This is the first publication in English of this
important series of lectures by Rudolf Steiner on curative eurythmy.
They are primarily intended for the practising eurythmist concerned
with the therapeutic and curative properties to be found in the
various exercises explained, but they also serve the layman in
showing the intricacies of rhythmic interplay between our
physiological selves and the formative forces in the world about us.
Language and the dynamism that is contained in individual vowels and
consonants is revealed to show their relationship with our own being
in both soul qualities, and in the means by which they can be
transmuted into silent eurythmic movement. In such movements the
performer is able to reach directly into the formative and etheric
life forces themselves. These exercises have been termed by Steiner,
‘inner gymnastics’, and contain enormous potential for
our psychological and physiological well-being. They offer a
tremendous challenge to the existing medicine of today, offering a
healing process that is concerned with both mind and soul as well as
body.