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International Annual Conference
14 to 19 September 2021
Medical Section at the Goetheanum
Human and
Planetary Health
The Responsibility of
Medicine for People
and Nature
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Anthroposophic Medicine Content Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/5 Structure of the conference: The conference has three sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Conference overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/9 Specialist conferences: Eurythmy therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Medicine and pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Veterinary medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Body therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Therapeutic speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Psychotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Meditative and artistic prelude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Spiritual deepening for the health professions – Workshops and Class lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Multiprofessional conference – Medicine for a living earth Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
When I look into the sun
Its light speaks radiantly to me
Of the spirit that full of grace
Through world existence works.
Sun, you bearer of radiance,
The power of your light on matter
Conjures life from out of Earth’s
Immeasurably rich depths.
When I feel into my heart,
The spirit speaks its own word
Of the human being that it loves
Through time and all eternity
Heart, you bearer of the soul,
The spirit power of your light
Conjures life out of the human being’s
Immeasurably deep inwardness.
I can see, looking upward,
To the sun’s bright orb,
The mighty world heart.
I can feel, looking inward,
To the heart’s warm life:
The ensouled human sun.
Rudolf Steiner
for Henriette Maria Wegman (1851–1935)
on her 73rd birthday
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Dear Friends of Anthroposophic Medicine,
In the second year of the pandemic, the longing for human encounter and expert
discussion is growing. It is precisely in social distancing that we experience the
special quality of meeting with colleagues and so we hope that it will again be
possible to hold this annual conference at the Goetheanum. The COVID-19 disease
has confronted Anthroposophic Medicine with the question of whether we are in
a position to make a relevant contribution to the important health issues of our
time. Together we developed integrative treatment concepts; in doing so, the
international interchange between colleagues was very important.
Thus the effectiveness of anthroposophical care and therapy could be experienced
both in anthroposophical hospitals and in outpatient practice, in Rio de Janeiro
and Lima as much as in Berlin or Arlesheim. Important contributions have also
been made in treating the often serious consequences of the pandemic contain-
ment measures. Equally, the pandemic poses spiritual questions. We are grateful
for the thoughts developed from different perspectives, including also on
challenging topics such as preventive measures and vaccination.
It is only through the development of the human being, the deepening of
interpersonal relationships and assistance, as well as the transformation of our
relationship with the world, that the tasks posed by the pandemic can be solved.
Because the COVID-19 pandemic has not developed independently of the
ever-increasing human intervention in the life of the earth, right down into
the world of microorganisms.
The relationship with the animal world has entered our consciousness as a
burning issue, as has the preservation of forests and an agriculture that makes
the soil healthy again. Cosmologically, the pandemic occurred in a constellation
that Rudolf Steiner described very precisely 100 years ago in connection with
pandemics. COVID-19 has made people painfully aware of their intimate
connection with nature and the cosmos.
4 | International Annual Conference 2021Medicine today can solve many problems, but it can also be the cause or
contributory cause of fatal developments: pharmaceutical residues in our waters,
mountains of waste left behind by medical consumables, the energy consumption
of medical facilities, or antibiotic resistance are raising the question of an eco-
logical turnaround in medicine among more and more people. Anthroposophic
Medicine can and should be actively involved in this.
The now widespread idea that there can only be comprehensive health if all areas
of social, economic and ecological life are looked at together (“One Health”)
shows how capable Anthroposophic Medicine is of connecting to the current
situation. In this context, the transdisciplinary cooperation between medicine,
agriculture and education and the collaboration between the older and younger
generations is of particular importance. We eagerly await corresponding guest
contributions at our conference in this respect.
With this prospect, we have our eye on three centenary anniversaries, namely
of the anthroposophic hospital impulse with the founding of the clinical and
therapeutic institutes in Arlesheim and Stuttgart in 1921, of anthroposophic
pharmacy with the founding of Weleda in Arlesheim in 1921, and of eurythmy
therapy with the eurythmy therapy course given by Rudolf Steiner in 1921.
We look forward to seeing participants from all “possible” parts of world again
and to many new encounters.
Matthias Girke, Georg Soldner, Rolf Heine
In preparation for the conference, we recommend the Rudolf Steiner’s cycle Harmony of the Creative Word, GA 230,
particularly lectures 9–12.
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Structure of the conference:
the conference has three sections:
Specialist conferences
Spiritual deepening
Multiprofessional conference
The conference starts with seven parallel specialist conferences for medicine
and pharmacy, for eurythmy therapy, for body therapy, for nursing, for
psychotherapy, for therapeutic speech, and for veterinary medicine.
The middle part focuses on spiritual deepening.
In the concluding multiprofessional conference, the conference topic will
be led over into medical practice.
Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
Specialist conferences Spiritual
deepening
6 | International Annual Conference 2021This structure allows participants to meet in relation to their subject within
their own professional group, to deepen it in the spirit of anthroposophy, and
to work together on a future system of medicine.
Each part of the conference can be booked separately. This means that
participants can choose to attend the conference in part or as a whole.
The detailed programme can be found on the next page.
