I golf barefoot. It's the greatest feeling to walk on the greens barefoot.
People laugh at me too for it, but since I'm a good golfer they don't laugh long.
But the people I play with are there to have fun and we laugh for 4 hours straight.
It keeps us healthy and you can't beat the exercise for maintaining mental physical coordination. I go barefoot in my garden too. It seems to be essential to connect with the earth. It's like exercise is necessary to sweat out toxins, cooking with garlic for the spirit, music, having grand kids around, gardening, work, and lots of laughter,
Not just the essential grounding contact with the earth, but the skin absorbs heathy microbes from the soil. I eat one garlic clove a day.
A sauna is one of the healthiest habits one can engage in. I grew up in a rural community surrounded by Finnish immigrants. All the old timers had their own saunas. Our neighbors would fire up their sauna every Saturday morning, and stoke the fire all day. We had a standing offer of Saturday night sauna. First the sweet old lady would stuff us with sweet buns in her huge kitchen...then a purifying sauna. Walking home looking at the stars, so clear in the frosty night, listening to the coyotes making an unholy racket (two coyotes can sound like 20) and feeling so relaxed and super clean...is one of the few good memories I have of my childhood.
Btw; there was a study done on what three things were associated with long life. This included countries across the world. The answer: singing, dancing... and playing golf! I always wanted to learn, but never found anyone to teach me.
I love it. I used to play golf barefoot ... the blistering Texas heat made it thinkable. Once I snapped to all the chemicals sprayed on the course, I stopped doing it. Now I walk barefoot on the beach in retirement, but that feeling on the golf course was amazing, you are correct! ~~ j ~~
I was greenskeeper at our course so I did the spraying and warned people when that was happening. There are a few of us who like the barefoot golf feel. 3 or 4 ladies golf barefoot and I see one or two guys. I clean all the T-boxes and mow so there are very few broken tees,
and that's never been a problem. We don't spray boxes or fairways except rarely. Wearing sandals makes it easy to slip on and off. The funny thing this year is that I golfed more than ever in my life Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. and March. and I live in Minnesota. The course is closed but we let people walk the course free of charge.
I golf barefoot. It's the greatest feeling to walk on the greens barefoot.
People laugh at me too for it, but since I'm a good golfer they don't laugh long.
But the people I play with are there to have fun and we laugh for 4 hours straight.
It keeps us healthy and you can't beat the exercise for maintaining mental physical coordination. I go barefoot in my garden too. It seems to be essential to connect with the earth. It's like exercise is necessary to sweat out toxins, cooking with garlic for the spirit, music, having grand kids around, gardening, work, and lots of laughter,
what are doctors for again ?
Not just the essential grounding contact with the earth, but the skin absorbs heathy microbes from the soil. I eat one garlic clove a day.
A sauna is one of the healthiest habits one can engage in. I grew up in a rural community surrounded by Finnish immigrants. All the old timers had their own saunas. Our neighbors would fire up their sauna every Saturday morning, and stoke the fire all day. We had a standing offer of Saturday night sauna. First the sweet old lady would stuff us with sweet buns in her huge kitchen...then a purifying sauna. Walking home looking at the stars, so clear in the frosty night, listening to the coyotes making an unholy racket (two coyotes can sound like 20) and feeling so relaxed and super clean...is one of the few good memories I have of my childhood.
Btw; there was a study done on what three things were associated with long life. This included countries across the world. The answer: singing, dancing... and playing golf! I always wanted to learn, but never found anyone to teach me.
I love it. I used to play golf barefoot ... the blistering Texas heat made it thinkable. Once I snapped to all the chemicals sprayed on the course, I stopped doing it. Now I walk barefoot on the beach in retirement, but that feeling on the golf course was amazing, you are correct! ~~ j ~~
I was greenskeeper at our course so I did the spraying and warned people when that was happening. There are a few of us who like the barefoot golf feel. 3 or 4 ladies golf barefoot and I see one or two guys. I clean all the T-boxes and mow so there are very few broken tees,
and that's never been a problem. We don't spray boxes or fairways except rarely. Wearing sandals makes it easy to slip on and off. The funny thing this year is that I golfed more than ever in my life Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. and March. and I live in Minnesota. The course is closed but we let people walk the course free of charge.
Sounds like you got it figured out ;-). Hittem straight!
~~ j ~~