Eurythmy Therapy

The Southern Cross Eurythmy Therapy Training started its second training from 24 June to 20 July with nine students in Cape Town.

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Marco Ephraim, an anthroposophic physician from Holland, provided a glimpse into the metamorphosis manifest in the human skeleton.

Beginning from the earliest stages of embryogenesis, through foetal maturity, infancy, childhood and adulthood we could observe the steady transformations.

The marked polarities between the enclosed form of the skull and the radial forms of the limbs are balanced by the striking forms in the ribcage reflecting the dynamic between thinking/planning and will/action. The rhythmic qualities of feeling arising from this tension that is expressed in our rhythmic breathing and blood circulation is beautifully expressed in the bones. Noticing the transformations along the spinal column was a fine exercise in careful observation. The connections we found between the shoulder blade and the vertebra were quite astonishing. A central theme was finally the metamorphosis of bones leading to the form of the larynx.

The Core Group

The Core Group for this training consists of the eurythmy therapists Julia O’Leary and Christiane Janowski (South Africa), Ursula Browning (UK) and Patrice Orange (Australia). Pieter Wildervanck from the Klinik Arlesheim (CH) oversees the training on behalf of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum.

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