Friday, 17 Sept Saturday, 18 Sept Sunday, 19 Sept
Multiprofessional conference
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Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
08.00 Meditative and artistic 08.00 Meditative and artistic
Conference overview prelude, p. 24 prelude, p. 24
09.00 Specialist conferences, 09.00 Specialist conferences,
programmes p. 10–23 programmes p. 10–23
10.45 Coffee break 10.45 Coffee break
11.30 Specialist conferences, 11.30 Specialist conferences,
programmes p. 10–23 programmes p. 10–23
12.45 Lunch break 12.45 Lunch break
Specialist conferences Spiritual deepening for the
health professions
14.45 Welcome, conference opening 14.45 Specialist conferences, 14.45 The schooling path in
and explanation of the programmes p. 10–23 Anthroposophic Medicine
structure and conception of Matthias Girke
the annual conference
Matthias Girke, Georg Soldner,
Rolf Heine
Introduction and represen-
tatives of the specialist
conferences
16.00 Coffee break 16.00 Coffee break 16.00 Coffee break
16.45 Start of specialist conferences, 16.45 Specialist conferences, 16.45 Workshops and Class lessons,
programme p. 10–23 programmes p. 10–23 p. 25/26
18.00 Evening break 18.00 Evening break 18.00 Evening break
20.00 The eurythmy therapy course 20.00 Active principles of 20.00 Commemoration of the dead
as a complete living organism Anthroposophic Pharmacy Matthias Girke
–an etheric physiology of the Vesna Forštnerič, Albert The deceased and the
human being Schmidli transformation of the earth
Wilburg Keller Roth Conclusion with artistic Rolf Heine
Conclusion with artistic postlude on nature, cosmos, Eurythmy postlude on the
postlude on the Sun Motif human being Michael Imagination
“Springing from Powers
of the Sun”
21.00 Concluding the day to 22.00 21.00 Concluding the day to 22.00 21.00 Concluding the day to 22.00
8 | International Annual Conference 2021Friday, 17 Sept Saturday, 18 Sept Sunday, 19 Sept
08.00 Meditative and artistic 08.00 Meditative and artistic 08.00 Meditative and artistic
prelude, p. 24 prelude, p. 24 prelude, p. 24
09.00 Day’s motif and announce- 09.00 Day’s motif and announce- 09.00 Day’s motif and announce-
ments Sophia Wittchow ments Sophia Wittchow ments Sophia Wittchow
09.30 Workshops and Class Lessons, 09.30 Ecology of the earth 09.30 Word – Movement – Substance
p. 25/26 Christian Grah, Anja Leetz, Four contributions on the
Johannes Kronenberg Foundation Stone Meditation
from a medical perspective
Libertad Aguilar, Adam
Blanning, Rosalinda Maglana,
Hana Adamcová
10.45 Coffee break 10.45 Coffee break 10.45 Coffee break
11.30 The importance of the 11.30 Multiprofessional conference 11.30 Farewell, acknowledgements
meditations in the course for workshops, p. 27–33 Matthias Girke, Georg Soldner
young doctors for the health Foundation Stone Meditation
professions Matthias Girke Goetheanum Eurythmy
Ensemble
12.45 Lunch break 12.45 Lunch break 12.45 End of conference
Multiprofessional conference –
Medicine for a living earth
14.45 The ecological dimension of 14.45 Open Space
medicine and biodynamic World community with
agriculture presentation of local initia-
Ueli Hurter, Georg Soldner tives Sophia Wittchow, Moniek
van Duin, Moritz Christoph
16.00 Coffee break 16.00 Coffee break
16.45 Multiprofessional conference 16.45 Multiprofessional conference
workshops, p. 27–33 workshops, p. 27–33
18.00 Evening break 18.00 Evening break
20.00 Celebratory lecture on 100 20.00 Eurythmy – “Klangzeiten”
years of the hospital impulse Goetheanum Eurythmy
– Anthroposophic hospitals as Ensemble
places of healing
Harald Matthes, Sigune Singer-
Bayrle, Philipp Busche
Artistic postlude
21.00 Concluding the day to 22.00 21.00 Concluding the day to 22.00
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Eurythmy therapy specialist conference
How do we work – what is effective?
The eurythmy therapy specialist conference be- to bring along a case from their own practice. To
longs to the first part of the 2021 annual confer- make writing easier, we have created a guide: the
ence of the Medical Section. We want it to be char- case vignette in EYT (CAVI-EYT) serves to describe
acterised by the reciprocal perception of our work. individual cases from EYT practice briefly and at the
Here examples from our practice provide the basis same time relevantly. The guide with examples and
for our joint exercises. templates that can be directly written into can
be found at: https://eurythmytherapy-medsektion.
We want to present cases from our practice to
net/en/
each other and discuss the exercises, methods,
approaches and active principles. Undoubtedly The aim is to present in brief what is important,
each of us has experienced a special treatment epi- new and special about a treatment; to show that
sode that they would like to share. We call that a we can substantiate our therapeutic actions and
case vignette. What we do every day applies here: demonstrate their effectiveness. The focus is on the
description of the exercises, changes we observe in diagnosis of movement and the constitutional
patients, what they tell us. So it is therefore quite elements.
simple: I write down what I do and observe, and I We hope for a lively exchange of views and a bold
listen to what my patient tells me. range of very many cases from all over the world for
We will present our case vignettes to each other in the specialist conference in September 2021.
six parallel workshops. It is not about “right or Hana Adamcová, Katharina Gerlach,
wrong”, about “better or worse”, but about mutual Ingrid Hermansen
perception and a common understanding of what
we do every day! That is why we ask all participants
10 | International Annual Conference 2021Eurythmy therapy specialist conference
Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
14.45 | Joint start of 08.00 | Meditative and 08.00 | Meditative and
specialist conferences artistic prelude artistic prelude
Introduction: Healing with
09.00 | Announcements / 09.00 | Announcements /
forces that create and shape
Day’s motif Day’s motif
life – the ecological dimension
Workshops 1–5 Workshops 1–5
of medicine
Case discussions from the Case discussions from the
Matthias Girke, Rolf Heine,
practice presentations practice presentations
Georg Soldner
Introduction of specialist 10.45 | Break 10.45 | Break
conferences 11.30 | Workshops 1–5 What do we take back to
16.00 | Break Case discussions from the our patients?
practice presentations Plenary discussion
16.45 | Welcome:
Moderator: Ingrid Hermansen
Hana Adamcová, Ingrid 12.45 | Lunch break
Hermansen, Katharina Gerlach 12.45 | Lunch break
Dialogue walk and BVHE
Profession and patient at the meeting
centre – how we want to Country representatives
work together meeting CARE areas meeting
Case vignette
Moderator: Katharina Gerlach 16.00 | Break
18.00 | Evening break 16.45 | Eurythmy therapy
under pandemic conditions
20:00 | The eurythmy therapy
course as living organism – 18.00 | Evening break
an etheric physiology of the 20.00 | Active principles
human being of pharmacy
Wilburg Keller Roth, Vesna Forštnerič, Albert Schmidli
Hana Adamcová
Artistic conclusion
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Medicine and pharmacy specialist conference
On the active principles in anthroposophic pharmacy
We are celebrating 100 years of anthroposophic able to continue to develop anthroposophic medi-
pharmacy. Since the beginnings of anthropo- cine and anthroposophic pharmacy. Here the
sophic pharmacy we have referred to its specific question always arises: how do we communicate
active principles. “The medicines must therefore these perspectives? How do we link them to exist-
be such that they not only reverse the disease pro- ing concepts and what is needed that is new?
