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Download Eurythmy Movements and Meditations Eurythmy Movements and Meditations: A Journey to the Heart of Language, Cynthia Hoven, HeartSong Press, 2012, 0615631584, 9780615631585, . Eurythmy is a modern movement art developed by Rudolph Steiner in which the sounds of language and music are expressed through gesture and dance. Drawing from decades of experience as a performer, teacher and therapist, Cynthia Hoven offers new and inspiring insights into how the practice of Eurythmy can awaken our creative spiritual powers and lead to a deeper understanding of the meaning of life and our place in the universe. This book features full color pictures accompanied by inspirational meditative essays that describe the essential nature of 24 major vowels and consonants and how they are expressed in Eurythmy. Offering an entirely insight into Eurythmy, it offers inspiration for anyone who loves the sounds of language, including artists, poets, class teachers and spiritual seekers.. DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/1aCEwuF Eurythmy Therapy Eight Lectures Given in Dornach, Switzerland, Between 12 and 18 April 1921 and in Stuttgart, Germany, on 28 October 1922, Rudolf Steiner, 2009, Medical, 159 pages. Steiner's comprehensive lecture course, republished here in a thoroughly revised translation, describes the principles of therapeutic eurythmy and provides many specific .... Thoughtful teachers, thoughtful schools issues and insights in education today, Editorial Projects in Education (Firm), 1998, Education, 242 pages. The third edition of Thoughtful Teachers, Thoughtful Schools continues its tradition of providing an unusually current, comprehensive, analytic examination of all the important .... Eurythmy and the impulse of dance , Marjorie RaffГ©, Cecil Harwood, Marguerite Lundgren, Feb 20, 1974, Performing Arts, 63 pages. A Lecture on Eurythmy Given at Penmaenmawr on 26th August, 1923, Rudolf Steiner, Jan 1, 1967, Anthroposophy, 36 pages. An important introductory lecture on the new art of eurythmy given prior to a performance during a conference in Wales.. Eurythmy is a modern movement art developed by Rudolph Steiner in which the sounds of language and music are expressed through gesture and dance. Drawing from decades of experience as a performer, teacher and therapist, Cynthia Hoven offers new and inspiring insights into how the practice of Eurythmy can awaken our creative spiritual powers and lead to a deeper understanding of the meaning of life and our place in the universe. This book features full color pictures accompanied by inspirational meditative essays that describe the essential nature of 24 major vowels and consonants and how they are expressed in Eurythmy. Offering an entirely insight into Eurythmy, it offers inspiration for anyone who loves the sounds of language, including artists, poets, class teachers and spiritual seekers. Author Cynthia Hoven wisely states in the text (p. 27) "Because eurythmy is above all, a living, spiritual art, it is my experience that electronic media are very inadequate for expressing its power and authenticity. Likewise a book can never be a substitute for study with a living master." A book however, may emanate from an author's mind clearly and wholly in touch with the subject and spirit of the book's topic. and this is certainly the case with Hoven's text and the illustrations by Renée Parks. As a textual and visual introduction to eurythmy, it is a complement to the introductory lectures given by Steiner himself, whose discourse some might find at first round too abstract. Speaking as a student of esoteric paths, a lover languages and literature both ancient and modern, and as a practitioner of the Feldenkrais school of body work, I have been drawn to the art of eurythmy and the teachings of anthroposophy and am delighted to find such an appealing introduction. This book is the fruit of cultivating the roots of alphabetic sound through movement in silence, and within its limits has much to offer the mind receptive in the right manner. Cynthia Hoven has been working with Eurythmy for over 35 years. She began her studies in the sciences, however, gaining degrees in Science and Psychology with the intent of doing postgraduate work in Parapsychology. She interrupted her studies to travel the world. She spent two years traveling through Europe, the Middle East, India and Nepal, Indochina and Japan. Upon returning to the United States, she shifted her focus to work with the healing arts, and began her studies in Eurythmy, with the intention of doing postgraduate work in Therapeutic University. Completing these trainings in 1982, she worked in as many situations in Europe as possible, performing Eurythmy and practicing Therapeutic Eurythmy with psychiatric patients (Friedrich Husemann Klinik), children with special needs (Camphill Community), and general medicine (Ita Wegman Klinik). She returned to the US in 1983, where she joined with a medical doctor and others to co-found the Raphael Therapy Center for anthroposophical treatments in Sacramento, CA. She simultaneously sought collaborative opportunities for working with Rudolf Steiner College and with the Sacramento Waldorf School. To continue her deep commitment to eurythmy as a performing art, she co-founded the Sacramento Eurythmy Performing Group, and helped direct, organize and perform in tours throughout the west coast during the 1980's. Since the folding of the eurythmy training, Cynthia continues to teach eurythmy at Rudolf Steiner College, travels widely to teach adult and children's classes, and has an active eurythmy therapy practice. Her further spheres of interest include collaborative work with Impulse Youth Group, Oasis Games North America, playthecall, and many other ventures of cooperation and vision for serving the future of the planet by attending to deep spiritual, social and ecological values. Portions of this page may be (c) 2006 Muze Inc. Some database content may also be provided by Baker & Taylor Inc. Copyright 1995-2006 Muze Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. Content for books is owned by Baker & Taylor, Inc. or its licensors and is subject to copyright and all other protections provided by applicable law. http://edufb.net/951.pdf http://edufb.net/2043.pdf.
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