by Lavinia Plonka | May 17, 2014 | Body Language, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
Having a little fun with my head, the Feldenkrais way.
by Lavinia Plonka | May 1, 2014 | Body Language, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
Enjoy this free companion audio lesson! Putting Your Head in Its Place- A free audio lesson from Lavinia Plonka’s book Walking Your Talk. More information on Walking Your Walk can be found here.
by Lavinia Plonka | Apr 7, 2014 | Body Language, Humor/CosmiComedy, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body |
I’m told that a treadmill affords people the possibility of movement and exercise that would not be available because of weather or other circumstances. Yet every time I see someone walking or running, getting nowhere, I experience a poignant tug, somewhere between...
by Lavinia Plonka | Mar 11, 2014 | Body Language, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
As I sit quietly (for a change), I notice my shoulders are not symmetrical. Perhaps it’s not obvious to a casual observer, but suddenly I’m acutely aware that my left shoulder is curled slightly forward, causing my upper torso to rotate slightly to the...
by Lavinia Plonka | Jan 27, 2014 | Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method® |
“It’s not flexible bodies I’m after, it’s flexible brains.” Moshe Feldenkrais Now there’s proof. All those “brain games” that allege to improve your cognitive skills don’t hold a candle to physical activity. Your friends who claim that programs and websites...
by Lavinia Plonka | Jan 15, 2014 | Body Language, Movement and The Spirit, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
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...
by Lavinia Plonka | Jan 5, 2014 | Movement and The Spirit, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
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...
by Lavinia Plonka | Dec 22, 2013 | Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body |
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...
by Lavinia Plonka | Dec 19, 2013 | Body Language, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
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...
by Lavinia Plonka | Nov 17, 2013 | Movement and The Spirit, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
Modern science has identified a “God” portion of the brain. This purportedly offers us our near death experience of the white light, angels, celestial music and other things we associate with the afterlife and mystical experience. So how does the body...
by Lavinia Plonka | Sep 28, 2013 | Body Language, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body |
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais said that we move according to our perceived self-image. And we are stopped by our perceived limitations. In one of my many careers, I was a mime, which meant I made money creating illusions: imaginary adversaries, objects and challenges...
