“In the house, and on the street, how many, many feet you meet.”
—The Foot Book by Dr. Suess
We really don’t give our feet enough love. I’m serious. A little anatomy lesson from the Doc; the human foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles and tendons and the 52 bones in your feet make up about 25% of all the bones in your body. Show some respect. Feet support the entire body all day whenever you’re standing, walking or running. They even have their own chakras if you wanna get into metaphysical and biophysical ideals. And feet are the keystone to the massage technique of reflexology, which I love, one of the true great affordable luxuries. Want to open up your foot chakras? Walk bare foot on grass. It’s that easy but how often to we do that? Ah never.
Feet have hundreds of religious and social significances in many many cultures. I could write an encyclopedia on this topic, but I won’t. You wouldn’t read it, admit it. Also I’m not going to discuss the practice of foot binding—it’s a horrible painful procedure that leaves/left women in excruciating pain and unable to walk more than a few feet and never without pain.
I like the practices in India much better where feet are honored. The feet of older people are revered by youth. How nice is that? And lovers show their affection for each other by caressing each other’s feet. I’m definitely on board with this as well. Men, women, and children in India wear anklets and toes rings, they are not only decorative but have social and religious meaning. Women in some regions of India wear anklets to show their marital status. And women often decorate feet with henna and dye the soles of their feet red particularly for their wedding day, Lovely.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ii decide where to go.”
—The Foot Book by Dr Suess
Let your feet take you some place good—walk on some grass—your toes will love it.
Laura