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It is my experience that you are either a shoe person or you are not! I am not! My sister and daughter are! Shoes are interesting they do a lot more than help you walk around on hot tar or freezing tiled floors.

Shoes are an indication of what's going on in your mind. Shoes give the observer a pretty good glimpse into your soul. Shoes as we know and love them have not been around for more than the last 200 years. Prior to that time only nobility and aristocracy could afford real shoes while the armies wore big thick leather boots. The army boot was of course one of the first to be developed and is still around to day. War is always such an inspired financier!

Within the foot are acupuncture and acupressure points that affect the whole body. When you wear shoes that are too tight or too loose, these points are affected and may cause a great deal of pain if ignored for too long.

In traditional cultures, foot covering was essential for warmth and protection. In our modern culture footwear is a fashion industry where it is assumed you will buy two or tree new pairs of shoes each season. It is an industry which has a strong hold because it deals with a product that is provided for a rapidly evolving audience. Children are always growing out of their shoes the older people need different types of shoes etc. It is unlikely that you will ever wear the sole of a part of shoes out before the top part breaks! Shoes were once made to last a lifetime but now they are made for a season!

I have come to recognize that our choice of footwear influences the way we think. If you are wearing heavy boots, something strange comes over you... like you am tough, and no one can touch you, a bit of arrogance raises its head then there is the feeling of being able to force your way through nature unharmed and somehow you are God like, and at the same time... you don't really care about anything... because big heavy boots don't have any caring, detailed energy attached to them... The same thing happens when you put on a light  pair of dancing shoes. Your whole mentality lightens up and you feel like you could run a marathon in a heart beat and leap over the clouds. If you think about it for a moment shoes have been used to control the way you act and think, for hundreds of years. Now it is time to at least understand how the process works and how we can use it in our service.

Doc Martins are the equivalent of an army boot for a suburban girl, when wears them she doesn't feel so weak or vulnerable as she goes about her day. Soft and leather dancing shows can bring out the generous, artistic side of a boxer! I believe we choose the footwear that will empower the part of us that feels like it needs the most help. With this in mind, the next time you go shoes shopping, consider a world where there is this much choice... that in itself is amazing.  Queen Elizabeth herself would not have had access to as much choice as you and I do everyday!
Blessing from Shankari; your sister through chaos and comfort, blazing tales of wonder, remembering all we have ever been and are about to become...

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