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# Lavinia Plonka

Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner & Asheville Movement Center Director

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- [Let The Sock Go!](https://laviniaplonka.com/let-the-sock-go/) - For twenty five years, at least twice a week, I put on white face as a professional mime, and then “set” the make-up by smacking myself all over the face with a sock filled with cornstarch. It gave my whiteface a kind of china doll look, smooth, porcelain like, no pores, no greasy dribble. Whiteface was a love/hate relationship: there was romance and fantasy upon donning the white mask, as well as an embarrassing corniness in the cliché of the white faced mime. I stopped performing regularly in 1999, and almost all concerts after that did not involve whiteface And yet, I held on to the sock.
- [If The Shoe Doesn't Fit...](https://laviniaplonka.com/if-the-shoe-doesnt-fit/) - According to the neuroscientist Antonio Damasio’s “somatic marker hypothesis” we recognize we are about to make a bad decision long before we actually do it. Card players hooked up to sensors exhibited stress signals before admitting they knew the game was rigged. So you could say our “somatic self” has an intelligence faster than our
- [Almost Famous](https://laviniaplonka.com/almost-famous/) - “In the future, everyone in the world will be famous for 15 minutes.” - Andy Warhol You may not have noticed it, but I became famous almost a year ago. It started with my self-published “best seller” You’ve Got the Power: Four Paths to Unlocking Your Archetypal Energies. I didn’t know it was a best
- [Grasp & Release](https://laviniaplonka.com/grasp-release/) - My Father lost everything: his home, his store, almost his life, to the Nazis. After the war, he lost everything again trying to open another store in London. And finally in his later years, he lost everything again, bankrupting himself with an ill-fated travel agency. He would often raise a glass and toast, “Eat, drink
- [Pattern Recognition](https://laviniaplonka.com/pattern-recognition/) - 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
- [Hoping Against Hope](https://laviniaplonka.com/hoping-against-hope/) - 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 think of my small, insignificant participation in the machinations
- [Thanks for the Memories](https://laviniaplonka.com/thanks-for-the-memories/) - I don’t remember any of my Mother’s stories. I do remember her by the bed, leaning over me, singing: Tell me a story Tell me a story Tell me a story And then I’ll go to bed There are more verses and I remember them as well. But I can’t conjure the image of my Mother
- [Sing Me a Story](https://laviniaplonka.com/sing-me-a-story/) - There is a theory that before humans developed words, they sang to each other, like birds. Imagine the nuance of melody as the angry female demanded to know why the man was so late coming home from the hunt. Or the cooing of a lovers’ conversation. Diplomatic negotiations, arguments, excuses: were they Broadway numbers, arias, or
- [Ode to a Spatula](https://laviniaplonka.com/ode-to-a-spatula/) - It was a beautiful relationship. Always there when I needed it, scooping, wiping, scraping without ever a complaint, our orange spatula had been with us since the days before silicone utensils. It had traveled with us when we moved from New Jersey 22 years ago, a genuine Rubbermaid with a wooden handle. Then whatever magical glue
- [Life Long Learning - Whether You Like it Or Not](https://laviniaplonka.com/life-long-learning-whether-you-like-it-or-not/) - I have worked my entire life on softening. Whether it’s my DNA, my upbringing, my astrological destiny, my Human Design, my karma, my Chinese designation as a Dragon, or the fact that I grew up in NJ, I’ve always been a “hardass.”
- [Time is On My Side](https://laviniaplonka.com/time-is-on-my-side/) - It started innocently enough. I was working with a retired client and asked how she had done with her movement practice during the last week. I had given her 5-10 minutes of movement explorations to support her learning. She sighed, “I haven’t done it once. I just have to make the time, otherwise it doesn’t happen.”
- [I Smell You](https://laviniaplonka.com/i-smell-you/) - I was on a walk the other day and passed a woman who smelled like she had just stepped out of the shower. The fresh, pleasant scent wafted down the street, making me smile. Why would that scent make me happy? We live in a world of smell: the scent of bread and comfort emanating from
- [Get Real](https://laviniaplonka.com/get-real/) - Merriam-Webster has announced that the word of the year is “authentic.” Apparently it was searched more than any other word this year. You’d think we know the definition: not false or imitation: REAL, ACTUAL. The folks at Webster explained that humanity’s concern over AI prompted the mad searches for definition. I’m immersed in a fake world:
- [What's Yours Is Mine](https://laviniaplonka.com/whats-yours-is-mine/) - The harvest is done. The deer got all the grapes. The voles feasted on the sweet potatoes (I rescued eight). The tomato hornworms had their way with, yes, my tomatoes - in spite of my propitiating the devas, thanking the parasitic wasps who laid their eggs on some of them, and hurling many into the woods
- [Who lurks beneath the mask? 🎭](https://laviniaplonka.com/who-lurks-beneath-the-mask-🎭/) - Shortly after I had given up my performing career, I was invited to a Halloween party. I had just spent the last 25 years donning costumes, performing on stage and at hundreds of parties as everything from a Florida retiree to a Star Trek character. The idea of costume and mask was as appealing as
- [If you know what you're doing….](https://laviniaplonka.com/if-you-know-what-youre-doing/) - I bought a new office chair. On sale. Good deal. It arrived in a box. Weighed a ton. When I opened the box, and saw the pieces, it seemed like a no brainer. The illustrated instructions had no words at all, just a bunch of letters and arrows pointing to parts. I began to attach
- [Who's Complaining?](https://laviniaplonka.com/whos-complaining/) - I wasn’t allowed to complain as a child. Each time I whined because I wanted a parka like Kathy H’s or a Barbie like Mary J’s or at least pizza, I was admonished. “You have no right to complain. You have not been captured and tortured by Nazis. You have not had your home taken
- [Movement Alchemy](https://laviniaplonka.com/movement-alchemy/) - While I love how the Feldenkrais Method helps improve the way we move; improving balance, flexibility, and resilience, I’ve always been much more impressed with how it has improved my inner balance, my mental flexibility and my emotional resilience. The simple and profound truth that the body and mind are a unified system, as Feldenkrais said
- [What Was I Thinking?](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-was-i-thinking/) - Last night, one of the raccoons that have taken up residence under my shed discovered the cat door. What had previously been a lovable pack of rascals had now become a potentially harmful intruder. I try to live in harmony with nature’s insistence on introducing chaos into my life, from the relentless growth of pokeweed to
- [Artificial vs. Movement Intelligence](https://laviniaplonka.com/artificial-vs-movement-intelligence/) - About 15 years ago, I was out to dinner with a friend at a trendy nouvelle cuisine restaurant. There was a dish boasting dasheen wraps. I asked the waiter what that was. “That’s what they make the tortilla from,” was his answer. In other words, he was clueless. But there was a newfangled thing on my cellphone.
- [Head and Shoulders Above the Crowd](https://laviniaplonka.com/headandshoulders/) - I never thought I’d live to see this again. No. Not the Grand Canyon. Not the Aurora Borealis. Shoulder pads. They’re back. Everywhere all at once - from Balenciaga to H&M - as if we’ve been dropped into an alternate reality channeling the 80’s. The biologist Rupert Sheldrake coined a term: morphic resonance - a biological phenomenon that
- [My Not So Secret Garden](https://laviniaplonka.com/my-not-so-secret-garden/) - I’m glad I don’t have to live on my garden harvest. Each year I double dig and hack away at black walnut roots that are snaking their poisonous way in.
- [Yup, I Did That!](https://laviniaplonka.com/yup-i-did-that/) - [et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]I recently stumbled across a song from the great musician, Sun Ra called Make a Mistake. The lyric is simply, You made a mistake, you did something wrong You made another mistake, you did something right. The recent documentary, Goodnight Oppy, tells the story of the Mars Rover named Opportunity (Oppy). Before Oppy succeeded, a previous Mars Rover exploded
- [Sticking My Neck Out and Other Life Lessons](https://laviniaplonka.com/sticking-my-neck-out-and-other-life-lessons/) - In my mind, it was not a neck lesson. However, it included a short sequence where I invited the class to interlace their fingers, fold their elbows close to the face, and gently raise the head. “Don’t use your neck. Let your hands support you. Make sure you keep breathing. If you feel strain, do
- [December Sale 2022](https://laviniaplonka.com/december-sale-2022/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.9″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.9″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.9″ _module_preset=”default”]USE CODE: BOGOHALF22 AT CHECKOUT Buy One, Get One half off on these select lessons & workshops of equal or lesser value! Limit one per customer. All Single Lesson Downloads Talking with Your Hands Footloose The Story in Your Hips
- [In Search of a Secret Sauce...](https://laviniaplonka.com/in-search-of-a-secret-sauce/) - I’m one of those old hippies that finds meaning in everything: Coincidences, license plates, repetitive dreams. As if the universe was trying to get my attention, to wake up from my waking dream because I was ignoring something important. The more absurd, the more likely I would sit up, rub my eyes and listen. This time
- [Should I Or Shouldn't I?](https://laviniaplonka.com/should-i-or-shouldnt-i/) - During a lesson recently, I shared some movement sequences with a client. “How often should I do them?” she asked. After a session, another client asked, “How often do you think I should come?” Another student approached me and asked, “Do you think I should do some weight training?” I wondered what it is that
- [You Are the Sum of Your Experience](https://laviniaplonka.com/you-are-the-sum-of-your-experience/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Last night we went to a friend’s art opening. The artist has spent many tortured years working through personal challenges in order to build his international reputation. His craft was never in question: he can paint and sculpt anything in any medium. But life kept handing him difficulties: financial
- [The Gift of Terror](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-gift-of-terror/) - I bent down to pick up a sock and felt my lower back totally seize up. “Oh no, oh no! Not when I’m in the middle of teaching a series on the lower back!” As if in some way, fate had decided to mock my conviction that movement is the solution to everything and I
- [Decoding the Lumbar 🔙: August Thursday Series](https://laviniaplonka.com/decoding-the-lumbar-🔙-august-thursday-series/) - We don't think of our back... till it hurts. It's...back there. And the part that takes the most beating is our lumbar. Let's decode that and start feeling better! Your back will thank you. 🙏 Maybe you remember people in the '50's and '60's grabbing their back and moaning about their lumbago, which is just
- [You Say Potato](https://laviniaplonka.com/you-say-potato/) - Photo by Erika Fletcher on Unsplash On a recent balmy evening, my husband Ron and I took a walk down our dirt road after dinner. The sun had set and the sky was laced with pink clouds glowing against the azure sky. There is a field at the bottom of the road next to the
- [I Get Knocked Down, And I Get Up Again](https://laviniaplonka.com/i-get-knocked-down-and-i-get-up-again/) - I was harvesting my strawberries yesterday. In order to outwit the birds, my husband Ron had built an ingenious “box” composed of a wooden frame with bird netting that I tip over for harvesting and then carefully lower (not to crush any strawberries) back when I’m done. As I lowered the box, I noticed that
- [Level Up](https://laviniaplonka.com/levelup/) - Years ago, I had a dream where our universe had collided with some other universe or reality, causing this crazy implosion where nothing made sense. Sofas came flying through the air, my house kept changing its shape so that I could never find my way to the elevator, (who knows why there was an elevator
- [I’m Just a Hippy Peacenik](https://laviniaplonka.com/im-just-a-hippy-peacenik/) - 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 having to go
- [The Peripherals](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-peripherals/) - 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 feast. Join me for one or all three of the next series: The Peripherals - The Power of Our Distal
- [What’s Old is New: Mime for our Time](https://laviniaplonka.com/whats-old-is-new-mime-for-our-time/) - 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 ended
