We often take their feet for granted. We tend to worry about our figures, our appearance and maybe our general health but always seem to forget about those two things at the end of our legs!! Our Feet carry the entire weight of our bodies all through our daily lives. The only time we worry about them is when our feet are sore…

…. Here at KALM Body Works we do our best to change this by educating you about the importance of taking care of your feet….

 
Our Feet…..

Feet are one the most utilised parts of the human body.

Our feet are constantly under stress as we go about our normal lives.
Our feet work for us the whole day, whether we stand, play, run, or walk, and in the process they become the most affected part of our anatomy.

Many things affect the condition of our feet: activity level, occupation, other health conditions, and perhaps most importantly, our shoes.

The foot is an incredibly complex mechanism which serves as a shock absorber, and propulsion engine.

The foot and ankle contain:

• 26 individual bones
• 33 joints
• Ligaments (tissues that connect bones to other bones)
• More than 100 muscles
• Tendons
• Blood vessels
• Nerves
• Skin & tissue

All these foot components combine to provide the body with support, balance, and mobility, which is part of why we need to take such good care of our feet- they need to last us a lifetime!

For ideas and ways to care for your feet, check out Treatments Avaliable- Foot Care.

Here’s some interesting facts for you on Feet….

• The largest feet in the world belong to a Mr Matthew McGrory who lives in America whose feet are a whopping size 28½ (US size). The 7ft4in resident of Florida, USA has to fork out a massive $22,745 for a pair of shoes to fit his unusually large feet.
• The Achilles tendon located in the heel of the foot was named after one of the most famous mythical characters from Ovid’s ‘Illiad’. In an attempt to immortalize her son, Thetis (Achilles’ Mother) dipped Achilles into the River Styx, holding him by his ankle. Therefore his ankle became the only part of his body capable of sustaining a mortal wound. This is why the strongest tendon in the foot acquired the name of Achilles tendon.
• The average person walks about 10,000 steps a day. During a lifetime it is thought that a person has walked enough steps top have traveled around the planet more than 4 times, which is approximately 115,000 miles!
• 25% of bones in the human body are located in the feet, which are made up from 52 bones.
• Need new shoes?Shopping for shoes is best done in the afternoon, when your feet have swollen a little.
  Then you can be sure that your new shoes will fit your feet at all times, and don’t pinch.
  When trying on new shoes, make sure you stand up and walk about in them to check how supportive and comfortable they are.
  Try both shoes on as most people tend to have one foot larger than the other. Therefore you are better to get a pair that fits the larger foot, since shoes are only sold in matched sizes.
• The feet can be one of the most indicative signs of an individual’s health. Early symptoms for diabetes, arthritis and circulatory problems can often show themselves initially in the feet.
• Beauty is pain…Women suffer from four times as many problems than men. This is believed to be a result of their choice of footwear, which usually consists shoes with narrow toes and high heels.
• Ladies…It is important that women wear correctly fitting footwear as on average they walk 3 miles further every day than the opposite sex.
• Rising damp…The feet contain approximately 250,000 sweat glands that excrete as much as half a pint of moisture every day.
• Cold feet…It is estimated by scientists and historians that the first shoes were created during the ice age 5000,000 years ago and were made from animal skins.
• A Philosopher’s thoughts…The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates once claimed “When our feet hurt, we hurt all over”.

Happy, healthy feet are an essential part of a happy, healthy body!

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LEARNING TO FEEL – By Walter Last

PART 4 –“DIRECT RELEASE”

A simple and efficient way of emotional cleansing is possible in a secure relationship with an understanding and co-operating partner. 

When we feel angry, sad, or in any way upset, we can just tell our partner that there is something coming up which we want to release and then let go.

It is often necessary to exaggerate our expressions in order to get to the old emotions at the bottom of our feelings. 
Therefore, when you are angry during an intentional release, show that you are really angry, throw yourself on the bed or the floor, kick and punch a cushion, pillow or mattress, wring a towel, scream, shout or cry. 

Similarly with hatred, sadness, grief or any kind of frustration, bring it out as forcefully as you can. 
Your partner can help to deepen the feeling, telling you to get into it, to cry louder, hit (the pillow) harder, etc.

Even in more restricted situations with other people, try to experience and express your immediate feelings in an appropriate way. 
When you are angry, say so and possibly hit with the fist on the table, when you have tender feelings, acknowledge them with a loving smile and, if appropriate, with a loving touch.

If you build up negative feelings within yor body, they will present in some other form- usually sickness, illness, and eventually, dis-ease.

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LEARNING TO FEEL – By Walter Last

PART 3 – “FORGIVENESS”

The key and cornerstone of emotional healing is forgiveness. 

As long as we cannot unconditionally forgive, ourselves as well all others, we remain trapped in past negative emotions. 
This prevents us from fully loving ourselves as well as all others.

A good way to do this is by writing a list of everyone that you feel has hurt you in the past or whom you may have hurt. 
Recall especially your relationships with each one of your parents, with your siblings, other relatives and partners. 
Think of incidents that may have caused anger, resentment, disappointment, sadness, fear or insecurity.

