Moving Through The Chakras: A Kinēsa® Immersion
with Lavinia Plonka and Candy Conino
FEBRUARY 24 – MARCH 2, 2024
SOLD OUT
Join us for this very special learning vacation in the spectacular region of Santa Cruz la Laguna on the shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. Villa Sumaya is everything you could want in a retreat center.
Moving Through the Chakras is a deep dive immersion blending Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement lessons, meditation, group inquiry and more using the Kinēsa® Process. Movement, science and ancient wisdom will be synthesized into a profound and delightful learning experience for body, mind and spirit.
Candy and Lavinia’s lifetime of research into everything from the Tarot to Neuroscience will come together for a whole person adventure into the chakra system as it relates to self-image and our possibilities. No experience is necessary to enjoy this workshop. Just bring your curiosity!
We are energetic beings. Our physicality is entirely particles, attracted to each other, held together, endlessly spinning, creating the molecular structures that we call human. The shifting relationships of those particles create our ability to sense, feel, think and move. The Chakras are a map of this energy system. The Kinēsa® process of blending Awareness Through Movement® lessons with inquiry and exploration perfectly informs and supports the study of both.
Lavinia and Candy have researched the correspondences between the chakra system, the nervous system and Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® lessons for years. Lavinia and Candy debuted this workshop in 2020 and the response was so positive, they are expanding it and hoping you’ll join this deep and delightful somatic dive.
Whether you have studied the chakras, simply appreciate their metaphor, or have no experience, you will benefit from the Kinēsa® approach to studying the Chakras. Each day will include opportunities for self-discovery as we navigate the brain and body along with this ancient system of study.
About the Workshop
You’ll Experience…
Daily Movement classes
Adventure and relaxation time
Inspiring activities and dialog for practical application to the lessons
Optional excursions and tours
This Workshop is for…
Bodyworkers
Experience practical movement approaches for yourself and your clients.
Somatic Educators and Therapists
Enhance your observational abilities and integrate new understanding of how Kinēsa can help people discover new freedom
Mental Health Professionals
Discover somatic strategies that don’t involve touch but help release old stories
Coaches
Develop a deeper understanding of verbal and nonverbal communication
General Public
Enjoy a luxurious and rewarding learning experience
Saturday 2/24/24: 3:00 PM check in and welcome reception.
Regular Class days – hours will vary based on tours and activities
Sunday 2/25/24: The first chakra, also called the root chakra, grounds you and your relationships to your history, your tribe and your family. It is your support system – from the arches of your feet to your pelvic floor.
Monday 2/26/24: The second chakra illuminates your pelvic region, as well as that sacred sacrum, connecting you to your core values, as well the power to control and let go.
Tuesday 2/27/24: The third chakra empowers your solar plexus, informing your intuitive gut, galvanizing your will and wish, energizing your spine and organs to take action. The fourth chakra speaks to your heart felt emotions with every breath.
Wednesday 2/28/24: Your day off to rest, take an excursion, explore.
Thursday 2/29/24: The fifth chakra gives voice to your truth, as well as giving you the power to choose what to take in as both nourishment and impressions. The sixth chakra is your power to see both outside and in.
Friday 3/1/24: The seventh chakra is your highest self, opening the door to the universe. We will learn how to be truly open and aligned: our legs feel the power, our gut feels the conviction, our hearts feel the delight and our heads will know it’s right.
Friday Evening: Celebration Dinner
Saturday 3/2/24: Farewell lesson. Check out at 11.
Lavinia and Candy began their collaboration over 10 years ago, teaching workshops together and finding common ground in their philosophies and teaching style. They are currently in the midst of the first Kinēsa practitioner training for the Shift Network, a year long program for somatic educators and others to deepen their understanding of how we move through life.
Candy Conino is a physical therapist, an Assistant Trainer in the Feldenkrais® method, a Kinēsa trainer and an experienced international facilitator. Her passion is designing potent learning environments and processes that elevate the competence and confidence of somatic practitioners and students around the world. Her popular course “Enough Anatomy” is a comprehensive experiential anatomy program to for somatic practitioners. Besides her private practice in North Carolina. Candy’s classes and workshops span topics from the concrete: effortless sitting, to the unconventional: teaching transgendered students authentic masculine/feminine deportment, to the metaphysical: Soul School: An Intuition Based Study of Body, Mind, and Spirit. She is dedicated to teaching human beings how to move through life with power, integrity of spirit, and joy.
You will fly into Guatemala City. You can either hire a shuttle directly to Villa Sumaya, or you could come early and stop in Antigua.
You can arrange a private transfer from Guatemala City or Antigua with Kan Tours, a transport company that arranges safe, direct shuttles and boats to Villa Sumaya’s private dock. Please email booking@kan-tours.com. Once we have everyone’s flight information, we will try to connect you for ride shares.
Illustrated Map of Villa Sumaya Retreat Center
We have reserved several different kinds of rooms at Villa Sumaya. All of them are gorgeous, but have different amenities and prices. Please feel free to visit the website to check out the options. The prices on Villa Sumaya’s site are simply for hotel guests if space is available. They do not include food or the workshop. So just look at the room descriptions to decide what you’d like.
First come first serve. The rates are per person for the entire week. Payment plans are available; contact Lavinia for details!
View our cancellation policy.
Sometimes participants like to bring a guest who is not interested in the workshop, but wants to enjoy the amenities at the retreat. Please choose the non-participating partner option for them when registering.
Maya Rooms
Single ($2445) — SOLD OUT
Double ($2095 per guest) — SOLD OUT
Lotus Suites
Single ($2515) — SOLD OUT
Double ($2165 per guest) — SOLD OUT
Ginger Suites
Single ($3250) — SOLD OUT
Double ($2270 per guest) — SOLD OUT
Triple ($2130 per guest) — SOLD OUT
– Add a Non-participating Partner ($1500) to a double-room or suite. — SOLD OUT
Your payment includes:
- 7 nights at Villa Sumaya
- Dinner the first night, all vegetarian meals during the week (chicken and fish available for extra cost)
- Breakfast the last morning
- Tuition and materials for Moving Through the Chakras workshop
It does not include:
- Ground transportation
- Excursions or spa services
- Wifi ($3/day)
