Such habits can be born out of worry, anxiety, indecision, deep thinking about a problem.
It can also be due to a neurological problem.
If this is always the case, it is called restless leg syndrome and may require treatment.
If this is due to any anxiety, then it originates from the subconscious level of the mind. On the positive side, this foot dance somehow regulates the blood circulation in the body, creates relaxation, helps reduce anxiety and depression.
One who dances his feet is not aware of it himself, so, sitting silently or even in the midst of conversation with others, his feet dance unconsciously.
In earlier times the elders of the house used to warn this practice of foot dancing as inauspicious. They called it inauspicious judging by the relevance of planets and stars.
Many times it was said that dancing the feet would make the Lakshmi of the house restless and the Lakshmi would leave the house where this was done.
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