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Articles on Activism
Age-appropriate Screen Use in Schools
Petition launched by the Eliant network and the Alliance for Humane Education Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, 20 November 2020 The European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy (Eliant) advocates cultural diversity and choice in Europe. Its petition for an age-appropriate use of digital technology ‘For a…
Creating Healthy Communities One Person at a Time
by Dr. Steven Johnson Health Creation represents a new multi-cultural health paradigm for creating resilience in our time, both for ourselves and for our planet. “Resilience” refers to the capacity to unfold our fullest potential for physical, mental and creative…
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Ongoing efforts regarding the FDA’s Draft Guidance on Homeopathic Products:
The organization, Americans for Homeopathy Choice (AHC) submitted a legally and clinically sound Citizen’s Petition to the FDA to have permanent regulation for homeopathic products, many of which are used by anthroposophic medical physicians. The regulation proposed in the Citizen’s…
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Save Homeopathy – Send Comments to the FDA by May 23rd
Dear PAAM Members and Interested Parties,To those who have sent comments to the FDA, thank you! We still need many more to send in their comments. The deadline of comments to the FDA has been extended to May 23, 2020. Right now we…
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For the right to screen-free day care institutions, kindergartens and primary schools
Teachers, educators and parents decide for themselves how long (to what age) an educational institution can remain screen-free. Those responsible for teaching must be able to determine the medium they use, whether they enlist digital media and to what purpose…
Changing the Culture of Health
A talk by Dr. Steven Johnson on the Changing Culture of Health (part 1) https://youtu.be/CvzPNT1hSWA
Articles on Agriculture
Reflections from the Creating Health Summit
In July, FHC put on our first ever Creating Health Summit! We were joined by Charles Eisenstein, Jaimen Macmillan, and Dan McKanan to look at health, as it relates to the individual and in relationship to the whole. Our founding…
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Biodynamics, Social Justice and Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course
An article by Cory Eichman, Biodynamic Farm Manager at the Saugeen River CSA in Ontario One of the first thoughts Rudolf Steiner brings in the Agriculture Course, his 1924 series of lectures to farmers that form the basis of biodynamics, is…
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Youth and Nature
Dear Friends,We hope you enjoy this first episode of recorded conversation hosted by the Foundation for Health Creation (FHC). In this episode, titled “Youth and Nature” (see video below), we filmed an unscripted conversation between young people from different backgrounds…
Leading the Child to Love the World
by Ronni Sands Gardening teacher Ronni Sands asks: How do gardening teachers relate the practical work of the garden to the growing child? article originally published in Biodynamics, May/June 1996
Spring Detox: An Introduction to an Anthroposophical Detox Program at the Rudolf Steiner Health Center
by Dr. Molly McMullen-Laird Why Detox? Studies show that our bodies contain somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 toxic chemicals (those being the ones that we can identify). Some of these toxins are naturally occurring through the breakdown of foods…
The Role of Nature in Health Creation
An Interview with Dr. Steven Johnson, DO and Dennis Klocek, PhD, author, teacher, gardener and herbalist Dr. Steven Johnson: Hi Dennis. Thank you for having this conversation on the role of “nature” in health creation. There is a great deal interest…
Finding Faith in Field Work
an article by Darby Weaverfeatured in Summer 2019 issue of Biodynamics Read article on the Biodynamics website
The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
a recommended book by Wendell Berry Find on the Sierra Club website
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Articles on Childhood
Waldorf Schools for Doctors and Nurses
Adam Blanning, MD As a Waldorf parent, you gather lots of good stories about your children. One that stands out for my family is when our new first grader—who had independently taught herself to read at 5-and-a-half years of age—marveled…
Age-appropriate Screen Use in Schools
Petition launched by the Eliant network and the Alliance for Humane Education Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, 20 November 2020 The European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy (Eliant) advocates cultural diversity and choice in Europe. Its petition for an age-appropriate use of digital technology ‘For a…
Healing in the Peaceful Home during COVID
a blog post on The Parenting Passageway Healing in the Peaceful Home
Leading the Child to Love the World
by Ronni Sands Gardening teacher Ronni Sands asks: How do gardening teachers relate the practical work of the garden to the growing child? article originally published in Biodynamics, May/June 1996
Individualizing Treatment in Children
A Talk by Alicia Landman-Reiner, MD, speaking about the importance of constitutional considerations in the diagnosis and treatment of children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=78hRGUp06D8&feature=emb_logo
Waldorf 100- Becoming
From Waldorf 100: “Becoming” is the third film in a series of short films produced on the occasion of the centenary of Waldorf Education under the direction of the award-winning Californian documentary filmmaker Paul Zehrer, and which provide an insight…
Healing Applications:
Compresses, Inhalations, Poultices and Soaks from the Lilipoh Wellness Guide
Tending the Flame: Childhood Fever
article by Philip Incao, MD Acute inflammations like colds, the flu and fevers seem to be an inescapable part of life: everyone experiences them. Why do we get them? Many of us have noticed (if not, then our spouses have…
