The Story
High energy and creative passion drive the design for artistic wellbeing concepts and equipment for self-discovery and authentic transformation processes.
The story starts over 40 years ago in a house basement, with a ballet bar, practising gymnastics and contemporary dance in a creative, unconventional manner to manage a young girl with a highly strung character and emotional swings. Decades later there was a realisation that this passion for expressive movement could create concepts for physical and mental liberation and empowerment. An inner feeling, call it a ‘gift” for activating emotional response and managing energy through sense movements was the key to the early success of ELASKO. Experiences have been wide and far, on stage in Chicago, owning a large gym and dance academy, opening a boutique fitness studio, there was once also a circus school. The biggest passion though is the stage and curating theatre shows which has always fuelled the creative spark: the excitement and the fear that drives people to a higher realm. So, choreography, design and a bit of theatre sums up the essence of ELASKO. The overriding goal however, is to energise and transform people’s life through expressive movement, whether that’s aided by our equipment, through our courses and concepts or just through a rewarding connection.
What We Do
Creative Design
We have worked on collaborations with some of the industries most respected brands, those noted for innovation and a passion for change. We believe in letting the mind fly free and emerge with all your senses roaring and alert, into a natural flow, that builds the platform of authentic design. Whether designing content, choreographies or functional art, all are nourished by creativity that knows no boundaries to challenge the status quo. Every project is unique and deserves a visionary mind that stays true to its core values whilst being enthused, emotionally connected and in tune with nature.
Energy Movement
At the core of everything we do, ELASKO originates from the founders surname, the letter “E” symbolically stands for Energy, Elongation and Emotion. The system is about elongating the body’s energies beyond its physical appearance and based on dynamic, flowing stretching. Movements require a deep understanding of how the body and mind work in harmony with an imagination to move on a much wider spectrum than we normally require. Elongating the bodies energies organically makes the transition to the mind, this process is a generator for positive thinking, releases and resets emotions for a more balanced and peaceful state.
Coaching Systems
Creativity even plays a big part in our educational sector, we love devising movement systems, this stems back to the days of stage choreography, storytelling and taking people on a journey of discovery. We take pride in being unique, taking people out of their comfort zone, challenging the ‘norm’ and breaking boundaries. Don’t expect us to copy and paste. We develop systems that are challenging, thought provoking, with a goal to over-stimulate the senses and emotional state. We believe coaching should include life skills training, respectful, engaging and challenging conversation that stimulates growth and reflection.
Motivational Speaking
The founder, Sonja Laskowski, is not only a movement expert but a motivational speaker, with limitless, passionate energy and an uplifting attitude towards life which is contagious and inspires people from different backgrounds and cultures. She has an aura and skill to emotionally connect with individuals and audiences and lift and drive the mood and experience. ELASKO aims to re-align energies, reset emotions and motivate people through movement, education, exhibitions and events. We have event and public speaking experience in various sectors to small and large audiences and can adapt to all surroundings and gatherings.
