“is characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.”

When we live a balanced life we fill ourselves with all the elements of grace. To move like a dancer; however, it starts with our toes, or more accurately our feet. So instead of thinking "head to toe" think "feet first" to take a look at the most neglected part of your anatomy.

There is nothing worse than sore feet. Ask any New Yorker who spends hours walking on hard pavement about avoiding foot pain and they will tell you it all starts with a good pair of shoes. 

So let’s take a look at one of the newest products in footwear, MBT shoes. The first thing one notices about MBT shoes is their name - MBT- Masai Barefoot Technology.

 If you ever have the golden opportunity to visit the native Masai tribe in Africa and see them walk, you will agree these people are the most natural embodiment of graceful movement. Their effortless erect posture gives them a regal appearance befitting of royalty. Of course, they walk barefoot on soft ground all of their lives, which is something we don’t get to do in our modern world, but MBT seems to have found a way to mimic the attributes of the Masai tribe within a modern setting. Based on the mechanics of natural barefoot walking on uneven surfaces, the shoes soles are curved in such a way that the wearer experiences pavement as if it were uneven soft sand causing your body to stand erect to maintain an elegant balance.