How Walking Barefoot on Grass Is Good For Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
May 31, 2024 | Miriam Rachel
June 1st is Go Barefoot Day, and why would you care to walk around barefoot all day? You may want to keep your socks and shoes on while walking on dirty floors at home. You also want to ensure you wear shoes to other buildings because of germs and dirt. However, it would be best to consider walking barefoot in the grass outside your backyard or a park. Does that sound weird? It might be your first time thinking about doing this. However, walking barefoot on grass can benefit your mind, body, and spirit. Mother Earth has so much vital energy; when you connect your skin to the ground, you absorb the free elections. Let’s discuss why this is so good for your mind, body, and spirit.
Walking on Grass Is a Stress-Reliever
When you look at green, you will feel calm. Green can help keep tension at low levels. Studies have shown that walking barefoot on grass can also help. That is because walking barefoot releases endorphins, the ” feel-good” chemical.
Therefore, not only does walking on grass barefoot help release stress, but it also helps you feel good. If you are having a rough day and looking for something to make you feel better, head outside.
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Leave your socks and shoes at home and dance barefoot in the grass. Absorb all of those free electrons from Mother Earth. You will feel so much better and be glad you did. If it is rainy and muddy, you can still do that.
Ensure you have extra towels to dry your feet when you return home. Feeling better after walking or running on grass barefoot will take a little time. It may take a few minutes to begin reaping the benefit of feeling less tension. However, you can stay on the grass as long as you choose.
Do you feel like you are in a fog and need to walk to clear your mind? That is a great idea. And taking a walk outdoors is a great way to clear your mind. However, why not take it further and walk barefoot on your yard grass?
You can do that at your local park if you don’t have a yard and live in an apartment. Afterward, you can always clean your feet with soap and bottled water. Walking around barefoot is not only a tension-relieving activity but also a mind-clearing one.
Stay alert when walking barefoot on grass to ensure you are not walking on sharp items. That forces you to stay focused; when you have that awareness, it quiets your inner chatter.
Therefore, it forces you to focus on the present, which is the best way to clear your mind. That is how walking on grass in your bare feet will clear your mind.
Walking on Grass Is Like Yoga for Your Feet
When you walk on grass on your bare feet, you strengthen your feet. It stretches your foot, calves, ankle ligaments, tendons, and muscles, giving your lower extremities a good workout. The benefit is that your feet, ankles, and calves are strong, and you also prevent knee and back strain.
That also helps to reduce the chances of back and knee injuries. When you wear shoes, you don’t have the opportunity to work those muscles. When your lower extremities are more robust, that will stretch and strengthen your core.
Additionally, it helps you maintain good posture and balance. If you have knee or back pain, one of the best things to do is go outside barefoot. Walk or dance on the grass, as you will feel better physically.
Your feet have reflex areas, stimulating these points whenever you step on bumps. If it hurts initially, your feet require the stimulation they receive by being barefoot.
As time elapses, those sensitives in your feet will disappear. Therefore, that will rejuvenate the tender areas of your feet. As you keep getting the reflexology stimulation, the more you walk outside on grass barefoot, the more you will feel. Whatever is ailing you, you will find the symptoms of that getting better.
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For instance, if you are dealing with chronic pain, walking on grass barefoot will help. The bumps on the ground will stimulate those reflex areas, which will help ease the symptoms.
Improves Sensory Perception
Walking barefoot allows your feet to fully experience and respond to the ground’s different textures, temperatures, and sensations.
This stimulates the nerve endings in your feet, enhancing sensory perception and proprioception (your awareness of your position and movement). You want to improve your sensory perception for several reasons.
One is that it is important for safety. You have an enhanced awareness of your surroundings and potential hazards. You can better detect environmental changes such as texture, temperature, and vibration alerting you to danger.
Therefore, it helps to keep you safe. Secondly, it is good for body awareness and coordination. It plays an important role in your ability to move and coordinate your actions accordingly. Your brain also benefits as sensory perception is good for your cognition.
When you engage in your senses and actively process sensory information, it stimulates your mind. Therefore, it promotes learning and growth.
It Helps Reduce Anxiety and Depression
Walking barefoot on grass has many benefits for your mind, body, and spirit. If you struggle with anxiety or depression, it can reduce those symptoms. As you already know, walking barefoot helps to relieve stress and clears your mind.
That means it makes you feel better because it helps you release feel-good chemicals in your brain. And when you are feeling better, you can better engage with your environment. You can appreciate the beauty and richness of your surroundings as you walk on the grass barefoot.
Therefore, it will enhance your overall mood, which is how it will relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression. A great antidepressant or antianxiety remedy is to spend a few minutes each day walking on grass in your bare feet.
It Helps You Get Better Sleep
You already know that walking on grass helps to reduce stress levels. Therefore, it also helps to promote better sleep. The grounding effect helps neutralize free radicals and reduce the body’s stress response.
Therefore, it helps reset and stabilize the body’s natural circadian rhythms. That is good for you if you are attempting to improve your sleep hygiene. If you are struggling with insomnia, consider taking some time to walk around barefoot on grass.
That is if the weather or conditions allow you to do that. If you have to take medication for sleep, then continue doing so. However, walking on grass barefoot will only help you get into a deeper and more restful sleep each night.
How can walking barefoot on the grass help your eyesight? The interesting thing is that reflex areas in your feet are connected to your eye’s nerve system. Therefore, stimulating those areas in your feet helps stimulate your eye nerves, too.
This will only help strengthen them, and your eyesight will benefit. The other benefit is that looking at the green grass around you helps relax your eye muscles.
If you want to keep your eyesight strong by consuming vitamin A, walking on grass barefoot will reinforce that. You will probably find that if you do this regularly, you will see better at night, too.
Key Takeaways
In honor of Go Barefoot Day on June 1st, you will want to walk barefoot on the grass. Even if you can only do it for a few minutes, don’t only do it on Go Barefoot Day. You should take a few minutes each day.
That is as long as the weather conditions allow it. That is because walking on grass in your bare feet is extremely grounding. You will reap many benefits when your skin on your feet connects with Mother Earth.
Your body, mind, and spirit benefit greatly, as it helps balance you. Your overall mood will improve, you will be less stressed, and you will physically feel better. Anything that helps improve your mind, body, and spirit is worth it!
I am a Canadian mom, writer, astrologer, tarot reader, and evidential medium that enjoys traveling loves to unravel mysteries and is passionate about metaphysics and spirituality. I am also a mental health advocate and owner of several Medium publications, one being Tarot Talk, and you can find me at https://miriamreadstarot.com.
