<p>Those who seek serious entry into the practice of the Movement are advised to join the 10-day intensive program after the four-day introductory retreat. This might for you be the beginning of a long search.&nbsp;</p><p>Exploration in the realm of movement has often been avoided by meditators of the East and even discouraged by some spiritual teachers, particularly in India, as it brings in the disturbing awareness of time, which is inseparable with the question of death and inquiry into the meaning of life. However, without this exploration, our knowledge of the world and of ourselves cannot be complete.&nbsp;</p><p>In this sense, Gurdjieff said that the study of movement, through the practice of sacred dances, had been obligatory in many esoteric schools in the East, serving as means for both knowing oneself and developing oneself.&nbsp;</p><p>Movement is the essential quality of life. Openness to the reality of movement is openness to the awareness of duality, which is found in the cause of all movement: high and low, man and woman, plus and minus. The growth of such awareness motivates the seeker to leave behind a childish belief in oneness to begin a long journey around a circle represented by the enneagram, learning how one may evolve into two, two into three, three into four, producing an octave by doubling the four, until one finally comes back to one, completing the circle, giving sense to the life's long journey.&nbsp;</p><p>The Gospel of Thomas, commented by Osho, tells us of the following words of Jesus: "If they say where they may find the sign of the Father in you, tell them to find it in movement and in rest."&nbsp;</p><p>The program is designed primarily for those who are fresh to the work. One set of costume is included in the group fee.&nbsp;</p><p><br><strong>About the Gurdjieff Movements :&nbsp;</strong><br>The Gurdjieff Movements are composed of exercises and dances that Gurdjieff produced with inspirations from temple gymnastics, spiritual exercises, sacred dances, and ritual movements that he saw during his travels in the East.&nbsp;</p><p>The Gurdjieff Movements were brought to the Osho commune in Pune following a request made by Osho in the summer of 1989. They used to be performed annually in the Buddha Hall on the Osho Day Celebration (January 19) until 2001.&nbsp;</p><p>They impart dynamic visions of the universe maintained through interactions among different forces, present the image of man as a three-centered being, uncover mechanisms behind man's slavery, and may give glimpses of liberation and higher states of consciousness.&nbsp;</p><p>By exposing oneself to challenges from the Movements, the learner may seek to develop understanding about one's own position, strengths and weaknesses, and the way one may wish to follow in life.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><div class="slider-pro" style="outline-offset:5px;outline:2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.063);" id="slider-pro-3-13375"><div class="sp-slides"><div class="sp-slide"><img class="sp-image not-prose" src="https://oshoworld.com/uploads/gurdjieff_3.jpeg" loading="lazy"></div><div class="sp-slide"><img class="sp-image not-prose" src="https://oshoworld.com/uploads/gurdjieff_1.jpeg" loading="lazy"></div></div><div class="sp-thumbnails"><img class="sp-thumbnail not-prose" src="https://oshoworld.com/uploads/gurdjieff_3.jpeg" loading="lazy"> <img class="sp-thumbnail not-prose" src="https://oshoworld.com/uploads/gurdjieff_1.jpeg" loading="lazy"></div></div><div><link property="stylesheet" rel="stylesheet" href="/style/sliderPro.css" type="text/css" media="all"><script src="/js/sliderPro.js"></script></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>About the Facilitators :&nbsp;</strong><br>Swami Anand Plavan (Plavan N. Go), assisted by Ma Atmo Atimoda, both from Japan, will facilitate the program.&nbsp;</p><p>From 1988, Plavan had some contacts with the main lineage of transmission from Gurdjieff through his engagement in the Japanese translation of Gurdjieff's books, starting from Beelzebub's Tales. He visited the Osho Commune in Pune and became a sannyasin in 1989. From 1990 to 2001, he was involved in activities around the Gurdjieff Movements at the Osho Commune, to which Atimoda joined in 1998. After leading groups in Japan and some other parts of the world, Plavan and Atimoda started up group-based activities in Çıralı, Turkey in 2015, and began to regularly offer long Movements programs from winter to early spring.</p><div class="slider-pro" id="slider-pro-3-13376"><div class="sp-slides"><div class="sp-slide"><img class="sp-image not-prose" src="https://oshoworld.com/uploads/gurdjieff_2.jpeg" loading="lazy"></div><div class="sp-slide"><img class="sp-image not-prose" src="https://oshoworld.com/uploads/atimoda_ma.jpeg" loading="lazy"></div></div><div class="sp-thumbnails"><img class="sp-thumbnail not-prose" src="https://oshoworld.com/uploads/gurdjieff_2.jpeg" loading="lazy"> <img class="sp-thumbnail not-prose" src="https://oshoworld.com/uploads/atimoda_ma.jpeg" loading="lazy"></div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Homepage Link Below:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="http://gurdjieff-osho.namaste.jp/english/" target="_blank"><strong><u>Gurdjieff Movements &amp; Group Work Initiatives with Plavan N. Go ↗</u></strong></a></p><p><iframe style="width:min(800px, 100%);" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dfXDuW9MDX0?si=Zqdll9Fy9au2YUUh" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>