- [Watch Very Closely](https://laviniaplonka.com/watch-very-closely/) - 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 in my striped shirt and overalls. There was
- [Letting in the Light](https://laviniaplonka.com/letting-in-the-light/) - "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 There is a Persian folk hero named Mullah Nassr Eddin who is the subject
- [Can You Take It With You?](https://laviniaplonka.com/can-you-take-it-with-you/) - 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
- [My Web of Habits](https://laviniaplonka.com/my-web-of-habits/) - 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 the world that people like Richard Branson have declared, “I can
- [Are You Happy Yet?](https://laviniaplonka.com/are-you-happy-yet/) - 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 pursuit, instead of simply a given? Is this perhaps why we
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- [A Cure for Doomscrolling](https://laviniaplonka.com/a-cure-for-doomscrolling/) - I scroll down the NY Times feed with my morning coffee. Delta variant is threatening us. Delta 8 is offering to make me forget my fears. Delta Airlines is offering an escape with flexible cancellation. You know the rest of the headlines. I scroll and find that after all the doom and gloom I choose
- [Thumbs up for Thumbs!](https://laviniaplonka.com/thumbs-up-for-thumbs/) - I was pondering the wonders and stories of our anatomy the other day, and realized I could probably write a post about every part of myself. Who knows how long this inspiration will last, this could be a very long series! That led me to reflecting on my hands. When was the last time someone
- [Misery or Samadhi? ](https://laviniaplonka.com/misery-or-samadhi/) - Misery or Samadhi? When I was a child, I had to practice my accordion for an hour every day. While I loved the sound of the instrument, I found the endless repetition tedious. I wanted to wail with rock ‘n roll songs, or improvise crazy gypsy sounding melodies (perhaps channeling my parents’ mysterious roots.) Sometimes
- [Belonging and Inviting](https://laviniaplonka.com/belonging-and-inviting/) - The other day, a friend told me about her new cleaning lady. “She’s lovely, hard working, and…she’s a liberal,” she grinned. I remember reading an article about the war in Afghanistan where the writer spoke about tribalism and how American ideals can never compete with such a primitive notion. But is it primitive, or is
- [Looking For Light in all the Wrong Places](https://laviniaplonka.com/looking-for-light-in-all-the-wrong-places/) - There is a Persian folk hero named Mullah Nassrudin, the kind of wise fool you find in many cultures’ folk tales. In one story, Nassrudin is standing under a street lamp looking intently at the ground. A passerby asks, “What are you looking for, Mullah?” "A ring, my son, I lost a ring." The man
- [Investing in Failure](https://laviniaplonka.com/investing-in-failure/) - Growing Neurons? Photo: Ron on an e-bike (2021) It was one of those unexpected February moments when the temperature blasted up to 70 and I turned to my husband Ron and said, “Hey, let’s take the e-bikes for a ride!” The relatively new bikes had been gathering dust since November, sulking in a corner on
- [I think, therefore I….am?](https://laviniaplonka.com/i-think-therefore-i-am/) - Photo by Ashley Batz on Unsplash I get an idea. Half-baked. Disparate elements. Nothing comes together. I pace. I ruminate. Then look up the word rumination and discover it has to do with thinking about the past. So if I’m not ruminating, what am I doing? I try to envision the story, the essay, the idea. I realize
- [Do You See What I See?](https://laviniaplonka.com/do-you-see-what-i-see/) - Photo by Ron Morecraft My husband Ron and I ventured out yesterday to one of the many local antique/flea market venues, hoping for a safe, socially distant, adventure in shopping for nothing. As I perused potential end tables, and fantasized about a $700 antique, five foot tall iron weathervane featuring a sculpture of a young
- [Quick! Before the Election!](https://laviniaplonka.com/quick-before-the-election/) - So many people have prefaced recent conversations with "I'm so worried about the election that...." or "I just don’t know what to trust," or "Those people are insane!” or “Do you think it might be...?”
- [I'm Sure It Was Plaid](https://laviniaplonka.com/im-sure-it-was-plaid/) - Our eyes receive light, our brains tell us the story. The muscles of our eyes allow us to widen and tighten our focus, to see the big picture and the details, from the general to the specific, from the background to the foreground. But it’s the brain that decides whether the person approaching me is a friend or foe, whether I am happy or disappointed that it is raining, whether I’m following the right star on the horizon.
- [Abracadabra](https://laviniaplonka.com/abracadabra/) - I recently met a woman who was enduring a job she hated in order to maintain her health insurance. “I don’t know what to do,” she sighed. “This job has killed my soul.” “Oh my God!” I exclaimed. “Don’t say that!” I wanted to tell her to quit her job. That life is short enough
- [Moving or Still? Still Moving?](https://laviniaplonka.com/still-moving/) - I heard that some people don't know what to do with all the time on their hands during this "stay home, stay safe" period. Others have begun amazing new hobbies or are running around with their hair on fire juggling work from home, homeschooling, home cooking and home dramas.
- [Ants “R” Us](https://laviniaplonka.com/ants-r-us-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.5.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″]I was going to call this the year of the spider. When we lived in NJ, we had spiders crawl into forgotten corners, spin webs in light fixtures and occasionally venture onto the kitchen floor. But nothing
- [Getting Out Of My Hair](https://laviniaplonka.com/getting-out-of-my-hair/) - I bought what I thought would be a cool, new circular hairbrush that I could use with a blowdryer to volumize my hair (just a few decades late to the party.) After a few curls, my hairbrush got stuck. I tugged. I tried to reverse my way out of the tangle, which merely wove a
- [When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Lie Down](https://laviniaplonka.com/when-the-going-gets-tough-the-tough-lie-down/) - A brilliant Feldenkrais mentor once told me that we must learn to "follow the yes," to sense where there is resistance and look for what is willing to yield. In his less than successful comedy, The Yes Man, Jim Carrey portrays a man who makes a covenant to say "yes" to EVERYTHING, leading to some
- [The Boss of Myself](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-boss-of-myself/) - I got in the car and reached for the key in the ignition. Except there was no key. This car, which I've had over three years, has a keyless remote. You simply push the bright blue button on the dash and voila! you are engaged. But my hand had decided to enact an older pattern, probably
- [Do You Know Where Your Fingers Are?](https://laviniaplonka.com/do-you-know-where-your-fingers-are/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https://laviniap.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/07154409/Lavinia-and-Lucky.jpg” _builder_version=”4.0.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ width=”81%” align=”center”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″]The other day, I was teaching a lesson that put the hand into what some people call “backbend” position, a term which is unfamiliar for many. So I suggested that people place the hand on
- [What Am I Afraid Of?](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-am-i-afraid-of/) - Those dreams, a message from myself (or as Clarissa Pinkola Estes says, “a message from home,”) woke me up to acknowledge that I’m embarking on something big.
- [Weaving Together](https://laviniaplonka.com/weaving-together/) - Photo by Ron Morecraft of an installation by Tomas Saracéno from a work by an anonymous spider. For weeks my carport was Charlotte's lair. The classic orb spider had spun a glorious, monumental web that sometimes verged on over-ambition, attaching silken threads to my side view mirror which I would carefully detach while complimenting her monstrous
- [On the Kindness of Strangers](https://laviniaplonka.com/on-the-kindness-of-strangers/) - We are in Gijón, Spain. Ron is carefully (because he's always careful) hanging laundry on the rack attached to our our third floor window. There are no clothespins in our air bnb and there's no way we know to the courtyard below. The doorbell rings. Who could possibly be ringing? No one knows us here.
- [R-E-S-P-E-C-T](https://laviniaplonka.com/r-e-s-p-e-c-t/) - During my tween days, when it seemed like I didn't have a friend in the world, my mother would say to me, "It doesn't matter whether people like you. What's important is that they respect you." Webster's defines respect as "a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or
- [Put Your Hands Together](https://laviniaplonka.com/put-your-hands-together/) - Stillness or movement and prayer
- [First World Problems](https://laviniaplonka.com/first-world-problems/) - It started with a drip. A delicate but nevertheless relentless Chinese torture, steady and eternal, from the bathroom sink. As people who like to think that we have better things to do with our time, we ignored it. It became a companion, a little tick, tick, tick singing into our bedroom that left us dreaming
- [It's For You!](https://laviniaplonka.com/its-for-you/) - I'm old enough to actually have had this kind of phone in my house. When it rang, the entire family would jump. We never knew if it was good news or bad news, but it was most certainly news. We didn't know that that odd feeling we had when someone yelled through the house, "It's
- [Send In The Clowns](https://laviniaplonka.com/send-in-the-clowns/) - Now that Ringling Bros. have announced their final season, I find myself reflecting on the word circus. What will happen to it, if there is no more circus? Will it re-boot itself to mean something new? After all, the original "circus" was simply the arena Romans used for horse races and other outdoor entertainments. What
- [My Theory of Everything](https://laviniaplonka.com/my-theory-of-everything/) - There is a Chinese belief called the Red Thread, or the Red String. The gods tie a red string that connects a person to a destiny, usually in the form of a soulmate. No matter what happens, the string can be pulled, tangled, knotted, but it never breaks. All of us are connected via a complex tapestry of these threads.
- [I Am Legion](https://laviniaplonka.com/i-am-legion/) - My sister and I were recently wondering whether our grasp of the continuously evolving vocabulary of the English language would help us prevent dementia: terabyte, download, netiquette, malware, neuroplasticity, acid-reflux, bromance, bingeable, biohack, microbiome. Surely if I know what these words mean, I am at least contemporary if not exactly smart. “Microbiomes give me the
- [Kvetching About Vetch](https://laviniaplonka.com/kvetching-about-vetch/) - I should have been working on the book chapter that was coming due. Or finishing up that talk I have to give in a few days. Or at least doing some free writing to give voice to the thousands of ideas in my head. Instead, I was on my knees in the dirt, battling crown
- [Money Could Make You Sick](https://laviniaplonka.com/money-could-make-you-sick/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]When asked what surprised him about humanity the most, the Dalai Lama replied: “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. “ Nothing is more important than your health….except for your money – FerengiLlaw of of Acquisition #
- [Improving My Aim](https://laviniaplonka.com/improving-my-aim/) - At the beginning of a year, most of us want to look ahead, resolutions, wishes and a bit of trepidation. Will I move into the unknown, or repeat myself, stuck in a loop? I have often found a good way to move forward is to actually go backward. Several spiritual traditions offer an exercise called
- [Coincidence? You Decide.](https://laviniaplonka.com/coincidence-you-decide/) - So after years of teaching, practicing, writing, and researching, I finally have put together a page dedicated to one of my favorite subjects: Falling. And getting up. You'll find statistics, stories, products, my Ted Talk and more. And just when I finally figured out how to point the new url to my site, I also
- [If At First You Don't Succeed...](https://laviniaplonka.com/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/) - If At First You Don't Succeed... "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp Or what's a heaven for?" Robert Browning How can I realize my dreams without trying? Feldenkrais often exhorted his students, "Try not to try!" This paradox, that we can get what we want without trying can baffle us. The late
- [Perception is in the Eye of the Beholder](https://laviniaplonka.com/perception-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/) - As I was taking a morning walk, in the distance I spied a mangled bird in the road. As I approached, my mind spun: scenarios of its demise, righteous indignation at the callousness of humans, anticipatory anxiety about my potential responsibility for removing it from the road. But it was not a bird at all.
