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In this video we show you the first rod exercise that Rudolf Steiner gave to the eurythmists. It is the sevenfold rod exercise. Rudolf Steiner instructed that the rod exercises should be done with copper rods, because “copper would [...] give certainty to the movements from within. One would then, for example, grasp the desired one from many books as if involuntarily and immediately open it correctly.“ Rudolf Steiner also wrote on a note sheet that the rod exercises work “against imperfections in the physical posture“. We have posted the note sheet for you below in the copper rods are available in our webshop. You will find the link below. We hold the rod with both hands at shoulder width, starting in the centre. We move the rod down, up, right, left, right, up, down and back to the centre. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 It is important that we keep the arms stretched and do not move to the right or left in the movements to the sides, keeping the upper arm horizonta
