j^sWord dance meditation on the Path of Parables

On the path ... from 6 p.m

1. Moving in at TUrning Point 1: Poster Tent "Orange Feather" in the entrance area, multilingual installation of bookmarks and feathers to take away, information on the project and process with feather greeting sequence;

2. Thought Experiment "Orange Federflug" will be instructed with dance meditation by Tatjana Christelbauer at the altar island on the left;

3. Swordsmanship sequence, Ursula Wagner (Tai chi -swordsmanship with & without sword) near the altar island on the right;

4. Coda: Duet by T. Christelbauer and U. Wagner; Final sequence with participants: sequences from dance meditation with Tai chi variation;

Postcards with a message of peace are designed by the participants and placed at the altar table. Goodie bags will be distributed by Bible Path organizers around the altar table.

In weapon-in-hand combat, we learn that our actions and words are effective as actions, that they can hurt and even kill. The Tai chi sword art is always an inner work on the awareness of our effectiveness towards it, and into the world. On a physical level, the sword offers several challenges: the weight throws the body off-center and pulls at the shoulders, the body needs re-centering to maintain balance. With the

Sword is rarely attacked directly, mostly it is about

Defense – or evasive techniques. The practitioner's attention should be aimed at involving the sword at each stage and bringing the energy to the point of the

to wield the sword. Once used as a weapon in battle, today the sword is the

ritual and spiritual importance. It symbolizes the ability to cut through the veil of illusion, ego and attachment, and to close the mind as it were

to free. The goal of martial arts is not to defeat our enemies,
but the practice of martial arts is a way to conquer ourselves.

Ursula Wagner on her practice of swordsmanship:

I have been practicing Qi Gong and Taiji in the Taiji Arts association since 2015. In the course of time weapon forms, mainly sword and sabre, later also stick and fist forms from the Tanglang (praying mantis style) were added. For the project I chose a piece from the Taiji _Sword because the Qi (imagination) is particularly important here.

Chinese swordsmanship is one of the Kung Fu (Gong Fu) martial arts. Translated, kung fu or gong fu means nothing more than practicing something/ being able to do something well. The individual figures all have a name (e.g. the immortal shows the way, turning around to see the tiger, the bees returning to the nest. ... Etc

Although all sword movements are for combat and violence against the opponent, practicing is more about enabling myself to avoid combat if possible. As the sword becomes one with my mind, the extension of my Yi (energy), so to speak, I enable myself to think clearly and purposefully, to control and channel my emotions. U. Wagner

With the inclusion of various forms of writing and languages in the composition of movement sequences, the power of individual terms becomes apparent chanting as a form of mediation, the effect of various sounds on the imagination and thus on the associative images that are evoked when pronouncing and/or hearing sound combinations and concepts is individually reflected in various forms, making the sensitivities with related memories and ideas conscious perceived and thereby given the opportunity to first check the hasty reactions and actions, to pause, to wait and to prevent possible damage.

For this purpose, dance art practice can be understood as a form of spiritual practice that can be continued as an independent care for pastoral care.

The language game with phonetic exercises, which are accompanied by body movement sequences and short ventilation exercises through controlled breathing sequences, have already been tried out with children, adolescents and adults. The 3-system movement sequences with 2-ventilation can be performed independently and without special equipment within various rooms and spatial positions, across generations and even without special previous knowledge and talents for dance, languages and breathing techniques.

The symbol signs for all 3 path stations will be at the church entrance

placed in a turning point-circle at the “Plaza tent”.

More details on the j^sWord project

Art-based practical research in dialogue with researchers and artists since 2021

This was guided by the question, “What if, the sword was just a word”. j^sWord Project started in 2021 and has already been further developed in several forms. The goal of practical research is to look for opportunities to practice peace in dialogue. Methods: experimental exercise sequences for ethical imagination using thought experiments and somatic practices such as dance meditation(t)ation

Facts, stressors:
increasing domestic violence in Austria and worldwide, femicide, #hatespeech, wars

The methods and exercise sequences developed during my 28 years of teaching activity such as

Feather Salute and the Feather Flight Meditation Sequence,

have so far been tested with children, adults and young people, the concept and methods were presented at the workshop in 2021 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the European Day of Languages initiative in Belgrade/Serbia in cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum Belgrade.[1] Federflug thought experiment was also presented in July 2022 in London, at the "Wittgenstein and AI" symposium at the New College of Humanities.[2] Also in July 2022, the Orange Feather Initiative[3] presented at the Sibenik Dance Festival in Croatia and a young ambassador of this initiative was appointed.[4]

The j^sWord project is also included as part of the Initiative Orange Feder & arts4orange which I started at the ACD-Agency for Cultural Diplomacy Association as President of the Association in 2021. The project arts4orange and the Orange Spring Initiative were awarded the Austrian SDG Award in the category for and by young people on May 9th, 2022. [5]

Blog article about the workshop with more details: https://www.meinbezirk.at/landstrasse/c-regionauten-community/federfuehrung-perovodjstvo-koerpersprache_a4924141

[2] Symposium in London, programme: https://www.nchlondon.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Wittgenstein-AI-Schedule-31-July.pdf

[3] Weblink project activities, Orange Feder Initiative (Austrian SDG-Award 2021, SENATE Economics Ö)

https://www.acdvienna.org/fm-lifearts/orange-feather-initiative/art4orange-the-world/

[4] Blog article with more details: https://www.meinbezirk.at/landstrasse/c-regionauten-community/isplei-pa-reci-panelpraesentation-am-sibenik-dance-festival_a5501143

[5] Blog article on the launch of the Orange Feder initiative with Manifesto 2021 https://www.meinbezirk.at/landstrasse/c-regionauten-community/stille-post-2511-orange-federflug_a5031181 and the Austrian SDG Award with more details on the Orange Feder Initiative: https://www.meinbezirk.at/landstrasse/c-regionauten-community/stille-post-2511-x-365-die-kunst-des-federfuehrens_a5341015