Yoga at Home: Funky FiveFingers Footwear for Yoga?

Have you seen any people wearing these "shoes?"  On the metro I recently saw a twenty-something male sprinting to make it onto the train before the doors closed in a pair of these funky footwear. This morning, I was reading a trade journal  at work (I cover footwear) and came across an editorial which included a discussion of these odd shoes which have become the rage of a select number of long-distance runners. Developed by Vibram USA, these shoes evolved after the release of Born to Run, a book that extols the benefits of "shoeless" running.  The FiveFinger shoes are supposedly the next best thing to shoeless running.

And now, these shoes are being marketed to the yoga crowd!  Most people, unless they get really cold feet, do yoga barefoot.  However, these Funky FiveFinger shoes are being touted as offering yogis - especially those who practice hot yoga or power yoga which involve continual flowing movements from one pose to the next -traction to avoid slipping on a yoga studio floor or mat.  

Also, since they have a thin, flexible sole, they offer a hygienic means of doing your moves on a floor without a mat. And, thus, these funny shoes offer you the option to do yoga on the road without bringing your mat.  This would not work for me because I always want a mat when I do face down poses...

Has anyone out there used these shoes for yoga?  If so, please comment!  I am curious as to how they would feel during my yoga practice.  But, I am not yet ready to shell out 80 to 100 bucks to just try them...

Yours for flexing your feet in yoga,

 

Laura Venecia Rodriguez

 

 

Comments

[Laura Rodriguez]

I have not personally used any footwear while doing yoga. I just wanted to point out the option though. Perhaps someone else will comment!

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Offers any one around used these kinds of shoes and boots with regard to yoga exercise? If so, please brief review! I am inquisitive spend money on just how they might feel during my yoga exercise training. Nonetheless, I am not nonetheless set to pay out 80 to one hundred cash to only try these folks...

Yours with regard to flexing your feet within yoga exercise,