Eurythmy Class Day2

Activity number ONE (Expand Self Space)
Stand in circle…
Follow the verse she said and move in and out of the circle.. forward and backward
Like spreading wings.. imagine a wings behind us expanding.
Follow the movement breath in and out.

Activity number TWO (Follow the expression of words)
Same movement.. follow the rhythm of her speech…
”Where is the Earth? where? (Out)
It’s there .. drops of grain… (In)
And where will the Heaven be? (Out)
…. (can’t remember)

Then she raised a question.. what is the purpose reading a verse?
Text to show focal point / expression / feeling / imagination / concentration / energy …
She showed the difference of putting the text into the body gesture.. When we talking about Heaven.. we have to be light and looking up..
NOT heavy steps and looking down…
When moving backwards feel like there’s a wing behind you.. guiding and grow… expand as you go…
Imagine we hold a golden thread together and we move in and out of the circle with connection from the person next to you…
Remember this is all about moving together

(After we do it with more imaginative emotion in our movement) “How do you feel?”
Our answer: Feel ourselves energy expanding / breathing more deep / lighter…
(one guy don’t feel anything, so she stand beside him to make him feel the energy as we move again)

Activity number THREE
She took the copper rods and stand in front of a student in the circle.
She wanted us to pass the rod according to beat as she sings…
“Sing with me if you know” As she started sing This Old Man she pass one rod..
Student grab with Left and change to right on next beat while the next student grab from that student holding the rod and so on…
Until everyone got one rod in their hand and teacher stop. “This is the idea for younger kids in the class”

Activity number FOUR
Hold the rod out between the grip of our thumb with both our palm facing down… Hands shoulder width apart..
Lift the rod a little and arms straighten down while step a step forward… (Body still straight)
Then lift our arms straight up and let the rod be at the back of our head while stepping a step back
.. and down 90’ straight in front of us a step forward
…Push our left hand down to make the rod vertical and right leg to step a step to the right…
… then push 180’ right hand down this time rod vertical and left leg step a step to the left…
Push 180’ right  vertical again and right leg step a step to the right…
Close and arms straight down.

Now same movement but make everything 3 steps.

Hold the rod with our right hand in the middle still vertical and curve towards right to have figure 8 steps..
Draw a big figure eight on floor with our steps.. remember to pull the energy from the person next to you..
Curve towards the left with the rod pass to our own left hand...
Stop at the half eight (Everyone close together in the small circle in the middle of the room)
Then walk backwards the other half of the eight.. out.. (same thing)

Activity number FIVE
Connect the movement of activity TWO and FOUR together with a verse…
”The Joy of Light.. Shines through me…. (I will try remember the whole verse next class)
(classes are not allow recording so I am writing all this down based on my memory.. maybe some missing parts… I will try my best)