Day 20 - PBP - Bare Feet

"To some, bare feet is the most disgusting thing in the world. Most pagans, however, feel that going barefoot into nature is one of the most liberating things in this world.

Where do you fit on the barefoot spectrum? Is it a way to spiritually connect with the earth around you? Or is it simply functionality?"

I love going bare foot. Though not all the time. Around the house I have to have socks on. When my feet are cold, I am. Simple as that. But when it comes to being outside, I prefer to be barefoot if possible. 

Recently I did my first ritual outside (up till then I'd done them in the privacy of my room as simply as I could in respect for my mother). There's a large park not even 20 minutes from my house and my "brother" picked me up and drove me out there. It was a simple Full Moon ritual but the first I'd been able to do with candles actually lit. Something told me to take my shoes off and feel the Earth beneath me. It grounded me in my ritual and it felt right. For me it definitely connects me with the Earth more than ever before. 

To feel the energy easily flowing through you. I'm convinced that (weather permitting) most if not all of my rituals from now on will be held outside under the sky with my bare feet on the Earth.