because of this.

I live in Spain, never knew any other barefooter here, and i was curious as how did you do it to accomplish that.

Thank you very much :)

Shoes were required but I was sneaky lol

I remember watching this movie a year ago and to be honest I thought it was really nice, I'm surprised that this movie, despite having very good positive reviews at the time, practically nobody talks about it, it's about a boy who is like the black sheep of the family named Nick, in which he gets low-paying jobs, one day he meets Leila, who saves her from committing suicide, she's a girl who was locked up for 19 years before her mother died, her characteristic feature is that she doesn't like to wear shoes. See if someone could make a fanfic or that you or your family (son/daughter, cousins, etc.) who like to be barefoot could watch this movie and give your opinions on it :)

Unfortunately, the movie is in German, but I have the English subtitles on a notes blog so you can watch it.

https://preview.redd.it/qk9cndbzrz2e1.png?width=450&format=png&auto=webp&s=e5dfea5ab2b74db8692d55cea74ee6f975869192

Long story short like 2011 I read some article about barefoot running and how shoes mess up your feet hey and thought I wonder if I can adapt to going barefoot toughen up my feet. Way more to it then just toughening feet but what happened is I quickly got used to being barefoot it was as natural as being bare handed before long and the part I did not expect is at one point early on I just started to hate when I had to wear shoes.

Anyway life's nonsense piled up a little and been wearing shoes for a few months and now without them I feel like "barefoot" again. I can tolerate shoes all day.

I mean I know what to do just quit wearing the things and Ill be fine before long no more shoe dependency but this sucks!

My plan is put the damn sneakers away go to flip flops those things are so annoying you just want to take them off Ill have my all terrain barefoot abilities back in no time.

Has anyone reading this been through a shoe relapse and recovered ?

For the past two years, I’ve been walking barefoot at home on slate, hardwood, ceramic and carpet.

Several days ago, I started barefoot walking up and down my long hilly driveway as I sweep leaves and other debris.

Any tips for a beginner?

Went for my first proper barefoot run today. I had been running about 500 meters a day barefoot for 2 weeks after running 6ks with shoes. So I gave it a go today all barefoot for about 4ks, felt good most of the way and my form was good until the blood blisters developed, then I slowed down and walked the rest.

I have been running almost every morning for the past 3 months, about 5 - 7ks and I am aiming to do that barefoot.

What should I do from here in the short term? Should I ignore the blisters and just do my best for the next run? Or take it easy until blisters go away and then try and build up to longer ranges?

I have a slight bow legs (not enough to even think about surgery but noticeable). Walking barefoot has really diminished my knee pain. I think i am just making this post to ask if anyone else with bow legs can share their experience.

There's millions of choices on Amazon, is there a superior one?

I want to know from a podiatrist if being barefoot is beneficial for flat feet?

Not a contest, just want a random sampling of how "barefoot" you are. Have you changed your environnement to make it easier to be barefoot (cleared thorny brush, made walking paths of softer material, added shade).

Do you work from home or a job where shoes are not required? I've been working shoe-free since 2020. Either the office was essentially empty in 2020 or I worked from home 2021 and since. I just accepted my second remote job and don't want to wear shoes at work ever again.

Is there a place you yearn to be barefoot? I would love to go to the gym barefoot, but the gym won't allow it. I would also love to be barefoot everywhere, but I live in Mexico and the streets in my city are not very clean, far dirtier than the US City I came from, but less dirty than say San Fransisco.

I am strongly considering replacing my vinyl flooring on the second floor of my house with a natural material that's grounded. I heard that stone tiles could do the trick if there is something conductive underneath such as conductive underlayment, metal mesh, grounding mat, grounded grout etc., but I can't find any information online with people's setups and if it worked. I am not set on stone tiles but prefer something water resistant like the vinyl so I don't have to worry too much about mold etc. Any feedback or links would be appreciated.

Once you taste the freedom to go barefoot you never go back. My younger brother definitely loves his free feet. I am visiting my family and for several days he hasn't used any shoes or socks (I haven't either lol). Our soles end up all dirty. The only thing I've seen on his feet are flip flops when he goes to class. He never used to take off his socks until my boyfriend and I converted him haha, that's so great.

He thanked me tonight for freeing his feet and told me one that his encouraging of his friends that started to walk barefoot at home to join him into taking flip flops to class, then maybe ditch them off at the end of the day. Let's see!

If there are any qld barefooters who love this lifestyle who want to chat or catch up feel free to msg me

If you are standing barefoot on top of shoe are you still barefoot

I was planning on taking the Greyhound cross-country and I won't have any shoes or socks.