- [Movement and Learning](https://laviniaplonka.com/movement-and-learning/) - Moshe Feldenkrais said, "I don't teach movement, I teach learning." His classes are called Awareness Through Movement. Not "of movement", not "movement awareness." I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Stephen Opper, a force of nature and a passionate student of movement for his podcast series Wisdom and Folly. Besides being a delightful
- [Are You in the 80%?](https://laviniaplonka.com/are-you-in-the-80/) - 80% is the alarming number of Americans who will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives. Besides the huge economic cost of lost work hours, medical treatment and drugs (as high as $240 billion a year!), it means there is an awful lot of unhappiness in our country right now. Can you
- [The Persistence of Memory(zation)](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-persistence-of-memoryzation/) - My TEDX talk is finally live! In celebration, I thought I'd re-post something I wrote last month after it was over. For the last two months, I'd been rehearsing my upcoming TEDX talk. I needed to know these 18 minutes like my own name. I rehearsed in my car, in the bathroom, in front of
- [Core Illusion](https://laviniaplonka.com/core-illusion/) - When I was a little girl, my father, a small man, would brag about his strength. "Hit me, here!" he'd pound his belly, which felt hard as a rock to me. Like most Westerners, I learned to define strength with a "hard core," abs of steel, a six pack. This same core strength is the suggested
- [Your Aching Back](https://laviniaplonka.com/your-aching-back/) - Back pain is a mystery. Research has shown that many people with bulging discs, degeneration, structural anomalies, or tears, have no pain and lead active lives. Conversely, many people who have no structural damage suffer from chronic pain. The late Dr. John Sarno, best selling author of Healing Back Pain, stated that most back pain was emotionally based. Pilates people will tell you it’s your core. PTs will say it’s your posture. But what if it’s a little bit of everything, with age and old injuries thrown in?
- [What's Love Got to Do With It](https://laviniaplonka.com/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/) - Can you give yourself a Valentine this year? The gift of attention is a shower of love.
- [What Does 8 have to do with Falling?](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-does-8-have-to-do-with-falling/) - The first time I wrote 2018, I felt different. All year long, I'd been writing 7, across and down, always descending, never ascending. Then 2018 came around. Literally. Down, around and up, an infinite loop of movement. No matter where I started, it was able to go in every direction, from every position. Moshe
- [Thinking, Feeling, Sensing, Moving](https://laviniaplonka.com/thinking-feeling-sensing-moving/) - My synesthete friend Gretta once told me that my name is white and green with shades of pink. Two musical synesthetes, from different parts of time and space have sung my name in an identical melody as if they knew a secret language. I have often envied people with synesthesia: the ability to link sensory
- [Would You Like Toast with that?](https://laviniaplonka.com/would-you-like-toast-with-that/) - The other day in class, we were doing a lesson that involved tilting your legs one way, bending the chest the other way, rolling the head and whistling Dixie. OK, just kidding about the whistling. At one point a student exclaimed, "Wait! Wait! My brain is getting scrambled!" "Don't worry," I replied, "You need to
- [Embodiment](https://laviniaplonka.com/embodiment/) - A couple of years ago, I was privileged to write a short article for Parabola Magazine about the experience of an Awareness Through Movement class. I just learned that they have recorded my article for a podcast - which I am happy to share. My story begins around 2:55 of the program.
- [You Gotta Have Heart](https://laviniaplonka.com/you-gotta-have-heart/) - They say if you bang a drum long enough, people start to listen. Imagine my delight when I came across this NY Times article by Thomas Friedman. Ever since I read Antonio Damasio's seminal book, Descarte's Error, I've been trying to tell people, "No! It's not' I think therefore I am', it's 'I am, therefore
- [Are You Working or Playing?](https://laviniaplonka.com/are-you-working-or-playing/) - Learn at first, concentration without effort; transform work into play; make every yoke you have accepted easy and every burden that you carry light.From the Magician Card - Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism, AnonymousI was having lunch with a friend the other day who felt stuck in a soul sucking job
- [What Am I Missing?](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-am-i-missing/) - Yesterday, I saw a groundhog actually dive into his burrow. The hole in the ground was on the side of the road where I have walked for years about three times a week. I think I know this road; every tree, the rusty, abandoned trailer with the vinyl siding flapping in the wind, the tiny
- [I Didn't See that Coming!](https://laviniaplonka.com/i-didnt-see-that-coming/) - O would some power the gift to give usTo see ourselves as others see us. Robert Burns What gets in the way of our dreams? People often blame outer circumstances for the detours and dead ends on their life path. Certainly not everyone is dealt the same cards, but it’s what we do with them
- [Rolling with it](https://laviniaplonka.com/rolling-with-it/) - Enjoy this fun meditation by Houston Feldenkrais Practitioner, Mary Beth SmithThe Mardi Gras season breathes its last gasp today. New Orleans, Galveston, and other cities in the Southern U.S. bid adieu to their revelers and pack away the parade floats until the next festival. But the essence of Mardi Gras, expressed as "Laissez les bons temps rouler"
- [A Threadbare Universe](https://laviniaplonka.com/a-threadbare-universe/) - I remember the first time I noticed it. Walking down a street in New Jersey, I passed a nail salon. Three stores down, to my amazement, there was another one. Why? What was the difference between the two salons? Why two on the same block? And then, short term memory unable to store such data,
- [Impossible to Possible,  Possible to Easy,  Easy to Elegant](https://laviniaplonka.com/impossible-to-possible-possible-to-easy-easy-to-elegant/) - Just like learning to reach more effectively with my arm, I can learn to reach with my words, my ideas, by exploring approximations till the whole thing flows. Here’s an Awareness Through Movement® reaching lesson.Can I reach and not be attached to outcome?
- [And Now…Rest](https://laviniaplonka.com/and-nowrest/) - Feldenkrais said, “Movement is life. Without movement, life is unthinkable.” But to intentionally choose stillness with awareness is part of the movement, like being the ocean, rising, cresting, resting,
- [Who Would You Like To Be?](https://laviniaplonka.com/who-would-you-like-to-be/) - I’ve always been intrigued by humans’ fascination with transformation. From Clark Kent in the phone booth to the Transformers phenomenon, we harbor a secret desire to be, if not superheroes, at least something more. Perhaps we sense that we each have the potential to, as Moshe Feldenkrais said, “…make the impossible, possible, the possible, easy and the easy, elegant.”
- [Aliens Stole My Time](https://laviniaplonka.com/aliens-stole-my-time/) - Years ago, I came across a survey conducted by the Roper Organization. According to its survey, approximately 33,000,000 Americans showed signs of having been abducted by aliens. A booming industry of abduction specialists ranging from psychotherapists to documentary producers began chasing after space ships in hope of a bit of terrestrial profit. More recently, former
- [Dark Eyes](https://laviniaplonka.com/dark-eyes/) - Most people don’t remember a peculiar moment of temporary insanity in America’s culture. We speak nostalgically of our hula hoops. We all remember where we were when we first heard The Beatles. But who waxes fondly on the accordion orchestras that flooded the nation in the early 1960’s? The Lawrence Welk Show was top rated
- [Smarty Pants](https://laviniaplonka.com/smarty-pants/) - As I stumble into the 21st century; cell phone charger wires dangling from my purse, a snake pit of wires coiled under my feet at my desk (last time I checked: Computer, phone, fax, speakers, cell phone charger, heater, printer, mouse base station and my Skype headphones), plugging and umplugging, tripping over them, plugging the
- [New Beginnings](https://laviniaplonka.com/new-beginnings/) - January 1 is an arbitrary date, decided by a pope or an emperor somewhere in the mists of time. There are many cultures around the world that celebrate a different New Year. Yet they’ve all come to agree that for practical purposes, we all start anew on January 1. In a time when it seems
- [Embracing Change, Bracing for Change](https://laviniaplonka.com/embracing-change-bracing-for-change/) - Due to the vagaries of circumstance and fortune, I spent a period of my adult life reading Tarot cards at parties as Madame Lavinia. I look back on that time and wonder if that was yet another unplanned detour from my still mysterious life purpose, or part of the big plan. It had begun by
- [Forget Something?](https://laviniaplonka.com/forget-something/) - Scarecrow “They took my arm and they threw it over there! And then they took my legs and threw them over there!” Tin Man “That’s you all over.” I have several vivid memories of forgetting. The first one was about age eight. My mother had discovered the Sears outlet and we were diving into bins
- [Of Money and Mushrooms](https://laviniaplonka.com/of-money-and-mushrooms/) - The other day, I was hiking along Laurel Creek. In the summer, I always bring a bag for wild discoveries: from porcinis to wine berries. I had forgotten to bring one, so I grabbed my car trash bag. I felt a little silly walking through the woods swinging my little trash bag, especially because there
- [Going To Extremes](https://laviniaplonka.com/going-to-extremes/) - I’m into extreme sports. I know, I don’t look it. Soft around the middle, gray roots peeking out of the bright red henna, vertically challenged. Wikipedia defines extreme sports as “certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger.” It also says that “Extreme sports tend to be more solitary than traditional sports.”
