Children love to walk barefoot. Do you remember those fun days of walking and splashing through puddles after a summer rain with your bare feet? Have you ever run through a field of grass without shoes or socks allowing your feet to embrace the tingling soft feel of earth?
Are there benefits other than physical and emotional playfulness to walking barefooted? Many ingenious cultures do not wear shoes but instead walk in thick jungle environments without pain or worry. So many people are worried about the effects of unnatural, man-made walkways that they won’t even attempt to walk barefooted. In fact, many people wear shoes 24/7 in their own homes.
Explaining the importance of walking barefoot on a daily basis, Sadhguru points out that, for spiritual seekers, the time around Amavasya, or new moon, is a particularly significant time to stay in touch with the Earth.