fordevelopment A plate is a specific area of muscular engagement you set, creating a landing place for connection. It is created with both muscle engagement and a slight extension into the potential connection. The plate can very in size from a fingerprint to the largest area of muscles in the body that can engage together to form a surface.
Once a partner lands in connection on a plate, that plate can be maintained in order to keep the connection point active, or it can be relaxed turning the connection point passive. Note passive connection points can have active plates.
A plate can also be moved, resized, or rolled through by modifying the muscle engagement to change the connection and/or initiate a new idea.