Rhythmic system

The rhythmic system is the middle system of the threefold human organism. It is centred in the thoracic region of the human organism and regulates the rhythm of the respiratory and circulatory systems and has its physiological basis in the heart-lung system or cardiopulmonary system. The rhythmic system is the most essential physical tool of the emotional life and of the human language sounding in the living flowing breath. Every mood change, every joy, every sorrow is reflected in a slight change in breathing and an accelerating or decelerating pulse beat, just as every bodily change in breathing and heart rhythm immediately affects our emotional life. However, we do not experience these feelings as clearly and awake as what we experience through our nervous-sensory system, because in our emotional life we are actually constantly dreaming.

The rhythmic system is constantly working to balance the metabolic-limb system and the nerve-sense system.

„The rhythmic system stands in the middle and always wants to create a balance between the opposing polar activities of the nervous-sensory system and the metabolic-limb system.“ (Lit.:GA 319, p. 16)

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner: Physiologisch-Therapeutisches auf Grundlage der Geisteswissenschaft. Zur Therapie und Hygiene, GA 314 (1989), ISBN 3-7274-3141-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Anthroposophische Menschenerkenntnis und Medizin, GA 319 (1994), ISBN 3-7274-3190-3 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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