- [And Now, Back to Our Program](https://laviniaplonka.com/and-now-back-to-our-program/) - Last spring, I went on a three week trip to Europe. Or at least I think I did. In the film Total Recall, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick, Arnold Schwarzenegger experiences a virtual vacation on Mars that turns into a nightmare when he discovers the chip up his nose. As I reflect
- [Celebrating Sun Spots](https://laviniaplonka.com/celebrating-sun-spots/) - It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
- [Conversations with Myselves](https://laviniaplonka.com/conversations-with-myselves/) - “Of all the things in life I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.” Mark Twain “I don’t mind the voices in my head. I just wish they’d reach consensus.” Asheville Bumper Sticker I stand alone in the kitchen carrying on a lively conversation with myself. “Hmmm, I think I’ll reheat that couscous from last
- [Who Me? Biased?](https://laviniaplonka.com/who-me-biased-2/) - Everyone's a little bit racist Sometimes. Doesn't mean we go Around committing hate crimes. Look around and you will find No one's really color blind. Maybe it's a fact We all should face Everyone makes judgements Based on race. -From the musical Avenue Q Short People got no reason Short People got no reason Short
- [Going Nowhere](https://laviniaplonka.com/going-nowhere-2/) - “The world thus appears as a complicated tissue of events, in which connections of different kinds alternate or overlap or combine and thereby determine the texture of the whole.” (Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy, 1963) When you walk through the Northwest Airlines Terminal in Detroit, you enter the Tunnel of Light. The long passageway between concourses
- [If a Tree Falls in My Back Yard…..](https://laviniaplonka.com/if-a-tree-falls-in-my-back-yard/) - I was eating breakfast, looking out my window at the familiar landscape of my backyard. Something had changed. I felt like a kid, looking at Highlights Magazine, trying to find what “doesn’t fit in”, the hidden picture, the mystery image. My vista was disturbed, but by what? Finally, I realized that one of the trees
- [At Home in the Cosmos](https://laviniaplonka.com/at-home-in-the-cosmos/) - The wheel is turning and you can't slow down You can't let go and you can't hold on You can't go back and you can't stand still If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will Jerry Garcia The other night, there was a power failure in the middle of the night. When power
- [Food For Thought, Thought For Food](https://laviniaplonka.com/food-for-thought-thought-for-food/) - “If music be the food of love, play on.” Shakespeare – Twelfth Night “Remember, as the dodo said Feed your head! Feed your head! Grace Slick I wake up in the morning and lie in bed, mentally surveying the contents of my refrigerator. The meal possibilities of the day dance before me, my mind compulsively
- [Falling Up](https://laviniaplonka.com/falling-up/) - I know better as I balance precariously on the log buried under the honeysuckle and rambling rose. But the really good blackberries will be just outside my reach if I remain on the lawn. I can balance, I’m a dancer. I’m a martial artist – sure footed and in touch with my center. Heck, I
- [The Precious Present](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-precious-present/) - “We almost never think of the present, and when we do, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future.” Pascal When I lived in NJ, there was a new age gift store with a sign outside proclaiming, “Remember the precious present,” cleverly being pithy and exhorting me to
- [I Give and I Give and I Give](https://laviniaplonka.com/i-give-and-i-give-and-i-give/) - My husband Ron always complains about the English language. He was born in New Jersey, so maybe that complicated his relationship to language in general, since New Jersey’s favorite choices of adjectives in most conversations are not supposed to be part of polite language. But somehow, when you’re in the Garden State, expressions like, “No
- [Wherever You Go There You Are](https://laviniaplonka.com/wherever-you-go-there-you-are/) - I recently traveled to Vancouver with my sister Liz. As I was walking through Minneapolis St. Paul airport, I passed my old high school classmate, Mary. Except it wasn't really Mary. After all, this young woman was about 18 years old, and Mary, well, Mary had surely aged along with me. As Liz and I
- [Don't Worry, Be Happy](https://laviniaplonka.com/dont-worry-be-happy/) - “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’….Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Gospel of Matthew So the worry gene has struck again. The world
- [What is Your Wish?](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-is-your-wish/) - When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you Jiminy Cricket Be careful what you wish for My Mother Ask the most rational, prosaic person you know, and odds are, even he or she at one point or another has looked up at the
- [Baby Steps](https://laviniaplonka.com/baby-steps/) - The other day, a friend confessed he was struggling with a book he’s writing. “I have all the ideas, but I can’t seem to get it down on paper,” he complained. “What’s it about?” I was excited. This man is a funny, talented teacher. He’s had lots of great ideas in the past, including a
- [Take It To the Bank](https://laviniaplonka.com/take-it-to-the-bank/) - I was going to write an erudite treatise on the imminent implosion of reality. But with the world in turmoil over money, reality suddenly seemed trivial. Our pundits, politicians and populace have overcomplicated and “overmediaed” a simple situation: we have an attitude of perceived lack. Somehow, the entire world refuses to see that the emperor
- [Food, Glorious Food](https://laviniaplonka.com/food-glorious-food/) - The other day I was talking to a friend about the latest trend in healthy eating. “None of it makes sense anymore,” she sighed. “My mother is 95, eats two eggs for breakfast every day and loves chocolate. How did she know they would end up on the good list?” Dan Buettner, author of The
- [Brush Up Your Shakespeare](https://laviniaplonka.com/brush-up-your-shakespeare/) - “To pay or not to pay, that is the question.” I was sure Shakespeare had created Hamlet. The dark Dane, the brooding Prince of existential angst seems quintessential Bard. Hamlet is the most translated, quoted and performed play in the history of the world. It’s inspired 26 ballets, six operas, countless musical works, parodies, and
- [Are your heels connected to your shoulders?](https://laviniaplonka.com/are-your-heels-connected-to-your-shoulders/) - 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 you enjoyed it, let me know, or better yet, sign up for
- [Folding and Unfolding](https://laviniaplonka.com/folding-and-unfolding/) - When we look at sea creatures opening and closing, flowers unfolding from their buds, the pulsing of galaxies millions of light years away, we feel the connection between that perpetual motion and the pulsation in our own bodies. Here's a free Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lesson that can help connect you with your own folding
- [A Quality Experience](https://laviniaplonka.com/a-quality-experience/) - Like studying art and music, learning to listen to the bodymind the way we do in a Feldenkrais lesson is like learning to differentiate between a fine painting and a cheap poster, between a hand sewn quilt and a blanket manufactured by machines, between a frozen pizza and an artisan pizza.
- [Stand Up for Yourself!](https://laviniaplonka.com/stand-up-for-yourself/) - I’m standing as I write this article. Well, not just standing. I’m also periodically jogging in place, practicing my Zumba moves and throwing in an occasional downward facing dog. You see, I’m preparing myself for a brave new world. It seems that while I was sprawled on the couch watching The Matrix again, sitting had
- [A Quality Experience](https://laviniaplonka.com/a-quality-experience-2/) - My husband Ron and I recently had a lively debate on the subject of quality and experience. He’s an artist, with a firm belief that anyone can sense quality when they experience it. I insisted that a person can only discriminate based on previous experience. I reminded him of the time he had to drag
- [What Do You Choose?](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-do-you-choose/) - “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra There are pundits nowadays who complain that we have too many choices in life. Barry Schwartz, in his 2004 book, The Paradox of Choice, says, “Autonomy and freedom of choice are critical to our well being, and choice is critical to freedom
- [Attention Please!](https://laviniaplonka.com/attention-please/) - Years ago, I read an article in Wired Magazine that predicted the end of money as our currency of exchange, replaced by what the author called attention. The suggestion was that in a world filled with goods and information, the resource that is scarce is not money, but attention. Everyone: websites, Facebook, TV, advertisers, are
- [Get Happy!](https://laviniaplonka.com/get-happy/) - “A person who smiles a lot is either a fool or an American.” Russian saying Gray skies are gonna clear up Put on a happy face. Brush off that frown and cheer up Put on a happy face. From Bye Bye Birdie I once had a nightmare that some powerful strangers invaded our
- [New Audio - Pelvis and Shoulder Girdles](https://laviniaplonka.com/new-audio-pelvis-and-shoulder-girdles/) - Happy to share this latest audio download - free for one week!
- [Stopping Time](https://laviniaplonka.com/stopping-time/) - Einstein once said: “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity." Everyone is moaning that time is speeding up, that we have less time to think, plan, rest, as we scurry
- [Listen To the Hand](https://laviniaplonka.com/listen-to-the-hand/) - Whether you were taught to fold your hands on your lap, hold your hands behind your back, or shove them in your pockets, you won’t be able to avoid the fact that your hands are communicating all the time. After many years of debate, researchers have finally agreed with ancient wisdom: gestures precede words. Although
- [Feets Don't Fail Me Now!](https://laviniaplonka.com/feets-dont-fail-me-now/) - My sister and I picked up this expression from an old Bob Hope movie and made it our goofy mantra for whenever we found ourselves in a difficult situation. More recently, I was teaching a class where I asked people if they knew where their feet were and everyone laughed. But upon examination, most people
- [Lost and Found](https://laviniaplonka.com/lost-and-found/) - When I recently visited Prague, I carried a map in order to navigate the labyrinthine streets. After getting helplessly lost several times, I realized that layout of the actual streets was more complex than it appeared. In Budapest, we went in search of the Gellert Baths. The guidebook said it was only 2.5 km from
- [My Bi-Partison Self](https://laviniaplonka.com/my-bi-partison-self/) - All this talk about the right and left not able to come to an agreement, unable to strike a balance, and trying to undermine each other’s efforts made me think of the invisible divisions between my right and left sides. It seems sometimes that like the Biblical quote, my left hand truly has no idea what
- [On The Other Hand ](https://laviniaplonka.com/on-the-other-hand/) - An article by Herbert Wray recently suggested that movement enhances creative thinking. Imagine that J. It cited a number of very serious studies, including one where they told people to gesture with their hands as they spoke. The people who literally embodied “on the other hand,” by using both hands to solve a problem, came
- [Sex Appeal](https://laviniaplonka.com/sex-appeal/) - Casanova has been described as swarthy and with a large nose, yet he managed to seduce his way through Europe. Milton Erickson, who was wheelchair bound, was always surrounded by admiring women at events. Moshe Feldenkrais, who in appearance was no Brad Pitt, was nevertheless, a chick magnet. What is that ineffable quality that makes
- [I've Got to be Me](https://laviniaplonka.com/ive-got-to-be-me/) - The way you wear your hat The way you sip your tea The memory of all that No, no they can't take that away from me George and Ira Gershwin Moshe Feldenkrais once said that you could recognize someone from 100 kilometers away (with the right binoculars :-)) simply by the way they walk. Certainly
- [If You Scratch Your Nose...](https://laviniaplonka.com/if-you-scratch-your-nose/) - Just Google “politicians lying body language”, and you will come up with a plethora of “expert” articles that tell you open palms mean sincerity, but open palms from a politician mean he’s pretending to be sincere, but Al Gore’s open palms are real, or all politicians lie. There are threads on why Mitt Romney’s arms
- [Choice Vs. Compulsion](https://laviniaplonka.com/choice-vs-compulsion/) - “As you reach with your right arm could one of your legs help lengthen your arm? Which one? The right? The left? Both? Neither? Do you begin your reach with your arm? Your shoulder? Your foot?” Someone once left my class saying, “I can’t stand it. You offer too many choices. I just want someone
- [Imagine That!](https://laviniaplonka.com/imagine-that/) - The other day in my Awareness Through Movement® class, I saw that some people were having difficulty with a particular movement. "Don't strain," I suggested. "Instead, take a moment and imagine the movement." One of the students started laughing. "I can't even imagine doing it" she said. So we broke the action down to something
- [Feel the Vibes](https://laviniaplonka.com/feel-the-vibes/) - We have super powers. We’ve just forgotten. Somewhere over the course of the last couple of centuries, we’ve narrowed our definition of sensory awareness to five senses: seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling. But what about proprioception: knowing where I am? How far is the wall? How many steps to the door? How close do I
- [What a Laugh!](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-a-laugh/) - I went to a performance the other night of a talented clown who billed himself as a “certified lunatic”. He expertly performed all kinds of schtick, much of which I’d seen before. I smiled and admired his skill, but didn’t really laugh much. Then he went out into the audience to grab someone for
- [Happy Birthday, Nicholas](https://laviniaplonka.com/happy-birthday-nicholas/) - When I was a little girl, there was a local TV show called The Sandy Becker Show. Sandy played a lot of different characters, and seemed to have a wonderful time. One of his characters was called The Big Professor. My mother always ran in to watch the Big Professor, who answered questions sent in
- [Planting Seeds](https://laviniaplonka.com/planting-seeds/) - The wind was howling, the snow lay on the ground. I tried to imagine my garden. How did I ever do it? Dig, fertilize, plant, lug the wheelbarrow. The concept felt almost alien, even as February melted into March and I saw pansies starting to dot people’s yards. Then it happened. A beautiful Saturday. My
- [Shouldering the Burdens](https://laviniaplonka.com/shouldering-the-burdens/) - There's a lot of talk these days about going back to our roots...way back. Nutritionists are urging us to the "paleo" diet, based on our ancestors' omnivorous appetites. Other studies suggest that the hunter/gatherer "feast or famine" lifestyle can be duplicated by fasting twice a week, then enjoying our food the other five days. Fitness
- [Movement is Medicine](https://laviniaplonka.com/movement-is-medicine/) - I saw this cartoon on the internet the other day. When I reposted it, it created a mini-storm of conflict between those who questioned our standard beliefs about prehistoric life spans, and those who felt early humans were punished for their carnivorous cruelty. Lifespan is only a useful measure if life is worth living.
