Psychologies

BARE necessities

HUMANS HAVE BEEN walking the earth for millions of years. Until relatively recently in the great scheme of things, we did so mostly with bare feet or in very simple, modest footwear.

Harvard University has shown that when we walk without shoes we actually move differently – in harmony with and more sympathetically to our environment – which can often mean far less chance of injury

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