Movements to Music 

The Movements - a collection of sacred dances, exercises and prayers that originate from various schools and monasteries across the Middle East, the Far East, Russia and the Caucasus - came to us via the system of esoteric knowledge which the philosopher and mystic G.I. Gurdjieff brought to the West. They were first taught in England to Mr. Ouspensky’s pupils in the mid 1930s at Lyne Place in Surrey and Colet House (then Colet Gardens) in London, under the auspices of Mme. Ouspensky with Jessmin Howarth as the principle teacher and Rosemary Nott as piano accompanist, and have been continuously practiced in an unbroken line of transmission by this society since then.

The Movements comprise a non-verbal way of embracing universal truths through attention involving the three aspects of man: head, heart and hand.  They begin with learning the discipline of the outward postures and form and proceed – for each at their own speed, irrespective of aptitude – towards discovering their inner meaning.

There are weekly Movements classes during term-time at Colet House in London and in the West Country. Further information about these classes is available by phoning 07986 903 767 or contacting the office.