- [The Web of Life](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-web-of-life/) - You are everything And everything is you The Stylistics A few years back, I went to the “Bodies” exhibit in New York. Some clever entrepreneur had used a proprietary freeze drying method to preserve cadavers in various postures; playing golf, throwing a ball, dancing, etc. Entire rooms featured freeze dried and plasticized lungs, circulatory
- [Smile and the Whole World Smiles With You](https://laviniaplonka.com/smile-and-the-whole-world-smiles-with-you/) - Someone recently shared her greatexcitement at a simple meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh. “I breathe in peace, I breathe out and smile.” She said she couldn’t believe how her emotional state changed simply by smiling as she exhaled. The other day, I was stomping through a really challenging exercise video, and in the
- [Head Banging and Other Habits](https://laviniaplonka.com/head-banging-and-other-habits/) - I call him Joe. Every morning during my meditation, he begins his ritual. He flies to my living room window and stands on the clothesline hook, staring at his reflection; his arch enemy, his evil twin, looking out at him from the glass. Then he begins. Bang. Bang. Bang. Pounding his head and his
- [Climbing Out of the Hole](https://laviniaplonka.com/climbing-out-of-the-hole/) - 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 that I had to overcome in the name of drama. An infamous
- [To Stress or Not To Stress?](https://laviniaplonka.com/to-stress-or-not-to-stress/) - Is stress good or bad or for you? Or is it just what you believe?
- [Every Step You Take](https://laviniaplonka.com/every-step-you-take/) - 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 story of that
- [I’m So Rich](https://laviniaplonka.com/im-so-rich/) - I look around my home office and realize that almost everything was given to me. Galen gave me the glow in the dark rosary blessed by the Pope. Yael gave me the “hamsa” that hangs over the door, a Middle Eastern guard against the evil eye. The framed photograph of Debureau as Pierrot from my husband
- [A New Year, A New You](https://laviniaplonka.com/a-new-year-a-new-you/) - 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 cut in pieces and scattered.
- [Power Walk](https://laviniaplonka.com/power-walk/) - A man once came to see me for Feldenkrais lessons. He had severe pain in his feet and shoulders and had been to countless specialists to no avail. I asked him to walk across the room. He walked like a stick figure, arms and legs stiffly jerking ahead, his torso, head and neck rigid. I
- [How’s Your Brain?](https://laviniaplonka.com/hows-your-brain/) - An article that looks at recent research regarding movement, the brain and sleep.
- [Going Nowhere](https://laviniaplonka.com/going-nowhere/) - “The world thus appears as a complicated tissue of events, in which connections of different kinds alternate or overlap or combine and thereby determine the texture of the whole.” (Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy, 1963) When you walk through the Northwest Airlines Terminal in Detroit, you enter the Tunnel of Light. The long passageway between concourses
- [Workin’ It](https://laviniaplonka.com/workin-it/) - So why do we work? My mini-retirement was enough to show me that it provides me an anchor of meaning. A recent article in the NY Times examined retirement vs. working into old age. “In 2000, after a long career at the helm of a commercial printing firm, Arline Tarte, now 71, left the industry for good. For two years, she played bridge, went to the theater and ballet, saw jazz concerts. But she says she found it uninspiring at best. ‘I was used to doing all that and running a company that was very involved,’ she said. ‘It was boring.’
- [Brain Food](https://laviniaplonka.com/brain-food/) - Of course I love my husband Ron. And I know he loves me. But for thirty eight years, we’ve danced around the kitchen trying to reconcile our different relationships to food. As is always the case, it’s more than just about eating. I imagine Freud and Jung sitting in our kitchen as dinner develops. “Aha,
- [The Treadmill of Existence](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-treadmill-of-existence/) - 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 compassion and disdain that can’t be explained by the intellect. We have a
- [The Workaholic Universe](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-workaholic-universe/) - I am having lunch with an old friend. Just as he is bemoaning all the goings on of his collapsing marriage, the phone rings. His cell phone that is. "Excuse me," he purses his lips in that embarrassed “Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I left my cellphone on” smile. Suddenly, he is all business.
- [The Eloquence of a Shrug](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-eloquence-of-a-shrug/) - Put your hands on your hips. Now, cross your arms across your chest. Now extend your arms straight out in front of you with your palms up as if pushing. Repeat each of these, and hang out for a while in each position. Does your stance change? Your breathing? Did you notice how you changed?
- [What’s in a name?](https://laviniaplonka.com/whats-in-a-name/) - 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 Google, I learned that there are as many reasons that
- [Playing God](https://laviniaplonka.com/playing-god/) - California Style Magazine stares up at me from the coffee table in my hotel room. It features a parade of impossibly tall, thin women with sculpted faces and futuristic Barbie hairdos. Like the almost human androids in the movie Blade Runner, these women seem perfectly crafted facsimiles of various iterations of Venus. Which brings me
- [An Intelligent Designer’s Journal of Sartorial Splendor](https://laviniaplonka.com/an-intelligent-designers-journal-of-sartorial-splendor-2/) - Years ago, I went to Hayden Planetarium for their sky show, which was a trip through the universe, and a lesson on scale. For the finale, the camera began to pull back from our conveniently located position at the center of the universe, to its furthest edges, and then beyond. Whether it was whimsy on
- [The Big Story](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-big-story/) - Shakespeare has been called the world’s greatest playwright. Yet most of his plots were actually borrowed from ancient plays, myths and stories that had been told for thousands of years. What Shakespeare did was bring the archetypes to our human experience, so that we could recognize our own inner Hamlet or Iago. Are we born
- [Me, A Hero?](https://laviniaplonka.com/me-a-hero/) - 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 that can serve our lives as
- [Feeling the Shift](https://laviniaplonka.com/feeling-the-shift/) - 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 their very powers. I once asked my sister, if she could
- [An Attitude of Gratitude](https://laviniaplonka.com/an-attitude-of-gratitude/) - Does taking a posture of gratitude open the heart to the emotion itself?
- [To Give and Receive](https://laviniaplonka.com/to-give-and-receive/) - Hold your hands in front of you, with your palms down. Notice the length of your fingers. Most people’s fingers will be almost straight. Now turn your hands over without interfering with the fingers. Notice how the fingers curl. This is what remains of our grasp reflex, an instinctive response that babies have. As we
- [Who Has My Stuff?](https://laviniaplonka.com/who-has-my-stuff/) - The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. The Tempest Act 4, scene 1, 148–158 When was the last time
- [Imagine!](https://laviniaplonka.com/imagine/) - “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 order to help others, his mother said, “He could
- [Give yourself a hug](https://laviniaplonka.com/give-yourself-a-hug/) - My students often tease me because I often, when beginning a class, say "This is one of my top ten lessons." They even once challenged me to teach the top ten, ten weeks in a row. Of course I realized I have more than ten, but this one still is in the running. One of
- [Inspiration for Artists](https://laviniaplonka.com/inspiration-for-artists/) - 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.
- [Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, It's finally here!](https://laviniaplonka.com/yes-ladies-and-gentlemen-its-finally-here/) - For all you have been waiting with baited breath, my essay compilation, Meditating with My Hair on Fire is now published! Buy it! Review it! Share it! (Kindle version coming soon.)
- [The Body’s Sacred Secrets](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-bodys-sacred-secrets/) - Exploring the brain/body link to sacred movement.
- [You Say You Want A Revolution….](https://laviniaplonka.com/you-say-you-want-a-revolution/) - 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 years or decades), displacing an earlier technology.” Wouldn’t it
- [Articles about the Sacred by Lavinia Plonka](https://laviniaplonka.com/articles-about-the-sacred-by-lavinia-plonka/) - 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 Osiris The Body's Sacred Secrets - What is
- [The Whole Story](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-whole-story/) - 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 right. This creates a different feeling
- [Putting Your Head in Its Place](https://laviniaplonka.com/putting-your-head-in-its-place/) - 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.
- [Run Away, Run Away!](https://laviniaplonka.com/run-away-run-away/) - I ran away for the first time in Kindergarten. Standing in line after school with all the other kids waiting for the stupid bus, I had the existential realization that life is too short to wait for a bus and decided I needed to explore the world. When the nun turned her back, I slipped
- [Where's Your Head?](https://laviniaplonka.com/wheres-your-head/) - Having a little fun with my head, the Feldenkrais way.
- [Good Impressions](https://laviniaplonka.com/good-impressions/) - Can the way you breathe affect the impression you make on others? Can you sense how others feel from paying attention to the movement of their breath?
- [Freedom to Move, Freedom to Be: The Feldenkrais Method®](https://laviniaplonka.com/freedom-to-move-freedom-to-be-the-feldenkrais-method/) - If you know what you are doing, you can do what you want Moshe Feldenkrais I was in my late 30’s, at the height of my performing career, but my body felt like I was ready for the junk heap. My back hurt almost all the time. I was going to the
- [The Fun Factor](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-fun-factor/) - When I was growing up, sometimes my sister and I would have laughing fits. It might have been triggered by my father “torturing” us with his smelly feet, or tickling us till we begged for relief. Sometimes it was the result of our own comedic efforts: recreating bits from Ed Sullivan or trying to
- [Letting Go](https://laviniaplonka.com/letting-go/) - Have you ever been in the middle of a conflict where someone says, "Oh come on, just let it go." Your fists are clenched, steam is coming out of your ears, you can almost feel the top of your head about to explode and someone is telling you to just let it go, as if
- [Looking in the Mirror](https://laviniaplonka.com/looking-in-the-mirror/) - When I was young, my mother always managed to spin any event into a negative, a complaint or a tragedy. Once I accused her of living with a half-empty glass. She retorted, “My glass is not half empty, it’s completely empty.” Of course, she was Russian. But perception can literally change our lives. Moshe Feldenkrais
- [Possibilites Unfolded!](https://laviniaplonka.com/possibilites-unfolded/) - Casperia, Italy offered the perfect backdrop for a week of learning and retreat. We were like time travelers dropped into a medieval village of quaint buildings and narrow cobblestone streets. No cars, church bells ringing, vistas of olive groves surrounding us. Yet a few steps away there were restaurants, grocery stores and roads leading to
- [Chicken or Egg? Posture and Emotion](https://laviniaplonka.com/chicken-or-egg-posture-and-emotion/) - People often debate whether our emotions affect our body language, or our body language affects our emotions, an therefore our health. Is it possible that both are true?
