BFDI have produced - Learning Biodynamics as a path of Self-Discovery
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................5
EXPERIENCING BIODYNAMICS:
EXERCISES FROM TRAINERS TO TRAINERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD............9
EXERCISES TO AWAKEN THE SENSES & TO CONNECT WITH NATURE......................... 9
Awakening the Senses, by Chin Tiong Teoh..................................................................10
Water Coloring; Giving the Earth an Impulse –
Getting an Impulse from Biodynamics, by Simone Helmle............................................ 11
Connecting with your Surroundings, by Helen Van Zyl..................................................14
An Encounter with the Kingdoms of Nature, by Simone Helmle....................................16
The Three Spatial Directions, by Jean-Michel Florin....................................................18
EXERCISES TO TRAIN PERCEPTION ON THE RICHNESS OF FORMS,
THE ELEMENTS, AND THE FORCES............................................................................ 20
Re-learning to Perceive, by Sebastian Julio Iriberri......................................................21
Earthly and Cosmic Formative Forces, by Liron Israel................................................. 25
Contraction and Expansion, by Belen Freiria............................................................... 27
Goethean Approach of the Four Elements, by Martin Quantin...................................... 29
Emphatic Perception as a Path for Inner Quality in Plants, by Joke Bloksma................ 38
Perceiving Soils´ Inner Life, by Walter Goldstein...........................................................41
FROM PERCEPTION TO IMAGINATION - EXERCISES FOR DEEPER ENCOUNTERS....... 44
Building Capacities to Live into the Becoming of the Plant, by Anthony Mecca............46
Plant Meditation for Holistic Gardening, by Chik Ying Chai..........................................50
Fragrance and Aroma Painting, by Torsten Arncken and Jasmin Peschke....................54
Meet the Animal, by Jean-Michel Florin....................................................................... 66
Imaginative Exercise with Carrot Seeds, by Maja Kolar............................................... 70
Enhancing Perceptual Capacities to Deepen Our Connection with the Natural World,
by Craig Holdrege....................................................................................................... 72
ENCOUNTERING WITH ALL SENSES - THE GROUND, THE PLANT,
THE FOOD, THE BEINGS AND THE COSMOS................................................................ 84
Meeting Silica, Lime, and Clay, by Kai Lange............................................................... 85
Empathic Food Tasting, by Jens Uwe Geier................................................................ 86
Plant Meeting, by Lucy Voelcker and Kai Lange........................................................... 88
The Tree, by Jean-Michel Florin.................................................................................. 89
The Archetypal Plant Through Clay Modelling, by Pedro Otero......................................91
Biodynamic Food and Farming by Ambra Sedlmayr.......................................................94
The Biodynamic Calendar, by Jakes Jayakaran............................................................. 97
Encountering Elemental Beings, by Anthony Mecca................................................... 100
THE FARM ORGANISM - EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN ITS INDIVIDUALITY
AND DEVELOPMENT.................................................................................................104
What is the Heart of my Farm? by Simone Helmle......................................................105
Composing an Agri Sculpture, by Walter Siegfried-Hahn............................................107
The Farm Organism, by Jean-Michel Florin................................................................. 111
Working with Polarities Towards Self-Knowledge and
Our Relationship to the Farm, by Anthony Mecca......................................................... 114
The Quintessence of the Farm Individuality, by Hans Supenkaemper........................... 116
Gratitude - Hallelujah for Farmers, by Ruth Tschannen................................................. 119
DESIGNING MEANINGFUL LEARNING PROCESSES FOR ADULTS
BY AMBRA SEDLMAYR.................................................................................. 122
Core Aims of Adult Education based on Anthroposophy............................................123
Creating a Learning Container..................................................................................124
Creating a Meaningful Learning Process...................................................................126
Seven Life Forces as Adult Learning Processes........................................................127
Conscious Endings...................................................................................................129
EPILOGUE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................133