Healthy Relationship with Self and Others
Feb
8
to May 9

Healthy Relationship with Self and Others

  • Halton Waldorf School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Training and Professional Development with the faculty and administrators at the Halton Waldorf School. 

Sex Education and the Spirit Faculty Working Group - Healthy Relationship with Self and Others

February 8th, 22, March 29th, April 12, May 24th 

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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others
Apr
7
to Apr 11

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others

  • Tarremah Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Working with students, parents and educators

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Caregivers/Parents

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sex Education
Apr
28
to Apr 30

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sex Education

  • Rudolf Steiner School NYC (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Parent Education for Classes 4-12

This program offered by Developing the Self Developing the World brings anthroposophy to help understand relationships and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

It speaks to some of main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

The program is delivered by Developing the Self Developing the World programs facilitator, Meaghan Witri.

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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others
Mar
25
to Mar 28

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others

  • Dandenong Ranges Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Working with students, parents and educators

Class 5, 6 Students

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Caregivers/Parents

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

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Supporting Nourishment in Early Childhood - Body, Soul and Spirit
Mar
23
10:00 AM10:00

Supporting Nourishment in Early Childhood - Body, Soul and Spirit

Supporting Nourishment in Early Childhood - Body, Soul and Spirit
with Sarah Mecca and Anthony Mecca
part of a series of workshops on supporting health and illness at home
at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, NY
10am to 4pm

Cost:
$25 USD ($40 AUD) paid to EduCareDo with registration below
(paid once whether attending 1, 2, or all 3 workshops)
+ sliding scale contribution in-person: $40-75/workshop

In this workshop we will look at different aspects of nutrition in the life of the young child. We will consider the ‘earthly nutrition’ of food in the life of the young child – recognizing that by observing a child’s relationship to eating and food preferences we can gain insight into their constitutional tendencies and needs and ask the question of how we could bring greater balance and diversity to the nutrition of the young child. We will also explore the ‘cosmic nutrition’ of all that they absorb through their senses as well as the influence of their unseen environment, particularly the world of thoughts, feelings, and will impulses of the adults that surround them.

In addition to offerings on each workshop theme, the days will include a nourishing meal, the opportunity to both receive and learn how to offer therapeutic treatments at home and gain familiarity with some home remedies, and space for individual reflection, experiential exercises and group conversation. Each workshop will deepen and build upon the pre-reading Supporting Inner Freedom in the Young Child through Health and Illness (a lesson in the EduCareDo Early Childhood Course). While the workshops are aimed at supporting parents and caregivers in the home, the workshop content and experience will also be relevant for those interested in deepening their relationship to their own experiences of health and illness as well as those caring for other adults. The workshop content will unfold and adapt to meet the questions and interests of the participants. 

This day-long workshop is offered through Developing the Self Developing the World and is open to all. You can attend 1, 2 or all 3 workshops (other two workshops are Jan 19 (Working with Health and Illness at Home) and Feb 23 (Preventative Healthcare at Home).

All three workshops will take place at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, New York.
Childcare available on-site.

Photo by Kelly Sikkema




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Working with Preventative Health Care at Home
Feb
23
10:00 AM10:00

Working with Preventative Health Care at Home

Working with Preventative Health Care at Home
with Sarah Mecca
part of a series of workshops on supporting health and illness at home
at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, NY
10am to 4pm

Cost:
$25 USD ($40 AUD) paid to EduCareDo with registration below
(paid once whether attending 1, 2, or all 3 workshops)
+ sliding scale contribution in-person: $40-75/workshop

Even though we may recognize the deep meaningfulness of illness for growth and development and for the strengthening of both child and caregiver, that is not to say that all illness processes are necessary or unavoidable. By fostering good health we can support greater balance and harmony without having to traverse every illness process ‘available’. As adults, we have to know how to perceive and evaluate the wellness or imbalance of our own system in order to support this development in the young child. By cultivating and deepening our own relationship to rest and to harmonizing therapeutic applications we can more potently facilitate these experiences for the young children in our care.

In addition to offerings on each workshop theme, the days will include a nourishing meal, the opportunity to both receive and learn how to offer therapeutic treatments at home and to gain familiarity with some home remedies. There will also be space for individual reflection, experiential exercises and group conversation. Each workshop will deepen and build upon the pre-reading Supporting Inner Freedom in the Young Child through Health and Illness (a lesson in the EduCareDo Early Childhood Course). While the workshops are aimed at supporting parents and caregivers in the home, the workshop content and experience will also be relevant for those interested in deepening their relationship to their own experiences of health and illness as well as those caring for other adults. The workshop content will unfold and adapt to meet the questions and interests of the participants. 

This day-long workshop is offered through Developing the Self Developing the World and is open to all. You can attend 1, 2 or all 3 workshops (other two workshops are Jan 19 (Working with Health and Illness at Home) and March 23 (Supporting Nourishment in Early Childhood).

