Our Story
Hi. I am Sahib, the founder of Zen Barefoot, India's first barefoot shoe company,
the idea of which originated from a personal need.
You see, I was an athlete. Preparing for marathons day in and day out, until one day, I injured myself (well actually I injured myself over a span of 2 months), but one day it was a little too much.
10 physiotherapist and doctor visits later, the culprit was obvious - MY SHOES.
I was running in top of the class running footwear that is out there. Yeah 20K is no small amount for shoes, and yet, it failed to protect me and rather was the reason of my injury.
Now that I was not running, I had a lot of time on my hands, so I got to doing some research.
One thing I noticed was how all people in the rehab industry in the west, wore these foot shaped, thin soled, zero cushion shoes - yep, barefoot shoes.
Turns out the more cushion there is, the more unnatural your gait (your walking/ running style), the more your chances of injury.
And this is not me or an Instagram influencer talking, it is years of medical research talking that somehow these giant footwear brands forgot to mention to all of us as they sold us the exact opposite (and we bought it, cause it looks cooler.)
Getting back to the story -
I tried looking for good quality barefoot shoes but they were either too expensive to import, or were really low quality pieces of crap nobody wants to wear.
So I did the very obvious engineer thing. I quit my job and started Zen Barefoot.
Well, if you've read this far, I just wanna say you're awesome.
Keep moving, keep exploring.