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The Living Barefoot Show – Introducing: Barefoot Banter

By Al Gauthier ⋅ November 2, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Barefoot Banter – Episode 1 Episode 39 Originally released November 2nd 2011 Join us in this exciting new show format – our very first Barefoot Banter episode! A new and exciting addition to The Living Barefoot Show, Barefoot Banter is a casual sharing of ideas and important topics between [...]

Foot Changes after Two Years Living the Barefoot Alternative

By Al Gauthier ⋅ September 19, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Foot Changes after Two Years Living the Barefoot Alternative This post has been a long time in coming, over two years in coming actually. I switched to the barefoot alternative in May 2008 and have been wearing barefoot alternative/minimalist footwear as often as possible ever since. I wish I had taken some ‘before’ pictures of [...]

Are you really barefoot or are you confused?

By Al Gauthier ⋅ September 19, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Are you really barefoot or are you confused? It has been an incredible year so far. Acceptance for barefooting, barefoot running, and minimalist shoes has grown in ways that we could never have imagined a year ago. Amidst all this growth society has needed to take in a whole new vocabulary in order to properly [...]

Barefoot Hiking

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ July 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Nathan Smith from In Between My Toes posts about his 8km barefoot hike. Pics and video included. A nice little post about enjoying the great outdoors barefoot! This article was originally published on In Between My Toes Barefoot Hiking: “ (Read the full article / article originally published on: In Between My Toes.) Original Article [...]

We Interview Daniel Howell, Author of The Barefoot Book on The Living Barefoot Show

By Al Gauthier ⋅ July 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We Interview Daniel Howell The Living Barefoot Show – Episode 16 – We Interview Daniel Howell, Author of The Barefoot Book. Daniel’s book is a wonderful addition to the barefooters library. Using diagrams and covering subjects that few other books have covered in great details, Daniel goes into great detail of how the foot works, [...]

C-PRIME Bracelets-The Real Deal?

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ July 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Okay, this is a little woo-woo but if it helps with pain, recovery and healing who cares how woo woo right? Go Barefooting writes about the C-Prime bracelets. This article was originally published on go barefooting C-PRIME Bracelets-The Real Deal?: “ For centuries people have used things like magnets, crystals, and even pyramids as ways [...]

New FaceBook Page!

By Al Gauthier ⋅ June 30, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Hi Everyone, Please come and join us at our new Facebook page: www.facebook.com/livingbarefoot.info

Barefoot parks in Europe

By Al Gauthier ⋅ June 29, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Surfing around the Internets tonight, I found information on “Barefoot Parks” in Europe. Appparently, Germany, Austria, Denmark, France, Hungary, Switzerland and the UK all have parks that cater to being barefoot. The parks are landscaped with different textures for people to walk on and fun balance equipment to play on. Check one out on your [...]

Hi Five Jane

By Al Gauthier ⋅ June 29, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Way to go Mr. Jane for bucking the Hollywood pressure to wear shoes that hurt to look fashionable! I’m sure it happens for men as well as women… I wonder what all the paparazzi thought about his Vibram Five Fingers? This article was originally published on foot talk Hi Five Jane: “At the premier of [...]

Ticks

By Al Gauthier ⋅ May 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This article was originally published on Society for Barefoot Living Ticks: “ We’re now moving into tick season. If you look for advice on ticks, almost all sources say the same thing. Here, for instance, is what it says at Wild Survival: Dress for the outdoors by wearing light colored clothesl Wear long pants tucked [...]

Review: Feelmax Kuuva Boot – Winter Barefooting Series

By Al Gauthier ⋅ December 6, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Feelmax Kuuva Boot Review By Tina Dubois For barefooters and minimalist shoe enthusiasts alike finding winter footwear products that can stand up to northern climates can be challenging. As part of our winter barefooting series, we are pleased to review the Feelmax Kuuva boot. We are very pleased to review our second minimalist footwear product [...]

Review – Vivo Barefoot Leonidas Sandal

By Al Gauthier ⋅ August 15, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Review – Terra Plana’s Vivo Barefoot Leonidas Sandal We are pleased to review our second shoe from Terra Plana’s wonderful Vivo Barefoot series. We are already sold on the quality of the Vivo Barefoot series of shoes and are excited to review a sandal in this series. The Leonidas is another great example of excellent [...]

Globe & Mail Interviews Living Barefoot’s Al Gauthier & Tina Dubois

By Al Gauthier ⋅ July 15, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

There is also the Living Barefoot (www.livingbarefoot.info) site which launched in January and hosts The Barefoot Living Show podcast, launched yesterday. Founder and Vancouver barefooter Al Gauthier says membership has grown to about 140 people, with traffic reaching 4,000 hits a month.

The Barefoot Route

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Barefoot Route by Zoie Clift Original Here Some runners prefer to return to the basics of human locomotion. “The human foot is a work of art and a masterpiece of engineering.”—Leonardo Da Vinci Though it could have happened, running barefoot did not disappear with the advent of the running shoe. A subculture of runners [...]

A Little bit about LivingBarefoot.info

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome, we are glad you are here! This website, including our forums, is our gift back to the barefoot community. It has been with the help of the barefoot community and it’s various websites that we have been able to gain the knowledge I needed to be comfortable, and now an advocate for those who [...]