by Lavinia Plonka | Apr 25, 2010 | The Creative Body |
Moshe Feldenkrais defined health as the ability to recover from shock. Shock can come in many forms: injury, illness, war, physical trauma, losing a job. I recently got a phone call that my fifty year old brother had been found dead of a heart attack. Even now as I...
by Lavinia Plonka | Feb 28, 2010 | The Creative Body
This past December after one of the many North Carolina snowstorms, we had no power for four days. No phone, no water, no light. No computer, no TV. It was hard to read by candlelight. So I decided to do something I’d been avoiding since the New Age Movement...
by Lavinia Plonka | Oct 28, 2009 | The Creative Body |
A few years ago, I got one of those amazing viruses that totally incapacitate you for twenty four hours. At a certain point, my fever must have gone through the roof. I began to babble (unfortunately I was alone, so no one took notes of what channeled wisdom from the...
by Lavinia Plonka | Oct 26, 2009 | The Creative Body
Here is an interesting post by Bruce Zeines from the Brooklyn Free School on body language.Posted in Brooklyn Free School by bzeines on October 23, 2009We do not have a legitimate television in our home. That is not to say that media does not get to us here—it...
by Lavinia Plonka | Oct 7, 2009 | The Creative Body
For a month, I kept banging my head. Unintentionally, or so it seemed. Suddenly everywhere I turned, I encountered a barrier. Obstacles leapt in to connect with my forehead, my temple, the top of my skull.Cursing, but pushing on, I walked into more doors. I hit my...
by Lavinia Plonka | Sep 20, 2009 | The Creative Body |
The other day, I was in my garden picking tomatoes when something arrested my foot, a glimmer of unaccustomed yellow in the mulch. Just beneath the sole of my foot sat a turtle, frozen, trying to appear invisible next to a fallen tomato with a tell tale bite....
by Lavinia Plonka | Sep 13, 2009 | The Creative Body
I’ve had a series of people come to see me lately with varying degrees of hip pain. Some have been “diagnosed” with arthritis, others just feel aching and limitations. When I ask students to point to their hip joints, 90% point to the outside of the...
by Lavinia Plonka | Sep 7, 2009 | The Creative Body
A New Approach for Realizing Your GoalsFor several years, I’ve been privileged to work with people who have sought me out for suggestions and support in their personal development. Business people, Feldenkrais teachers, writers and others have benefited from a...
by Lavinia Plonka | Sep 7, 2009 | The Creative Body |
Josie is poised, unmoving, as she focuses her gaze. Her intention is clear. She moves through the grass like a slow motion film, periodically freezing, one paw in the air. Then in a blur of fur, she runs, leaps and the unfortunate vole that I couldn’t even see...
by Lavinia Plonka | Sep 1, 2009 | The Creative Body
Marcie showed up for a workshop the other day. I was surprised, because she had come to see me the other day after being diagnosed with a herniated disc. Her doctor had recommended a cortisone shot and/or surgery. I’m always really careful when someone shows up...
by Lavinia Plonka | Aug 17, 2009 | The Creative Body
Everyone from Oprah to AARP are singing the praises of walking, as if it was the latest, greatest invention, instead of one of the major components of being human. For millennia, humans have walked everywhere, visiting friends, going to the fields, finding new homes....
by Lavinia Plonka | Sep 17, 2008 | The Creative Body
While it’s fun to put a goofy picture on Facebook for your profile, creating a portrait for your dating profile or your business website can seem daunting. A picture freezes you, so that people can’t get to you know you in action. Here are three fun videos to...
