Go Barefoot

People have asked why on certain days does my workout list walking barefoot. There are many good reasons to do so. What follows in no particular order are some of them. At the end of this post is a link that is very interesting and describes why walking barefoot is not just good for your feet but can be a huge benefit to your health in more ways then you could have imagined. I should add that as a runner for 50+ years I am not an advocate of running exclusively barefoot.
Like I said,in no particular order:
1.Our footwear is restrictive in regards to allowing our feet to have  a full range of motion thus making them more prone to aches and injury.
2.The bottoms of our feet give us a kind of sensory feedback about the surface we walk on. This  of course is not possible when we traverse everywhere with something on them. Also, the condition of the earth we walk upon stimulates certain points of our feet. Think of it as a free reflexology session.
3.They say that the muscles in your feet are not able to develop and strengthen fully due to the habitual wearing of shoes which can contribute to poor posture and back problems.
4. This is something I was totally unaware of,there are studies that have shown that walking barefoot on the grass increases the release of endorphins,this can lessen anxiety and depression by 60%.
5.Walking on grass barefoot has been used as a cure for insomnia for centuries.
6.Here's another one I was totally clueless about and is discussed at length in the link listed below. "The earth has a negative ionic charge. When we walk on it, especially by water, our bodies ground to that charge. Negative ions (also produced by waterfalls) have been proven to detoxify, calm, reduce inflammation, synchronise your internal clocks, hormonal cycles and physiological rhythms."
7.How 'bout, it just feels so good! When you walk through a forest or by the sea with the water coming onto your feet it's incredible. Talk about a forgotten pleasure. In these advanced, "technical" times we've gotten away from the more basic,simpler things. Time to get back!
Today is 40 minutes running with strideouts interspersed throughout--I may take an occasional walking break during it. I'll follow later with 20 to 25 minutes  lifting.
What are you doing?
Check out this link on going barefoot.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/09/20/barefoot-on-electron-deficiency.aspx