Apple Aniseed Arts
Ten-week course for Highly Sensitive People, with elements of Art-making and Eurythmy movement
Coming to ones self by discovering the gift of Sensitivity.
The course includes simple colour and line work on paper, body awareness exercises, meditations, listening exercises, and Eurythmy movement based on Life processes.
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The course begins the growth of roots for a foundation for the basics. It will help you to accept, affirm and to manage your experiences in high sensitivity.
First, we develop basic HSP skills:
1. From high excitability to clear thinking.
2. From perfectionism to heart-centred care.
3. From being entangled in many possibilities to sticking to what your heart chooses.
4. From inner and outer conflicts to inner balance.
Then we work towards unfolding the HSP potential:
5. Having compassion without dissolving into others.
6. Listening to your inner voice in order to act in harmony with yourself.
7. Being able to wonder in order to feel connected to the essential.
Finally, we bring to fruition what we have learnt along the way, as if in an octave.
8. Arrival, fulfilment and progression at the same time.
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The special feature of our course is its systematic structure according to topics which are adapted to the different layers of our personality. The basis for the personality layers in this course is twofold: first, the Eightfold Path of the Buddha, as taught 3000 years ago; and second, the beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount. Both of these sources take up the complex structure of mind and body in a similar way, and subdivide it into eight basic principles. Rudolf Steiner worked out the similarities between these two sets of teachings. These sources and their approaches form the basis for this course.
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Ten-week course Dates: Starting Sunday 4 May to Sunday 13 July 2025
Time: 4pm to 5:30pm
Venue: Christian Community. 8 Spademill Road. (The west end of Aberdeen, just off Queen's Road), Aberdeen AB15 4XW.
The Community Room is to the right of the foyer upon entry.
Sliding Fee : £500/£450/£400
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Course Structure and Content
Sunday 16th March 2025
Starting Week for Individual Art exercise, Introduction and Connection
Week 1 - "A" - Over-Excitability - Sunday 23rd March
Building Foundations and Creating Space
Four Elements Body Scan Meditation
Forming soil, staying receptive, and becoming grounded
Week 2 - "O" - Perfectionism - Sunday 30th March
Development in Community
Rest and Activity
Harmony in abundance, and Spaces full of light ad warmth
Week 3 - "I" - Getting Lots in Your Thoughts - Sunday 6th April
Discovering the Power of the Heart
Thinking Backwards
A happy heart. Becoming centred and mobile
Week 4 - "E" - Boundary Problems - Sunday 13th April
My I, Open and Centred
Shelter and Perseverance
Establishing relationship, encounter, and awakening
Quiet Week - Sunday 20th April - No class
All daily activity of Eurythmy practices can take a complete pause
Week 5 - "Ei" - Overflowing Emotionality - Sunday 27th April
The Power of Compassion
Affection and Gentleness
Strength rests in silence
Week 6 - "Au" - Indecision and Worrying - Sunday 4th May
Truth as a Source of Strength
Conscience
Creativity - Creating space for Freedom
Week 7 - "U" - Overstimulation - Sunday 11th May
The Worlds Abundance
Astonishment
Resting in oneself - transcending boundaries
Week 8 - Stop Being a Victim - Sunday 18th May
The Golden Thread
Finding Yourself in Light
I Think Speech
Sunday 25th May 2025
Week for social art activity - Reflection and Celebration, Self-Care, and Conclusion of the Course
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