All three workshops will take place at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, New York.
Childcare available on-site.



Image Credit: Laura Summer www.laurasummer.com

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Mantles of Care - Warmth and Enfoldment
Feb
17
to Mar 20

Mantles of Care - Warmth and Enfoldment

Mantles of Care Workshop Retreat
Warmth and Enfoldment
Monday - Thursday
9am-3pm

Across this 4-day workshop, adults who are parenting or educating primary school children are provided experiences of mantles of care, time to create care items with wool and silk for a family or classroom kit, and principles towards understanding and supporting health.

The workshop complements the Developing the Self Developing the World Mantles of Care Program in classrooms aimed at supporting a culture of caring for self and others. We work with educators and children to refine daily hygiene practices for harmonising the ability to be attentive, self regulate and maintain healthy relationships.

Extended tutoring is available for class teachers to apply mantles of care in the classroom to support learning enrichment for individual students or towards bringing mantles of care to class groups within a curriculum.

4 Days : US$475/person

Includes quality care items for a care kit,
homemade morning tea and lunch

Please direct questions to Developing the Self Developing the World
And for registration email: Phoenix Initiative

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Health and Education
Feb
10
to Feb 27

Health and Education

  • Phoenix Initiative (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Health practitioners work alongside Phoenix Initiative educators towards fostering spirit-led community. In February, the health practitioners will visit Phoenix Initiative classes to contribute to child observations and studies, a culture of care and salutogenic practices, and be available for private therapeutic consultations to support this work.

Parents are encouraged to join the “meet and greet”
on Monday February 10th 9-10am.

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Working with Health and Illness at Home
Jan
19
10:00 AM10:00

Working with Health and Illness at Home

Working with Health and Illness at Home
part of a 3-part series of workshops on supporting health and illness at home
with Sarah Mecca
at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, NY
10am to 4pm

Cost:
$25 USD ($40 AUD) paid to EduCareDo with registration below
(paid once whether attending 1, 2, or all 3 workshops)
+ sliding scale contribution in-person: $40-75/workshop

Meeting rich and diverse experiences of health and illness support the child’s journey of growth and development towards inner freedom in adulthood. While we need to consciously support their unfolding, at the same time we must tread lightly, so as to not interfere in the potential fruits that may naturally unfold for them through their experiences of health and illness. Our conscious activity of reverence serves them on this journey.

In addition to offerings on this workshop theme, each workshop will include a nourishing meal, the opportunity to both receive and learn how to offer therapeutic treatments at home and gain familiarity with some home remedies, space for individual reflection, experiential exercises and group conversation. Each workshop will deepen and build upon the pre-reading Supporting Inner Freedom in the Young Child through Health and Illness (a lesson in the EduCareDo Early Childhood Course). While the workshops are aimed at supporting parents and caregivers in the home, the workshop content and experience will also be relevant for those interested in deepening their relationship to their own experiences of health and illness as well as those caring for other adults. The workshop content will unfold and adapt to meet the questions and interests of the participants. 

This day-long workshop is offered through Developing the Self Developing the World and is open to all. You can attend 1, 2 or all 3 workshops (other two workshops are Feb 23 (Working with Preventative Healthcare at Home) and March 23 (Supporting Nourishment - Body, Soul and Spirit).

All three workshops will take place at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, New York.
Childcare available on-site.


“Heart Warmth” by Laura Summer www.laurasummer.com

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Steiner Teacher Intensives
Jan
15
to Jan 17

Steiner Teacher Intensives

  • Newcastle Waldorf School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Classes 1-7 Curriculum in person Intensives for interested teachers throughout Australia/ New Zealand / Asia  held from January 13th at the Newcastle Waldorf School in Newcastle.

Developing the Self Developing the World will again be providing Care and Renewal opportunities for teachers at the intensives.

Foot baths, hand baths and face compresses will be available from 7am each morning and during breaks to offer a quiet and supported moment for digestion, integration and restoration.

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4-week In-Person Study Group of The Inner Work Path in Stephentown, NY
Jan
10
to Jan 31

4-week In-Person Study Group of The Inner Work Path in Stephentown, NY

Upcoming 4-session In-Person Study Group

We will meet for four consecutive weeks to study the first two chapters of The Inner Work Path - A Foundation for Meditative Practice in the Light of Anthroposophy by Lisa Romero
In-Person in Stephentown, NY
Fridays, Jan 10, 17, 24, 31 2025, 6:30pm-8pm
To register and for more info call/text 908-227-0004 orcontact@developingtheself.org

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4-week Online Study Group of The Inner Work Path
Jan
9
to Jan 30

