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On eurythmy

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Eurythmy invites us to dive deeply into the realm of the life forces. The quieter I become, the more grounded and centered I am, the more I come into an awareness of life forces with my sensitivity.

Example: With the movement of my arm (stretching) and the accompanying sensation (radiating), I stimulate a process. If I pay attention to it, I can experience its answer in the counter-current.

By listening to the aftermath of our exercises, we can get an idea of the complex interweaving of the life processes. What comes into our consciousness is a message of what is happening naturally without our awareness in order to preserve our body.

You may discover how the body becomes your teacher.

Isn't it amazing how you become ever slower and more guided in your movements? You will be encouraged to try out and discover new things. A whole world of currents and forces is waiting to be explored by us. We begin to sense how creative beings reveal themselves in it.

The deepening questions of the eurythmy exercises can be a stimulus for our attentiveness, to cross borders of experience.

I, Ilse, will now tell you about what I learned and experienced with eurythmy. I am sure that each of you will come to his or her own experiences and discoveries!

While practicing the seemingly small eurythmic sequences in an unbiased way, take your questions about the mystery of man and his connection with the world into this practice.

In eurythmic movement, we can experience different forces, systems and dimensions with the help of our body. With these experiences the possibilities of our souls grow. We learn to move more consciously in areas that in everyday life we know as reflections, as impressions of a world outside the sensorially tangible: in the dream world, in the world of fantasy, in the non-tangible world.

If you practice looking for the subtle touches of countercurrents and afterimages over and over again, you will increasingly sense a feeling of security in your body and soul. The strengthening effects are created by stimulation of your etheric body (life forces), which you address.

Through particular eurythmy exercises, you will learn to create balance and build up inner strength. For instance through the exercises with the vowel "I", you may attain courage and self-confidence, and become more flexible in dealing with the various challenges of everyday life.

The concentration while practicing can foster a new dimension of perception, of which you become more and more aware. This will be fruitful in situations which demand a letting go: Let go to receive. Experiencing this leads you to trust in an ever-present force that you can reach at any time. Your I is in communication with your etheric body (life forces). (Contemplating Spirit).

When practicing, the answers from the depths, where we find the origin of our emotions and fears can be very impressive for us. The living spirit responds to each of our endeavors, however initial and imperfect they are. Through such experiences, we overcome all doubts that may come up from time to time.

Endowed with an unexpected gift, a joyfully astonished feeling may carry us to gratitude and inner fulfillment.

 

I seek within me
The working of creative forces,
The life of creative powers.

The might of Earth's weight
Tells me
By the word of my feet

The forming power of the air
Tells me
Through the singing of my hands

The strength of heaven's light
Tells me
Through the sensing of my head

How world in us
Speaks, sings, senses.

Rudolf Steiner

 

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