Eurythmy

Drawing on decades of experience as a teacher, performer and therapist, Cynthia Hoven brings the world of Eurythmy alive in her new book Eurythmy, Movements and Meditations-A Journey to the Heart of Language.

Eurythmy is a movement art created by Rudolph Steiner in the early 1900’s in which the sounds of language become visible through movement and gesture. Eurythmy is most often done as an accompaniment to music or poetry and has been known to have healing effects on millions of people worldwide, both young and old.

A deep understanding of what Eurythmy really is, and a dawning of its benefits unfolds while reading this book. We are taken on a journey through 24 major sounds of language. The description of each sound read like meditations, and indeed this is exactly what they are. There is also detailed instruction on how to move each sound, for beginners and those already familiar with Eurythmy. This is invaluable for those wanting to work with the sounds at home.

Through this highly accessible book, Hoven brings the world of Eurythmy out of the realm of Waldorf schools (previously the only place one would be exposed to Eurythmy,) and offers Eurythmy’s healing benefits to the world at large. She invites the reader to become acquainted with this fascinating, yet little known art, that is so relevant in these stressful times in which we live.