Benefits of walking Barefoot

Strengthens legs: Walking barefoot serves as an excellent means to

strengthen our leg muscles, tendons and joints, as the body’s weight gets
equally distributed on both the legs.

Improves circulation: Walking barefoot helps to improve our blood
circulation, as barefoot walking exercises various muscles in the legs and
the feet, which in turn help to better the pumping back of blood to the
heart! A better circulation of blood in your body ensures that blood doesn’t collect in your legs, thereby reducing your chances of developing Varicose Veins. The improved blood circulation also eases the pressure of the circulatory system helping immensely in reducing blood pressure.

Eases Back ache: Shoes disturb our sense of equilibrium along with
promoting a faulty weight distribution which puts unnecessary strain on our
spine which leads to back ache. Walking barefoot helps correct our posture
and equilibrium along with promoting an equal weight distribution, which
eases the strain off the spine and reduces the back ache in the process.

Enhance your Chi: According to ancient Asian philosophies, walking barefoot
helps one’s body to absorb Chi- life force energy, through the soles of
their feet which are in contact with the ground. Absorbing more of this Chi, helps one to calm down and improves their concentration, helping them
to focus better on the tasks at hand.

Straightens Toes and helps avoid injuries: Kenyan Athletes are often found
practicing their running skills barefoot! This is because running barefoot
helps to avoid injuries to the feet as with 80% of the foot being in touch
with the ground, the body's equilibrium is maintained and weight is
distributed equally which ensures that there is proportionate pressure on
both legs, which in turn reduces the chances of any leg or foot injury in
the athletes.

Going barefoot is also known to help people with flat feet with their
problem as it helps to improve their balance, it is also known to help
straightens an individual's toes (which is needed for maintaining the body’s equilibrium)Other popular benefits of walking barefoot are it helps cool down the body in summer and also helps the rest of the body be healthy due to the
stimulation of the 200,000 odd nerve endings which spread out in the body!