It does involve you going out and buying a soft tennis ball, but I promise you will feel the reward for the effort. The cheapest supermarket own brands are the best. Decathlon, also have nice soft ones for only 85p.
Once you have your ball, then you are going to give your feet some fascia release. Before you do that, stand up and feel your feet on the ground. Take a few moments just to feel what they are like (do you have more weight on one foot than the other, on one side of your foot than the other etc?). Then using the tennis ball, massage the whole of the sole of one foot by rolling the ball over the underside of your foot. You want constant pressure on the ball, but not feel pain (if you do then press a bit gentler, or you need a softer ball). Imagine kneading dough. Slowly and purposefully, be gentle and mindful of your foot as you do this. Massage all over the arch, the heel, the inside and outside arch. Then take the ball away and feel how this compares to the other one. My bet is that you will want the other foot to feel how this one now does!
Why does this matter?
Fascia is a connective tissue which acts like a continual web throughout the body. Spreading out fascia in one area of the body (like we are doing with the ball) has an effect throughout the whole, creating space elsewhere in the system. Doing this simple thing creates stability and balance, AND it feels good!
If you don't have a tennis ball then you know what your task is today, or sometime this week....!
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