"It's math," Vorpahl, a visualization and digital design modeler at Karma, said. Beginning with their time at Tech, they've never let gender bias stop them from pursuing their passion. Take a look at this video about using the whole foot.Women make up just 24% of the automotive industry, but Georgia Tech graduates Jenn Voelker and Julia Vorpahl haven't let statistics stop them from paving their own way in a male-dominated field.īoth Voelker and Vorpahl work for Karma Automotive, a luxury electric vehicle manufacturer based in California. Imagine your feet have tiny suction cups connecting you to the ground Imagine that you are sinking into soft moss beneath your feet Imagine when you are stepping you have giant feet Imagine your feet are like pancakes spreading into the ground I use lots of imagery to help me and my students with this: That means that all for corners of your feet are touching the ground. There are plenty of opportunities to do that: whenever you are stepping to the side or are in a 2 legged stance, it helps to really let your feet relax. Letting the foot really sink into the ground is so healthy for our feet, and helps me with not stressing out any one part of the foot by expecting it to bear too much weight. I have found that when I am conscious about using this technique in class, the outcome is brilliant.Īlso, I notice how difficult it is for people to really flatten their feet into the ground in class. Take a look at the heal lead technique explained here (it’s a different video than is on the post you read): I’m still, 10 years into this practice, working at reminding myself to use this technique as it’s my habit to walk on the balls of my feet (making my calves and therefore my heals tight). As you read in the post, when we step forward, the body is designed to lead with the heel. Now I know when I get it why I am getting it, and that’s mostly when I wear the wrong footwear and/or when I’m not paying attention to using the heal lead technique. I suffer on and off with it (more ‘off’ than ‘on’ now because of Nia). I certainly can relate to your issues related to plantar fasciitis. When I googled the two terms (NIA and “plantars fasciitis”) I hit upon your site, which I am finding quite interesting. I noticed more pain in my heels after last Thursday’s class and haven’t been back to a class since then – and have an appointment today to see a podiatrist. Just found your website I am recently experiencing Plantar’s Fasciitis AND I do NIA about 2-3 classes/week. emailed me today with this comment that I am posting here, since it’s a great one. Read more about self healing through Nia hereĬhristine C. Using Nia techniques, I learned how to diffuse the impact of stepping and to pay attention to my feet and their improve their health and well-being! All while having fun and staying fit! Soon enough my aches and pains began to dissolve and I had no more symptoms of plantar fasciitis. Added to that was the fact that I began to use the “heel lead” technique (when stepping forward, land first on the heel, then ball, then toes when stepping forward). I learned that in my running, I was actually stepping down first on the ball of my foot and that was wreaking havoc on my whole body.Īs I began practicing Nia more, I began feeling my feet and what I was doing (Nia is practiced barefoot so that we can use the 7000 sensory nerves in the foot to sense discomfort and inform our movement choices). It was NOT intended to pound up and down for hours at a time. I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that, perhaps, I was the expert in my own body and it’s needs, and not Jane and her entourage.īut in 2006, when I did my Nia White Belt Training, I started to learn how my body was intended to move. Back then, I believed that Jane Fonda and all the other fitness gurus knew what was best for my body. The concepts of moving “The Body’s Way” (according to the design of the body) and “moving towards pleasure and away from pain” had no place in my exercise world. When I was first introduced to Nia (about 11 years ago now), I decided that it was definitely NOT for me. If you haven’t heard me say it before, I’ll say it again. So I ditched them and continued to “suck it up” and told myself that pain would just be part of my relationship to exercise.įast forward a year or so, when I was re-introduced to Nia. For a reason I can’t explain, they made my feet worse. I know there is a great debate about orthotics, but at the time, I gave it a try. Like many people, I went to see a podiatrist, and was prescribed orthotics.
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