Then mentally go through each incidence and feel into yourself to see if there is still any trace of that old hurt feeling within you. 
If there is, then go more deeply into it; try to reach the bottom of it. Examine that hurt feeling from all sides. 
It may then just evaporate so that you cannot find it anymore. 

However, if there is still some or even a lot remaining, then you just make a mental decision to free yourself of this ballast. 

Do some deep breathing, and with each exhalation you imagine blowing it into a balloon. 
When you have transferred all the hurt into the balloon, close it up and let it float off into the blue sky for the universe to take care of.

Now you imagine being in the presence of the one that had hurt you and you formally and lovingly forgive this person. 
A very important person to forgive in this way is you.  Forgive yourself for all the distress and hurt that you caused other people. 

If you are not quite ready to forgive everyone unconditionally, then come back to this step after you have worked some more on your belief systems and adopted a spiritual philosophy of life. 
Basically, you need to realize that you are not doing a favour to others by forgiving them, but to yourself by freeing yourself from destructive emotional toxins.

This is not different to cleaning your biological body of chemical toxins. 
An alternative possibility is to write a letter to everyone against whom you still feel a residual resentment and therefore, are not able to fully forgive. 
Write down in detail what exactly was it the other one did and how it affected you. 

Then formally forgive and express your love and appreciation. 

Finally you may either give or mail this letter to the recipient or you may just burn it and hand it over to the universe.

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LEARNING TO FEEL – By Walter Last

PART 2 – “LETTING GO”

Feelings which we have not expressed and often not allowed ourselves even to feel have accumulated within us in the form of repressed emotions. 
They choke our emotional body in the same way as accumulated metabolic residues obstruct our physical body. 

In our relationships and social interactions we react with emotions mainly to ‘reactivated’ hurts within us and only to a lesser degree with true feeling to the actual situation itself. 
This causes endless frustration, misunderstandings and disappointments in our daily lives.

In order to free ourselves of these emotional obstructions from the past, we need ‘emotional cleansing periods’ – times and situations in which we feel safe enough to release and express our suppressed emotions. 

This can be made easier as a result of bio-energetic exercises, meditation, energetic treatments, muscle massage/releases and other methods to relax our muscle ‘armouring’. 
In addition, there are several release techniques to induce emotional catharsis- check the next few posts in this series…

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I re-read this often to remind myself how important it is to learn to feel what your body and your soul tell you, and use your feelings to improve your health rather than destroy it

 ~  Kylie

LEARNING TO FEEL – By Walter Last

PART 1 -“FEELINGS”

Feelings are the builder of the body, the glue that holds body and soul together. 
Tender feelings make us open and vulnerable. 
In order not to get hurt, we prefer to close up and not to feel. 
This has the added advantage of making us stronger in our career, because we do not need to take our feelings or the feelings of others into consideration.

Each time we suppress a feeling or do not express it in a suitable way, the generated energy solidifies into muscle tensions. 

Eventually, this leads to widespread muscle armouring, a permanent state of muscle contractions. 
This closes off the circulation of blood, lymph, bio-energy and, equally important, the flow of feeling energies.

Once we are in an armoured condition, we simply cannot feel any more even when we want to.  This applies especially to the tender feelings in the heart and all over the body. 
This is a great loss. 
Our conscious control is then out of touch with the body, with its needs, its wisdom and with the pleasure it could give us.

We are equally out of touch with the requirements of others, with the forces of nature and with our higher guidance.  Everything is wrong if we are out of touch with ourselves and with everyone and everything else, and we have to rely exclusively on our ego-controlled mind.  In order to heal our emotions we need a four-fold approach.
1. We need to ‘let go’ – release the accumulated negative emotions and associated tension.

2. We need to become aware again how we feel and express our emotions appropriately.

3. We need to learn feeling good about ourselves as well as others and generate positive feelings.

4. We need to live in our daily lives what we have learned in our exercises.

Great ways to detox your body include a detoxing diet, exercising and eating healthy foods.

A good and balanced diet will cleanse your body, boost your energy improve digestion and increase your immune system. Eating well is the key to long-lasting health. A detox diet should not be so severe that it cannot easily be incorporated into your daily routine.

Eat light, nutrient-dense foods, drink at least 2 litres of mineral water, drink just 1 cup (or none) of coffee, cappuccino or tea (unless it is caffeine free green/herbal tea) and avoid drinking alcohol except one glass of red wine in the evenings.

Cut down on the chemicals you are putting into your body. Add a liquid supplement to boost the process.

Some of the worst things you can do to your body, skin and self-confidence are smoking, drinking alcohol & eating unhealthy foods.

When you drink alcohol your skin’s capillaries dilate, leaving it blotchy. Drinking alcohol also dehydrates your body and slows cell renewal, leading to a dull complexion and potential long-term damage.

You cannot smoke and expect to counteract the effects it has on your skin and body simply with creams and vitamins. 

Exercising is very important in maintaining a healthy body. Get into a routine of exercise that fits with your lifestyle. Find a way to exercise that you enjoy so you will stay motivated to work out. Regular exercising will help improve your mood, boost your energy levels and help you sleep and feel better.