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An
excellent example:
"Barefoot Park" at
the Victory Gate in Munich
A barefoot park for open air events
takes little effort for few people and makes thousands
enjoy healthy natural walking!
Here I document my experience in presenting barefoot paths
and foot gymnastic games on shool and open-air festivals in southern Germany.
Click the thumbnails to see full size
images
The principle:
A few High School students helped me to collect
natural materials like:
moss and grass; needles, leaves, cones and bark of trees;
straw was fetched at a farm, sand and gravel and stones were
from the communal building yard.
 The
materials were placed on fleece webs (1.5 meters broad). This ensures easy removal after
the end of the event
Here the moss is extended --
-- and it feels really good!!!
The fir cones are spread
out.
This
is easily done with the "hands on the legs"!
Pieces of bark were placed with the
rough side upwards.
But later on about thousand feet broke the bark
into little pieces :-(
Foot gymnastics
 Ideal
supplements for the barefoot path are a balancing beam or rope --
and some foot games:
The finished barefoot parks:
What you finally end up with, depends on the number of
helpers and the place available.
You can be successful with:
| a small version for the garden 
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a medium version for the school yard 
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a spacious trail on a meadow 
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a barefoot park in the center of a city festival

Some more pictures of people who really enjoyed it!
     

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