Living and Dancing in Harmony with Living Nature – France in July

Living and Dancing in Harmony with Nature

with David Lorimer

 La Borde Blanque, France, 25 July to 1 August 2015

http://www.bordeblanque.com/en/#!/living_and_dancing

This small seminar will give you a rare opportunity to learn about the inspiring spiritual wisdom of the Bulgarian sage Beinsa Douno (Peter Deunov, 1864-1944) and to dance the sacred Paneurhythmy for which he composed the sublime music and choreographed the harmonious and healing movements. The programme outlined below will include talks, dance and movement, films, outings, walks, swimming and of course rest and relaxation. We will visit the nearby Troubadour castle and museum at Puivert and climb up to the Cathar fortress of Montsegur, which is only half an hour away. We will also visit the picturesque Mirepoix market. The comfortable accommodation in the house is in twin and double rooms with their own bathrooms. Food is vegetarian and I will make sure there is some good wine on hand for those who like a glass (charged at cost). The price of 750 euros includes full board with vegetarian food for seven nights, and registration.

David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, FRSA is a writer, lecturer and editor who is Chief Executive of Character Education Scotland, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and President of Wrekin Trust. Originally a merchant banker then a teacher of philosophy and modern languages at Winchester College, he is the author and editor of over a dozen books, most recently The Protein Crunch (with Jason Drew) and A New Renaissance (edited with Oliver Robinson). He has edited three books about Beinsa Douno: Prophet for our Times (1991, to be re-issued in 2015), The Circle of Sacred Dance, and Gems of Love, which is a translation of his prayers and formulas into English. He learned Bulgarian in order to be able to do this.

He is a founding member of the International Futures Forum and was editor of its digest, Omnipedia – Thinking for Tomorrow. He is also a Trustee of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment and a Churchill Fellow. His book on the ideas and work of the Prince of Wales – Radical Prince – has been translated into Dutch, Spanish and French. He is the originator of the Inspire-Aspire Values Poster Programmes, which this year involved over 30,000 young people from around the Commonwealth. See www.inspire-aspire.org.uk. He also runs a wine advisory service, an easy way to buy great value wines – see  www.wine-elerts.co.uk – and enjoys running with his two black Labradors, who themselves have written a book (see www.lookafteryourhuman.com).

Paneurhythmy film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygu0CHDhJOM

PROGRAMME

Saturday 25 July

1800    Introductions

1830    Meditation

1900    Dinner

2030    Film about the Paneurhythmy

Sunday 26 July

 0800    Meditation and Six Exercises

0830    Breakfast

0930    Dance

1045    Coffee

1115    Dance

 1145    Introduction to Beinsa Douno

1300    Lunch

Afternoon free for walks and swimming in the lake

1830    Meditation

1900    Dinner

2030    Beinsa Douno Music

Monday 27 July

 0800    Meditation and Six Exercises

0830    Breakfast

0930    Outing to Mirepoix market

1215    Dance

1300    Lunch and afternoon free

1700    Living in Harmony with Nature

1830    Meditation (optional)

1900    Dinner

2030    Poetry reading (please bring poetry to share)

Tuesday 28 July

 0800    Meditation and Six Exercises

0830    Breakfast

0930    Dance

1045    Coffee

1115    Finding Meaning in Context and Connection

1230    Lunch

1430    Outing to Puivert and Quercorb Museum (20 mins away)

 1830    Meditation

1900    Dinner

2030    Film: Barbara Marx Hubbard on Human Evolution

 Wednesday 29 July

 0800    Meditation and Six Exercises

0830    Breakfast

0930    Dance

1045    Coffee

1115    Dance

1200    Beinsa Douno Songs

1300    Lunch and afternoon free for reading, walks and swimming

1830    Meditation

1900    Dinner

2030    Film: Sea the Truth

Thursday 30 July

 0800    Meditation and Six Exercises

0830    Breakfast

0930    Dance

1045    Coffee

 1115    Dance

1145    The Protein Crunch – Living in Harmony with the Planet

1300    Lunch

1430    Outing to Montsegur (30 mins away)

1830    Meditation (optional)

1900    Dinner

Friday 31 July

 0800    Meditation and Six Exercises

0830    Breakfast

0930    Dance

 1045    Coffee

1115    Dance and Songs

1200    The Spiritual Heritage of the Cathars and their Connection with Beinsa Douno

1300    Lunch and afternoon free for reading, walks and swimming

1830    Meditation (optional)

1900    Dinner

2030    Party

Saturday 1 August

0800    Meditation and Six Exercises

0830    Breakfast

1000    Depart for Carcassonne – see city and early lunch