There is a great need in our present culture for people trained to guide explorations into the nature of the human being in ways that reveal wholeness and connection.

The Biography and Social Art Program is a unique, three-year, part-time training for individuals who wish to become biography and social art facilitators for groups or individuals, or to augment their current profession with a deeper attention to biographical and Anthroposophical perspectives.

In this approach, we expand our perspective to include the larger world within which we live rather than merely focusing on the details of an individual life. Learning to read “life-writing” as seen in the cosmic rhythms sustaining life, as well as the life cycle of a tree, creates a larger context within which to observe the human life.

Our starting point is that every human life is sacred and whole, has meaning and when studied, reveals insights that deepen acceptance and understanding. Using a phenomenological approach, we bring focus to the known so that the unknown may reveal itself.

The training involves engaging more deeply with one’s own and other’s life stories, with the world around us, and with ideas of an evolving universe. We take up nature observation, inner work, journaling, artistic media, communication skills and the social artistry of becoming human with the goal of awakening new capacities. Practices of focused attention and deep listening cultivate interest and empathy as foundations for a healthy social future.

This comprehensive way of working provides an experiential foundation for the picture of human development outlined by Rudolf Steiner.