Comments on: Dirt smart http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/ Change your body, change the world Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Darren http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Darren Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:11:32 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-783 All so true. Thanks for sharing, thanks for baring! For those who may not know about it, check out "The Barefoot Book" by Daniel Howell. See review here: http://fb.me/CZfLVCWx All so true. Thanks for sharing, thanks for baring!
For those who may not know about it, check out “The Barefoot Book” by Daniel Howell. See review here:
http://fb.me/CZfLVCWx

]]> By: skye nacel http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-659 skye nacel Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:17:41 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-659 Great article Frank and great feedback from others here, very cool. It is still important to be in touch with all our elements of touch, from head to toe and not just take our shoes off in a pristine park and call it good. During my classes outdoors, people are amazed and sometimes initially mortified that i want them to hold onto a tree, have their bodies on the ground, crawl through the woods and get dirty, haul "dirty" logs, climb sand piles and navigate mud, rocks and all natural elements that the woods abundantly offer. But they seem to always come through it all with a stoke and re-invigorated approach and mindset. I recently did some "extreme barefooting" in Central America, navigating burnt corn fields full of animal waste, trash, glass and critters of unknown powers. Playing soccer with locals not on fields but in the wilds with hazards everywhere and my feet took on their natural instincts and provided me with protection, stability and a "sense of sensitivity" that allowed me to push my own limits. By the time i would get to the water after miles of tromping along in the dirt, my feet would glue themselves to my surfboard with strength and dexterity. This continues here in the mountains of Vermont and its not because some silly book said i should do it. just listened to my body and it has led the way. hope it does the same for everyone. get dirty, ride a bike in the woods, climb a tree, crawl through the woods, get your hands strong and rough(everyone!) and hell, get some dirt under those nails. isn't it a joy to be alive?! Great article Frank and great feedback from others here, very cool. It is still important to be in touch with all our elements of touch, from head to toe and not just take our shoes off in a pristine park and call it good.
During my classes outdoors, people are amazed and sometimes initially mortified that i want them to hold onto a tree, have their bodies on the ground, crawl through the woods and get dirty, haul “dirty” logs, climb sand piles and navigate mud, rocks and all natural elements that the woods abundantly offer. But they seem to always come through it all with a stoke and re-invigorated approach and mindset.
I recently did some “extreme barefooting” in Central America, navigating burnt corn fields full of animal waste, trash, glass and critters of unknown powers. Playing soccer with locals not on fields but in the wilds with hazards everywhere and my feet took on their natural instincts and provided me with protection, stability and a “sense of sensitivity” that allowed me to push my own limits.
By the time i would get to the water after miles of tromping along in the dirt, my feet would glue themselves to my surfboard with strength and dexterity.
This continues here in the mountains of Vermont and its not because some silly book said i should do it. just listened to my body and it has led the way. hope it does the same for everyone.
get dirty, ride a bike in the woods, climb a tree, crawl through the woods, get your hands strong and rough(everyone!) and hell, get some dirt under those nails.
isn’t it a joy to be alive?!

]]> By: Martin Zucker http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Martin Zucker Thu, 27 May 2010 15:21:23 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-651 Frank You are right about the body being connected to the microbial environment. That is part of the picture. There is an immense connection between our immediate natural electrical environment--the negatively charged surface of the planet--and our bodies. We evolved with these connections and, as you say, we have insulated ourselves from them artificially. In my new book, Earthing, evidence is presented that the modern disconnect may be causing major health problems. I invite you to check out the book. You will be amazed at the revelations and the power of reconnecting with the Earth. There is also a terrific essay written by a French agronomist on our website at www.earthinginstitute.net Go to the research section and look for the essay by Matheo Tavera. It is long, but it will set off a light bulb in your head. We are totally connected to the Earth, microbes and all. Martin Zucker Co-author, Earthing:The Most Important Health Discovery Ever? Frank
You are right about the body being connected to the microbial environment. That is part of the picture. There is an immense connection between our immediate natural electrical environment–the negatively charged surface of the planet–and our bodies. We evolved with these connections and, as you say, we have insulated ourselves from them artificially. In my new book, Earthing, evidence is presented that the modern disconnect may be causing major health problems. I invite you to check out the book. You will be amazed at the revelations and the power of reconnecting with the Earth. There is also a terrific essay written by a French agronomist on our website at http://www.earthinginstitute.net Go to the research section and look for the essay by Matheo Tavera. It is long, but it will set off a light bulb in your head. We are totally connected to the Earth, microbes and all.
Martin Zucker
Co-author, Earthing:The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?

]]> By: Aaron Schwenzfeier http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Aaron Schwenzfeier Thu, 27 May 2010 14:34:09 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-650 Good stuff Frank, thanks! You're absolutely right, these discoveries are just the beginning. Good stuff Frank, thanks!

You’re absolutely right, these discoveries are just the beginning.

]]> By: Mick Dodge http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Mick Dodge Thu, 27 May 2010 14:31:31 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-649 Yoish! Found some gardening advice in the book Earthing that is useful guidance in transplanting your "soles" into good "soil". “The old people came literally to love the soil. They sat on the ground with the feeling of being close to the mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the Earth, and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with their bare feet on the sacred Earth. The soil was soothing, strengthering, cleansing, and healing.” Luther Standing Bear Lakota Sioux, Tribal Leader Tokitae! Yoish! Found some gardening advice in the book Earthing that is useful guidance in transplanting your “soles” into good “soil”.

