Lavinia Plonka
How you move…
is how you move through life.
There is a science to knowing your emotional state. And there is an art to cultivating fluency. To be emotionally fluent means you are able to express yourself with clarity and intention. Like being fluent in any language, choosing an appropriate behavior can become as effortless as speaking your native tongue.
Welcome to possibility!
Life can be joyful when you feel whole. Working with Lavinia’s Kinēsa® process, you will feel energized, inspired and hopeful. Find freedom from limitations: physical, mental or emotional, by using intelligent movement. Let Lavinia be your guide toward a confident, happy and creative you!
From the Kinēsa® Blog
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...
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...
Head and Shoulders Above the Crowd
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...
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Sometimes you just need an Awareness Through Movement® lesson and there’s no class available. These lessons are edited audio files of some of Lavinia’s live online classes. Extraneous corrections and noises have been removed to give you a clean less.
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Lavinia Plonka
Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner
Body language expert Lavinia Plonka has helped people improve their movement, behavior, relationships and careers for over 35 years. She guides clients through connecting the dots between posture/movement, emotions and the mind. Read more