4-week Online Study Group of The Inner Work Path

Upcoming 4-session Online Study Group

We will meet for four consecutive weeks to study the first two chapters of The Inner Work Path - A Foundation for Meditative Practice in the Light of Anthroposophy by Lisa Romero ​
Online, 7pm-8:30pm:​ Thursdays, Jan 9 16, 23, 30, 2025
To register and for more info call/text 908-227-0004 orcontact@developingtheself.org

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In the Light of Courage - a residential winter retreat towards finding our next steps
Jan
3
to Jan 5

In the Light of Courage - a residential winter retreat towards finding our next steps

In the Light of Courage
a winter residential retreat towards finding our next steps

Friday, January 3rd to Sunday, January 5th
Friday 12pm to Sunday 12pm
at Sun Heart Farm in Stephentown, NY

  • Opportunities for group conversation and shared experiences on the retreat theme

  • Baths, compresses and other therapeutic treatments

  • Space for quiet contemplation and time in nature

  • Renewal through the arts

  • Health-bringing meals and snacks

    Cost: $500-$750 Sliding Scale. Financial aid available on a needs basis.

    Please express your interest early! Contact us via phone/text 908-227-0004 or email ​contact@developingtheself.org​. Space is limited to 7 participants.

    Participants will each have a private room with shared bathroom. All meals included on site.

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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sexuality
Nov
27
to Nov 29

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sexuality

  • Birali Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Birali Steiner School is working with the Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sexuality Program.

The program will be delivered by Melanie Deefholts to students in Class 4 and up. Parent meetings and Professional Development are also offered during the visit. Parents should contact the school for more information.

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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sex Education
Nov
22
9:00 AM09:00

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sex Education

Visiting Classes 9-12

This program offered by Developing the Self Developing the World brings anthroposophy to help understand relationships and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

It speaks to some of main issues confronting health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

The program is delivered by Developing the Self Developing the World programs facilitator, Meaghan Witri.

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Healing the Impact of Technology
Nov
21
9:00 AM09:00

Healing the Impact of Technology

Community Education and Faculty Professional Development

The foundations of sensory development are laid down in the first seven years of life and have a direct influence on the growing child’s ability to develop attention, attachment, and self- regulation: capacities essential for formal education.

The program is delivered by Developing the Self Developing the World programs facilitator, Meaghan Witri.

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Christmas with Children
Nov
17
7:00 PM19:00

Christmas with Children

Those interested in sharing a conversation about preparing Christmas for children are invited to come together online.

7pm Sunday November 17th (AEDT)

Our intention is to enliven the 5 pointed-star within ourselves, converse about the advent table and ways to bring these into the child’s life at Christmas time. What if anything do we hold and perhaps hold back, and why? What in our Self is a gift to Children at Christmas time?

The conversation is live; it will not be recorded to help ease all those present to speak freely.

The image used for these events is a painting by Laura Summer, Aquarius.



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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others
Nov
12
to Nov 15

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others

  • Cairns Hinterland Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Working with Students in Classes 5 - 10

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Caregivers/Parents

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

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Mantles of Care in Early Childhood
Nov
5
to Nov 7

Mantles of Care in Early Childhood

Lyn Clifton joins Sophia’s Garden, offering mantles of care to Mantles of care with children and parents for warmer weather.

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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others
Oct
29
to Oct 30

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others

  • Tamar Valley Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Caregivers/Parents

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sex Education
Oct
15
to Oct 17

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others: Social Understanding Gender and Sex Education

  • Rudolf Steiner School NYC (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Visiting Classes 4-12 and speaking with parents and the school faculty.

This program offered by Developing the Self Developing the World brings anthroposophy to help understand relationships and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

It speaks to some of main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

The program is delivered by Developing the Self Developing the World programs facilitator, Meaghan Witri.

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Healthy Relationships with Self and Others
Oct
15
to Oct 17

Healthy Relationships with Self and Others

  • Freshwater Creek Steiner School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Class 5, 6 Students

The program highlights with each class the growth and changes that they are going through. This includes puberty and the physical and emotional changes that go hand in hand over this time. The content is age appropriate for each class. It aims to deepen the young person’s healthy relationship to themselves and encourages greater understanding, mutual respect and compassion for the other members of their class and the school community.

Caregivers/Parents

The content is help to recognise the relevant depth and progression anthroposophy brings to this important aspect of life and the responsibility of community in raising children and working together to promote individual wellbeing.

We look at how and when we work with children and adolescents to bring the understanding of sexuality and gender in relation to where they are in their consciousness. This brings harmony between the evolving body and inner experiences that sets the ground for healthy adult experience.

The talk will cover the themes of the content brought to the students and some of the main issues confronting child health and wellbeing in current times, with examples of how we can counter the unbalancing effects. We also address how to understand gender differences and similarities that both limit or free us and the contribution and struggles of the changing social structures around gender and sexuality affecting us all.

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