cess, but also support the decreasing vitality
After 100 years of anthroposophic medicine and
again,” is how Ita Wegman and Rudolf Steiner
pharmacy, we as pharmacists and physicians in the
characterise it in general in the introduction to
Medical Section would like to share and discuss
Chapter 19 of Extending Practical Medicine. How
the current understanding of the active principles
can we describe the mode of action of anthropo-
from the different perspectives. The topic of active
sophic medicinal products in a differentiated way,
principles is a central one and will therefore be the
use them therapeutically, optimise them pharma-
first thing we want to deal with in the 2021
ceutically and develop them? How can I capture
specialist conference for medicine and pharmacy.
the substance and its vitality with a process in such
We warmly invite you to work with us on the spiri-
a way that it then counters the pathological pro-
tual scientific understanding, on questions of the
cess? Physicians and pharmacists look at the ques-
practical, therapeutic and pharmaceutical use of
tions about the active principles from different
these principles and on their communication to
perspectives: how can a pathological process be
young doctors and pharmacists. Understanding
intercepted, perhaps even “taken on” or “taken
anthroposophic medicines and the pharmaceutical
over” by the medicinal product, so that the self-
manufacturing processes used for them is also a
regulatory capacities, the forces of recovery of the
core question for a future, enabling system of ther-
organism can unfold? How can we succeed in
apy that that wishes to act systemically and
strengthening the vitality of the organism? How
possibly integratively.
can the interaction of the constitutional elements
be harmonised? Which pharmaceutical processes We look forward to a stimulating exchange of
and forms of application correspond to the specific views.
therapeutic medical objectives? Warmly
It is becoming ever more important to have a com- Georg Soldner, Mónica Mennet-von Eiff
mon understanding of these perspectives in phar-
maceutical and medical training, in the dialogue
with patients, in the public debate in order to be
12 | International Annual Conference 2021Medicine and pharmacy specialist conference
Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
14.45 | Joint start of 08.00 | Meditative and 08.00 | Meditative and
specialist conferences artistic prelude artistic prelude
Introduction: Healing with
09.00 | How can human self- 09.00 | Announcements /
forces that create and shape
regulation be stimulated and Day’s motif
life – the ecological dimension
strengthened with medicines? Pharmaceutical processes in
of medicine
Hygiogenesis, salutogenesis/ their relationship with the
Matthias Girke, Rolf Heine,
autogenesis human biography
Georg Soldner
Carsten Gründemann, Wolfram Engel, Georg Soldner
Introduction of specialist
Harald Matthes
conferences 10.45 | Break
10.45 | Break
16.00 | Break 11:30 | Sustainable medicinal
11.30 | Active principles of therapy and ecological
16.45 | The active principles
mistletoe therapy pharmacy
of anthroposophic pharma-
Stephan Baumgartner, Panel discussion
cotherapy
Marion Debus Moderator: Andreas Arendt
Matthias Girke, Peter Pedersen
12.45 | Lunch break 12.45 | Lunch break
18.00 | Evening break
14.45 | Pharmaceutical
20:00 | The eurythmy therapy
processes – humanisation of
course as living organism –
nature into an active impulse
an etheric physiology of the
Annette Greco, Mónica Mennet-
human being
von Eiff
Wilburg Keller Roth,
Hana Adamcová 16.00 | Break
Artistic conclusion 16.45 | Active principles from
the perspective of the seven
life processes
Martin-Günther Sterner
18.00 | Evening break
20.00 | Active principles of
pharmacy
Vesna Forštnerič, Albert Schmidli
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Nursing specialist conference
Spirituality in nursing – Future challenges and task of nursing
The nursing specialist conference directly builds Workshops:
on the topic of the entire annual conference. It is
• What does it mean to care for the earth
about the involvement of nursing in the enor-
as a living organism?
mous social and cultural changes that will come
Christoph von Dach
about in the next decades – in the field of ecol-
ogy, of peaceful and just social coexistence, and • The four ether types in Rhythmical Einreibung
the basic values with which we humans want to Janice Balaskas, Manuela Garbe
live together on this planet. We will begin work at • Spiritual consciousness and ecological
this conference on a charter for nursing in the nursing in practice
twenty-first century. Michaela Schnur
The professional focus is on the increasing tech- • Formative forces and elemental beings
nologisation of nursing and medicine. The Rolf Heine
appearance of Christ in the etheric world stands
in polar opposition to technologisation. It opens
up a deeper understanding of the healing power
of nursing in concrete everyday life and of the
abysses we often encounter in times of the pan-
demic.
14 | International Annual Conference 2021Nursing
Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
14.45 | Joint start of 08.00 | Meditative and 08.00 | Meditative and
specialist conferences artistic prelude artistic prelude
Introduction: Healing with
09:00 | Announcements / 09.00 | Announcements /
forces that create and shape
Day’s motif Day’s motif
life – the ecological dimension
Nursing and technology – Christ in the etheric world
of medicine
artificial intelligence, robotics Peter Selg
Matthias Girke, Rolf Heine,
and genetic medicine
Georg Soldner 10.45 | Break
Christoph von Dach
Introduction of specialist 11:30 | What’s next with the
conferences 10.45 | Break
charter? Contributions from all
16.00 | Break 11.30 | Workshops 1–4 over the world
Words to send us on our way:
16:45 | The mission of nursing in 12.45 | Lunch break
Arthur Zajonc
the twenty-first century 14.45 Open space
Rolf Heine 12.45 | Lunch break
Work on a charter for nursing
Contributions from all over the in the twenty-first century
world on nursing initiatives Dialogue walk, plant observa-
18.00 | Evening break tion, landscape observation,
observation of the Represen-
20:00 | The eurythmy therapy
tative of Humanity
course as living organism –
an etheric physiology of the 16.00 | Break
human being 16.45 | Workshops 1–4
Wilburg Keller Roth,
Hana Adamcová 18.00 | Evening break
Artistic conclusion 20.00 | Active principles of
pharmacy
Vesna Forštnerič, Albert Schmidli
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Veterinary medicine specialist conference
A bridge between the health of people and the earth
The veterinary medicine specialist conference is community of all those who, working alone and
the first international conference of anthropo- scattered around the world, are asking questions
sophic veterinary medicine at the Goetheanum. in a pioneering spirit and want to deepen and
share a method of anthroposophy.
