This is hoped to be the definitive paper on barefooters explaining:

• who we are and why going barefoot means a lot to us,
• there are no laws or health department regulations against bare feet,
• why we believe discrimination against barefooters is illegal,
• how going barefoot is natural and healthy,
• and how some shoes are harmful.

It is hoped that this paper will help to regain the freedom our parents and grandparents had to go barefoot anywhere. We do this for ourselves and our children.

The paper is also available in Adobe's Portable Document Format:

A Case for Bare Feet.

This is a paper written in 1914 on the virtues and delights of barefoot walking. At first, it might seem to have precious little to do with bare feet, but be patient. It's nice to know there were barefooters back then, and probably even earlier.

A Society for Barefoot Living member's historical research and views on bare feet through the eyes of western religion.

A wonderful two page essay on going barefoot. Every barefooter will relate to what she says.

In this book, podiatrist Dr. Wikler advocated going barefoot for better foot health (especially for children). He also explained how shoes often deform and distort our feet.

This book has long been out of print — it doesn't even show up on amazon.com, not even as "hard to find." We were able to lay our hands on a copy from a public library.

We have made a "fair use extract" of the book. It consists of mostly the first three chapters and a few small parts of others. The entire book is 174 pages. The rest of the book deals with shoe-fitting, restorative excercises, foot health evaluation techniques and the like. Four useful diagrams from the early chapters have been included.

A special note to parents: If anyone gives you any grief about allowing your child to be barefoot, having this material on hand should be very helpful.

Why 'No shoes, no service' policies are wrong. Let Myranya explain.