I enjoy praticing outside when the weather allows me to. If the ground is not too wet and the day is not too cold, I won't have shoes on. I'm getting more in touch with the ground that I stand on. Wearing shoes all of the time disconnects a person from the earth.
Unsurprisingly, I'm one of the only adults that I see utilizing the ground in this way. Children join me by how they play. Adults seem to be to fightened to get them and their clothes dirty. They might stand on the grass -- with their shoes on.
I'm attempting to let my mind take over my movements instead of me forcing my way through. "Sink into the ground, tuck your bottom, and focus as if you're fighting your mortal enemy" are always in my thoughts. However, at my advanced stage 😛, I'm taking many bird-walks (thoughts come up and I focus on them instead of the task at hand).
So many of us are caught up by what is happeneing inside of our own heads, it makes it difficult to listen to your self or, even, those around you. Which phrases trigger your internal monolog? I think more than a few of us respond to past things that happened instead of being here in the present moment. Possibly you're one of those is likely to think of the future.