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The Practice of Blending

March 20, 2023 by Roberta Chromey

The practice of blending is an important aspect of the Gurdjieff work. It has taken me a long time to appreciate its value. Initially, blending was an instruction that I understood conceptually, but not in practice. For instance, I understood the directive to blend emotional feeling into the sensation of an arm or leg. But … Read more

Connecting the Parts of Ourselves

October 17, 2022 by Roberta Chromey

Coming Home and connecting our lower centers through physical work gives an opportunity to connect with our higher centers through inner work.

Many are familiar with Gurdjieff’s notion of the different parts of ourselves. Over the years, this has boiled down to the three main centers which we refer to as the moving, feeling, and thinking parts of ourselves. Ouspensky talks about our “higher” centers as well—especially the higher intellectual and emotional. So how do we connect … Read more