Comments on: Watch the Barefoot Sensei in Action http://physicalliving.com/watch-the-barefoot-sensei-in-action/ Change Your Body, Change Your Life Wed, 23 May 2012 05:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barefoot Running on the Snow - 5 Tips to Help You Make the Transition | Physical Living http://physicalliving.com/watch-the-barefoot-sensei-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Barefoot Running on the Snow - 5 Tips to Help You Make the Transition | Physical Living Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:26:41 +0000 http://johnsifferman.com/blog/?p=2032#comment-724 [...] Watch the Barefoot Sensei in Action [...] [...] Watch the Barefoot Sensei in Action [...]

]]> By: John http://physicalliving.com/watch-the-barefoot-sensei-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-460 John Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:06:30 +0000 http://johnsifferman.com/blog/?p=2032#comment-460 Alan, I'm glad you've gotten back to barefooting! I can't imagine I'll ever go back, at least in the summertime. Greg, I've heard a lot of similar anecdotal reports that going barefoot has a therapeutic effect on the body, curing biomechanical-induced problems. Makes sense to me. Alan,

I’m glad you’ve gotten back to barefooting! I can’t imagine I’ll ever go back, at least in the summertime.

Greg,

I’ve heard a lot of similar anecdotal reports that going barefoot has a therapeutic effect on the body, curing biomechanical-induced problems. Makes sense to me.

]]> By: Alan Mokbel http://physicalliving.com/watch-the-barefoot-sensei-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Alan Mokbel Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:55:52 +0000 http://johnsifferman.com/blog/?p=2032#comment-459 I've always like to be barefoot. Since I was a kid, my parents didn't allow me to wear shoes in the house so, we walked barefeet. I've hurt my toes several times but I do and still do enjoy just walking around barefoot. This feeling continued once I started my martial arts career. We trained barefeet and it was like heaven to me. Anyway, since my initiation to CST through you and BER, I went back to training barefeet in backyard and boy, I've missed this feeling. I’ve always like to be barefoot. Since I was a kid, my parents didn’t allow me to wear shoes in the house so, we walked barefeet. I’ve hurt my toes several times but I do and still do enjoy just walking around barefoot.

This feeling continued once I started my martial arts career. We trained barefeet and it was like heaven to me.

Anyway, since my initiation to CST through you and BER, I went back to training barefeet in backyard and boy, I’ve missed this feeling.

]]> By: Greg at Live Fit http://physicalliving.com/watch-the-barefoot-sensei-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Greg at Live Fit Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:28:35 +0000 http://johnsifferman.com/blog/?p=2032#comment-458 I have several friends who have taken to barefoot running who swear by it. One is convinced that it cured him of plantar fascia. I have several friends who have taken to barefoot running who swear by it. One is convinced that it cured him of plantar fascia.

]]> By: John http://physicalliving.com/watch-the-barefoot-sensei-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-457 John Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:39:14 +0000 http://johnsifferman.com/blog/?p=2032#comment-457 Very interesting, Josh. Thanks for sharing that link. I've always felt intuitively that there are tremendous benefits to just going outdoors and experiencing nature - away from our modern, man-made environment. It's easy to compile a list of benefits for going outdoors... vitamin D from the sun, fresh air, etc. like I did in this post: Nature Deficit Disorder: Top 10 Reasons to Go Outside http://johnsifferman.com/blog/nature-deficit-disorder-the-top-10-reasons-to-go-outside/ It's just very difficult to put the intangible benefits into words, which I why I constantly encourage people to try things out themselves. Don't take my word for it - get outdoors and get moving, and examine how it makes you FEEL. In truth, there's a lot more benefit to be obtained than what I listed in the article above. Some of it is outside my knowledge, as the study you cited confirms for me. Who would have known that "the forest environment causes changes in hormonal secretion and autonomic nervous functions?" We tend to be stuck thinking about calories, nutrients, cool exercises and workout equipment while missing the whole point of exuberant physical living. Very interesting, Josh. Thanks for sharing that link. I’ve always felt intuitively that there are tremendous benefits to just going outdoors and experiencing nature – away from our modern, man-made environment. It’s easy to compile a list of benefits for going outdoors… vitamin D from the sun, fresh air, etc. like I did in this post:

Nature Deficit Disorder: Top 10 Reasons to Go Outside
http://johnsifferman.com/blog/nature-deficit-disorder-the-top-10-reasons-to-go-outside/

It’s just very difficult to put the intangible benefits into words, which I why I constantly encourage people to try things out themselves. Don’t take my word for it – get outdoors and get moving, and examine how it makes you FEEL. In truth, there’s a lot more benefit to be obtained than what I listed in the article above. Some of it is outside my knowledge, as the study you cited confirms for me.

Who would have known that “the forest environment causes changes in hormonal secretion and autonomic nervous functions?”

We tend to be stuck thinking about calories, nutrients, cool exercises and workout equipment while missing the whole point of exuberant physical living.

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