09/14/2026
Lately, I’ve been finding myself giving clients practices to help them reconnect with their feet.
And the more I do it, the more I appreciate just how important our feet are.
Our feet are our literal foundation.
They support our architecture.
They are our point of contact with the ground, constantly receiving information about pressure, position, movement, and the surface beneath us. That information helps our nervous system organize balance and movement.
But I think there’s something more here, too.
Shamanically, the feet have a beautiful relationship with the Mother — with Mother Earth, and with the deeper maternal principles of nourishment, support, belonging, and being held.
They ask a very simple question:
Do you allow yourself to be supported?
We spend so much of our lives trying to hold ourselves up.
Figuring things out.
Pushing through.
Carrying what needs to be carried.
Being independent.
Being capable.
And yet, every time you stand, your feet are doing something very different.
They aren’t trying to hold themselves up.
They’re allowing the ground to hold them.
There is a reciprocity there.
You offer your weight.
The Earth meets you with support.
And perhaps that’s part of why I’ve been encouraging people to become more conscious of their feet lately.
Not because you need another wellness practice to add to your list.
But because sometimes reconnecting with your feet is a very simple way of reconnecting with being here.
Feel the ground beneath you.
Notice where your weight is landing.
Notice whether you’re gripping your toes.
Notice whether you’re actually allowing your feet to spread and receive the ground.
Walk slowly enough that you can feel each step.
Stand outside barefoot if it’s safe to do so.
Let yourself experience the fact that you don’t have to generate all of your own support.
Your feet are already in a relationship with something beneath you.
And sometimes healing asks us to remember that we are, too.
You don’t always have to hold yourself up.
Sometimes you can let yourself be held.
