If you follow me (or Unshoes) on Instagram, you know that I advocate walking with your feet pointed straight forward. I often compare our bodies to cars. If the wheels are not aligned, then they wear out quickly and you get horrible gas milage. One of my own personal struggles is correcting this in my own gait and stance. I tend to walk and even stand with my feet pointed outward. In order to correct yourself, you need to have awareness of what actually needs to be changed. It is difficult to always be aware of how you move so I use outside things to help me measure my body alignment and increase my own awareness. One of the things I use to increase awareness is by looking at my footprints. I often feel like I’m walking really well with my feet pointed forward and then when I turn around and look at my footprints in the dirt, I see that what I felt was not the same as reality! While this can be discouraging, it is also liberating.Continue reading→