Gertrud hirschi wikipedia

Swiss humanitarian activist (1911–1995)

Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser (7 March 1911 – 29 June 1995) was a Swiss humanitarian activist. For a quarter of a century she undertook work for the UNICEF, serving in successively more senior capacities between the organisation's foundation and 1966. She then served between 1966 and 1971, as UNICEF vice-president and director for Europe and North Africa.

Her nomination, jointly with her ex-husband, in 1964 as Switzerland's first two "Righteous Among the Nations" related to an earlier stage in her life however: it was a recognition of the couple's role in rescuing an estimated 62,000 Jews from slaughter during her husband's posting as the Swiss vice-consul in Budapest, and following the invasion of Hungary by the forces of Nazi Germany in March 1944.

Life

Provenance and early years

Gertrud Fankhauser was born in Rechthalten (Fribourg), a little town in the mountains south of Bern. Her father was a cheese maker. After attending business schools in Fribourg and Bern, still aged only 18, she emigrated to the USA in search of adventure. Between 1931 and 1934 she undertook office work at the Swiss consulate in St. Louis (Missouri). It was here that she met Carl Lutz, a junior Swiss diplomat originally from Appenzell. Gertrud Fankhauser and Carl Lutz returned together to Switzerland, and in January 1935 married at the fashionable St. Paul's Church in Bern.

Diplomat's wife in (British) Palestine

Following a last minute change of plan on the part of the Swiss authorities their honeymoon was cancelled. Instead, at the end of January 1935 the couple travelled to Jaffa (as it was then commonly known) in Palestine, which since 1922 had been administered, at least for most practical purposes, as a relatively fractious t

Bali Dans, Bali Adası'nın geleneksel dansı. Hinduizm'da dans, dünyanın aralıksız çözülmesi ve reformuna eşlik eder. Yaratma ve üreme dengesi Shiva'nın eşi Durga (bazen Uma, Parvati veya Kali olarak da anılır) olarak personelize edilir. Bali Hinduizminde Rangda'nin genel şahsiyeti çok yönlerde Durga'ninkine benzediği için Bali'de bunun önemi vardır. Bali'de Mahabharata ve Ramayana gibi epik performanslar dahil olmak üzere çeşitli dans kategorileri (Barong, Legong, Kecak gibi) vardır.

Bali'li dansçılar 4 yaşında annelerinden dans tekniklerini öğrenirler. Bali dansındaki hareketler Java, Bali ve Malaya'ya özgü gamelan adlı müzik topluluğu tarafından üretilen ritimler ile yakindan ilgilidir.

Bali dansı yüz, göz, el, kol, kalça ve ayak ifadelerinin çoklu düzeyleri, vurmalı ses tabakalarını yansıtan bir şekilde koordine edilir.

Kodlanmış el pozisyonlar, jestler ve mudraların sayısı, Java ve Bali'dekilerine göre Hindistan'dakinde daha fazladır. Bu da Hindistan'dan Java'ya iletilmiş bir dans olduğunu unutturan spekülasyonlara yol açtı. Yine de el pozisyonları ve hareketleri Java ve Bali danslarında da Hindistan'daki kadar önemlidir. Hindistan'da olsun, Endonezya'da olsun ya da Kamboçya'da olsun, ellerin tipik süs rolü vardır ve dansın hassasiyetini vurgulamaktadır.

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Mudra (Sanskrit mudrā: "seal", "mark", or "gesture") is a symbolic or ritual gesture. While some mudras may involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers. A mudrā is a spiritual gesture and an energetic seal of authenticity employed in the iconography and spiritual practice of Hinduism and Buddhism.

Unfortunately, there is no serious scientific research regarding mudras, that is why we don't add them to Prana Breath app. But even though there are no clinical studies that prove the positive effects of mudras, there are plenty of practitioners that claim mudras do work. So you might want to give it a try!

Origin

In India, mudras are an established component of all religious activities, and were mentioned in ancient Vedic scripts. The various mudras and hastas (arm poses) are significant in the depiction of Hindu gods. In addition to body postures and attributes, they also represent the distinguishing characteristics of various deities.
The mudras are just as familiar in Indian dance, where the hands, eyes, and body movements act and/or dance the entire drama without words.

In Yoga, mudras are used in conjunction with Pranayama, generally while seated in Padmasana, Sukhasana or Vajrasana pose, to stimulate different parts of the body involved with breathing and to affect the flow of Prana in the body.

Benefits

• enhances your breathing practices;
• gives the control of Prana flow in your body;
• heals a specific health issue;
• adds either to relaxation or to energizing, depending on the kind of mudra.
  

Literature

• "Mudras of India: A Comprehensive Guide to the Hand Gestures of Yoga and Indian Dance" by Cain Carroll and Revital Carroll
• "Mudras: Yoga in your Hands" by Gertrud Hirschi
• "Mudras for Body, Mind and Spirit: The Handy Course in Yoga" by Gertrud Hirschi
• "The Healing Power of Mudras: The Yoga of the Hands" by Rajendar Menen