- [Interview with Lavinia!](https://laviniaplonka.com/interview-with-lavinia/) - Here's a recent Sterling Spin Radio interview I did about Feldenkrais, awareness, recovery, my personal journey, inspiration and more. Enjoy! Lavinia's Interview
- [Body Language Bibliography](https://laviniaplonka.com/an-ordered-list-post/) - People are always asking me for book recommendations in their body language studies. While my research has encompassed hundreds of books, some of which are out of print, the following list of my favorites should get you started. Great Body Language books Walking Your Talk: Changing Your Life Through Magic of Body Language – Lavinia
- [Make It Natural - Preparing for a Photo Shoot](https://laviniaplonka.com/another-post-with-everything-in-it/) - 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 help you prepare for that big
- [What Is Seeing?](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-is-seeing-2/) - It is said that the eyes are the windows of the soul. "I could see it in her eyes," "His sad eyes gazed upon her," "He had an evil gleam in his eyes." We could probably find hundreds of these common expressions without trying. The eyes do more than just see, and you don't see
- [It's All In Your Head](https://laviniaplonka.com/its-all-in-your-head-2/) - Picture a human skeleton. The kind you see in anatomy classes, hanging on a stand, waiting for students to gather round and count the ribs, or touch the vertebrae. Besides the fact that the skeleton is just a bunch of bones, there is something about it that is different from most live humans. All skeletons
- [The Body in Question: Walking In My Shoes](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-body-in-question-walking-in-my-shoes/) - When Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was removed, his wife Imelda's closet revealed thousands of pairs of shoes. I'm no Imelda, but I do love shoes. I used to buy vintage shoes at garage sales. Minnie Mouse and Betty Boop style pumps, grandma lace ups, stiletto heeled ankle boots; each pair changed my character as I
- [The Language of Love](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-language-of-love-2/) - “Every breath you take, every move you make, every smile you fake, I’ll be watching you,” sang Sting back in the ‘80’s. Except it’s not quite true. We’re not really watching. We don’t pay attention to the little signals from others, and even more significantly, from own selves that belie our intentions, sabotage our desires
- [Smooth Operator](https://laviniaplonka.com/smooth-operator/) - A common reaction after a Feldenkrais lesson is, “Whoa! I’m walking with a wiggle!” or “I don’t think my hips should move this much.” Or even “Uh oh. This walk is going to get me into trouble.” But what I see as that person is walking is a beautiful, elegant, smooth locomotion. The combination of
- [You've Got the Power](https://laviniaplonka.com/youve-got-the-power/) - Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Floods. Oh my. This morning, gale force winds whipped through my yard, downing a tree, and knocking out the power. In the face of nature’s power, human achievement can be rendered meaningless in less than thirty seconds. I suddenly felt so tiny, so….powerless. I remembered George Carlin’s monologue railing against environmentalists. “And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. Save the planet,
- [Doors of Perception](https://laviniaplonka.com/doors-of-perception/) - Finally! There is a scientific explanation for forgetting. I feel so relieved. A recent study has found that when you cross a threshold or go through a doorway, you experience a temporal distortion that places you in a different time/space than on the other side. So of course you can't remember why you came into the
- [Effortless Running](https://laviniaplonka.com/effortless-running/) - I couldn't say it better myself. This article by Edward Yu, a Feldenkrais practitioner and tai chi teacher reminds us that it's not how hard you work, but how smart. Check it out as well as his newbook, The Art of Slowing Down.
- [Shiny, Happy People](https://laviniaplonka.com/shiny-happy-people/) - I was teasing my husband the other day about his attraction to shiny objects: the chrome of a motorcycle fender, the glimmer of a diamond earring, the reflection of light in the bottom of a pot he’s cleaning, Ron is always chasing the light. We’re all in love with light, and winter makes us long
- [It's not just a good idea, it's the law](https://laviniaplonka.com/its-not-just-a-good-idea-its-the-law/) - I love gravity. Not the kind some of my professors had in college, where every word they uttered landed like an anvil on my shoulders till I felt moored to my desk like someone stuck in a drill press. I’m talking about that wonderful law that nobody seems to understand but everyone is affected by.
- [Getting Organized](https://laviniaplonka.com/getting-organized/) - When I was a young performer, I had the privilege of touring with a seasoned director for several years named Claude Kipnis. When I encountered difficulty in performing a role he growled, “Don’t get stuck in your limitations, turn your liabilities into assets!” I had no idea what he was talking about, since at the
- [Giving up the Guilt](https://laviniaplonka.com/giving-up-the-guilt/) - "Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?” William Shakespeare, Macbeth My husband Ron and I are listening to the radio as we drive, and the DJ announces an 18th century oratorio by Kozeluch, another Mozart wannabe. It’s called Moses in Egypt and is distinguished by being one of the first
- [The Persistence of….Uh….I Forget](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-persistence-of-uh-i-forget/) - Salvador Dali’s unforgettable image of watches dripping off branches has been a favorite of mine since I was a child. Time can melt, but never disappear, like the memory of an event. Except of course, it’s not true. Memory itself melts, distorts and recreates itself with a logic that defies science. My husband Ron has
- [The Creative Body](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-creative-body-2/) - Welcome to the Creative Body, a resource and forum for exploring the intersection between body and mind, movement and possibility, expression and introspection. Take a tour, post a comment. If you'd like to submit an article, please send material to lavinia@laviniaplonka.com.
- [Unlocking the rib cage](https://laviniaplonka.com/unlocking-the-rib-cage-2/) - I was working with someone recently who had a great deal of back pain. She was lying on her side on the table and I was gently exploring the area where her spine connected to her ribs. “What are you doing” she asked.“I’m exploring how your ribs move,” I answered.She shot up and stared at
- [Standing Back Up](https://laviniaplonka.com/standing-back-up-2/) - 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 sit here writing this, waves of
- [Creative Failure](https://laviniaplonka.com/creative-failure-2/) - 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 began. I was going to make
- [Bone Dance](https://laviniaplonka.com/bone-dance-2/) - 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 astral plane I may have
- [Nuances of Thought](https://laviniaplonka.com/nuances-of-thought-2/) - 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 does. But it reaches us through Netflix
- [Embracing Change](https://laviniaplonka.com/embracing-change-2/) - 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 head on the car door frame more than
- [How long have you been sitting there?](https://laviniaplonka.com/how-long-have-you-been-sitting-there-2/) - 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. “Hmmm. How long have you been sitting
- [Getting Hip](https://laviniaplonka.com/getting-hip-2/) - 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 top of the leg, or to the iliac crest,
- [What Are Your Dreams?](https://laviniaplonka.com/what-are-your-dreams-2/) - 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 one on one process that has helped them move toward realizing personal and professional dreams.
- [Effortless Effort](https://laviniaplonka.com/effortless-effort-2/) - 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 is history. Cats don’t struggle with self-
- [The Power of Attention](https://laviniaplonka.com/the-power-of-attention-2/) - 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 in my office with a “diagnosis.” Moshe Feldenkrais often
- [Silly Walks, Meditative Walks](https://laviniaplonka.com/silly-walks-meditative-walks-2/) - 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. In the last century, our love affair with sitting has done

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- [Feldenkrais Frequently Asked Questions](https://laviniaplonka.com/feldenkrais/faq/) - Where did the name come from? The Feldenkrais Method was developed over 40 years of research by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. He was a scientist and an athlete, as well as one of the first Europeans to earn a black belt in Judo. He combined his rigorous scientific approach to the study of movement in order
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- [It's All In Your Head](https://laviniaplonka.com/feldenkrais-resources1/articles/its-all-in-your-head/) - The relationship of the head to the spine affects your posture and your behavior. Learn how to organize the head and neck for more effective action.
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- [What is Seeing?](https://laviniaplonka.com/feldenkrais-resources1/articles/what-is-seeing/) - How do you use your eyes? What do they tell others? Can I control my eyes? Explore how the eyes link with the brain and how they communicate with others.
- [The Language of Love](https://laviniaplonka.com/feldenkrais-resources1/articles/language-of-love/) - What instant messages is your body sending to the one you love? Looking at breath, tension and the smile through the lens of empathy.
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- [Body Language Bibliography](https://laviniaplonka.com/body-language-bibliography/) - People are always asking me for book recommendations in their body language studies. While my research has encompassed hundreds of books, some of which are out of print, the following list of my favorites should get you started. Great Body Language books Walking Your Talk: Changing Your Life Through Magic of Body Language – Lavinia

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- [Your Lungs Are In There](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/your-lungs-are-in-there/) - This lesson is like a deep dive into your relationship to your lungs and the mechanisms of your breath. You'll feel more relaxed and have a deeper understanding of your own breathing patterns. In addition, sometimes just breathing can help relax tension in the ribs and spine.
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- [Unlocking the chest](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/unlocking-the-chest/) - There are some lessons that have such profound applications, you can't write it all in words. This lesson is complex and looks at the relationship of your sternum and ribs to your spine. But it also asks us to explore the possibility of yielding, softening and letting go of the armor that we tend to carry in our rib "cage." Take your time, allow this lesson to work on you and the rewards are many. This lesson is done in supine.
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- [A Side and Mind Bending Adventure](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/a-side-and-mind-bending-adventure/) - This lesson is a perfect example of why Feldenkrais said "It's flexible brains I'm after." You will feel revitalized in body and mind after this one. Great for those who want to improve walking.
- [To The Edge and Beyond](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/to-the-edge-and-beyond/) - You don't improve balance simply by standing on one foot. Finding what Moshe Feldenkrais called "dynamic stability" comes from an effective use of your core and your spine. This lesson is a fun way to test your balance while lying on the floor (it's hard to fall off the floor!) while offering a great exploration of your flexors and extensors.
- [Freeing the Ribs Via Shoulders and Hips](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/freeing-the-ribs-via-shoulders-and-hips/) - So often people exclaim in surprise, "My ribs are supposed to move?" The ribs connect our shoulders and arms to the spine from one end, and the pelvis and legs to the spine from the other. This side lying lesson looks at the possibilities of side bending and how that can improve flexibility and create a new appreciation for your ribs.
- [Improved Sitting and Reaching](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/improved-sitting-and-reaching/) - You reach with your whole self. At least that's the potential. This mostly seated lesson reminds us that reaching for our object of desire comes from, you guess it, the pelvis. And of course, that means the spine has to get involved.
- [Improving Diagonals](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/improving-diagonals/) - Whenever I teach my "top ten" series, this lesson is a must. Not only does it re-balance the two sides of the self, it harmonizes top and bottom. Oh, and let's not forget the diagonal relationship between opposite shoulders and hips. As with so many lessons, this one leads to a surprising, functional finale.
- [Lighten the Legs with your Pelvis](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/lighten-the-legs-with-your-pelvis/) - They say you can't lose weight doing Feldenkrais :-). But Feldenkrais once said that when the system is properly organized, the impression is one of weightlessness. Paradox indeed. This lesson explores how the pelvis can lift your legs, and the second half will take you into surprising new directions. (No spoilers here!)
- [Pelvic Rock with Knees open](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/pelvic-rock-with-knees-open/) - The relationship of the lumbar spine and pelvis with your hip flexors is the subject of many lessons. Here we explore it directly through the simple movement of rocking.
