by Lavinia Plonka | Apr 20, 2015 | Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
Feldenkrais lessons always look at the whole self, even when it seems we’re just working with one tiny part – in this case, the heels. Enjoy this full length Awareness Through Movement lesson that was recorded during our Feldenkrais online classes. And if...
by Lavinia Plonka | Feb 3, 2015 | Movement as Medicine, The Feldenkrais Method®
“I had a vision before the game that I would make a big play. And then it happened.” -Malcolm Butler of the New England Patriots about his amazing game changing intercept. When the physicist Moshe Feldenkrais decided to dedicate his life to developing his Method in...
by Lavinia Plonka | Dec 24, 2014 | The Feldenkrais Method®
The creative act is always a somatic experience, and an opportunity for embodiment. Here’s a lovely article and lesson by my colleague and artist Margot Schaal in the latest issue of SenseAbility, the Feldenkrais Newsletter.
by Lavinia Plonka | Nov 25, 2014 | Body Language, Movement as Medicine, The Feldenkrais Method® |
I opened my new refrigerator, reached inside without thinking, pulled out the perfect eggplant, shiny and black and ready to become my meal. And then I stopped, overwhelmed with gratitude.; for everyone involved in getting that eggplant into my hand, for my...
by Lavinia Plonka | Nov 1, 2014 | Body Language, Movement and The Spirit, Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
In the hit TV series, Once Upon A Time, the beloved children’s story character Peter Pan is a malevolent trickster demon whose shape shifting shadow helps imprison people in an eternal hellish present. The X-Men are all shape shifter heroes, though often tormented by...
by Lavinia Plonka | Oct 24, 2014 | Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
For millenniums society revered the warrior. The protector, the hero, the soldier battled for territory, for freedom, for an ideal. We all carry a piece of the warrior in our DNA, but most of us have no desire to go into battle. What are the qualities of the warrior...
by Lavinia Plonka | Aug 16, 2014 | Movement as Medicine, The Creative Body, The Feldenkrais Method®
I was pondering the connection of the month of August, keeping august company and the Auguste Clown. Was the clown born in August? Did the Auguste act like a clown version of “respected and impressive?” (Oxford Dictionary). After much research, OK, a half hour on...
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 | 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...
