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Gestures of Becoming a Human Being
September 21 - 23

Embryology Seminar with Jaap van der Wal
at The Nature Institute

Friday, 5 - 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

The Nature Institute will offer a seminar in phenomenological embryology by Jaap van der Wal. In this seminar, he will lead participants through the first stages of human development with the goal of reading the language of shape and form underlying the human being’s journey from conception to birth. Like every living being, in every phrase of its development, the human embryo is a coherent whole, a unity of form, shape and function.

Jaap van der Wal, MD, PhD specialized in anatomy and embryology and lectured in these disciplines in medical school and the universities of Utrecht and Maastricht, Netherlands. He explored the question of posture and locomotion for his PhD, investigating the questions: What moves us? What motivates us to move? Through phenomenological studies, he has developed striking insights into the gestures of life reflected in the stages of embryonic development. His seminars “Embryo in Motion” have inspired doctors, midwives, therapists, teachers, and parents who carry questions about what it means to become a human being.

Seminar fee $160, attendance limited to 25 people, preregistration required by end of August.
Register by calling The Nature Institute at 518-672-0116 or by email info@natureinstitute.org