- [How Do You Arch?](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/waking-the-back-and-the-hips/) - Yogis and non-yogis alike love this unusual, stress free way to explore ways of arching the back. This lesson looks at the "wave" of movement that travels from the feet to the shoulders, how the spine responds to the foot and hand's pressure, the shoulder and hip joint relationship, and maybe, discovering new possibilities for the backbend (Yoga wheel pose)
- [Big X](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/big-x/) - One day, a student called to ask if there were lessons for migraines. Then someone else walked in complaining of back pain. Someone else said, "Ugh, you have anything for my right hip?" At a loss, I decided to stick with my lesson plan and teach this amazing lesson that looks at EVERYTHING including our self-image. To my amazement, each of these people thanked me for choosing a lesson "just for me." While this lesson begins in sitting, it is mostly on the back. Enjoy!
- [Folding and Unfolding](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/folding-and-unfolding/) - While the title hints at the movement, this mostly side-lying exploration of flexion and extension has a secret agenda - the ability to foresee a movement and execute it without compulsion. "If you know what you're doing, you can do what you want." Moshe Feldenkrais
- [Pelvic and Shoulder Girdles](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/pelvic-and-shoulder-girdles/) - In an organized skeleton, the pelvic and shoulder girdles are doing a constant dance together. This lesson looks at all the ways they interact, and how that informs the movement of your spine.This side lying lesson is delightfully easy.
- [Self Hug](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/self-hug/) - We all need a hug sometimes. But this hug will not only offer new insights into your scapulae and ribs, but will also teach you about the joys of rotation and differentiation - two crucial abilities that are easy to lose in our sedentary culture. Plus you get a bonus "self-massage!"
- [Where Does My Reach Begin?](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/where-does-my-reach-begin/) - This side lying lesson explores the relationship of the arm and shoulder to the spine and ribs, while also improving rotation and a fun grand finale.
- [Feeling Your Wings](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/feeling-your-wings/) - Did you know your fingers are connected to your shoulder blades? And that freedom of movement in the arms is related to your spine? This lesson spends a bit of time lying on the stomach, and challenges your arms. So take care of yourself, get pillows, move lightly and maybe you'll fly!
- [Hamstrings and Hips!](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/hamstrings-and-hips/) - So many people complain about tight hamstrings without realizing that flexibility comes from the back and hip flexors. This lesson offers a few challenging moves - just remember, less is more!
- [Resting Your Eyes](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/resting-your-eyes/) - You can improve your eyesight while relaxing the rest of yourself. Eye strain and habitual ways of using the eyes are two ways that we limit vision AND affect our carriage. This lesson is all about finding new options for your eyes.
- [The Pelvis and Balance](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/the-pelvis-and-balance-final/) - After teaching this lesson one day, a student told me, "This lesson should be titled, 'Pelvis, Pelvis, Pelvis.'". It's all about how your center affects everything else - your balance, your comfort, your stance. It also happens to be one of my all time favorite lessons.
- [Lowering the Head](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/lowering-the-head/) - One thing I love about Feldenkrais lessons is the variety of learning opportunities. This lesson explores dozens of ways of doing the same thing, without every getting boring.
- [Breath and Action](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/breath-and-action/) - We take our breath for granted, often without realizing our habits. This lesson interferes with habitual patterns while inviting movements that require attention to both.
- [Knees to Elbows](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/knees-to-elbows/) - The Feldenkrais Method welcomes paradox. Why is it that by spending time learning how to round your back more, your posture improves? Try it and learn for yourself.
- [Pedaling, Leaping, Running](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/pedaling-leaping-running/) - While resilience is often associated with recovery, it is also the ability to respond to challenge. Engaging hips and spine to mobilize your legs is a fantastic way to empower your ability to move fast and well. This side lying lesson is fascinating in that you basically are doing the same moves throughout but in many different orientations. This is a powerhouse lesson that anyone can do, even if the movements feel really tiny.
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- [Unlock your Archetypal Strengths with the Feldenkrais Method®](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/unlock-your-archetypal-strengths-with-the-feldenkrais-method/) - 7 Week Course, Live or on Replay Starting January 12
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- [The Feldenkrais Method® for Embodying Prayer](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/the-feldenkrais-method-for-embodying-prayer/) - 7 Week Course!
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- [Your Fabulous Face](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/your-fabulous-face/) - Video: 2 hr 27 min Audio: 2 hr 23 min
- [Meditating with my Hair on Fire](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/meditating-with-my-hair-on-fire/) - It’s the book you never knew you needed, the book that asks all the questions but has none of the answers to the secrets of life in this magical multiverse. Lavinia Plonka weaves together autobiographical stories with weighty philosophical questions in her uniquely hilarious way: Are aliens stealing our time? Can one find enlightenment at
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- [Getting to the Core – Your Primal Emotions](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/getting-to-the-core-your-primal-emotions/) - Part I: Getting to the Core – Your Primal Emotions More details available here.
- [The Importance and Peril of Ego – Your Self Image](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/the-importance-and-peril-of-ego-your-self-image/) - Part II: The Importance and Peril of Ego – Your Self Image More details available here.
- [Your Other Brain – The Intelligence of Your Heart Center](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/your-other-brain-the-intelligence-of-your-heart-center/) - Part III: Your Other Brain – The Intelligence of Your Heart Center More details available here.
- [Making the Easy…Elegant](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/making-the-easyelegant/) - Audio lesson: 2 hr 32 min Video lesson: 2 hr 10 min
- [Where Is Your Head? Posture, Ease and Clear Thinking](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/where-is-your-head-posture-ease-and-clear-thinking/) - Video lesson: 2 hr 41 min Audio lesson: 2 hr 42 m
- [Awareness Through Movement](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/awareness-through-movement/) - Awareness Through Movement by Moshe Feldenkrais Paperback, 192 Pages 12 easy-to-follow Awareness Through Movement Lessons for improving posture, flexibility, breathing, coordination, etc.
- [Online Class - Single Session](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/online-class-single-session/) - Treat yourself to an interactive, live, online experience. You can join any class - all online Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons are for any level of learner. For a full description and details, check out the series description.
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- [Seeing with Your Whole Self: the Eyes, Expression, Orientation and Balance](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/seeing-with-your-whole-self-the-eyes-expression-orientation-and-balance/) - 2 hr 44 min
- [The Great Adventure: Myth, Archetype and Feldenkrais](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/the-great-adventure-myth-archetype-and-feldenkrais/) - Friday, July 24 - Sunday, July 26
- [I’ve Got Your Back](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/ive-got-your-back-2/) - Video lesson: 2 hr 7 min Audio lesson: 2 hr 21 min
- [The Little Book of Falling (and Getting Up) Paperback](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/the-little-book-of-falling-and-getting-up-paperback/) - Available at Amazon.
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- [The Center of Everything: Your Powerful Pelvis](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/the-center-of-everything-your-powerful-pelvis/) - Video lesson: 2 hr 10 min Audio lesson: 2 hr 33 min
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- [Don’t Postpone Joy!](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/dont-postpone-joy/) - Video lesson: 2 hr 4 min Audio lesson: 2 hr 28 min
- [A Leg to Stand On: Finding Support, Moving Forward Without Pain](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/a-leg-to-stand-on-finding-support-moving-forward-without-pain/) - 2 hr 23 min
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- [What Are You Afraid Of?](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/what-are-you-afraid-of/) - Fear is not just in our heads – it’s also in our bodies. What Are You Afraid Of? shows how our bodily postures and habits trigger the anxieties that crimp our daily lives and provides simple, eye-opening exercises to free us from fear’s grip. We often think of fear as something based in our minds.
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- [Liberate Your Rib Basket](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/liberate-your-rib-basket/) - Video lesson: 2 hr 7 min Audio lesson: 1 hr 59 min
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- [Walking Your Talk](https://laviniaplonka.com/product/walking-your-talk/) - In Walking Your Talk, award-wining performer and movement teacher, Lavinia Plonka, reveals the fascinating connection between how you move and how you feel. What’s more, Plonka shows how changing our movements and body postures can be a crucial first step in altering our emotional behaviors and improving how we are seen by others. Drawing from
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- [walk your talk](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/walk-your-talk/)
- [alba emoting](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/alba-emoting/)
- [emotions](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/emotions/)
- [emotional reaction](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/emotional-reaction/)
- [bad posture](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/bad-posture/)
- [posture and breath](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/posture-and-breath/)
- [Italy workshop](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/italy-workshop/)
- [workshop](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/workshop/)
- [learning](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/learning/)
- [retreat](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/retreat/)
- [Casperia](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/casperia/)
- [Unfolding Possibilities](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/unfolding-possibilities/)
- [reach for our dreams](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/reach-for-our-dreams/)
- [Feldenkrais workshop](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/feldenkrais-workshop/)
- [nervous system](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/nervous-system/)
- [imagine](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/imagine/)
- [imagination](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/imagination/)
- [stress free](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/stress-free/)
- [kinesthetic](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/kinesthetic/)
- [proprioception](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/proprioception/)
- [walking](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/walking/)
- [bones](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/bones/)
- [skeleton](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/skeleton/)
- [five senses](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/five-senses/)
- [laughter](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/laughter/)
- [laughing](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/laughing/)
- [laughter is the best medicine](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/laughter-is-the-best-medicine/)
- [contagious laughter](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/contagious-laughter/)
- [endorphins](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/endorphins/)
- [laughter produces endorphins](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/laughter-produces-endorphins/)
- [Big Apple Circus](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/big-apple-circus/)
- [clowns](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/clowns/)
- [new idea](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/new-idea/)
- [heresy](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/heresy/)
- [Sandy Becker](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sandy-becker/)
- [Nicholas Copernicus](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/nicholas-copernicus/)
- [TV show](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/tv-show/)
- [emotions and habits](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/emotions-and-habits/)
- [face](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/face/)
- [facial expression](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/facial-expression/)
- [the masks we wear](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/the-masks-we-wear/)
- [sense your face](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sense-your-face/)
- [what does your face say](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/what-does-your-face-say/)
- [fear and vulnerability](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/fear-and-vulnerability/)
- [sense the breath](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sense-the-breath/)
- [sense your feet](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sense-your-feet/)
- [working in the garden](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/working-in-the-garden/)
- [inhale and exhale](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/inhale-and-exhale/)
- [book](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/book/)
- [Feldenkrais Method](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/feldenkrais-method/)
- [anger](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/anger/)
- [feel your face](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/feel-your-face/)
- [Feldenkraistension](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/feldenkraistension/)
- [tension and health](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/tension-and-health/)
- [anger and health. angry face](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/anger-and-health-angry-face/)
- [emotional life](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/emotional-life/)
- [burdens](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/burdens/)
- [worry](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/worry/)
- [shoulder injury](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/shoulder-injury/)
- [shoulder tension](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/shoulder-tension/)
- [feast or famine](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/feast-or-famine/)
- [paleo diet](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/paleo-diet/)
- [hunter gatherer](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/hunter-gatherer/)
- [shopping bargain hunting](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/shopping-bargain-hunting/)
- [High Intensity Interval Training](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/high-intensity-interval-training/)
- [paleo ancestors](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/paleo-ancestors/)
- [neurotransmitters](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/neurotransmitters/)
- [why do we laugh](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/why-do-we-laugh/)
- [what makes us laugh](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/what-makes-us-laugh/)
- [laughter and learning](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/laughter-and-learning/)
- [what is health](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/what-is-health/)
- [definition of health](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/definition-of-health/)
- [movement is medicine](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/movement-is-medicine/)
- [resilience and health](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/resilience-and-health/)
- [recover from shock](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/recover-from-shock/)
- [recovery](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/recovery/)
- [earmark of health](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/earmark-of-health/)
- [As above](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/as-above/)
- [so below](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/so-below/)
- [who am I](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/who-am-i/)
- [body/mind connection](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/bodymind-connection/)
- [hologram](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/hologram/)
- [body as hologram](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/body-as-hologram/)
- [alchemy and the body](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/alchemy-and-the-body/)
- [fake smile](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/fake-smile/)
- [inner smile](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/inner-smile/)
- [frown](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/frown/)
- [smile and posture](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/smile-and-posture/)
- [smiling dog](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/smiling-dog/)
- [Buddha smile](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/buddha-smile/)
- [breath and smiling](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/breath-and-smiling/)
- [Pogo](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/pogo/)
- [zombies](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/zombies/)
- [habitual behavior](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/habitual-behavior/)
- [repetitive behavior](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/repetitive-behavior/)
- [mirrors](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/mirrors/)
