The hidden ways your feet affect your body, mind and daily life and why care matters.
Your feet are literally the first thing to touch the ground every morning, they carry our weight , support our balance, they carry our stress, our aging, our pace in life, and most importantly; your feet carry your direction in life.
I want to talk about feet as your Foundation.
If you think about it, everything in life has a foundation. everything “starts” from the ground up- starts with a foundation.
*A house has a foundation
*Your relationship has a foundation
*Even your health
Nothing stands without something solid underneath it.
If you recall, in Chakra language, the ROOT chakra is considered our bodies foundation- it lives at the base of our spine and is the center of the body.
The Root chakra is your INTERNAL foundation- The Feet are your EXTERNAL foundation.
The root chakra is about safety and stabilityInside your body- AND your feet are how we experience safety and stability outside the body.
Your feet are your foundation- if your body ignores your feet- you will feel it everywhere else.
Your feet:
*support your posture
*influence your knees, hips and our spine
* your feet affect our balance and confidence
And your feet determine how you walk through the world- literally and emotionally.
As we age our foot health becomes even more important. Falls don’t just happen because someone is clumsy- falls happen when our balance, our sensation, our strength and our ability to know where are feet are and how they are moving start to disappear. And all of this starts with the feet.
People talk about mattresses all the time- how you shouldn’t scrimp on a mattress because we spend a third of our lives sleeping, and a mattress is the foundation of a good sleep- true fact- don’t skimp on a mattress.
I bring this up to say that the same is true for shoes- except we are in shoes all DAY Long- shoes get day- mattress gets night.
Shoes shape how we walk
How we stand
How are weight gets distributed
And how our joints age
And yet, we chose our shoes for style, name, or price rather than function and support…lol – if the feet are our external foundation then shoes are the foundation of the foundation!
One bad pair of shoes worn every day can & will affect:
Your knees
Your hips
Lower back
Your balance and your confidence in moving.
So, with that being said we all so often hesitate to spend money on shoes, but we will spend freely on things that don’t actually support our health… been there, done that, thousands of times.
Good shoes are not a luxury- they are an investment in your future self.
We invest in what we value. If you value your health- your balance- and your ability to move thru life with confidence- then shoes are worth the investment.
Your feet have carried you through every age of your life- your feet are not just a body part- they are your connection to the ground you stand on- and the path ahead of you.
Daily foot care doesn’t have to be complicated-wash them-dry them well, and oil or lotion them- that’s it. You will not need to take anything oral if you lotion or oil them before bed- I promise.
So tonight, look at your feet- touch them -while rub them with oil.- and thank them for all they do for you.
That’s a wrap on your feet… now get after your day.
Enjoy!
Joanne Demers
The Aging Mask- A lifestyle Medicine Podcast
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