Walking Your Talk

by Lavinia Plonka

"Without awareness of how we are, it is impossible to truly "walk the talk," since the talk doesn't know what the walk is doing!"

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 her years of experience as a Feldenkrais Method® instructor, Plonka provides simple exercises, thought-provoking lessons, and real-life examples that help you grasp the relationship between your movement patterns and your emotional state. She demonstrates how to develop a kinesthetic “sixth sense,” which will empower you to effortlessly command your postures and gestures, and change your self-sabotaging attitudes and expressions to new, more effective ones. You will then be able to embody your words and literally “walk your talk.”

After beginning with an overview of both historical and modern ideas about the correlation between bodily movement and human emotion, Plonka then addresses each major area of the body – and the psychological baggage held there. Through exploratory exercises, we learn:

• 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;
• 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 (or abused) to deceive others, or how loosening our pelvis can help us break a life long cycle of self-destructive behavior, Plonka is always good-humored, caring, and insightful, guiding you to a deeper awareness of how changing your posture has the potential to transform your whole life.

Read selections from the book

The Mechanics of Walking Listening To The Hand Lip & Jaw Service Putting Your Head In It's Place Opening The Nose

Relaxing The Eyes The Pelvic Clock The Breath Of Life The Real You Every Move You Make

Paperback book, 208 pages