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HOW IT IS PRACTICED

 

Eutony exercises are taught in two different ways: group sessions and individual sessions.

To practice Eutony, you need a blanket or a mat, warm and comfortable clothes and other objects, such as tennis balls, soft balls, polyurethane foam cubes, bamboo sticks, chestnut bags, etc. They help increase the awareness on the area you will work on.

The exercises are simple and varied, for example:

  • feeling the contact point between your body and the floor
  • moving and stretching, rolling a tennis ball under your feet
  • putting a chestnut bag under your shoulder, relaxing and feeling the chestnuts
  • exploring the movement ability of each joint
  • pushing, pressing, rejecting against the floor or a wall


This work is put into practice through specific sensitization exercises, bone realignment, touch, manipulation, so that the student can broaden his/her cognitive and sensory experience without being imposed any feeling or perception that may create predetermined conclusions.
Awareness comes from body experience and it is the process that makes learning a permanent benefit.

Gerda Alexander Eutony is a physical work that has an effect on all the being. Simpled and varied exercises, at rest or in motion, foster the development of body awareness. The entire body becomes more present. Body postures and movements are freer and more in line with each person’s anatomic possibilities. Muscle tensions are relieved. A respectful attention of your body also promotes greater well-being and more physical and mental flexibility in everyday life.
Eutony was developed within the context of Western culture. It is available to anyone, since it does not require any physical ability in particular.

INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS

During individual sessions, the student receives touch stimulation from the hands of the eutonist, who, by touching or moving a body part, allows the student to focus his/her attention on that area, and also on the entire being.
The student participates actively throughout the individual class.

GROUP SESSIONS

In group sessions, students have time to find their own way of working. Besides, their experiences allow them to be able to work without the teacher’s guidance.

In group sessions, the student receives an auditive stimulation generated by the voice of the eutonist, who organizes the exercises through verbal directions.
The members of the group will eventually be responsible for their own learning process through active participation, by expressing, sharing, communicating and developing their research and findings, their emotional state and their search for life ideals.
An active and conscious participation from the students during group Eutony sessions enhances, reinforces and broadens their own body image.

Although learning Eutony is systematic, it is not developed in a linear way, but progressively.

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