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Lavinia Plonka is a dynamic and innovative teacher and writer who uses movement as a tool for personal development and health improvement. For over 30 years, she has pursued the links among body,emotions and the mind. Her training and professional career have included mime, dance, yoga and the martial arts in addition to being a master teacher of The Feldenkrais Method®. She was an artist in residence for the Guggenheim Museum and movement consultant for theater and television companies around the world, from the Irish National Folk Theater to Nickelodeon. Her popular workshops have been sponsored by organizations throughout the world: from Esalen to the Feldenkrais Guild of North America, from physical therapy clinics and yoga schools in the US to learning centers in Beijing and Mexico. She is currently the director of Asheville Movement Center in Asheville, NC, offering a complete movement curriculum as well as private Feldenkrais lessons. Lavinia’s writing includes several books as well as her popular column CosmiComedy.

"I believe that nothing less than a revolution in the way we perceive ourselves and our world is occurring right now. We are moving from a paradigm of separation between mind and body, to a universe of infinite possibilities for the entire organism. My goal in life is to facilitate the growth of everyone, including myself, through understanding more and more this mystery called the human being."
- Lavinia Plonka

“Movement is life, without movement, life is unthinkable.”
- Moshe Feldenkrais

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Boca Raton, FL
March 24
Unfolding Possibilities: Stepping Into Yourself

Puerto Morelos, Mexico
SOLD OUT
February 11–18, 2012
Perpetual Motion: Physics/Metaphysics

Casperia, Italy
September 27–October 2
Unfolding Possibility: Stepping into Yourself

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The Power of the Pelvis – 2 CD Set

The Power of the Pelvis is a Workshop designed to activate and enliven your vital center. The pelvis can be a source of spontaneity and joy, or the seat of challenge for anyone who has had an injury, illness or trauma that has compromised pelvic mobility. Athletes, martial artists and performing artists rely on its power for peak performance.

The lessons in this workshop have been chosen for their ease, effectiveness and ability to integrate the function of the pelvis into daily activities. This CD set is for anyone desiring greater ease of movement, increased vitality, and a better understanding of the pelvis’ role in a satisfying life.

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Playing in the Kitchen:
Recipes, Stories and Explorations to Feed the Whole Self

Lavinia Plonka offers a delightful smorgasbord of opportunities for culinary delight, going beyond standard cookbook fare to provide a feast that transcends the five senses. Your sense of taste will be tempted by the delicious recipes. In order to take the stress out of cooking, each recipe contains a Playing With Your Food Section. This provides substitution tips, how to avoid kitchen disasters, ways to rescue mistakes and much more. For your sense of humor, Plonka has included stories; both traditional folk tales as well as humorous essays that explore subjects like cooking with a significant other, fear of an empty refrigerator, and the universe as a cosmic soup. But what makes Playing in the Kitchen completely unique are the movement explorations designed to make everything from chopping to washing the dishes a pleasurable and ergonomic adventure. Lavinia Plonka is an expert teacher of the Feldenkrais Method, and has created innovative sequences based on Feldenkrais’ teaching that awaken your kinesthetic sense. You’ll never cook the same way again!

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T Shirt

Do you love the Feldenkrais Method? Then wear it proudly with this cool T Shirt. The eye-catching design has a Moshe Feldenkrais quotation winding through the design: “If you know what you’re doing, you can do what you want.” Men’s cut is green, Women’s deep chocolate brown.

Other Products from Lavinia Plonka

Books

What Are You Afraid Of? A Body/Mind Guide to Courageous Living

Walking Your Talk: Changing Your Life Through the Magic of Body Language

CDs

Have A Comfortable Flight
Unstress Through Movement