After the first meetings for veterinarians which
were organised during the international annual With the help of anthroposophy, we will intro-
conference of the Medical Section, we would like duce an integrative veterinary medicine which
to give a further in-depth impulse to provide all sees the animal as a being which is fully inte-
veterinarians worldwide with the opportunity to grated into and dependent on its environment.
engage with the study and practice of anthropo-
sophic veterinary medicine according to the
teachings and methods of Rudolf Steiner.
The anthroposophical approach to the way we see
animals – be they livestock or domestic – also
offers suggestions for solving emerging problems
such as antibiotic resistance and cancer. A century
after the first course Rudolf Steiner gave for phys-
icians and the first applications in veterinary
medicine, we now want to deepen our knowl-
edge and awareness to create an international
16 | International Annual Conference 2021Veterinary medicine specialist conference
Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
14.45 | Joint start of 08.00 | Meditative and 08.00 | Meditative and
specialist conferences artistic prelude artistic prelude
Introduction: Healing with
09.00 | Announcements / 09.00 | Announcements /
forces that create and shape
Day’s motif Day’s motif
life – the ecological
Animals taking care of Mistletoe therapy in
dimension of medicine
humans: domestic animals veterinary medicine
Matthias Girke, Rolf Heine,
Claudio Elli Ulrike Biegel
Georg Soldner
Introduction of specialist 10.45 | Break 10.45 | Break
conferences 11:30 | Animals taking care of 11.30 | Perspectives for
16.00 | Break humans: animals in agriculture the eurythmy treatment
Marcello Volanti of animals
16:45 | Welcome:
Christine van Draanen
Sabrina Menestrina 12.45 | Lunch break
Guldesmühle Dischingen 1920 – 12.45 | Lunch break
14.45 | Panel discussion
Impulses for anthroposophic Moderator: Sabrina Menestrina
veterinary medicine
Markus Steiner 16.00 | Break
18.00 | Evening break 16.45 | Panel discussion
Moderator: Sabrina Menestrina
20:00 | The eurythmy therapy
course as living organism – 18.00 | Evening break
an etheric physiology of the 20.00 | Active principles of
human being pharmacy
Wilburg Keller Roth, Vesna Forštnerič, Albert Schmidli
Hana Adamcová
Artistic conclusion
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Body therapy specialist conference
Life and recovery forces in anthroposophic body therapy
“There is only one temple in the world and that is the them in a differentiated way? We are particularly
human body. Nothing is more sacred than this high interested in an exchange of experiences about and
form […]. We touch heaven when we lay our hand approaches to an explanation of the effectiveness
on a human body.” Novalis of the different body therapy methods. As exam-
ples from practice, we would like to devote special
Dear Colleagues,
attention to the treatment of asthma, cardiovascu-
We hereby warmly invite you to the international
lar diseases as well as anxiety and spasticity and
conference of anthroposophic body therapy in
ask ourselves the question: what do we take back
interdisciplinary dialogue. How do we take hold of
to our patients from this conference?
and shape the life and formative forces in the vari-
ous body therapy methods and what is our con- In the practical units, the focus is on the profes-
tribution in terms of responsibility towards our sional interchange between colleagues. In the
planet and its future? respective “movement”, “touch”, “touch with
sounds” and “bath therapies” groups, the corre-
In seven units we will work together theoretically
sponding therapeutic approaches will be demon-
and practically on the following topics: Ability to
strated, compared and discussed.
meet with undivided attention in joint conversa-
tion. Comparative demonstrations of the different A detailed programme for this specialist conference
methods and discussion about them. Practical is available from info@iaabt-medsektion.net
small group work in different groups: movement
therapies, touching therapies (massage therapies),
touching therapies with sounds (chirophonetics,
anthropophonetics), external treatments and baths.
In the plenary session, we will together work
through the content of what we have experienced.
The keynote presentation by Peter Altmeyer,
“Mesenchyme and fascia – organ system of life” in
the middle of the specialist conference, will serve
as a basis for our further work. How do we under-
stand the different approaches to the life forces in
the various methods in order to be able to use
18 | International Annual Conference 2021Body therapy specialist conference
Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
14.45 | Joint start of 08.00 | Meditative and 08.00 | Meditative and
specialist conferences artistic prelude artistic prelude
Introduction: Healing with
09.00 | Announcements / 09.00 | Announcements /
forces that create and shape
Day’s motif Day’s motif
life – the ecological
Workshops 1–4 Workshops 1–4
dimension of medicine
Comparative demonstrations Workshop discussion
Matthias Girke, Rolf Heine, Georg
and exchange of views on Ways of accessing the life
Soldner
touch and movement forces through different
Introduction of specialist
forms of therapy
conferences 10.45 | Break
10.45 | Break
16.00 | Break 11.30 | Workshops 1–4
Comparative demonstrations 11.30 | Individual experiences
16.45 | Joint conversation
and exchange of views on with clinical pictures.
Ability to meet with undivided
touch and movement What do we take back to
attention as the basis for
our patients?
healing – How do the different 12.45 | Lunch break
Keynote presentation:
approaches and methods differ? 14.45 | IAABT Members’ Meeting Albrecht Warning
Moderator: Elma Pressel
16.00 | Break Followed by panel discussion
18.00 | Evening break
16.45 | The therapist as a 12.45 | Lunch break
20.00 | The eurythmy therapy mesenchyme and fascia
course as living organism – system of life
an etheric physiology of the Peter Altmeyer
human being
Wilburg Keller Roth, 18.00 | Evening break
Hana Adamcová 20.00 | Active principles
Artistic conclusion of pharmacy
Vesna Forštnerič, Albert Schmidli
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Therapeutic speech specialist conference
Therapeutic speech as a bridge to meditation – spirituality in our profession
“Will transformation ...” These words by RM Rilke We would like warmly to invite you to fill the Goe-
encapsulate the content and structure of our theanum with life and breath as a place of
specialist conference this year, which will for the encounter and research and to enter into a lively,
first time take place in September already! vibrant interchange.
