土地接触：通过赤脚走路促进你的健康和灵性成长

走上健康之路，萨古鲁揭示了赤脚走路所带来的实际好处。可以了解到，这样做除了让你脚踏实地之外，还能带来什么；在Shivratri和新月日这样能量额外升涌的日子，赤脚走路可以增加你的活力，让你与土地连接。踢掉你的鞋子，欣然接受这项实用又赋能的练习吧！

Question: Namaskaram, Sadhguru. What is the significance of walking barefoot? Also, are there additional physical and spiritual benefits of walking barefoot on Amavasya and Shivratri days?

提问：你好，萨古鲁。赤脚走路的重要性是什么？另外，在新月日和Shivaratri（新月日的前一夜）这样的日子，赤脚走路对身体和灵性有额外的好处吗？

Health and Longevity Through Barefoot Walking

通过赤脚走路实现健康长寿

Sadhguru: In an interview with the artist M. F. Husain that was taken just a few months before his death at the age of 95 in London, the interviewer asked him what the secret of his longevity, energy, and health was. He remained very active and energetic till the last day.

Sadhguru（萨古鲁）：在与艺术家M. F. Husain（一位非常著名的印度画家，经常被誉为“印度的毕加索”）的一个采访中，（那次采访）是在他九十五岁在伦敦去世前的几个月，采访者问他长寿、能量充沛和健康的秘诀是什么。他直到生命的最后一天都非常活跃，而有活力。

He said just two things: “Eat less. Walk barefoot.”

他只说了两件事：“少吃，赤脚走路。”

He had many controversies where he was not allowed into certain elite clubs barefoot, but he has always insisted on walking barefoot.

他生前有很多争议，不被允许赤脚进入某些精英俱乐部，但他总是坚持要赤脚走路。

What is the significance of being barefoot? If you are not connected with either the heaven or the earth, you are heading for trouble. If you are connected with at least one of the two, some things will be taken care of for you. If you are not connected with either, you are asking for trouble.

赤脚的重要性是什么？如果你没有与天或地连接，你就会奔向麻烦。如果你与其中至少一个连接，一些事情会为你安排得好好的。如果你一个都没有连接到，就是在找麻烦。

A range of footwear known as “barefoot” has gained popularity in the United States. These shoes, which are made from a very thin, special synthetic material that feels almost like you are walking barefoot, are used for running, climbing, and regular walking.

在美国有个系列的鞋越来越流行，叫作“赤足鞋”。这种鞋，是用非常薄的、特殊的合成材料做的，让你感觉几乎像是在赤脚走路一样，可用来跑步、登山和日常行走。

Walking barefoot on a daily basis has become a problem today only because of the concentration of human populations. Otherwise, it would be just fine. We once went into the forest with three little boys who were living there. They were leaping from rock to rock, running through the forest – all barefoot. One of them was barely four and a half years old, and the other two were five or six years old. They were running around in the forest with full enthusiasm and gusto, showing off their bravado.

每天赤脚走路在当今成了问题，只是因为人口的集中。否则，就没问题了。我们有一次跟三个小男孩走进森林，他们就住在那里。他们在岩石间跳跃，跑着穿过森林——全是赤脚。其中一个才刚刚四岁半，另外两个五六岁的样子。他们满怀热情和兴致地在森林里东奔西跑，炫耀着他们的果敢。

Their sense of health mainly comes from their contact with the earth and the forest. It is the atmosphere, the air, and the land with which they are in contact that makes all the difference for them.

他们的健康感主要来自与土地和森林的接触。那个环境、空气和他们所接触的土地对他们有着重要的影响。

Especially if your body is not integrated enough and is constantly troubling you, you should walk barefoot. It would be nice if you can crawl to have even more contact with the earth. This is why you prostrate. The purpose of taking a dip in a temple pond and then prostrating inside is so that your whole body comes in touch with the earth. This is what sashtanga means – the key points in your body must touch the earth.

特别是如果你的身体不够整合，不断困扰你，就应该赤脚走路。最好是能爬行，与土地有更多的接触。这就是你要拜倒的原因。在神庙的池塘里浸泡一会儿，然后去里面拜倒，目的是让你的整个身体与地面接触。这就是sashtanga的意思——你身体的关键点必须与地面接触。

You have seen people rolling around a temple sanctum. The reason you do angapradakshina is because you want your body to be in contact with energized earth. If the temple is powerful, it would have helped any number of people to come out of their ailments because of this contact with the earth. But do not start angapradakshina at the Isha Yoga Center. It would create a very negative impact in today’s world where people want to be as far removed from reality as possible and live in their own cloud of existence.

你们看到过，人们绕着寺庙的圣殿翻滚。做angapradakshina（平躺在地上、绕着寺庙圣殿翻滚的过程，作为一种奉爱的表达）的原因是，你想要你的身体与有能量的土地接触。如果这座神庙是强大的，会帮助许多人脱离疾病，因为与土地的这份接触。但是不要在Isha瑜伽中心做angapradakshina。这会造成非常负面的影响，在当今的世界，人们都想要尽可能远离现实，活在自我存在的云雾中。

Spiritual Significance of Barefoot Walking on Specific Days

特别日子里赤脚走路在灵性上的重要性

For one who is on spiritual sadhana, particularly on Shivratri, Amavasya, and the following day, what is available on the planet is phenomenal. It is also a reminder for you to intensify your sadhana on Shivratri and not miss the opportunity of what is there. So, on that day, walk barefoot.

对于正在进行瑜伽练习的人，尤其是在Shivratri、新月日和之后的一天，地球上可利用的东西是非比寻常的。这也是一个提醒，让你在Shivratri那天强化瑜伽练习，不要错过这个可利用的机会。所以在那一天，请赤脚走路。

Walking barefoot has its benefits on any given day. But on these three days around Shivratri, there are particular benefits, not only for physical health, but also for spiritual wellbeing, and for creating the necessary momentum for an upward movement of energies in the system. It would be beneficial not to wear shoes on these three days.

任何一天赤脚走路都有好处。但在Shivratri附近这三天有特别的好处，不仅是对身体健康而言，还关乎灵性健康，它创造了必要的动力，实现人体系统内能量的向上运动。在这三天里不穿鞋是有利的。