The Gurdjieff Society of Washington, DC is located in the Metropolitan Washington area. Our members come from the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. We have two locations, one in Maryland and one in Virginia. We are affiliated with the Gurdjieff Foundation of New York and other Gurdjieff groups around the world.
We offer this site as an aid to anyone seeking contact with groups active in the study and practice of
G. I. Gurdjieff’s teachings and welcome inquiries by email or phone.
We offer this site as an aid to anyone seeking contact with groups active in the study and practice of
G. I. Gurdjieff’s teachings and welcome inquiries by email or phone.
The Gurdjieff Work is a living oral teaching based on traditional methods of inner work shared in a group setting. It consists of meetings, the study of specific ideas, music, the "movements", sitting meditation, work with crafts, and other practical work together. Its aim is fully balanced self development.
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff was born in 1866 in the area of the Silk Road, a meeting place of cultures and traditions, in what is now eastern Turkey. Unsatisfied with the answers offered by science and religion about the meaning of human life, he was drawn to conduct a long spiritual search in remote parts of central Asia. After visiting monasteries, dervish groups and many traditional teachers, he discovered a teaching belonging to what he called "Ancient Knowledge." He spent the rest of his life sharing that teaching with the west. After starting branches of his institute in several European cities he opened the "Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man" near Paris in 1922. He traveled to America a number of times and continued writing and working with pupils until his death in 1949.
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff was born in 1866 in the area of the Silk Road, a meeting place of cultures and traditions, in what is now eastern Turkey. Unsatisfied with the answers offered by science and religion about the meaning of human life, he was drawn to conduct a long spiritual search in remote parts of central Asia. After visiting monasteries, dervish groups and many traditional teachers, he discovered a teaching belonging to what he called "Ancient Knowledge." He spent the rest of his life sharing that teaching with the west. After starting branches of his institute in several European cities he opened the "Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man" near Paris in 1922. He traveled to America a number of times and continued writing and working with pupils until his death in 1949.
For those seeking more general information about the Gurdjieff work, a comprehensive resource can be found at: http://www.gurdjieff.org