BARCELONA
GURDJIEFF
"The
Search for Conscious Harmony"
Study course 2007- 2008
A program to study and practice the Sacred Dances and the Work of Gurdjieff.
The Movements:
Traditionally, the study and the practice of sacred dances, movements and rituals have been an essential part of the teaching of certain esoteric schools in the East. Used and preserved today without losing their deep meaning, religious and scientific in their real sense, the Movements make available for the participant unique opportunities for the inner work of transformation, the balance of body-mind-emotion and the development of subtle perceptions.
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949), "teacher of dance", introduced to his students a large body of these movements and dances. Many are from the regions of Central Asia, North Africa and Tibet; many are of his own creation.
Program:
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Gurdjieff Movements and Sacred Dances: introduction and practice of dances coming from the Sufi, Tibetan Buddhist, Esoteric Christian and Pythagorean traditions.
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Subjects of self study and self observation: aspects of the psychological part of the Gurdjieff system. Towards a new feeling of "I".
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Inner exercises: for the development of attention, finer perceptions and states of consciousness appropriate to the work of self-observation and the movements.
- Zikr:
ceremonies from the Sufi tradition.
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Meditative therapies, meditation: techniques coming from different traditions. To dissolve blocks and to allow the natural flow of energy in the body, favouring the inner silence, alive, natural and without effort.
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Exercises to open the body, dance and creativity: opening ourselves to the articulation of body in sensation.
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Sharing circles: to clarify and to deepen our experiences. To look at them in a larger context: the growth of the individual.
-The Dances and Movements
are taught in silence-
Purpose:
To study and practice intensively and in depth movements and sacred dances along with subjects of self-study and inner practices.
Towards the formation of a group of dancers of sacred dances, not located in the space except when we meet, for the study and the exploration of the work of transformation that this process makes possible, with monthly meetings and personal inner work to develop and to explore.
What we expect?
In order to obtain the maximum benefit of this program, the attendance to all the meetings is suggested, as well as to bring an open attitude towards the new experiences that could arise in your body-mind. Experience in dance or meditation is not required. This course does not constitute a professional training or qualification to teach the Movements to others. The aim is to vivify our life with attention and awareness.
It is improbable that we will able to reach all interested people in this program, please, pass this information on to others.
Instructor:
UTTAM MÓDENES.
Duration of the course, location:
This program will be held in the city of Barcelona during a weekend per month, from September to July. Each workshop will begin on Friday at 8pm. and will finish on Sunday at 3:30pm.
-Ask for information regarding the location and the dates of the meetings-
Information and registration:
Phs.: (+34) 93- 421 65 41/ 619- 93 62 86
