Barefoot walk

Your feet spend their whole life in shoes and feel almost nothing. Half an hour and they remember how it works.

Find ground that isn't hidden under asphalt: a patch of park grass, a strip of sand, a forest path. Check the spot with your eyes and your hand, glass and pine cones are better found before you step on them. Take off your shoes and walk slowly, putting the whole foot down instead of landing on the heel. Walk at least twenty minutes and change surfaces: grass, sand, warm stone, cool earth. Notice how different each one feels, the foot can tell far more apart than it's usually allowed to. Don't put your shoes straight back on, stand there a minute first.

How much around me do I not feel simply because it's covered up?