Bottom to Top: Slippers and Flip Flaps

Many years of living in Hawaii wearing slippers (that's what we call Flip Flaps in Hawai'i) and sandals have actually flattened my feet and made wearing high heels nearly impossible. In Hawai'i it is custom to leave the shoes, so about  90% of them are slippers, outside the home before you enter. This continues to be an uplifting sight every time there is a party, showing respect and promising togetherness and fun.

Slippers/Flip Flaps are the least amount of shoe you can get. Just a sole and two straps. Very close to earth, very naked.  Shoes are a status symbol and there are very pricey sandals out there. The shoe-stealing scene from the movie Slum Dog Millionaire comes to mind. That doesn't happen at the entrances of private homes here on the islands but there are children living in the 50th state, who don't even own slippers or have only very worn ones. 

Feet need to breathe, need to feel the ground and the earth. Latest research has shown that placing your feet on soil or an earth-stone pad while working on the computer reduces the exposure to electromagnetic pollution.