With our conference theme “Therapeutic speech as Workshops:
a bridge to meditation – spirituality in our profes- • We want to practise together on the following
sion”, we would like once again to work on forging topics: How does practising speech in medita-
the spiritual bond that inspires and nourishes us as tion become a communication with our “divine
a movement in art, therapy and education. Lan- teachers”? / The real life of the soul in the air: seven
guage can communicate a purely intellectual con- steps to speaking in the realm of the etheric (fol-
tent. It can become a picture, an imagination. It lowing Rudolf Steiner’s meditation for Ita Weg-
can dive down into experience and become a man). / The logos working in us and its reflection in
source of inspiration, and it can allow us to have an the speech process. / The patient meditation for
encounter with the essence of the other, an intu- MS patients: a contemporary bridging approach.
ition, both in human encounter and in meditation. Barbara Ziegler-Denjean
There are three workshops to choose from to dis- • We would like to invite you to an exchange of
cuss the transformative power of the logos. We views between colleagues, contributions from the
have chosen “The Mysteries” by JW von Goethe as participants are explicitly welcome. With Kirstin
the artistic text for the speech choir with Agnes Kaiser, Johannes Duve, Marion Schroth, Jürg
Zehnter. We will also be introduced by Jürg Schmied and others
Schmied to the background of this “threshold text”.
• Exchange of experiences, research approaches on
We will meet in parallel with the other specialist the basis of our understanding of the human being
conferences. Therefore we will be able to partici- (theory of the senses) and concrete suggestions for
pate with other professional groups at the begin- dealing with virtual communication. “What can I
ning and end of the day. Immediately following be to a person ...? And what, in contrast, am I to a
our two-day specialist conference, there will be the soul ...?” (Strader, Third Mystery Drama). If poss-
opportunity to experience further spiritual deep- ible, bring smartphone or laptop along. Christiane
ening at an extended conference of the School of Görner
Spiritual Science.
20 | International Annual Conference 2021Therapeutic speech specialist conference
Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
14.45 | Joint start of 08.00 | Meditative and 08.00 | Meditative and
specialist conferences artistic prelude artistic prelude
Introduction: Healing with
09.00 | Announcements / 09.00 | Announcements /
forces that create and shape
Day’s motif Day’s motif
life – the ecological
Therapeutic speech as a bridge Workshops 1–3
dimension of medicine
to meditation
Matthias Girke, Rolf Heine, 10.45 | Break
Xandor Koesen-York
Georg Soldner 11.30 | How to deal with
Introduction of specialist 10.45 | Break
verses, mantras, meditations –
conferences 11.30 | Workshops 1–3 transitions and demarcation
16.00 | Break Impulses and interchange in
12.45 | Lunch break
the plenary session
16.45 | Welcome / Introduction 14.45 | Workshops 1–3 Moderator: Agnes Zehnter,
The Foundation Stone verse
16.00 | Break Stefan Hasler, Xandor Koesen-
Speech choir with Agnes Zehnter
York
From everyday speech into the 16.45 | “The Mysteries” by
etheric world of the forces of Goethe – going to the threshold 12.45 | Lunch break
resurrection – the schooling Jürg Schmied
path through speech as Speech choir with Agnes Zehnter
conscious crossing of the
threshold 18.00 | Evening break
Barbara Ziegler-Denjean 20.00 | Active principles of
18.00 | Evening break pharmacy
Vesna Forštnerič, Albert Schmidli
20.00 | The eurythmy therapy
course as living organism –
an etheric physiology of the
human being
Wilburg Keller Roth,
Hana Adamcová
Artistic conclusion
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Psychotherapy specialist conference:
The Specificity of Anthroposophic Psychotherapy
The International Federation of Anthroposophic In the subsequent discussion within the interna-
Psychotherapy Associations (IFAPA) is pleased to tional community of psychotherapists and in the
invite you to the conference “The Specificity of central panel discussion, the specific anthropo-
Anthroposophic Psychotherapy”. sophical psychotherapeutic features of diagnostic
and therapeutic procedures will be made visible.
In October 1997, with the first World Congress for
Psychotherapy and Anthroposophy in Driebergen, On behalf of the IFAPA board, the preparatory
the Netherlands, the first seeds were sown for the group with Vasuprada Kartic, Giovanna Bettini,
worldwide spread of anthroposophic psycho- Henriette Dekkers and Hartmut Horn sends you
therapy. Since then, colleagues in more than a greetings and looks forward to welcoming you in
dozen countries have trained, qualified and devel- Dornach!
oped their own access routes. With this specialist
conference in 2021, they carry the fruits of this
work into the annual conference of the profes-
sional communities of Anthroposophic Medicine.
In six lectures, the contributing colleagues will
present psychotherapeutic topics related to current
issues of the health of people and planet earth
from the perspectives of their countries of origin.
22 | International Annual Conference 2021Psychotherapy specialist conference
Tuesday, 14 Sept Wednesday, 15 Sept Thursday, 16 Sept
14.45 | Joint start of 08.00 | Meditative and 08.00 | Meditative and
specialist conferences artistic prelude artistic prelude
Introduction: Healing with
09.00 | Announcements / 09.00 | Announcements /
forces that create and shape
Day’s motif Day’s motif
life – the ecological
Physical manifestations of “Ad Dekkers Exercises”
dimension of medicine
trauma in different phases of A unique feature of anthro-
Matthias Girke, Rolf Heine,
the soul under pandemic posophic psychotherapy
Georg Soldner
conditions training
Introduction of specialist
Vasuprada Kartic Ad Dekkers
conferences
10.45 | Break 10.45 | Break
16.00 | Break
11:30 | Anthroposophy- 11.30 | Covid-19 and the
16.45 | The healing power
based psychotherapy anthroposophical way of
of presence of mind
Markus Treichler, thinking in psychotherapy
Tatjana Pawlova
Johannes Reiner Giovanna Bettini
18.00 | Evening break
12.45 | Lunch break 12.45 | Lunch break
20:00 | The eurythmy therapy
14:45 | What is special about
course as living organism –
anthroposophic psychotherapy
an etheric physiology of the
Panel discussion
human being
Moderator: Hartmut Horn
Wilburg Keller Roth,
Hana Adamcová 16.00 | Break
Artistic conclusion 16.45 | The healing power of
anthroposophic psychotherapy
in pandemic-related disorders
Henriette Dekkers
18.00 | Evening break
20.00 | Active principles of
pharmacy
Vesna Forštnerič, Albert Schmidli
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ET 5 | Therapeutic speech with exercises and
Meditative and artistic prelude
Meditative and artistic prelude
Wednesday, 15 Sept to Sunday, 19 Sept, short poems (DE) (not on Sunday)
08.00 to 09.00 Therapeutic speech makes the content of verses or
mantras come alive and experienceable, so that in
Registration at the info desk
meditation the way to the image, the heart and the
ET 1 | Morning meditation (DE/EN) essential encounter is more easily found. We will work
Based on Rudolf Steiner’s meditation instructions and mainly with the Foundation Stone verse “Human soul!
