Rhythms

Recently all things Steiner have become an obsession for me. I love (most of) the philosophy, Waldorf education, arts and crafts, toys and Waldorf inspired homes. The more I read and follow links on Google the more of this world opens up to me and it excites me in a way that other education systems fail too. I wonder what sort of person I would have been if I had of had the opportunity to attend a Waldorf school, if I had of grown up in that sort of environment.

Today I am fascinated with the concept of daily rhythms. It makes so much sense to me. The world follows rhythms, day to night, days flowing to weeks, months and years, spring turning to summer and onward around the seasons of the year. The rhythms of nature are beautiful and teach us that there is a time for everything and everything in its time and so the idea of having rhythms in our daily lives rather then a schedule appeals to me.

Our home is chaos right now, we have no flow, no rhythm and everything happens on a whim, for my partner this is fine and he functions well with chaos but for myself I find that I am struggling and feeling drained before the afternoon is really even getting started. Would developing our own household Rhythm fix this issue and would it help fix the issues we are currently having with my four year old? I know that his issues are considered normal four year old behavior by many but I have to wonder if they are in fact a creation of the way we live. Could his more negative behaviour be stemming from the fact that he never knows what is going to happen next and thus is feeling insecure? Rhythms as well as giving some order and flow to our day could also help the two of us connect better.

I have decided that I am going to trial this idea, over the weekend I am going to give some thought to how I want our days to flow and develop a rhythm. I will try and follow this new rhythm for a month and see what chances it makes in our home and lives and as I do so I will report back here so that other people can get ideas to enrich and better their lives.