What is eurythmy, the dance that frees you from insomnia (and not only) – Starbene

Eurhythmia is a bodywork technique that works at a deep level and allows you to find peace again. This is a dance which is a part of itanthroposophy but which also has values therapeutic, so much so that anthroposophic doctors often recommend it for various ailments. Don’t worry, to practice it you don’t need to digest difficult philosophical concepts because it’s all verydirect. With the body drawings “A column of light” or “a flower raising its crown in the morning.” For Rudolf Steiner who created it, eurythmy is a movement of the soul for the development of intuition and imagination.

It comes from anthroposophy

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Rudolf Steiner laid the foundations of eurythmy as an art and art therapy to support anthroposophic medicine. In addition to medicine, theanthroposophy (literally, the wisdom of man) has renewed various cognitive fields, such as biodynamics in agriculture, architecture, pedagogy. The common idea is the perception of man as a being spiritual deeply connected to nature and in the circles of universe. Eurythmy has been developed today in three areas: theart with dance performances, in which the performers wear long robes and colorful veils, theeducation of children and treatment many disorders.

How is a session done?

After listening to your problems, the therapist, standing in front of you, asks you ape his gestures. The first exercise is his “triple step”. You just need to walk while the adjuster studies the way you upload it heellift your leg and place itanimal forewing. Easy right? However, from these simple movements, the expert he understands many things. “For example,” explains the adjuster Francesca Gatti, “that there is no balance between thought, feeling and desire. If the leg gets stuck in the middle and the person hesitates when he has to lower it again, it means that he lives too much “in the head”, so the nervous system remains over excited and we are filled with fears”.

The more you dance, the better you sleep

In fact, anxious or insomniac people often la afternoon they stay in front of for a long time pc, when consciousness must leave the “emotional body”, the one that takes us to the world of dreams at night. How to fix it? “You can learn to walk by bringing your breath to it Bass, so that it is felt in the legs. That’s how you relax,” continues Francesca Gatti. “THE movementIn fact, it reflects our essence.” Others high schools help to understand this fundamental concept. For example, his lettersalphabet or move to the accompaniment of songs from poems. Simple and fun, this one dance it stimulates and dissolves all tension, paving the way for sleep. “Eurythmy helps us to rediscover the rhythms of nature within us and to better understand our body,” explains the expert.

The exercise to test yourself

Eurythmy gives you the best if you practice it under the guidance of a teacher. But here’s an easy one excercise perfect for releasing tension when you’re under pressure.

• Standing or sitting catching up hands on chest, fingertips gently placed sternum. Feel your center.
• Now broaden hands soft, like a flower which opens the petals or a light which expands.
• Return to the center by collecting it Power. Repeat late many times. You can do the exercise yourself walking.

Stimulates self-healing powers

Anthroposophic doctors in general prescribe eurythmy sessions for various disorders acute And chronic. Usually a course of treatment includes 10 sessions 45 minutes each (for more information consult euritmiaterapeutica.it). Here are the problems for which eurythmy works best.

• The psychosomatic diseases or associated with nervous system disorders such as anxiety, bulimia, colitis, headache, circulatory and brain disorders coordination.
• The degenerative pathologies: along with other treatments artistic (painting, sculpture, music), eurythmy is recommended for example to cancer patients, such as e.g. motivation in self-healing powers.
• THE vision disorders (myopia, hyperopia, visual stress from screens and others), in which side by side special treatments of anthroposophic medicine.

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