modern meditation research, we would like to practise You live [...]”. Xandor Koesen-York
and deepen our meditation skills. David Martin, Silke ET 6 | Bothmer® gymnastics – The human being
Schwarz as a being of the middle (DE)
ET 2 | Eurythmy – The powerful gravity of earth (Wednesday and Thursday only)
through the word of my feet, (DE/EN) Four soul states: wonder – reverence – feeling in wise
This sentence from the eurythmy meditation links harmony with the laws of the world – devotion. Rudolf
above and below, will and thinking. Speaking feet Steiner, The World of the Senses and the World of the
awaken us and make us happy. Kathrin Anderau Spirit, a path of schooling as a possibility for the medi-
tative deepening of movement, movement becomes
ET 3 | Loheland gymnastics (DE/EN) healing. Please bring eurythmy shoes. No preparation
With the Loheland movement training we want to necessary. But the first two lectures of The World of the
strengthen our life forces at the start of the day. In per- Senses and the World of the Spirit, CW 134, can be
ception we experience ourselves as well as our relation- studied as a prelude. Urs Kohler
ship with space and the associated possibility of build-
ing closeness at a distance. Sabine Podehl, Simone ET 7 | Bothmer® gymnastics (DE/EN)/RU)
Koring (Friday, Saturday, Sunday only)
We will awaken the will human being in the limbs to be
ET 4 | Singing in the western stairwell (DE/EN) present and ready for action for the day. The focus is on
“The earth loves us. It is happy when it hears us sing- forces of sympathy and joy of movement so that we can
ing” (Wisdom of the Blackfoot American Indians). radiate out into the world and connect with it and the
Together we intend to discover sound spaces, develop social forces. Elja Thilo, Linda Kiss
confidence in our own singing voice and enjoy songs
and the polyphonic sound of the choir. With specific ET 8 | Spacial Dynamics® (EN/DE)
exercises developed by the School of Uncovering the Greeting heaven and earth: starting the day fresh and
Voice, the invigorating powers of breath, sound and dynamically with Spacial Dynamics® movement exer-
tonal qualities can be experienced holistically; regular cises. Christina Spitta, Jaimen McMillan
singing enables inner transformation and strengthens
the immune system. Viola Heckel
24 | International Annual Conference 2021tion, individual and joint reflection in connection with
Spiritual deepening for the health professions
Spiritual deepening for the
our experiences as therapists on the path of transform-
health professions
ing our own soul forces. Special focus of the work is the
Workshops and Class lessons
3rd Class lesson. Kaspar Jaggi, Laura Piffaretti, Oliver Ifill
Thursday, 16 Sept, 16.45–18.00
Friday, 17 Sept, 9.30–10.45 HS 13 | Introduction to the School of Spiritual
Science (DE/EN)
HS 9 | The meditations of the 11th lesson of This workshop is addressed to everyone who wants to
the meditative path of knowledge of the familiarise themselves with the School of Spiritual
Michael School (DE) Science and the schooling path of the Class lessons. No
For members of the School of Spiritual Science (blue previous knowledge is necessary. Marion Debus
card). Thursday: Free rendering of the Class lesson; Fri-
day: Free rendering of the Class lesson with conversa- HS 14 | Forms of expression of anthroposophical
tion about the meditations of the 11th Class lesson. spirituality in the world religions (DE/EN)
Matthias Girke Although anthroposophy is not a religion, its spiritual
path nevertheless leads into the inner spaces of experi-
HS 10 | The temple meditation of the ence of all religions. This working group will exchange
11th Class lesson (EN) experiences on how religions differ and what they have
For members of the School of Spiritual Science (blue in common. Michaela Glöckler
card). Free rendering of the 11th Class lesson in English
for members of the School of Spiritual Science. We will HS 15 | Four steps into the middle (DE)
deepen our consciousness and understanding of the “Spiritual science refers to four qualities which a person
temple meditation. On the next morning we will share has to acquire on the so-called path of probation to rise
different perspectives and insights about the medita- to higher knowledge. The first of them is the faculty
tion in a Class conversation. And in a third step we will to discriminate in our thoughts between truth and
explore how the fruits of this meditative work can flow appearance, truthfulness and mere opinion. The second
into our daily life and work. Bart Vanmechelen attribute is the correct estimation of what is true and
real as against appearance. The third faculty consists of
HS 11 | Experiencing the mantras of the Class the […] practice of the six qualities: controlling our
lesson through therapeutic speech in motion (DE) thoughts, controlling our actions, perseverance, toler-
For members of the School of Spiritual Science (blue ance, faith and equanimity. The fourth is the love
card). Speech in motion is a bridge to meditation. We of inner freedom.” We warmly invite you to practical
will let ourselves be enchanted by sound movements, exercises, conversation, research and self-encounter.