- [mirroring](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/mirroring/)
- [cardinals](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/cardinals/)
- [stress is bad for you](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/stress-is-bad-for-you/)
- [stress is good for you](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/stress-is-good-for-you/)
- [stress studies](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/stress-studies/)
- [stress and death](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/stress-and-death/)
- [stress and health](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/stress-and-health/)
- [breathing](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/breathing/)
- [take a breath](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/take-a-breath/)
- [making a good impression](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/making-a-good-impression/)
- [shallow breath](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/shallow-breath/)
- [relaxed breath](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/relaxed-breath/)
- [first impression](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/first-impression/)
- [good impresssion](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/good-impresssion/)
- [ancient cultures](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/ancient-cultures/)
- [ecstatic postures](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/ecstatic-postures/)
- [prayer and the body](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/prayer-and-the-body/)
- [The gifts I have](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/the-gifts-i-have/)
- [Star Trek figurines](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/star-trek-figurines/)
- [dizzying montage of my life](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/dizzying-montage-of-my-life/)
- [Vermont Pottery dishes](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/vermont-pottery-dishes/)
- [Life loss and what I wore](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/life-loss-and-what-i-wore/)
- [disruptive innovation](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/disruptive-innovation/)
- [value network](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/value-network/)
- [medical model. Feldenkrais](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/medical-model-feldenkrais/)
- [somatic](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/somatic/)
- [medical intervention](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/medical-intervention/)
- [yoga](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/yoga/)
- [Core Strength](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/core-strength/)
- [sacred movement](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sacred-movement/)
- [tarot](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/tarot/)
- [prayer](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/prayer/)
- [Pelvic power](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/pelvic-power/)
- [power walk](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/power-walk/)
- [Gurdjieff](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/gurdjieff/)
- [sacrum](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sacrum/)
- [primal emotions](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/primal-emotions/)
- [pelvic bone](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/pelvic-bone/)
- [sleep](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sleep/)
- [flexible brains](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/flexible-brains/)
- [Lumosity](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/lumosity/)
- [lack of sleep](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/lack-of-sleep/)
- [lying in bed](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/lying-in-bed/)
- [scrub the brain](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/scrub-the-brain/)
- [movement and the brain](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/movement-and-the-brain/)
- [neuroplasticity](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/neuroplasticity/)
- [Detroit Airport](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/detroit-airport/)
- [going nowhere](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/going-nowhere/)
- [Klingon](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/klingon/)
- [Romulan](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/romulan/)
- [Heisenberg](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/heisenberg/)
- [delayed planes](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/delayed-planes/)
- [canceled flight](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/canceled-flight/)
- [millionaire mind](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/millionaire-mind/)
- [holding pattern](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/holding-pattern/)
- [Milan Kundera novel](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/milan-kundera-novel/)
- [Henri Tracoll](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/henri-tracoll/)
- [hunting in Wisconsin](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/hunting-in-wisconsin/)
- [Shoulder](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/shoulder/)
- [shoulder pain](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/shoulder-pain/)
- [curved shoulder](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/curved-shoulder/)
- [work](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/work/)
- [play](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/play/)
- [retirement](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/retirement/)
- [vacation](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/vacation/)
- [overachiever](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/overachiever/)
- [work into play](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/work-into-play/)
- [Jung](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/jung/)
- [Freud](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/freud/)
- [Michael Pollan](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/michael-pollan/)
- [Daniel Siegel](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/daniel-siegel/)
- [Mindstight](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/mindstight/)
- [neuroscience](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/neuroscience/)
- [food](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/food/)
- [cooking](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/cooking/)
- [relationships](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/relationships/)
- [eating together](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/eating-together/)
- [soup stock](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/soup-stock/)
- [archetype](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/archetype/)
- [food and love](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/food-and-love/)
- [stuck on a treadmill](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/stuck-on-a-treadmill/)
- [dangers of treadmill](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/dangers-of-treadmill/)
- [treadmill desk](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/treadmill-desk/)
- [walking on a treadmill](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/walking-on-a-treadmill/)
- [mindful walking](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/mindful-walking/)
- [workaholic](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/workaholic/)
- [workaholism](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/workaholism/)
- [parasympathetic nervous system](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/parasympathetic-nervous-system/)
- [sympathetic nervous](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sympathetic-nervous/)
- [Sabbath](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sabbath/)
- [rest](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/rest/)
- [eat at your desk](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/eat-at-your-desk/)
- [overwork](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/overwork/)
- [ants](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/ants/)
- [forget](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/forget/)
- [memory](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/memory/)
- [Salvador Dali](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/salvador-dali/)
- [short term memory](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/short-term-memory/)
- [Carlos Castaneda](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/carlos-castaneda/)
- [criticism](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/criticism/)
- [Gollum](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/gollum/)
- [grateful](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/grateful/)
- [guilt](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/guilt/)
- [LSD](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/lsd/)
- [Matthew Alper](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/matthew-alper/)
- [primal fear](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/primal-fear/)
- [punishment](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/punishment/)
- [remorse](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/remorse/)
- [abduction](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/abduction/)
- [aliens](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/aliens/)
- [Edgar Mitchell](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/edgar-mitchell/)
- [little gray men](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/little-gray-men/)
- [Martha Stewart](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/martha-stewart/)
- [New Jersey](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/new-jersey/)
- [Pope John Paul II](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/pope-john-paul-ii/)
- [bluetooth](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/bluetooth/)
- [future](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/future/)
- [smart house](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/smart-house/)
- [wireless](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/wireless/)
- [big bang](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/big-bang/)
- [god](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/god/)
- [copyright](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/copyright/)
- [ideas](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/ideas/)
- [intellectual property](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/intellectual-property/)
- [love](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/love/)
- [Shakespeare](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/shakespeare/)
- [Babelfish](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/babelfish/)
- [Beyonce](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/beyonce/)
- [chocolate](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/chocolate/)
- [global warming](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/global-warming/)
- [hugs](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/hugs/)
- [Kim Kardashian](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/kim-kardashian/)
- [Mother Earth](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/mother-earth/)
- [New Year](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/new-year/)
- [plastic](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/plastic/)
- [Qawwali](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/qawwali/)
- [change](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/change/)
- [fortune teller](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/fortune-teller/)
- [I Ching](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/i-ching/)
- [law of attraction](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/law-of-attraction/)
- [moving](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/moving/)
- [Persian tale](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/persian-tale/)
- [psychic](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/psychic/)
- [reinvent myself](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/reinvent-myself/)
- [amygdala](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/amygdala/)
- [Helen Reddy](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/helen-reddy/)
- [myelin](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/myelin/)
- [Nazi](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/nazi/)
- [PTSD](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/ptsd/)
- [purse](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/purse/)
- [remember](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/remember/)
- [remember myself](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/remember-myself/)
- [Saki](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/saki/)
- [St. Anthony](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/st-anthony/)
- [woman](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/woman/)
- [Guggenheim](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/guggenheim/)
- [money](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/money/)
- [mushroom](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/mushroom/)
- [accordion](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/accordion/)
- [adrenaline](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/adrenaline/)
- [extreme sports](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/extreme-sports/)
- [family](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/family/)
- [multitask](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/multitask/)
- [saying no](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/saying-no/)
- [spreading manure](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/spreading-manure/)
- [texting while driving](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/texting-while-driving/)
- [astronomical clock](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/astronomical-clock/)
- [Budapest](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/budapest/)
- [Cieszyn](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/cieszyn/)
- [holographic universe](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/holographic-universe/)
- [Kafka](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/kafka/)
- [Prague](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/prague/)
- [Sisyphus](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sisyphus/)
- [Total Recall](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/total-recall/)
- [virtual reality](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/virtual-reality/)
- [Age of Aquarius](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/age-of-aquarius/)
- [armageddon](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/armageddon/)
- [bikram](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/bikram/)
- [black hole](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/black-hole/)
- [Black Swan](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/black-swan/)
- [climate change](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/climate-change/)
- [emf](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/emf/)
- [end of the world](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/end-of-the-world/)
- [George Carlin](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/george-carlin/)
- [History Channel](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/history-channel/)
- [Let the Sun Shine in](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/let-the-sun-shine-in/)
- [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/nassim-nicholas-taleb/)
- [natural disaster](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/natural-disaster/)
- [Pascal](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/pascal/)
- [pole reversal](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/pole-reversal/)
- [sunscreen](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sunscreen/)
- [sunspots](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/sunspots/)
- [The Mummy](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/the-mummy/)
- [Y2K](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/y2k/)
- [Buddhist](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/buddhist/)
- [Damasio](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/damasio/)
- [habit](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/habit/)
- [monkey mind](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/monkey-mind/)
- [Muzac](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/muzac/)
- [neurologist](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/neurologist/)
- [avenue q](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/avenue-q/)
- [discrimination](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/discrimination/)
- [diversity](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/diversity/)
- [immigrant](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/immigrant/)
- [immigration](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/immigration/)
- [malcolm gladwell](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/malcolm-gladwell/)
- [melting pot](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/melting-pot/)
- [racism](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/racism/)
- [randy newman](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/randy-newman/)
- [Charlotte's Web](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/charlottes-web/)
- [spider](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/spider/)
- [center of the universe](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/center-of-the-universe/)
- [cosmic](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/cosmic/)
- [cosmos](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/cosmos/)
- [humanity](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/humanity/)
- [It's a Wonderful Life](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/its-a-wonderful-life/)
- [Jerry Garcia](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/jerry-garcia/)
- [Jimmy Stewart](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/jimmy-stewart/)
- [macrocosm](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/macrocosm/)
- [microcosm](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/microcosm/)
- [Princess Bride](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/princess-bride/)
- [reality](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/reality/)
- [wheel of fortune](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/wheel-of-fortune/)
- [wheel of time](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/wheel-of-time/)
- [empty refrigerator](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/empty-refrigerator/)
- [food for thought](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/food-for-thought/)
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- [our hands are our thoughts](https://laviniaplonka.com/tag/our-hands-are-our-thoughts/)
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