Bernie Landels

In this Blog post Bernie Landels, our guest blogger, looks at the concept of the foot as ‘an elastic device’ . Looking at how the muscles and soft tissues are as essential for their elastic qualities as their strength. It is this elastic quality that truly allows our feet to act as the 'springboard' to our everyday life and give us the lift that need as Spring arrives!

Barefoot Beginnings and Boots!

How often do you purchase a product, an item of clothing and think about where the idea or design came from? Who first thought about the concept? What drove them to create the end product?

Let’s give a shout out to those in the minimal shoe business! Why? Well many of them came from small beginnings with a desire to create something better - better for their children’s and your children’s feet.

In her latest Blog post, our guest blogger, Bernie Landels, looks at the origins of many of our favourite barefoot shoe brands.

The conflict between fashion and function in footwear is probably as old as the earliest shoes. In this this blog post Bernie Landels looks at how this manifests itself in the range of summer footwear on offer, aka sandals, flip-flops, slip-ons, slingbacks….

We are delighted to be working with Bernie Landels, an internationally-certified Infant Massage Instructor (IAIM) since 2002, and stocking her new Book, Finding Their Feet. Bernie has kindly agreed to write some guest blog posts for us as well, and her second contribution in the series is a Father's Day special!

We are delighted to be working with Bernie Landels, an internationally-certified Infant Massage Instructor (IAIM) since 2002, and stocking her new Book, Finding Their Feet. Bernie has kindly agreed to write some guest blog posts for us as well, starting with this fascinating insight into our feet and how you can help your children 'find their feet' this summer!

We are delighted to be working with Bernie Landels, an internationally-certified Infant Massage Instructor (IAIM) and health practitioner, and stocking her new book, Finding Their Feet. This book is a fantastic guide to the anatomy and development of your baby’s feet, and the important relationship between their feet, body and brain. It is an invaluable guide to any new parent and particularly for those of us fascinated by feet and their role in development.