“We must work on our etheric bodies. We must transform the qualities of our temperament to the extent that we can, for instance, consciously alter our movements, our gait and our handwriting. It is not enough to become a more ethical person. We must become a different person.”

—Rudolf Steiner

The way we move in the world is recorded every time we pick up a pen to write. Our handwriting depicts who we are and how we feel about the world; it reveals something of our inner constitution. When we change our handwriting (or the way we move), we change the way we experience the world.

As a group, we will explore what handwriting conveys about the writer, as well as forms that stop the unfolding of children’s latent talents, and forms that block their unique identity. The course will offer the opportunity to begin a process of transforming one’s own temperament. Participants will receive private guidance on specific forms related to their handwriting. 

The way we teach children to write instills in them, often unconsciously, our way of seeing the world inasmuch as we ask them to copy our writing. We will cultivate a new attentiveness towards understanding and seeing handwriting. Working with modern forms of the sacred symbols we call the Alphabet, we will explore the individual growth and transformation made possible through new forms of handwriting called the Vimala Alphabet.

Eurythmy with Cezary Ciaglo.

Materials fee: $20

JENNIFER CREBBIN, author of Soul Development through Handwriting: the Waldorf Approach to the Vimala Alphabet, is certified to teach transformational handwriting, an art form she studied with Vimala Rodgers, its creator. With a background in psychology and conflict resolution, Jennifer brings many professional skills to her work with handwriting. She also devotes time to dancing and painting.