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Walking Your Talk

Changing Your Life Through the Magic of Body Language

By: Lavinia Plonka

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Walking Your Talk

Changing Your Life Through the Magic of Body Language

By: Lavinia Plonka

In every movement of our bodies, we express a world of emotions. But our movements don't just reflect our emotions-they directly affect them. In Walking Your Talk, Lavinia Plonka explores the connection between how we move and how we feel. Our movements and body posture are more than just simple expressions of our feelings-they are a powerful factor in our well-being. And changing them can be a crucial first step in altering our emotional behaviors. Drawing from her years of experience as a movement teacher and Feldenkrais Method(r) instructor, Plonka provides simple exercises, thought-provoking lessons, and real-life examples that help readers better understand the relationship between their movement patterns and their emotional state. After beginning with an overview of both historical and modern ideas about the correlation between bodily movement and human emotion and expression, Plonka turns theory into practice by addressing each major area of the body-and the emotional baggage held there. Through exploratory exercises, we learn more about: - how we carry stress-from responsibilities, family issues, and financial burdens-in our shoulders; - why we "freeze" the pelvis-the bodily center of personal freedom, power, spontaneity, and sexuality; and - the self-confidence (or lack thereof) we convey through our carriage. Whether she is examining how a depressed chest can make us feel psychologically depressed, how body language is used to deceive others, or how loosening our pelvis can help us break a lifelong cycle of self-destructive behavior, Plonka is always caring and insightful, guiding readers to a deeper awareness of themselves and how changing their posture has the potential to change their whole lives.

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1585425427

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Walking Your Talk

Changing Your Life Through the Magic of Body Language

By: Lavinia Plonka

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Changing Your Life Through the Magic of Body Language

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Playing in the Kitchen

By: Lavinia Plonka

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Playing in the Kitchen

By: Lavinia Plonka

Playing in the Kitchen offers a delightful smorgasbord of opportunities for culinary delight, going beyond standard cookbook fare to provide a feast that transcends the five senses. The delicious recipes will tempt your sense of taste. In addition, each recipe contains a Playing With Your Food Section that provides substitution tips, how to avoid kitchen disasters, ways to rescue mistakes and much more. For your sense of humor, there are stories; both traditional folk tales as well as humorous essays that explore subjects like cooking with a significant other, fear of an empty refrigerator, and the universe as a cosmic soup. But what makes Playing in the Kitchen completely unique are the movement explorations designed to make everything from chopping to washing the dishes a pleasurable and ergonomic adventure that awakens your kinesthetic sense. You'll never cook the same way again!

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139

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Lulu.com

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055703275X

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9780557032754

What Are You Afraid Of?

By: Lavinia Plonka

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What Are You Afraid Of?

By: Lavinia Plonka

The ordinary manner in which we carry ourselves physically, our automatic gestures, and the accustomed comforts of our bodily habits inadvertently reinforce fear's hold on our lives. What Are You Afraid Of? explores how our fears often arise from physical and mental triggers that have been learned over the course of our early lives-and can be un-learned. Fear, explains award-winning movement teacher Lavinia Plonka, is not the product of intractable psychological demons; instead, it often revolves around repetitive body/mind cues. By teaching the body new habits through a series of exercises and postures, the cycle of fear can be broken.

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1101160829

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9781101160824

What Are You Afraid Of?

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Walking Your Talk

Walking Your Talk

Walking Your Talk

Walking Your Talk

Playing in the Kitchen

Playing in the Kitchen

What Are You Afraid Of?

What Are You Afraid Of?

What Are You Afraid Of?

What Are You Afraid Of?

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