Active in lockdown
The Goetheanum offers a February programme with practical exercises for becoming creative and taking charge.
External regulations and the ongoing interference with one’s private and professional lives can become rather stressful. “This is when people begin to look for orientation: How does my family ‘work’? What does my boss expect from me? And where, in all this, can I find my inner source of strength?” This is how Edda Nehmiz outlines the questions many people are facing right now. But one does not have to feel powerless in the face of these challenges. The faculty of the Goetheanum’s Studies and Professional Development offers ways of dealing with them constructively. “We wish to create a forum where one can develop something for oneself, away from family life, work and societal expectations,” Edda Nehmiz points out.
Faculty member Constanza Kaliks explains the approach of the February online programme Beyond the Third, “Anthroposophy is a way of entering actively into the sphere of life. Thinking as creative activity and actively participating in life can help us to take hold of and shape reality so that it is no longer something that simply happens to us. With the help of exercises we will learn to deal confidently with the unknown.”
In addition to receiving inspiration and sharing, artistic activity is a key feature. Art in this context does not mean absorbing knowledge or beauty but getting the soul to move in spite of outer restrictions, at a time that suits people’s individual situation.
Online course (registration closed): Beyond the Third, 1. bis 28. Februar 2021.