Four Engaging Events with Body Movement Expert Lavinia Plonka
April 16-19
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Meet Lavinia Plonka
Director of Somatic Movement Education, Flow University
Flow University proudly welcomes acclaimed body language expert Lavinia Plonka for her first residency April 16-19, 2024.
Join her for any or all of a series of four not-to-be-missed presentations – two talks and two movement lessons – in the Sandhills.
Attendance is free, but seating is limited and tickets must be reserved by emailing info@flowuniversity.org.
About Lavinia
Body language expert Lavinia Plonka has helped people improve their movement, behavior, relationships and careers for over 40 years. Her unique expertise connects the dots among posture/movement, emotions and the mind. Lavinia’s training and professional career have included theater, dance, yoga and the martial arts. She has taught The Feldenkrais Method® for 30 years and is also an Assistant Trainer. Lavinia is a level CL4 teacher of the Alba Method and an Emotional Body Instructor. She was an artist in residence for the Guggenheim Museum and movement consultant for theater and television companies around the world, from the Irish National Folk Theater to Nickelodeon. A faculty member of the Shift Network, Lavinia’s popular workshops explore the intersection between movement, emotions and the mind. She is currently the director of Asheville Movement Center in Asheville, NC. Lavinia’s writing includes several books and audio programs.
Event 1
Your Secret Superpower: Mindful Movement for Living the Life You Want
Tuesday, April 16, 7:00-8:30pm
Sunrise Theater
250 NW Broad St, Southern Pines, NC 28387
You have been moving since before you were born: at first instinctively, then intentionally, and finally, habitually. Once upright, the only time you had to be aware of your movement was when you were learning a new skill like riding a bike, mastering the violin, or practicing your swing. Your amazing brain took in the new information, created a program and let you get on with your life. We carry those habitual movements into everything we do.
What if there was a more efficient way to hold that violin, or improve your backswing? What if all the habits of your lifetime are no longer serving you and you have had to give up activities you love because your brain doesn’t know any other way to move, than what you have done your whole life? It’s possible to regain flexibility, improve balance and regain your vitality by not just moving, but by improving how you move.
Join Flow University, and master movement educator Lavinia Plonka for an entertaining and illuminating evening where you will get reacquainted with your innate ability to learn to move better, feel better and live the life you want.
Attendance is free, but seating is limited and tickets may be reserved by filling out the online form befow, or by emailing info@flowuniversity.org.
Event 2
The Four Pillars of Graceful Aging: Balance, Flexibility, Strength and Resilience
Wednesday, April 17, 3:00-4:15pm
Sunrise Theater
250 NW Broad St, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Health experts are telling us to move in order to maintain our health. Walk 10,000 steps. Sitting is the new smoking. But what if movement is painful? What if you love a sport or activity but have hit a wall in your performance, perhaps even injuring yourself? Perhaps it’s not simply a matter of moving, but how you move that can improve your health, vitality and golf swing.
What if there was a way to maintain your vitality without strain? Instead of working hard, you can learn to use intelligent movement to not only improve how you move, but how you think, feel and act. This informative session will cover everything from creaky knees to failing eyesight, offering strategies for moving well, well into our golden years.
Attendance is free, but seating is limited and tickets may be reserved by filling out the online form befow, or by emailing info@flowuniversity.org.
Event 3 SOLD OUT
Smart Moves From Head to Toes
Thursday, April 18, 3:00-4:15pm
Location: Pinehurst Village Hall, Assembly Hall
395 Magnolia Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
What do your eyes have to do with your balance? How can improving how you breathe increase your flexibility? Join Lavinia Plonka for an information packed exploration of simple movements that will increase your flexibility, improve how you see and give new life to forgotten parts like your ankles, shoulders and more.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
Event 4 SOLD OUT
Getting more swing out of your swing
Friday, April 19, 10:00-11:15am
Location: Pinehurst Village Hall, Assembly Hall
395 Magnolia Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
Whether you are a golfer or a dancer, you want to be able to use yourself as economically and gracefully as possible. This is a one hour lesson that will offer you greater range of motion, better balance and improved posture: on the golf course, the dance floor or anywhere your movement takes you. This is a class that is done in standing, with or without support.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.