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Blimey, so where to begin - feet I suppose - do they or do they not grow? Well, if you've spent most of your life gripping your toes and wearing tight shoes (which most of us have) or indeed if aspects of your life require you to do just that (miss sox and Hendrik in mind here), then they may well feel like they're lengthening and/ or expanding (although probably not for miss sox or Hendrik!) when you are encouraged to spread your toes apart and become aware of weight distribution through different parts of the feet.
I have gone up a shoe size at two points in my adult life - when I stopped pointe work (that really does keep your feet minute!) and discovered contemporary dance which is all about the glorious barefoot. And then again when I started yoga. Although some do find them understandably alarming, I have become quite fond of my pizza wedge feet. My toes just feel more like fingers which when mostly ignored on pedals, is I believe no bad thing for anyone, especially the cyclist.
Bringing awareness to the parts of our body that we don't pay an awful lot of attention to is good methinks. Toe flexibility is one of the first to go as you age and can end up being one of the most unpleasantly painful, so well worth keeping them wigglin'! One of many things I have learnt from my teachers who are in their 60's...