word gestures and rhythms. The mantras thus come to Johannes Weinzirl, Anke Dietrich
life out of the wellspring of speech. Out of it we will
HS 16 | Colour meets word – art meets mantra
develop meditation. Inga York-Koesen, Xandor Koesen-
(DE/EN)
York
Space and time are the given dimensions of our every-
HS 12 | The mantras as inner path for day life. If we start creating with them, we open up a
art therapists (DE) practice field of spirituality, enter into dialogue with
For members of the School of Spiritual Science (blue the innermost life impulses. With paper, colour, surface
card). Work with pictorial, sound and rhythmical and line, with breath, voice, sound and word we intend
elements from the 1st to the 3rd Class lesson. In addi- to explore paths in this field. Here it is particularly
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interesting when the boundaries become blurred, lan- Taking meditations and prayers from content to experi-
Spiritual deepening for the health professions
guage seeks pictorial expression, or pictures begin to ence. Gestures illuminated from the soul combine the
tell a story. With a process-oriented, interdisciplinary breath with the word and lead into our own inner
approach, we will immerse ourselves on the basis of being along the thread of the mantric text. Such dia-
the subsidiary exercises in a verse by Rudolf Steiner. No logue contributes to a healthy professional practice and
previous artistic experience necessary. Materials will be can also serve as a guide for patients. Esther Böttcher,
provided. Rita Eckart, Franziska Schmidt von Nell Dietrich von Bonin
HS 17 | Our connection to the hierarchies as a HS 20 | Body therapies as supporting the spiri-
support for anthroposophic therapeutic work: tual development of patients and therapists
eurythmy workshop (EN) using the example of Spacial Dynamics® and
“Let us think of the child, the incomplete human being, oil dispersion bath therapy (DE)
who has not yet attained to their full adulthood. How Do body therapies open up the body to the spirit and
shall we help the gods, so that the physical form of the soul of the human being and do they also promote
child shall be rightly furthered in their development? spiritual development – of the person being treated as
We must teach them eurythmy, for this is a continu- well as of the therapist? Can body therapies facilitate a
ation of divine movement, of the divine creation of the spiritual training path? Does Spacial Dynamics® –
human being.” (Rudolf Steiner). We will experience this through active movement of dynamic archetypes –
“divine movement of creation” in eurythmy, by moving convey spatial experiences far into spiritual dimen-
the journey through the planetary spheres and their sions? Do oil dispersion baths, immersed in outer calm,
relevant hierarchies from death to new birth. In the induce inner working towards a connection with the
second session we will continue the exploration by spiritual world and our own life impulses? With the
relating this journey to the very young child’s process help of practical exercises and personal experiences,
of learning to move, speak and think in the first we will work on these questions in the group. No pre-
three years of life. A basic knowledge of eurythmy is vious knowledge is necessary. Markus Krüger, Anne
assumed. Bring eurythmy shoes. Ursula Browning Krüger
HS 18 | Rudolf Steiner’s six subsidiary exercises HS 21 | The sun meditations (DE)
in movement (DE/EN) Many of Rudolf Steiner’s meditations are about the sun.
In Guidance in Esoteric Training, Rudolf Steiner added In words that touch the heart, they connect light and
subtle movement exercises to the familiar six subsi- warmth in nature and the cosmos with the inwardness
diary exercises which have proved to be very helpful in of the soul. We intend to look at some selected verses
being able to playfully apply these exercises, which are and in the process follow paths to elevate them to
fundamental for a spiritual training, also over the meditation and mantra. Rolf Heine
long term. According to Steiner, these six exercises pro-
HS 22 | Qualities of the four elements in the
tect those who follow spiritual paths. In this workshop,
earth and the human being (DE)
we will move Steiner’s guidance and also use Spacial
We experience the physical world as a solid, fluid, airy
Dynamics® exercises as a help. Jaimen McMillan,
and warm texture in its manifold interpenetrations.
Christina Spitta
The same also applies to the physical organisation of
HS 19 | Internalising the word through thera- the human being, in whose fourfold structure our
peutic speech. Prayer and meditation practice higher constitutional elements take effect. These four
for medical and therapeutic everyday life (DE) qualities can also be observed in the way we think
26 | International Annual Conference 2021about the world. Can an immersion in the qualities of
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Multiprofessional conference –
the elements make the connection between earth and
Medicine for a living earth
human being more tangible for us and provide
Workshops: Friday, 17 Sept, 16.45–18.00
impulses for the return to health of both? This is what
we intend to explore in this workshop. Stefan Lang-
Saturday, 18 Sept, 11.30–12.45
hammer
and 16.45–18.00
HS 23 | The seven life processes – a meditative MP 24 | Transformative action as a necessary
path (DE/EN) therapeutic measure in the face of the climate
The seven life processes, which Rudolf Steiner develops emergency for enterprises of Anthroposophic
as a physiological metamorphosis of the planetary pro- Medicine – but how? (DE/EN)
cesses, contain within them an esoteric approach to the The climate emergency is a medical emergency for the
human being. As a meditative path, they can connect earth. The earth is sick. Especially our larger health
the therapeutic professional groups and deepen the facilities can and should now respond to this emerg-
experienced understanding of illness for a good ther- ency according to the possibilities of Anthroposophic
apy. In this working group we will explore the seven life Medicine. How can we very concretely enable trans-
processes through observation and let them inspire formative action in our facilities? How can we finance
our professional meditative practice. Martin-Günther change and become change agents as role models for
Sterner, NN others? The Mäander youth welfare facility and the
Havelhöhe community hospital have already declared
their intention to become zero-emission organisations
by 2030 at the latest. How can an entire enterprise with
hundreds of staff and all its supply chains be made cli-
mate-neutral? How can all processes of the internal
organisation be oriented towards mindful ecological
action? The importance of the United Nations Social
Development Goals for regional energy production, the
conversion of all purchasing structures and waste
reduction, and the circular economy for water and all
materials will be set out in short presentations. How
can we, as anthroposophical health enterprises, move
forward and re-found One Health Medicine? We want
to discuss this in small groups and find out how we can
support each other. One Health Medicine also holds the
opportunity for the anthroposophical movement to
strengthen the mission of our organisations anew and
together. Christian Grah, Georg Soldner, Johannes Kro-
nenberg, Stefan Ruf
MP 25 | People, cosmos and nature – their
relationship in the present age (DE)
“Stars once spoke to human beings. Their falling silent
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is cosmic destiny.” The current fate of humanity calls for the spirit”; through life the spirit works in nature, also
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comprehensive ecological responsibility. This includes a through our life. If we make room for a “malevolent
