Dharamsalla in April

A  GURDJIEFF MOVEMENTS RETREAT IN DHARAMSALLA/HIMALAYA
10th-23rd of April 2017
With Amiyo and Chetan

Come and participate in one of the most powerful experience of awakening to yourself,
bringing consciousness to your life: The Practice of Gurdjieff Sacred Movements
On a music created for them by Gurdjieff and De Hartmann
The seminar is open to everyone, independently of experience!
The place where the seminar is held is: in the very beautiful and comfortable center Osho Nisarga,  in full nature, at the feet of a high Himalayan range
See at: www.oshonisarga.com

If you have seen the need in you to do something else, to give more values to your life, outer, but mostly also inner .If you have tried by yourself and this has brought you to the conclusion that it is impossible within the context of day to day life , then this Movements retreat may offer you support , and best conditions for working on yourself:
Stepping out of our routine and system ,being together with  people who are sharing the same longing to live in a more conscious and loving way , sharing a relation of reciprocal attention and care

Why Dharamsalla?
Dharamsalla, capital of Tibet in exile, where the entire spiritual Tibetan culture is being nurtured bring us back to one of the main sources from where Gurdjieff learned the movements.
We will imbibe ourselves from the incredible gentleness, courage and grace of the Tibetan people
 Far away from our national, social, cultural conditioning, we can open up to a new vision of ourselves, to a new vision of life ‘s values and offers, within an international gathering of participants in the seminar
 The Movements

The Movements are an essential part of the teaching of G.I. Gurdjieff, an enlightened mystic of the XX century
Gurdjieff created about 250 Movements or dances, some of them coming from seeing them performed in sufi,
Tibetan,  buddhist, or esoteric traditions, in  Central Asia, Tibet, Egypt, Middle East ;some of them created
by Gurdjieff himself  on a music composed by Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann.

The Movements are a tool to help us be here, to return to ourselves ,
to stay centered in the middle of our activities
If we sit, our mind will chatter. We will not be silent.
The movements are devices so the mind is not allowed to chatter.
We are so involved in moving that the mind stops. In that gap, we reach to our own soul
A new energy is produced, coming from a higher part of our mind, where there is intelligence, a capacity of
seeing very clearly, without reactions.
We do not know how much we act, feel and think mechanically .We believe our movements to be free.
We do not see how much we are conditioned by our habits and clichés,
how much we are the puppet of outside
events and people’s opinions
The Movements help us take distance from our emotions and reactions.
They develop a subtle quality of attention
maintained on several parts at the same time, while we learn to relax and economize energy
We learn to bring this quality of relaxed alertness in our life

“ The Movements can show us how to be in life , how to experience Presence and at the same time,
have a freer movement in manifestation”
Mme de Salzmann
Our 3 main centers : body, heart and mind, learn to work together, everyone of them working at its own tempo
in a common organism , bringing an unforgettable feeling of unity , beauty and inner peace …
The seminar will include:
-Mostly, an intensive practice of the Movements: positions, transitions, right tonicity,
right tempo and clear vision of space
-Sensitivity to music;  Rhythmic exercises
-Place of the Movements within their larger context: the teaching of Gurdjieff
-Readings of Gurdjieff, Mme De Salzmann, Osho, Hazrat Inhayat Khan, Bennett
-Meditations and inner exercises
- Theater and dance creative improvisations in relation with the theme of self observation
-Observations and sharing: How our experiences while practicing the Movements are the reflections of how
we face the events and challenges in our life, and how we can find in ourselves the courage and energy
to act from a space of pure awareness
We are starting at 7.15am with a meditation and the afternoon session ends up at 7 pm
Prices
Accommodation and food (one night and 3 meals a day):
From 800rps to 1800rps per day. The price differs according to the standard of the room you choose. Single, double, your own bungalow, by the river or not...
But wherever you are, the standard of rooms and hygiene, the esthetic is amazing for India!
Tuition: 480 euros
We can help you organize your travels

If you are interested: Please, write to these 2 following addresses,     as Yahoo has not been very reliable lately amiyodev@yahoo.com and chetangreen@gmx.net
With our most friendly feelings
We are looking forward to dance with you!
Amiyo and Chetan

DANCING SOUL
The balance of the 5 elements within us
Facilitated by Ma Prem Amiyo ( dancer)  Sw. Prem Chetan  ( singer)
and Ashok Kumar( djembe player and actor)
Open for all and everybody

DATES
27th of April-5th of May 2017

PRICE OF TUITION
300 Euros

THE PRICE OF THE ROOMS
Will be, according to the standard of the room, whether you wish to stay in a single or in a double room, in an individual  bungalow, by the river or in the building with other rooms.
It varies from 800 rupees per person per day, up to 2000 rupees, including  3 meals

Participants who are booking early the seminar will be more likely to receive
the accommodation they are wishing for

Dance - A Ceremony of Awareness
Dance - A way of saying NOW!
Through dance, expressing…
Our deep physicality…
Sensuousness…
Our passionate intensity…
Exploring vitality…
Our sensitivity...
And silence...

The aim of the seminar is to connect with our vital force, to get rooted in the central core of our body, in order to open up, and then meet others with love, sensitivity, playfulness and sensuality.To explore the inner connections we have with the 5 elements: fire, earth, water, air, space

In store for the seminar is:
-A warm friendly atmosphere, well supported with friendly suggestions and guidance
-An opportunity to satisfy the artistic longing present in each one
-Plays and games to bring awareness, into the quality of our relating to the other: dominant, dominated, dialogue, inhibitions, creativity, empathy….
- A safe and fun environment inviting to connect with oneself and others
- Moments of stillness and silence, meditations through which
we come back to the deep source within

Through:
-Grounding techniques
-Centering techniques: Hara exercises from Eric Hawkins,
Awareness of the natural laws of movement
-Expansion of movement vocabulary in improvisations
-Non verbal communication and contact dance
-Dance-theater improvisation.
Experimental theater inspired by Grotowski and Peter Brook
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-African dance and rhythmic plays, with the live music and support of
our friend Ashok Kumar who is fantastic Djembe player and a great actor.
-Butoh Dance
-Study of the vibrations of sounds and singing
-Gurdjieff dances
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Dance can take us to the depths of our inner space, and to the heights of
the infinite that lives within us.
We would choose the direction of the process according to the context,
and the participants’ needs.
Amiyo ,
dancer ,choreograph, dance-therapist, and Chetan, professional singer and musician
will share their expertise and love for singing and dancing based on relaxation,
self-respect, non-competition and joy
From 1979, Amiyo was asked by Osho to lead dance seminars in Osho commune,
and she has been going on dancing  all around the world since then
Chetan is a very skilled musician and a wonderful singer, and he will help us                                         find our voice with care and love
 
If you decide to come and participate, please let me know directly, and I will send you more practical details regarding the booking procedure ,  the choice of rooms and schedules
Looking forward to meet and Dance with you
Amiyo and Chetan