by Lavinia Plonka | Apr 5, 2022 | Kinesa Newsletter |
I have a bad habit of trying to find meaning in everything. I see three blue Teslas in one day and feel it is a sign to call my old friend who owns a blue Tesla. I pass a piece of graffiti that says “Smile!” and I assume it’s a direct message to me. I once read a book...
by Lavinia Plonka | Feb 28, 2022 | Kinesa Newsletter
Most of us are familiar with the quote by the philosopher George Santayana, “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” As I considered this, I stumbled across Warren Buffet’s “What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history.” If I...
by Lavinia Plonka | Jan 31, 2022 | Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body
What the world needs now Is love, sweet love. That’s the only thing that there’s just too little of. — Jackie De Shannon I remind myself daily of my incredible good fortune to live in a time when I don’t have to fear the Mongol hordes putting us to the sword, or...
by Lavinia Plonka | Jan 6, 2022 | Asheville Movement Center, The Creative Body
Let’s not forget our distal parts! Your hands, feet and face connect you to the world, to each other and influence every move you make. (Remember the last time you stubbed your toe?) Movement, research and inquiry; mental, physical, emotional; it will be a sensory...
by Lavinia Plonka | Jan 6, 2022 | Humor/CosmiComedy, The Creative Body
I was writing in my journal, waxing profound about the arcs in my life. “Sometimes it seems like I’ve spent my life walking in place. I move along and then I hit a wall. After banging my head against it for a while, I often discover there was no wall, or that the wall...
by Lavinia Plonka | Jan 6, 2022 | Body Language, The Creative Body
Image: Jeff Sheridan performs in Central Park, NYC, circa 1970s. More than 45 years ago, I was sitting in a café at the end of an afternoon of performing in Central Park with our felliniesque collection of buskers ranging from the infamous Philip Petit to… well, me...
by Lavinia Plonka | Dec 3, 2021 | The Creative Body
“Learning is turning darkness, which is the absence of light, into light. Learning is creation. It is making something out of nothing. Learning grows until it dawns on you.” – Moshe Feldenkrais from Body Awareness as Healing Therapy: The Case of Nora...
by Lavinia Plonka | Nov 1, 2021 | The Creative Body
Around 15 years ago, a friend gave me a card she had made. I stuck it on my bulletin board. Today as I removed it to look at it (“What is this card anyway? Why is it here?”) I saw that there are many pushpin holes in it – obviously throughout the years, I’ve removed...
by Lavinia Plonka | Oct 6, 2021 | Movement and The Spirit, Movement as Medicine
My Web of Habits (And My Arachnid Teacher) In the Academy Award winning film, My Octopus Teacher, naturalist Craig Foster develops a deep relationship with a talented octopus who teaches him life lessons in her brief year on earth. The film has had such an impact on...
by Lavinia Plonka | Sep 1, 2021 | Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body
Are You Happy Yet? I’ve often wondered whether the founding fathers of this country laid some esoteric curse on its citizens when they declared our right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” What did they have in mind by making it a...
