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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Latest Article August 2025<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2561b46 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2561b46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf506c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf506c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The purpose of Bothmer gym, Speech formation and Eurythmy lessons within the Waldorf curriculum\u00a0<\/p><p>by Danijel Grcevic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a866944 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a866944\" 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English translation :&#8221;Fulfilling goes&#8230;&#8221;), if practiced, enables teachers not only to develop elasticity of speech and a sense for the threefoldness of the human constitution, but also enables them to speak the meaning of the words on the wings of the sounds.<\/p><p>But in addition to our own experience of listening to or forming the living word, we may also like to look at it from a phenomenological point of view, and raise the question: &#8220;what\u00a0 actually are those wings? And how is the meaning of the new-born sound carried to the listening ear?\u201d\u00a0 It is possible to observe this phenomenon with a simple experiment:\u00a0the\u00a0speaker needs to inhale the smoke of a cigarette and speak out while the smoke still has a good density level.\u00a0 What becomes visible then are the organic forms each sound creates in the surrounding breathed-out air.<\/p><p>\u00a0Relationships between\u00a0 the character of the sounds and created forms can be obvious: for instance, the impact sound &#8220;K&#8221; creates a sharp form, as if someone were to cut into the breath with\u00a0an invisible axe.\u00a0 Similarly, the lip sound &#8221; M&#8221; creates a harmonious flower-like form.\u00a0 But as soon as we speak syllables, words, or several words, the forms become so complex that our understanding of their ever changing interplay needs to surpass anything we know about metamorphosis in Nature, including the plant and animal kingdoms.<\/p><p>\u00a0So one possible answer to our question is that\u00a0this\u00a0liveliness in the newly created, gesture-filled speech is responsible for the winged uplifting quality which\u00a0also\u00a0carrieswithin\u00a0the\u00a0formed\u00a0meaning.<\/p><p>\u00a0Moreover, if we are following the same train of thought, we also can realise: \u201cWithin creation only the speaking human being has the ability to make free use of those forces from which he\u00a0originates, theforces of Logos.\u00a0He thus shares in a deeply creative process, regenerating the creation of the world. He creates anew, changing and transforming the world and himself.\u201d*\u00a0<\/p><p>So, to return to the classroom situation,\u00a0 a desirable pedagogical outcome is, on the one hand, the teacher\u2019s ability to get hold of that very fine chisel which cuts the speech forms in the stream of the breath and enables more intuitive and soulful conversations\u00a0to unfold in a classroom; \u00a0and, on the other hand, the benefit for the\u00a0children is, via immersion in the living language which stimulates their\u00a0sense for the Word, the ability to move inwardly, while at the same time remaining still outwardly and thereby receiving the content of the lesson much better.<\/p><p>Bothmer gym excercises make a good foundation for this process via solidifying the physical body and bringing about the\u00a0congruency between the body and soul landscapes.<\/p><p>Speaking in educational terms we can enter the first landscape by practicing the original Greek pentathlon culminating with class 5 Waldorf schools olympics. The soul\u00a0follows,\u00a0expressing itself through the six archetypal gestures within the speech and drama school productions.<\/p><p>Looking at the same from an\u00a0\u201cearly years\u201dperspective, we can\u00a0observe\u00a0that in the first year of life children are making attempts to lift their upper body, to roll onto their sides, crawl, stand up and finally walk.\u00a0 While\u00a0learning to relate to the space around them, their senses of balance, hearing and touch are awakening.\u00a0 Moreover these experiences serve as a basis for acquiring speech.\u00a0<\/p><p>Development can not but continue,\u00a0like the flowing of a river, and by \u00a0mastering speech,\u00a0 the virtue of thinking is initiated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Then, during the third year of a child\u2019s life, he or she is able for the first time to say &#8220;I am&#8221; and begins to recognise him- or herself as an unique individual.\u00a0<\/p><p>So looking from this described three-fold developmental point of view\u2014walking, speaking, thinking\u2014we can say that the disciplines of Speech formation, together with Bothmer Gym and Eurythmy are activities that are able to recapitulate that very process of\u00a0child\u00a0development, but now in a much more conscious way.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0In other words, the\u00a0 pedagogical aim is not to get stuck in a duality of &#8220;blind will&#8221; and \u201cabstract thinking\u201d, \u00a0but rather to develop living-thinking and willing-devotion in accordance with the three-fold constitution of the human being.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0One question is still hanging in the air: &#8220;What is the role of eurythmy \u00a0within\u00a0the educational triad of\u00a0 Head, Heart and Hands?\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0In that regard we can say that eurythmy is the practice that engages all three,\u00a0and like a captain of the soul,\u00a0leads through the eye of the needle of the physical body to thatother side of \u00a0reality \u2013 the etheric side, where the physical laws are coming to their limit and invisible starts to guide visible.\u00a0 It is the realm of rhythm and overflowing movement, the homestead of living imagination.<\/p><p>\u00a0So in the process of becoming a holistic three-fold practice, Bothmer\u00a0gym,\u00a0Speech\u00a0formation and Eurythmy make\u00a0effective\u00a0the\u00a0path of integration of the lower and higher senses within\u00a0body and soul, and the development of that\u00a0most precious and \u00a0unique human property ,the\u00a0\u201cI am\u201d.<\/p><p>Danijel Grcevic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e175a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e175a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summertreescopy-bottom-1024x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-871\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summertreescopy-bottom-1024x340.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summertreescopy-bottom-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summertreescopy-bottom-768x255.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summertreescopy-bottom.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menu home Foundation Course Cirriculum Teachers Dates Members area Weekly courses Upcoming Events Videos Pictures Articles Contact Latest Article August 2025 The purpose of Bothmer gym, Speech formation and Eurythmy lessons within the Waldorf curriculum\u00a0 by Danijel Grcevic According to Dr. Rudolf Steiner\u2014and we can read about in one of the basic lecture series for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1058,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022\/revisions\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurythmyireland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}