From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Articles about the Sacred by Lavinia Plonka
Power Walk - This is a longer article that explores the power in the pelvic/sacrum area With Open Arms - The symbolism of the cross and our gesture of opening the arms A New Year, A New You - Linking Awareness Through Movement to the myth of Isis and Osiris The Body's...
Power Walk
A man once came to see me for Feldenkrais lessons. He had severe pain in his feet and shoulders and had been to countless specialists to no avail. I asked him to walk across the room. He walked like a stick figure, arms and legs stiffly jerking ahead, his torso, head...
A New Year, A New You
The Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris is a reminder to me that for all of human history, the notions of being torn apart and coming back together, of destruction and renewal, of endings and new beginnings are always with us. Osiris is killed by his rival Set, his body...
You Say You Want A Revolution….
I have fallen in love with a term used in technology: disruptive innovation. According to Wikipedia, it is defined as, “an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network (over a few...
Every Step You Take
As fortune would have it, I’ve been to the beach a few times in the last couple of weeks, walking long distances on sand packed so tight you can ride a bicycle, although most people power walk or jog. Each step leaves a footprint in the sand, just enough to tell the...
I’m So Rich
I look around my home office and realize that almost everything was given to me. Galen gave me the glow in the dark rosary blessed by the Pope. Yael gave me the “hamsa” that hangs over the door, a Middle Eastern guard against the evil eye. The framed photograph of...
