Understanding the Angelic Realms and How to Work with Them
With Philip Martyn

Religious and spiritual writings have always made reference to beings from the spiritual hierarchies, especially those known in Christian tradition as Angels. These spirits are the closest to human beings and act as our invisible guides and companions. They influence the life of the individual as well as the evolution of humanity and the cosmos. This workshop explains why it is important for us to understand and cooperate with the work of the Angels today.
Philip Martyn works in the City and is Joint General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain.

The Process of Incarnation of the Soul in Connection with Embryology
With the Rev. Pearl Goodwin

Human life arises out of an encounter between the rhythms of the cosmos and the rhythms of the Earth. During this workshop we will explore how that part of our being that lives in the spiritual world takes hold of the physical and shapes it into a growing, living embryo. Working with the insights offered by Dr. Rudolf Steiner we will consider the many influences that nurture and develop the soul during its passage towards the earthly realm, and how the spiritual becomes more and more incarnated into the physical during this rapidly changing period of our lives.
The Rev. Pearl Goodwin is a mother and a longstanding priest of the Christian Community, the movement for religious renewal founded on the work of Rudolf Steiner. She trained in embryology, and unites her scientific training with her work as a priest.

Working with the Other
With Daniel Skinner
This theatre workshop - working with voice, mask, improvisation and presence - is an opportunity to recognise and begin to map the interior 'Other' - our hidden or shadow selves.

Supported by an atmosphere of trust, workshop participants can develop an awareness of shadow identities and dynamics in us which are often hidden and so tend to be projected onto others. Through drama exercises a developed consciousness of these forces can arise, allowing the boundaries of the shadow to be perceived in a new way.
This is an exploratory performance-oriented workshop which does not claim to offer therapeutic solutions but seeks to find capacities of integration and ways of working with partners and colleagues. Highly valuable for teachers, public speakers, performers, the workshop is open to anyone who wishes to find pathways to the unknown self. Previous drama experience is not required, but a commitment to a shared process is welcome.
Daniel Skinner was co-founder, actor and director of The Rose Theatre Company and has performed internationally Rudolf Steiner's Mystery Dramas. He is currently completing a PhD in Theatre Studies at Dartington College on the theme the shadow as a performative tool for transformation. He has given workshops on the theme of the shadow all over the world, and is now developing a woodland arts environment in Kent.

Etheric Forces
With Sylvia Francke and David Lowe

Etheric Forces and the Geological Conditions which Create the Conditions for Sacred Geographical Locations (Sylvia Francke)
According to Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science, super-earthly forces have governed the formation of the many different geological conditions all over our planet. This is the case both on the surface and in the regions below. Geology is the material manifestation of living forces that formed the Earth in distant times and which continues to provide a material indicator for these forces which manifest the 'etheric' geography of the Earth. Where these forces are still especially prevalent, one can often find that the ancients had indicated their presence by revering them as sacred sites and, in some cases by building shrines or stone circles over them. If one studies the positioning of sacred buildings or locations one can, in most cases, refer to the geological map and find there physical corroboration for the intensified presence of these super-earthly forces which manifest where there are fault lines, where there is the meeting of different strata and often where the surface of the Earth has worn away to expose deeper geological conditions. High regions of the Earth, such as the Himalayas manifest one kind of experience, while the low-lying position of the Dead Sea region in Palestine has provided the pre-conditions for the greatest physical mystery ever to have taken place on Earth: The Mystery of Golgotha.
Etheric forces working in the Plant (David Lowe) (appr. start 4.30 pm)
Looking at the plant we are faced with the question of how the wonderful variety of plant forms come about. What forces are working on the different parts of the plant and how does this relate to the places where plants grow? Rudolf Steiner described the plant as a living imagination. Through looking at plants in a Goethean way we can strengthen the power of our own imaginations.

What Makes a Landscape?
An 'Anthroposophy through Art' day workshop
With Clare Kunze

A drawing and painting workshop, raising awareness how much any landscape is a result of human hands working upon what is given by creation. We will begin with a landscape we know from memory, as we will not be able to work outside.
Charcoal and water colour will be used.
For more information contact Clare Kunze on 01342 323948. Bookings via Rudolf Steiner House on 020 7723 4400.

How to Grow your own Summer Vegetables
With Dorette Schwabe
Hosted by London Biodynamic Gardeners

This workshop will look at how to grow your own summer vegetables in the easiest way and the cultivation of e.g. tomatoes, cucumber and gourds. It will include information and advice on improving soil conditions, using biodynamic preparations and biodynamic compost making. The last hour will be spent stirring the soil preparation BD500. Please bring an empty bottle (pint/litre) if you want to take some home for your garden.
Dorette Schwabe trained in horticulture and Biodynamics in Switzerland where she ran a landscape gardening business for 10 years. She is now one of the UK's foremost biodynamic gardeners.

Understanding the First Years of Life - Enhancing Well-being in Childhood
With Lourdes Callen

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Understanding Children from 7 to 14
With Lourdes Callen

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The Harmony of the Human Being - The Healing Art of Music
With Michael Deason-Barrow
For more information and to book please contact Tonalis on 01666 890460.

This workshop will explore the relationship between music and health. You will have the opportunity to discover some of the objective deep truths that underlie sound and music, and to explore these in connection with i) different illnesses and ii) our understanding of the human being. Key Themes are: • The Healing Voice • Musical Principles in Physiology • New Instruments for Music Therapy • Social Therapeutic Aspects of Group Music Making • New Anthroposophical Approaches to Music Therapy.
Michael Deason-Barrow is the director of Tonalis Music Centre which offers Trainings in the fields of Community Musicing, Singing, and Music as a Therapeutic Practice. He teaches at all levels from universities, schools to special needs education.

Reading 'The Soul's Awakening' - Rudolf Steiner's Fourth Mystery Drama
With Philip Martyn

About a year following the third drama, the consequences of a problematic Egyptian initiation are revealed. Is the karmic group strong enough to support the development of a beneficial new technology based on spiritual forces, or will their soul trials give way to the adversary powers?
This afternoon, facilitated by Philip Martyn, is the last in the series of readings of Steiner's four Mystery Dramas. Copies of the Dramas are available from the bookshop and library.

Adolescence
Growing into Adulthood
With Lourdes Callen

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What Happens When We Die?
With Dr. Sue Peat and Terry Goodfellow

In this workshop we will consider our spiritual journey after death and share some meditative work and simple exercises.
Dr. Sue Peat is a medical consultant specialising in pain control. She facilitates a regular group which works with Rudolf Steiner's book 'How to Know Higher Worlds'. See Groups.
Terry Goodfellow works at Rudolf Steiner House.

Reading of Rudolf Steiner's 'Midsummer Imagination'
With Philip Martyn

At Midsummer we can experience a special kind of nature consciousness. If we look with perceptive eyes at the activities of nature going on around us we can experience both what lives in the depths of the Earth and what the Archangel of Midsummer brings to humanity. This Imagination provides material for endless meditative study.
All welcome