For some reason I seem to get a lot more tiny bits of glass stuck in my foot, than most people. This happens about every two to four weeks. I am from Germany, so streets are relatively clean and I don't do anything unusual either. I go barefoot a lot, so my soles are also reasonably strong. The only theory I have so far, is that I must be walking slightly different than others. On slippery surfaces, I often notice, that the front of my foot is sliding a bit while I walk. I would imagine, that this sliding is especially dangerous, when it comes to broken glass.

Do you also notice a bit of a sliding motion on slippery surfaces? Do you have other ideas, why I get so many splinters?

This has been a question that i have been trying to anwer for a few days now, and I think I finally found the perfect game.

Slime Rancher

Think about it; You are alone on a sunny planet with little slimes that pose no real threat to your feet. There are so many great walking surfaces here too, The dry reef, the jungle, glass desert, all great for barefooting. The only real threat that i can think of are the crystal slime's crystals that it can spawn, but those are just too big for you to step on.

What do you think? What do you think is the perfect game?

Im a 30 short and skinny guy who has used orthotics insoles for my whole live. I’ve always had plantar fasciitis and only thing that will relieve my pain was wearing orthotics. Doctors told me I had to use them for my entire life since I have “flat feet” and “over pronation”.

Since Im very physically active, running, swimming, working out, playing sports, I started going on a rabbit whole on how to open up my hips a bit more and hip mobility and glute activation and realized that what I was missing was using my big toe correctly. I realized how easy it was to activate my glutes and open my hips with a wide toe spread, using my big toe. Since then I started to go barefoot in the gym and then bought some barefoot shoes and toe spacers.

It’s been a couple of months now and have completely ditched my orthotics, no more plantar fasciitis, using mainly barefoot shoes when Im outside my house and being barefoot while in my flat.

The switch at first was tough, had bad plantar fasciitis and Achilles pain, but it gradually went away. Just came back from a week trip to Sicily and walked 10k+ steps a day with barefoot shoes with no issues at ALL. First time in my life, even with orthotics my feet would always hurt after europe trips since you usually walk tons in very uneven stone streets.

Hiii everyone!!! Just posting to mark my 2nd week of being barefoot in my rural Aussie town. The only places I wear shoes is to work and church.

I get a minority of surprised/dirty looks but for the most part nobody cares. I was concerned if I walked into shops barefoot that I would be turned away but no, I’ve gone grocery shopping barefoot and nobody cares. I do yoga and I’ve noticed my balance improve lately but I’m not sure if that’s as a result of being barefoot.

I’m not the only one barefooting in this town. I saw around 5 other people doing it as well and it was such a pleasant surprise every time. Helped me feel less alone in my decision.

I hope you’re all doing well.

I’ve got a pretty smushed pinky/fourth toe that curve in and down, and I find that when using regular cheap Amazon toe spacers, the spacers between my fourth and fifth toes just slides up out of the gap between my toes.

Any recommendation for spacers that stay stuck between toes and don’t slide up and out?

Here are some interesting newspaper articles that indirectly led to the banning of bare feet in the 1960s and 1970s, a battle barefooters are still fighting against today.

Source: Ahcuah

• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/no-bare-feet-in-this-store/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/palm-beach-barefoot-riff-raff/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/battle-of-the-bans/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/penny-arcadia-part-1/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/penny-arcadia-part-2/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/penny-arcadia-part-3/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/snippets-of-the-70s/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/animous-to-bare-feet/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/deja-vu-all-over-again/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/deja-p-u-all-over-again/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/bygone-times/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/dangerous/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/when-nsnsns-came-to-albuquerque/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/more-from-albuquerque/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/the-spanish-have-idiot-podiatrists-too/
• https://ahcuah.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/miss-manners-addresses-nsnsns/

Hi all! I really was not sure where to ask this question, but I'm assuming since you guys are all proponents of being barefoot, at least some of you probably know a lot about how the feet work and various problems/functions of the feet. I really want to learn more about how the feet work but also specifically in the context of like my personal feet. Basically I want to try to adress any problems/weaknesses that might be in my feet. I am also a runner and a hiker and just someone who loves to do outdoorsy things, as well as a highschooler. So I want to make sure my feet become and stay healthy for the rest of my life so I can do those activities comfortably. Anyways, I just couldn't really find any way to learn about those things and how to address them, so I'm asking here basically for any resources you can point me towards that will help me learn about these things. Thank you!