Upcoming Events
Saturn & Spleen – Guardians Of The SelfOctober 15, 16, 17, 2021 * On-Line Conference Jointly Hosted By The Rhythmical Massage Therapy Association of North America& The North American Anthroposophic Nurses Association (NAANA)
James Dyson, MD * Alan Thewless * Karen Derreumaux
This course is continuing education for graduates of an Anthroposophic Nurse Foundation Course or Rhythmical Einreibungen Foundation Course or Rhythmical Massage Therapy Training.
Saturn is the most distant of the classical planet of our solar system. It slow movement at the outermost boundary of the planetary spheres is an indication of its foundational influence in an individual human life. Saturn is connected to the strength and stability of our bony structure as well as to the blood renewing forces of our inner most marrow. Saturn’s influence also extends into the highly spiritual organ of the ego organization – the Spleen.
The Spleen’s dynamics in the body are entirely focused on establishing and maintaining the inner household through the blood and the digestive system. Working via rhythmical signatures, the spleen navigates the transformation of self and non-self. To that end karmic events, allergies, autoimmune illnesses and cancers are all fundamentally Saturn – Spleen illnesses.
You can access a PDF version of the course agenda here.
Reading Resources Related To The Organs:
A Grimm’s Fairy Tale that relates to the Spleen: Faithful John
“An Occult Physiology”, Rudolf Steiner, Ph.D, Focus on Lectures given March 23, 1911 – March 24, 1911
"Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine", Rudolf Steiner, Ph.D., Focus on Lectures given March 29, 1920 - April 1, 1920
“Spiritual Relations in the Human Organism”, Rudolf Steiner, PhD, 3 Lectures given in Dornach, Oct 20, 22, 23, 1922, Mercury Press, Spring Valley, NY
"The Healing Power of the Planetary Metals", Henning M. Schramm, Lindisfarne Books, Great Barrington, MA 2013
“The Human Organs, Their Functional And Psychological Significance”,Walter Holtzapfel, MD, Lanthron Press, Callington, Cornwall, 1993“Nutrition from Earth & Cosmos”, Eighteen lectures and essays which consider the significance of nutrition within a spiritual context. Karl König, MD, Floris Books, 2015. Note: This is a new translation of lectures given by KK on the 4 organs – these lectures were previously published in “Living Physiology”, by Camphill Books, 1999.
“If the Organs Could Speak: The Foundations of Physical and Mental Health, Understanding the Character of Our Inner Anatomy”, Olaf Koob, MD, Temple Lodge, 2018.
“The Seven Planets”, Adam Bittleston, Floris Books, University Press, Oxford, 1985
"Functional Morphology, The Dynamic Wholeness of the Human Organism", Johannes W. Rohen, Adonis Press, 2007
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Course Tuition
$125. Tuition for members & $150 non-members; whether watching live or only viewing the recording after the conference.
Financial Assistance
Limited financial assistance is available upon written request.
naanatraining@gmail.com
Recordings
The main presentations will be recorded & available for viewing for 2 months after the conference. Breakout sessions will not be recorded.
Contact Course Coordinator: Elizabeth Sustick as needed. Sessions will be recorded!
Enlivening our Therapeutic Teaching: a North American Teach the Teachers Course
Cultivate the Teacher in You!This three-year course organized and sponsored by the Anthroposophic Health Association, for members of AHA member organizations, is dedicated to joining together professionals of all anthroposophic healing modalities to explore and discover how anthroposophic practices can be taught to professionals that are new learners of anthroposophy.
It is clear that to expand the impulse of anthroposophic medicine and therapies we must be prepared to teach our future practitioners about anthroposophic tenets with learning modalities that are current and relevant.
Please join us to explore questions such as:
๏ How can you describe the threefold, fourfold, sevenfold, and twelvefold human being in relatable terms? ๏ How do we bring experiential learning into our training as a form of embodiment? For example, what are experiences to help bring the four elements alive? ๏ How do you get everyone in a group setting to speak, contribute, and feel welcomed as an active participant? ๏ How do you move away from a lecture-heavy style of teaching towards more creative and interactive teaching methods? ๏ What are good introductory texts?
๏ How can you describe the threefold, fourfold, sevenfold, and twelvefold human being in relatable terms?
๏ How do we bring experiential learning into our training as a form of embodiment? For example, what are experiences to help bring the four elements alive?
๏ How do you get everyone in a group setting to speak, contribute, and feel welcomed as an active participant?
๏ How do you move away from a lecture-heavy style of teaching towards more creative and interactive teaching methods?
๏ What are good introductory texts?
We will meet February 17– 22, 2022 in Chestnut Ridge, NY for the first of three annual training courses. During this Thursday evening to Sunday noon meeting, we will focus on developing introductory language and experiences for new learners.
Using the seven life processes as a guide for our journey over the three years, we will begin by breathing, warming, and nourishing as well as the activities of thinking in year one. In year two we will focus on nourishing, secreting, and maintaining in practices of observation and assessment, cultivating feeling. Finally, in year three we will bring into our will the force of growing and reproducing by focusing on mentoring and supporting learners in independent clinical work.
Who is this training for?
๏ We encourage each therapeutic organization to use this training to help identify and support your therapeutic teachers for the future. Who might be leading your training in 10 years? ๏ Those who want to facilitate the process of developing and implementing a training program, or facilitate the process of creatively enlivening an existing program. ๏ Those who want to develop skills to evaluate a current training program’s content and methodology. ๏ Those who want to develop greater skills for teaching clients, patients, and community members about your therapeutic modality.
๏ We encourage each therapeutic organization to use this training to help identify and support your therapeutic teachers for the future. Who might be leading your training in 10 years?
๏ Those who want to facilitate the process of developing and implementing a training program, or facilitate the process of creatively enlivening an existing program.
๏ Those who want to develop skills to evaluate a current training program’s content and methodology.
๏ Those who want to develop greater skills for teaching clients, patients, and community members about your therapeutic modality.
Join us in this unique course to call forth the future generations of anthroposophic healing practitioners!
Early registration: $425, $350 for those needing financial assistance
Late registration (after Jan. 1, 2022): $475, $400 for those needing financial assistance
NAANA gift money has been allocated to help fund our NAANA members participation - please send a letter of financial need to naanatraining@gmail.com
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NAANA gift money has been allocated to help fund our NAANA MEMBERS participation - please send a letter of financial need to
naanatraining@gmail.com.
AHA Cancellation PoliParticipants' cancellation requests must be received in writing (emailed and received) before Feb. 1, 2022, for a full refund, less a $50.00 administrative fee. Cancellation requests received in writing before February 15th will receive a 50% refund, less a $50 administrative fee. Cancellation requests after February 15th will not be eligible for a refund, but another person may be substituted for an additional $50.00 administrative fee. Telephone cancellations cannot be honored. Email cancellations will be promptly acknowledged by return email.
Until then, you cannot assume they have been received.
