Making great progress in toughening my soles up. I’m surprised on how quickly I’ve gotten comfortable with my Shakti acupressure mat!

#barefoot #barefootlife #barefootlifestyle #barefootishuman

Soles are getting tougher
#barefoot #barefootishuman #healthylifestyle #barefootliving

Morning 2km neighbourhood walk. #barefoot #barefootishuman

Natural acupressure.
#barefoot #soletraining #stimulation #healthylifestyle #barefootishuman

Daddy needs a nap after his morning workout 🧸👣😴😇

#barefoot #barefootman #barefootishuman #barefootlife #HealthyLiving

Simple pleasures… Driving barefoot is completely legal in North America. Driving barefoot is also safer than driving in Ill-fitting footwear, high-heels, clunky boots, sandals or flip-flops.

#barefootislegal #barefootishuman #noshoes #healthylifestyle #healthyfeet #gooddriving

Earthing #barefoot #healthylifestyle #barefootishuman

I love these things at the end of my legs: they take me places, they connect me with Mother Earth and they give me lots of pleasure.

#feet #malefeet #malefeetarehot #malefeetarebeautiful #malefeetaresexy #malefootfetish #barefooted #barefootishuman

Hanging out with a buddy in the backyard. #Barefoot season 2023 is now in full swing.
#Canada #barefootman #malefeet #barefootishuman

Yesterday, I went on a #barefoot walk to the Trans Rights Counter-Protest. Originally, we would have worked to drown out the poisonous words of a certain infamous extreme right TERF.

Well, they decided not to turn up — instead, it became a celebration of all things trans, queer, and of women's rights. I held a rainbow banner, I cheered, I hollered, I booed a couple of transphobes who decided to turn up, I saw a couple of my colleagues, I saw some of my students — and I had a great time.

I hope my trans friends and whānau who turned out also had a great time. #barefootishuman #barefootlife #transrightsarehumanrights #transrights #trans

Bonus #barefoot walk content! After the Trans Rights Counter-Protest, I and a couple of people I know from Discord but had never met decided to find some grub on Cuba Street (we had Satay Kingdom, always a favourite of mine).

After that, we took a walk up Cuba Street to see Cuba Dupa — not really my thing, but I liked what I saw. I particularly liked the acrobatic escape artist. We had some Duck Island ice cream on the way back towards the bottom of Cuba Street.

#barefootlife #barefootishuman

Instead of a #barefoot walk, how about a #barefoot strike? Yes, including this totally unflattering picture of a T-shirt I picked up. It says Invest in Teachers, Invest in Aotearoa. I'm going to wear it tomorrow.

It was so lovely to see such a great turnout at the PPTA/NZEI joint strike for better pay, better conditions, better resourcing, and better recognition of the mahi that part-timers, LATs (unqualified teachers), and kaiako Māori contribute to the profession.

We cheered for unity, we cheered for all our demands to be heard, we booed the education minister who uses six weeks on the job as an excuse (you've been associate minister since 2020). Don't tell us today was our day; don't tell us you understand because you've been there; we want action, not platitudes.

As a former colleague recently wrote on their timeline that although they might not currently be a teacher, they will always be a teacher on the inside.

I also wouldn't want to be anything else, and I'm hoping that being at the start of my career affords me a few more years before I seriously decide to quit — my hope is that I don't have to.

Here's hoping! 🍻

And as ever, I turned up in my school uniform — shorts, shirt, and bare feet. The #barefootlife might be one of the only things helping me to keep a hold of the tenuous grip on sanity. #barefootishuman

Instead of a #barefoot walk, how about a #barefoot strike? Yes, including this totally unflattering picture of a T-shirt I picked up. It says Invest in Teachers, Invest in Aotearoa. I'm going to wear it tomorrow.

It was so lovely to see such a great turnout at the PPTA/NZEI joint strike for better pay, better conditions, better resourcing, and better recognition of the mahi that part-timers, LATs (unqualified teachers), and kaiako Māori contribute to the profession.

We cheered for unity, we cheered for all our demands to be heard, we booed the education minister who uses six weeks on the job as an excuse (you've been associate minister since 2020). Don't tell us today was our day; don't tell us you understand because you've been there; we want action, not platitudes.

As a former colleague recently wrote on their timeline that although they might not currently be a teacher, they will always be a teacher on the inside.

I also wouldn't want to be anything else, and I'm hoping that being at the start of my career affords me a few more years before I seriously decide to quit — my hope is that I don't have to.

Here's hoping! 🍻

And as ever, I turned up in my school uniform — shorts, shirt, and bare feet. The #barefootlife might be one of the only things helping me to keep a hold of the tenuous grip on sanity. #barefootishuman

Yesterday, I went for a #barefoot walk (after a #barefoot bus replacement ride) through Lower Hutt to visit a friend. On the way home, I noticed these tiny houses hanging in a tree.

I love these little sights you only see in suburbia. Walking through there reminded me a little of a certain street in my home town where the properties along it had interesting gardens with such ornamentation.

I don’t see much of that, living in the city.

#barefootlife #barefootishuman

Yesterday, I went for a #barefoot walk (after a #barefoot bus replacement ride) through Lower Hutt to visit a friend. On the way home, I noticed these tiny houses hanging in a tree.

I love these little sights you only see in suburbia. Walking through there reminded me a little of a certain street in my home town where the properties along it had interesting gardens with such ornamentation.

I don’t see much of that, living in the city.

#barefootlife #barefootishuman

A weekend #barefoot walk in the sun — just barely. This was taken in an alley between Cuba Street and Victoria Street. We had just gone for lunch at Oriental Kingdom, one of our favourite Asian grub spots.

Very student-friendly fare in that you get a good meal for a relatively low price, as far as going out is concerned. I enjoy the seafood laksa.

#barefootlife #barefootishuman

A weekend #barefoot walk in the sun — just barely. This was taken in an alley between Cuba Street and Victoria Street. We had just gone for lunch at Oriental Kingdom, one of our favourite Asian grub spots.

Very student-friendly fare in that you get a good meal for a relatively low price, as far as going out is concerned. I enjoy the seafood laksa.

#barefootlife #barefootishuman

Much aroha to people caught up in #cyclonegabrielle — especially my friends, whānau, and colleagues in Hawke’s Bay.

Luckily, the worst Welly will see is fairly standard fare for the capital. As you can see, my #barefoot uniform remains intact come hell or high water.

#barefootishuman #barefootlife

Much aroha to people caught up in #cyclonegabrielle — especially my friends, whānau, and colleagues in Hawke’s Bay.

Luckily, the worst Welly will see is fairly standard fare for the capital. As you can see, my #barefoot uniform remains intact come hell or high water.

#barefootishuman #barefootlife

Much aroha to people caught up in #cyclonegabrielle — especially my friends, whānau, and colleagues in Hawke’s Bay.

Luckily, the worst Welly will see is fairly standard fare for the capital. As you can see, my #barefoot uniform remains intact come heel or high water.

#barefootishuman #barefootlife