What we’re about
PHILADELPHIA AREA REIKI HEALING CENTER
Myra Reichel offers Reiki, Karuna Reiki, and other Classes and Sessions, plus
teaches Magnified Healing (R) Workshops and offers Sessions by appointment
at Heartspace in Media, PA and/or online over zoom and other online programs. Myra@reikihealingcenter.org https://www.reikihealingcenter.org 610-348-5698
PHILADELPHIA GURDJIEFF/NYLAND MEETING GROUP https://www.nyland.org
There has recently been a renewed interest from people wanting to know more about the the Gurdjieff/Nyland group. We will be offering In-person Gurdjieff Meetings in Media, PA and in Philadelphia, PA in addition to our online introductory meetings for those interested in learning the method of work on oneself as Mr. Nyland understood it from Mr. Gurdjieff. We have been meeting in Philadelphia since 1972 and started meeting online since before the pandemic and are now continuing meeting with members around the world over zoom in multiple meetings and have started meeting locally in person again in the Philadelphia Area in Media, PA since in mid January 2025, HOWEVER ... anyone interested PLEASE contact Myra Reichel, a Member of Mr. Nyland's Group since 1971, at 610-348-5698 so we can speak one on one as well as prepare you with certain material.
G.I. Gurdjieff is our teacher who died in 1949. He is the author of "All and Everything, An Objectively Impartial Criticism of The Life of Man, Meetings With Remarkable Men, and Life Is Real Only Then When I AM. Willem A. Nyland was born in Utrecht, Holland. A chemist by profession, he came to the United States and earned his doctorate at Columbia University. In 1924 he and his wife, the artist Ilonka Karasz, heard Mr. Gurdjieff speak during Gurdjieff’s first visit to the United States. After this first encounter, the Nylands began to work closely with Gurdjieff’s representative in America, A. R. Orage. Thereafter, they both remained active in the Gurdjieff teaching and often traveled to France to see Gurdjieff.
Near the end of his life, Mr. Gurdjieff asked Mr. Nyland to start a group in America, for which he would receive special material from Gurdjieff every week. After Gurdjieff died in 1949, Mr. Nyland was one of the founders and trustees of the Gurdjieff Foundation. He remained active in the Foundation until he formed his own independent groups in the early 1960s.
Anyone who has listened to a few of the 2600 recordings or read the transcriptions of these meetings with Mr. Nyland, made between the late 1950s and 1975, cannot help but feel that Mr. Nyland was extraordinarily devoted to the Gurdjieff teaching. His strength lay in his combination of honesty, practicality, and perspective. Although Mr. Nyland died in 1975, his spirit and attitude, coupled with his gift for clarity and communication, continue to be the hallmarks of our group.
Part of the physical work as we work on our spiritual work besides construction, has been the crafts. Myra Reichel leads weaving projects at our group in New York and in Media, PA. Those interested in seeing or learning about weaving or other Fiber Arts can also contact Myra 610-348-5698. myra@reikihealingcenter.org https://www.myrareichel.com In addition for Gurdjieff Group, https://www.nyland.org
