Comments on: Walking in High Heels 101

By: Sharon Bernash Smith

Sharon Bernash Smith — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:51:37 +0000

It’s all about focus! Head up, eyes forward…no, no, don’t put your arms out…you’re not walking a tight rope. Focus on the graceful aspects…OK! OK! You’ve got it…you’ve got it! Oops! Need a hand up?

I remember my first heels for my eighth grade graduation…and I was nearly six feet tall!! Sharon (a fellow Capstone author)

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:51:53 +0000

How to walk on heels…
Pretend you are on your tippy toes and do not put any of your weight on one side or the other of your front toe pad (tippy toes) or you will become unbalanced. The majority of your weight will be on the front of the foot. Does that help?

By: Charlotte Kalafut

Charlotte Kalafut — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:56:23 +0000

My pot-head mother gave me heels when I was only in 4th grade. I mean huge 2 1/2 heals. Just to piss off my her mother-in-law. When I told my grandmother that, but that I loved them and didn’t want to take them off, she gave me the following advice:

Okay she said, you always want take steps half the size you normally do. Imagine a line on the ground and walk on that. It will keep your feet directly under your body and help with balance.
Always be sure you the balls of your feet hit the ground first (she had to touch my feet to show me). If the heel are hitting the ground first, my steps are too big.
Stand taller and prouder than normal. Woman wearing heels should be confident and sure of themselves.
And above all else I had to promise her not to swing my hips.

Charlotte