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Balance Arises out of Movement and Stillness

Healing Observations of a Eurythmy Teacher

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It was a life-changing decision for me to choose a profession as a movement-artist. At the time of my discovery, I was teaching third grade at the Maseru English Medium Preparatory School in Lesotho, southern Africa. Since the children in my class represented thirteen different cultures, my approach focused on their own lived experiences through the stories that they told.

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Eecke, M.V. (2017). Balance Arises out of Movement and Stillness. In: Caracciolo, D., Weida, C.L. (eds) The Swing of the Pendulum. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-224-4_9

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