Gurdjieff Dancing Meditations. 3-day taster/ 5-day retreat.

Info and registration : [email protected]

“It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken.”- G. I. Gurdjieff

What are these dances about?

The Sacred Dances are part of the body of work of the Armenian mystic, George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff.

The movements are a form of active meditation, requiring us to divide our attention between the 3 centers of body, heart, and mind. They are designed to progressively take us beyond these centers and access a deeper quality of our being : our Essence.

Each dance, combined with music composed specifically for this purpose, carries a specific frequency that resonates in the body, enhancing the process.

They are ideally done in groups, and develop a sense of being part of a moving whole.

They are at once simple and complex, capable of eliciting a wide range of emotional responses that allow us to see our own reactions.

The goal is not to "get the dances right", but to observe our relationship to ourselves and others in the midst of challenge, making it a very intimate process towards lucidity and freedom.

They support to anchor a sense of presence, stretch our muscles of divided attention, observe ourselves in challenging circumstances, and perhaps, through effort and grace, reach a place that cannot be described with words.

Who was Gurdjieff ?

George I. Gurdjieff was an Armenian spiritual master and mystic, who lived on earth from 1872-1949. He set out at the age of 20, yearning for a deeper meaning to this human existance. His search took him to ancient monasteries and temples from Egypt, across Central Asia, to Tibet and India. He discovered secret Sufi brotherhoods, guarding the knowledge he was seeking. He emerged, 25 years later, in Russia, and began to share the rich learnings from his experience. Among his teachings were the Sacred Dances, intense vehicles for inner transformation.

About the facilitator :

Carol is an Entrepreneur, Strategist, Mentor and Transformational leader. A Transactional Analysis (TA) facilitator, Fourth Way teacher and co-founder of the International Akhaldans Fourth Way School, she is a woman, a mother, and a student–like all of us. She has been leading groups globally for 35 years and brings a vast and rich experience of developing leadership environments, facilitating executive management and organizational change and working with high-profile corporate leaders, non-profit organizations, groups, and individuals. Her passion is to transform individuals, teams, and organizations so that they return to a more objective state in which they can experience themselves more authentically, and the world anew. By helping leaders shed layers of fear, control, and fractured selves and replacing those with more harmonious ways of leading and being, tapping deeper into their true potential, Carol prepares us to operate from a place of creativity, spontaneity, playfulness and love. You can find out more about her work here : https://akhaldans.org/gurdjieff-4th-way-dances/

Pricing for the 3-day taster: 330 €

Pricing for the 5-day retreat:
First tier 450€
Second tier 490 €
Third tier 530 €

A 10% discount is offered to people living in Berlin and willing to host, as we are expecting international students.

This is a non-residential retreat, food and accommodation are not included.

Further info and registration : [email protected]

Host or Publisher Mathilde Constance