Let me tell you a story I heard from a gifted Imago therapist and trainer named Maya Kollman.  The story is about a woman who loves walking on the beach.  The woman’s bare feet sink into the warm sand with each step. Without shoes, she feels free and natural.  The woman walks like this every day, until she steps on a sharp shell and cuts her foot.  The woman is surprised.  Her foot is bleeding and it hurts.  The next time she walks on the beach, she wears flip-flops to protect her feet from shells.  After several days, the side of her foot brushes against a beached jellyfish.  The woman’s foot stings and itches.  So, the next time she walks on the beach the woman wears sneakers.  This works for several days, until the woman stubs her toe on the rocks of the jetty.  Frustrated, the woman decides to wear boots for her walks on the sand.  She has been hurt so many times and she has finally found a way to keep her feet safe.  However, the woman has become so concerned with protecting her feet that she has lost the wonderful experience of feeling the sand beneath her feet and between her toes.  She misses feeling the texture, coarse and dry or silky and cool, and she misses feeling the connection to nature. Read More