| Statement
of Purpose
Noyes Rhythm is a system of movement that helps women to increase or
regain their natural sense of rhythm. The result of our work here is fluidity,
ease and wholeness and lightness of movement; a way of moving that is
akin to the vitality and freedom of all nature.
Quotes
“Rhythm is one, for all art and for all nature - that 'forever flow'
which has its roots in rich elemental strength, and its flowering in universal
beauty. Everything worthy of expression, in fact, floats out of rhythm,
in the sense that we mean rhythm - health, beauty, in all the arts.”--Florence
Fleming Noyes
A Noyes Rhythm student wrote once:
“I've been thinking a lot about the concept of rhythm, and I believe
its value in human terms lies its continuity. So much effort, physical,
mental and emotional, seems to be sporadic, scattered, interrupted.
And I can't recall a single piece of Noyes-Rhythm technique which is
not completed. Spirals expand, arcs are joined, straight lines meet
in infinity, there is nothing on top which doesn't have its counterpart
underneath. The good old law of gravity meets its match in the expanding
universe, and rhythm moves between. It is completion, in place of fragmentation.
It is achievement in place of failure. It is flying without crashing.
It's giving without losing.”
Some women have written recently:
“It is Saturday, I am home, and I am still filled with the beauty,
wonder and enchantment of Noyes.”
“I just want you to know that the week I spend with you at camp was
one of the most beautiful and meaningful experiences I've ever had…Noyes
camp is truly a rare gem and makes such a beautiful contribution to
women's lives."”
“…It was not until I returned [home] that I reaped the full benefit.
Much to my delight I discovered that I possessed self confidence, fortitude,
and most important of all, a sense of inner tranquility…”
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