Keep Those Feet On The Ground!
It’s hard to stay rooted with your feet rolling around on the floor. It’s not always easy to do, but it’s important to keep your weighted foot in full contact with the ground. Watch that your heel doesn’t roll up and that your entire foot is loose and firmly planted.
Pay attention to your feet for a while. Other things may fall apart in the meantime, but when you bring your attention back to them after working on your feet, your stances will be stronger, your balance better, and you may even find you’re more focused. The trick is to keep your mind on your feet for while and off other things… if you know what I mean.
Strange Fact: According to psychologists, the shoe and the foot are the most common sources of sexual fetishism in Western society.
What do you think?
John
P.S. I found this strange factoid on AmusingFacts.com: http://www.amusingfacts.com/
I found this pic on Flickr.com: http://www.flickr.com/photos/waqarbukhari/472189328/
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Apr 22, 2009 - 11:04:58Hi John,
Excellent point! This matter is definitely of extreme importance. Yet it doesn’t get discussed very often. When we do Taichi, it is quite important that we always maintain awareness at the bubbling well point (KD1/Yong Quan). The rest of the foot must be fully relaxed, whether the foot is weight bearing or not.
Kokoro
Kokoro,
Well put. Relaxing the feet also helps transfer that relaxation/looseness up into the rest of the body, as well as allowing energy to move more freely.
John