Why Choose Barefoot

Practitioner, consultant, speaker and author Bernie Landels gives us a wonderful insight into why she chose a barefoot lifestyle. Discussing foot health, the importance of minimal footwear and how she incorporates going barefoot into her everyday life and work as a health professional.

Hello, my name is Nina and I am a Senior Physiotherapist with over 15 years experience in the NHS and the private sector. I have a particular interest in treating foot and ankle issues and am a member of The Association of Foot & Ankle Physiotherapists here in the UK.

I developed an interest in barefoot shoes in my early 20’s and have been wearing minimalist shoes ever since.

I have been doing a lot of walking on the beach at low tide this year and been reflecting on the footprints I leave behind. Whether clad in boots, my reliable Vivobarefoot Trackers, or whenever possible, savouring the sensation of walking barefoot, the varied imprints of my companions and I offer a fascinating glimpse into our foot health.

Barefoot Beginnings and Boots!

How often do you purchase a product, an item of clothing and think about where the idea or design came from? Who first thought about the concept? What drove them to create the end product?

Let’s give a shout out to those in the minimal shoe business! Why? Well many of them came from small beginnings with a desire to create something better - better for their children’s and your children’s feet.

In her latest Blog post, our guest blogger, Bernie Landels, looks at the origins of many of our favourite barefoot shoe brands.

The conflict between fashion and function in footwear is probably as old as the earliest shoes. In this this blog post Bernie Landels looks at how this manifests itself in the range of summer footwear on offer, aka sandals, flip-flops, slip-ons, slingbacks….

We are delighted to be working with Bernie Landels, an internationally-certified Infant Massage Instructor (IAIM) and health practitioner, and stocking her new book, Finding Their Feet. This book is a fantastic guide to the anatomy and development of your baby’s feet, and the important relationship between their feet, body and brain. It is an invaluable guide to any new parent and particularly for those of us fascinated by feet and their role in development.