“The old people came literally to love the soil. They sat on the ground with the feeling of being close to the mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the Earth, and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with their bare feet on the sacred Earth. The soil was soothing, strengthering, cleansing, and healing.”

Luther Standing Bear
Lakota Sioux, Tribal Leader

Tokitae!

]]> By: Mick Dodge http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Mick Dodge Thu, 27 May 2010 00:58:54 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-648 Yoish! What happens to a plant when you leave it in a flower pot to long? It becomes root bound. It is the same for our neural roots. Here at the Exuberant Animal Foot Camp, known as Tokitae and will be opening on the summer solstice. We share a practice of transplanting our naked "soles" into the "soil", exploring the "soul" of movement and form. So if you wish to take the Barefoot Professors advice and get down and dirty with your soles, but feel your feet are to sensitive. Then come and bring your Tender soles and we will show you how they will become more sensitive. But be aware! There is a danger in stepping out of "flower pots" and rooting into the soil, stepping out of denial and paying attention. It ignites a desire a craving for dirty soles, a quest to connect to your primal (prime animal) movement, growing your enternal organs and unseen organizations into the sensous oragnics of diversity, an adventure that awaits the "defeeted" and root bound. Tokitae! mick Yoish!
What happens to a plant when you leave it in a flower pot to long? It becomes root bound. It is the same for our neural roots. Here at the Exuberant Animal Foot Camp, known as Tokitae and will be opening on the summer solstice. We share a practice of transplanting our naked “soles” into the “soil”, exploring the “soul” of movement and form.
So if you wish to take the Barefoot Professors advice and get down and dirty with your soles, but feel your feet are to sensitive. Then come and bring your Tender soles and we will show you how they will become more sensitive.
But be aware! There is a danger in stepping out of “flower pots” and rooting into the soil, stepping out of denial and paying attention. It ignites a desire a craving for dirty soles, a quest to connect to your primal (prime animal) movement, growing your enternal organs and unseen organizations into the sensous oragnics of diversity, an adventure that awaits the “defeeted” and root bound.

Tokitae!
mick

]]> By: Martin Zucker http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Martin Zucker Wed, 26 May 2010 23:59:03 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-647 There is indeed an amazing energetic connection that the Earth provides, when you are barefoot that even barefooters don't realize how medically significant it is. Mood upliftment is just the tip of the iceberg. How about better sleep, less pain, more energy, faster recovery from injury. These are the marquee benefits that appear in a new book I have had the privilege to co-author entitled Earthing:The Most Important Health Discovery Ever? For more information on this landmark discovery, check out the book, or go to the website www.earthinginstitute.net, or read the blog put up yesterday on the Psychology Today blogsite: www.psychologytoday.com/blog/heart-health/201005/earth-rx-amazing-solution-pain-and-stress You will be amazed. There are definitely good reasons why Colin Pistell hasn't gotten sick in a while. Connect to the Earth and heal! Martin Zucker There is indeed an amazing energetic connection that the Earth provides, when you are barefoot that even barefooters don’t realize how medically significant it is. Mood upliftment is just the tip of the iceberg. How about better sleep, less pain, more energy, faster recovery from injury. These are the marquee benefits that appear in a new book I have had the privilege to co-author entitled Earthing:The Most Important Health Discovery Ever? For more information on this landmark discovery, check out the book, or go to the website http://www.earthinginstitute.net, or read the blog put up yesterday on the Psychology Today blogsite:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/heart-health/201005/earth-rx-amazing-solution-pain-and-stress
You will be amazed.
There are definitely good reasons why Colin Pistell hasn’t gotten sick in a while.
Connect to the Earth and heal!
Martin Zucker

]]> By: Josh http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Josh Wed, 26 May 2010 18:07:18 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-646 Yes! Barefoot is barefoot, and, since we ARE dirt, dirt is good for us. As we used to say when we'd drop our ice cream cone on the playground back in the day - "God made dirt, so dirt don't hurt." Yes!

Barefoot is barefoot, and, since we ARE dirt, dirt is good for us. As we used to say when we’d drop our ice cream cone on the playground back in the day – “God made dirt, so dirt don’t hurt.”

]]> By: Colin Pistell http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/dirt-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Colin Pistell Wed, 26 May 2010 15:46:05 +0000 http://blog.exuberantanimal.com/?p=861#comment-644 Great post - I've certainly noticed a difference in my mood since I started barefooting. And I haven't gotten sick in a really long time... even during the swine flu breakout at UNC last year. Two things come to mind: One, as great as Vibrum Fivefingers are, they're not barefoot - a lot of people seem to think that fivefingers are "close enough." To get the benefits that you're talking about, we all need to try actually being barefoot. And two, for those of us who cannot run or are uncomfortable walking around without anything on our feet, gardening is a great way to get your daily dose of dirt - assuming you're actually gardening and not just spraying Roundup everywhere. Growing some of your own food is a powerful way to connect to the earth - and it's really not hard! Great post – I’ve certainly noticed a difference in my mood since I started barefooting. And I haven’t gotten sick in a really long time… even during the swine flu breakout at UNC last year.

Two things come to mind: One, as great as Vibrum Fivefingers are, they’re not barefoot – a lot of people seem to think that fivefingers are “close enough.” To get the benefits that you’re talking about, we all need to try actually being barefoot. And two, for those of us who cannot run or are uncomfortable walking around without anything on our feet, gardening is a great way to get your daily dose of dirt – assuming you’re actually gardening and not just spraying Roundup everywhere. Growing some of your own food is a powerful way to connect to the earth – and it’s really not hard!

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