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Podcast with Author Lavinia Plonka: Walking Your Talk
Interview by Cynthia Allen
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Not too many Feldenkrais Practitioners venture out into the publishing world. We are thankful that Lavinia Plonka has given it a whirl twice now! Her current book is Walking Your Talk: changing you life through the magic of body language. Listen In: Entire Interview (recommended for high speed internet connections and IPOD users). Otherwise, the interview is split up into three parts, see below.
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Part A
Part B
Part C
More on Lavinia: She was an artist in residence at the Guggenheim museum and movement consultant for theater and television companies including the Irish National Folk Theater to Nickelodeon. Currently she lives in Asheville, North Carolina although she often travels for workshops throughout the country.
In this interview we talk about how Lavinia developed as a mime, artist, Feldenkrais Practitioner and now author. And of course she shares some of her ideas on the magic of changing your life.
You can read more on Lavinia and her workshops and products as www.laviniaplonka.com.
Her books can also be purchase through www.amazon.com.
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Skeletal Neutrality and Organismic Freedom: a podcast with Russell Delman
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This is a great interview! In this interview, he talks about freedom from the points of view of Moshe Feldenkrais and Buddha. I brought up the topic of Christianity and if his work is compatitble. And...pause…I also brought up the initial confusion between the words "orgasmic" and "organismic," which a number of people have mentioned experiencing, when reading the title of the workshop. Russell gives us a nice understanding of the connection. You can read Russell's bio at our prior podcast. Or you can see more about Russell at www.RussellDelman.com |
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The Piano | The First Connection to Recovery. Life Challenges with Polio.
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She is delightful, informative, gracious and inspiring. Why not watch and listen to this video podcast with Dr. Roberta Gary on life-long learning. On the surface it may appear that the interview is about the organ or being a musician. Far from it, I asked Roberta to talk about her own journey in life-long learning as I have been inspired at her continued enthusiasm for learning at a time of life when many people are scaling back. |
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Roberta began life with some challenges (like many of us). Her challenges included polio at the age of 7. Her enthusiasm for the piano was one of her first connections to recovery. It was a love that then later transferred to organ. The physical demands of the organ surely contributed, in large part, to her superb self-use.
There are many pearls of wisdom I received in doing the interview and listening as I edited the movie. I really recommend going for the whole enchilada as you have time.
Here are some short clips.
Age 7, Roberta recovers from polio and finds her way to the piano. [5mb, 4min]
"My life will be different after this..." [7mb; 6min]
Ideas on the Feldenkrais Method and musical mysteries [8mb; 7min]
Excerpt from learning about the organ. Performing "When We Are In Deepest Need" by Bach [6mb; 6min]
Or you can also see short clips on YouTube. Search for tag: Roberta Gary
The Full Interview:
About Roberta Gary
Roberta received her doctorate from the Eastman School of Music. She has been on faculty at University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music since 1967. At age 74... as head of the Keyboard division at CCM , she shows no signs of retiring. This summer she will again record an album, none other than, Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of Fugue. An unfinished piece known for its length and complexity.
Shortly after this taping, she recorded Bach's The Art of Fugue which is available on the Arsis label.
She engages with her students on multiple levels. In additional to being an avid reader, she continues to explore musical and spiritual mysteries. A recent addition to her life has been somatic education approaches including The Alexander Technique, Body Mapping and over the past 4 years in the Feldenkrais Method.
She and her husband, Thom Miles are also contributing authors to What Every Pianist Needs to Know To About The Body .
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The Power of Sleep | an interview with Michael Krugman
Who hasn't had a few sleepless nights? Insomnia and its effects on daily living are significant. Michael Krugman came to the Midwest in 2006 for the first offering of his Sounder Sleep(tm) program. Besides getting blissful moments of deep sleep with his guided explorations, his lectures were fascinating. A podcast seemed like a great way to share some of his understanding of getting some ZZzzss. In this interview hear about...
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Zen and the Feldenkrais Method | Our Inaugural Interview with Russell Delman
| This is our inaugural podcast! At the beginning you will hear me reference mastering new technology. Although we did a number of recording tests, in fact, this recording does not represent mastery. However, it isn't bad for our first time. And we will get better and better at it. That is the nature of learning.At ILCMA, we are interested in understanding broad range of topics that relate to human development. Russell Delman has had a passion for Zen and for the Feldenkrais Method since his early twenties. He has devoted much of life to understanding his own nature and offers his findings to others. His Embodied Life Mentorship program is one we are very interested in at ILCMA. In the 30 plus years since he began his study with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, he has trained over 2500 Feldenkrais Practitioners around the world and maintained a private practice in California. Along with his wife, Linda (also a Feldenkrais Trainer), Russell developed the Feldenkrais-India Project teaching Mother Theresa’s Sisters of Charity to work with brain-injured children. Russell’s approach to his own life, steeped in Zen, Focusing and Gestalt Psychology, is ever present in this interview. |
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Part A - Russell on the Feldenkrais Method, his background in Zen, and how they go together:
Quotable moment:
"The person is now in touch with their life and how it’s expressing itself. In that moment they are alive to themselves. It’s not a mind, or a body or a spirit but it’s a living unity that the person is dropping into. That’s the beginning of the Feldenkrais Method."
Part B - Russell on Higher Purpose and Giving back to Humanity:
Quotable moment:
"There is a fundamental longing within the human being for real connection for something that only happens in the flesh."
Part C - Russell on the Evolution of Consciousness:
Quotable moment:
"Consciousness is evolving. It's not complete. What’s happening right now is the movement from a fear basis of life into taking care of life. I call this the movement from fear to love as the dominate operating principle."
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