new cosmology which was predisposed in the courses spirit”, nature falls ill. The seminar aims to help us to
which founded Anthroposophic Medicine. How are cos- better recognise the quality of “life” in human beings
mological rhythms, planetary constellations or solar and nature, to understand it more deeply and to learn
activity related to the human organism? Based on the to care for it well. Life, Rudolf Steiner says, “breaks
various medical cultures, an attempt will be made to down” into seven processes which, as a metamorphosis
ascend from the earth via the planets and the zodiac to of the planetary effects, convey the forces of the zodiac
the ancient understanding of the microcosm and mac- to the earth and into the human being. In this seminar
rocosm. With modern times and the advance of natural we will look at the qualities of these seven life pro-
science, the old harmony is fading. Modern thinking cesses and develop them in eurythmy exercises and in
threatens to lose the human being in the unfathom- conversation. Martin-Günther Sterner
able vastness of the physical universe. What does this
MP 28 | Cooking for future & health – healthy
signature have to do with the current development of
nutrition for people and the planet (DE)
the consciousness soul? Which cosmic constellations
The importance of nutrition for the development and
and activities accompany the coronavirus crisis in par-
maintenance of human health, peaceful coexistence on
ticular? And what might a medical-spiritual cosmology
this planet and the maintenance of ecosystems cannot
look like with the perspective that “in the mute silence
be overestimated. Our current food system is not only
there ripens what human beings speak to stars”? We
causing an epidemic of disease, obesity and malnutri-
warmly invite you to two keynote presentations and a
tion but is also driving the erosion of the basis of our
discussion. Johannes Weinzirl, Hartmut Ramm
existence – our planet’s sphere of life. Our food and
MP 26 | Unity of macrocosm earth and micro- agriculture are facing a necessary and urgent trans-
cosm human being, perception of remedies in formation which must be shaped by our decisions and
the etheric and astral part of the human being in our kitchens today, but above all by politics and
and their effect. (DE/EN) society worldwide. Our course aims to look at the big
In this course we intend to practise the perception of picture and to clarify in a very practical way what this
remedies in the microcosm of the human being; the nutritional transformation is all about, how we can
process that goes from the human being via a diagnosis start on our plate to take care of our own healthy nutri-
into nature and from there acts back on the human tion, how we can develop our relationship to food, how
being. In the microcosm of the human being we per- we as therapists can influence diseases in a very posi-
ceive the macrocosm and its healing effect on the tive way. We want to talk about nutrition, we want to
human being. This course includes a structural theor- cook and eat together. Sebastian Göbel, Diana Studerus
etical part, but the main part is to be made up of prac-
tical exercises in threes under supervised guidance/
MP 29 | Tapping into the heart and nature of
healing; developing supersensible perception
support. If possible, please bring a blanket. Gabriele
and heart intuition through nature connection,
Förster, Gerd Bronner
movement and games (DE/EN)
MP 27 | One health – One life. The processes of In this workshop, we’ll explore the warmth and
life as a bond between human being, earth and empathic qualities of heart, called for in the future of
cosmos (DE/EN) human and planetary healing, by practising and devel-
Through life we, as human beings, give a “dwelling to oping our perceptive skills and intuition, meeting the
28 | International Annual Conference 2021beings of the trees around the Goetheanum, maybe external treatments. Please bring eurythmy shoes, a
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also meeting the Goetheanum Being itself, and bring- hot water bottle, a thermos flask for hot water, woollen
ing the most important element of health and well- socks and a towel. Noemi Boeken, Astrid Sterner
being for humans and the planet; laughter, joy and
MP 32 | The patient’s place in teamwork (EN)
social connection, through games, shared experience
In long term conditions, diagnosis and treatment are,
and movement. By the end of the three workshops, we
of necessity, changing and dynamic processes. Patients’
hope you can go home with greater confidence in your
perceptions and ideas are valuable aids for developing
own intuition, first-hand experience in communicating
the therapeutic process, but all too often they go unno-
with, receiving guidance from, and witnessing healing
for a tree (and knowing how to do this yourself again at ticed. The workshop aims to enhance the participants’
home), and a sense of relaxation and joy in your body, ability to pick up and take advantage of this phenom-
soul and spirit, having enjoyed the company and enon. We will do this through eurythmy and discussion
shared experiences of the group. All welcome, with of case studies. Ingrid Hermansen, David McGavin
openness, curiosity and warmth for a joyful exploration MP 33 | The patient’s perspective in eurythmy
of heart and healing in nature. Katie Brayne therapy (DE)
MP 30 | The issue is decisive: external treat- The patient’s perspective can contribute in many ways
ments in the context of warmth and sleep to both assessing and shaping the course of therapy.
(DE/EN) We will make a quantitative evaluation with concrete
In this workshop we intend to use the research results questions to which concrete answers can be given.
of R Rayman on warmth and sleep to investigate the Qualitatively, we have many different options. In what
consequences for external treatments in nursing (Mild way do we resonate with patients? What questions do
skin warming, a non-pharmacological way to modulate we ask them? What do we observe? When do patients
sleep and vigilance. RJEM Raymann. Integrative Neuro- comment? Are there exercises through which we can
physiology Research. Abstract link: https://research.vu. grasp the patient’s perspective? This working group
nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/42125593/abstract+english. aims to provide an insight into different methods for
pdf). We will look at Rhythmical Einreibung as devel- grasping the patient perspective. Movement is a cen-
oped by Wegman/Hauschka, wraps, compresses and tral element in this workshop. Katharina Gerlach, Anna
footbaths. We will practise with ointments and oils and de Milas
evaluate the experiences gathered in the evening and MP 34 | Differentiating aspects in our under-
at night. In addition, the status of the Dutch nursing standing of the human being on the effective-
charter process will be presented. How can nursing
ness of metal therapies in Anthroposophic Medi-
stimulate the necessary cultural change that has
cine (DE/EN)
become visible in the pandemic? For nurses, physicians,
In this workshop, we want to use the various
physiotherapists, scientists. Sonja vans Hees
approaches to therapy in the anthroposophical under-
MP 31 | Practising and experiencing turning standing of the human being based on the visible and
points through eurythmy and external treat- invisible human being (Rudolf Steiner, GA 221, lecture
ments (DE) of 11 February 1923) to shed light on a metal therapy
All healing starts from breathing: inhalation – turning and its various pharmaceutical production methods.
point – exhalation: we will practise this turning point How do we get from a general understanding of metal
to health in many ways through eurythmy and with effects to specific ones and, by differentiating the
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