Articles on Community
Waldorf Schools for Doctors and Nurses
Adam Blanning, MD As a Waldorf parent, you gather lots of good stories about your children. One that stands out for my family is when our new first grader—who had independently taught herself to read at 5-and-a-half years of age—marveled at how clever her new teacher was. She told us about this at the dinner…
Biodynamics, Social Justice and Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course
An article by Cory Eichman, Biodynamic Farm Manager at the Saugeen River CSA in Ontario One of the first thoughts Rudolf Steiner brings in the Agriculture Course, his 1924 series of lectures to farmers that form the basis of biodynamics, is that “Agriculture touches every aspect of human life.” So the question isn’t “Does biodynamics have…
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Youth and Nature
Dear Friends,We hope you enjoy this first episode of recorded conversation hosted by the Foundation for Health Creation (FHC). In this episode, titled “Youth and Nature” (see video below), we filmed an unscripted conversation between young people from different backgrounds and parts of the country. All of them are genuinely searching for answers through nature…
In Memory of Gene Gollogly: A Champion of Hope
Some of our readers may have known Gene personally and, if you didn’t, I think you will find inspiration in our dedication to him. He was best known for his accomplishment as a savvy book publisher and later as the leader of Steiner books. He used this platform to inspire people all over the world…
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Social Breakdown and Initiation
A conversation between Charles Eisenstein and Orland Bishop Read article at Kosmos Journal
Creating Healthy Communities One Person at a Time
by Dr. Steven Johnson Health Creation represents a new multi-cultural health paradigm for creating resilience in our time, both for ourselves and for our planet. “Resilience” refers to the capacity to unfold our fullest potential for physical, mental and creative well-being while simultaneously becoming more resistant to infection and disease. “Health Creation” represents a renewal…
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Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth
” ‘Warmth’ is the most powerful personality trait in social judgment, and attachment theorists have stressed the importance of warm physical contact with caregivers during infancy for healthy relationships in adulthood…” Read full article on US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health website
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Articles on Education
Seeking Health through Touch
by Dr. Carmen Hering WINTER 2021 I recently had the opportunity to speak to a group of school teachers about how to approach the new challenges they are encountering in the classroom. After a year and a half of online…
Youth and Nature
Dear Friends,We hope you enjoy this first episode of recorded conversation hosted by the Foundation for Health Creation (FHC). In this episode, titled “Youth and Nature” (see video below), we filmed an unscripted conversation between young people from different backgrounds…
Age-appropriate Screen Use in Schools
Petition launched by the Eliant network and the Alliance for Humane Education Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, 20 November 2020 The European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy (Eliant) advocates cultural diversity and choice in Europe. Its petition for an age-appropriate use of digital technology ‘For a…
Health and Learning Are Deeply Interconnected in the Body:
An Action Guide for Policymakers Read article on Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child website
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Healing in the Peaceful Home during COVID
a blog post on The Parenting Passageway Healing in the Peaceful Home
Staying Healthy at the End of 2020
by Dr. Daciana Iancu 2020 will go down in history as a remarkable year. As our world is changing before our eyes, we might be wondering what the new normal will be like. While there are many challenges right now,…
Leading the Child to Love the World
by Ronni Sands Gardening teacher Ronni Sands asks: How do gardening teachers relate the practical work of the garden to the growing child? article originally published in Biodynamics, May/June 1996
Spring Detox: An Introduction to an Anthroposophical Detox Program at the Rudolf Steiner Health Center
by Dr. Molly McMullen-Laird Why Detox? Studies show that our bodies contain somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 toxic chemicals (those being the ones that we can identify). Some of these toxins are naturally occurring through the breakdown of foods…
Against Fear: The Michaelmas Call
an article on parenting by Nancy Blanningfeatured in Lilipoh Magazine, Fall 2016 We live in a fear-filled world. This has always been true for humanity. Whether it has been threat from wild beasts, natural disasters, famine and starvation, war, plague…
How Do Cell Phones Impact Our Relationships?
a talk given by Simon Sinek One of the most powerful gifts we can give is our attention. In this talk, Simon Sinek explores the real social dangers of cell phones and makes practical suggestions on how to improve the…
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Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth
” ‘Warmth’ is the most powerful personality trait in social judgment, and attachment theorists have stressed the importance of warm physical contact with caregivers during infancy for healthy relationships in adulthood…” Read full article on US National Library of Medicine…
Continue Reading… Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth
Waldorf 100- Becoming
From Waldorf 100: “Becoming” is the third film in a series of short films produced on the occasion of the centenary of Waldorf Education under the direction of the award-winning Californian documentary filmmaker Paul Zehrer, and which provide an insight…
The caring profession of Anthroposophic Nursing
by Elizabeth Sustick, RN, Anthroposophic Nurse Specialist and vice president of the North American Anthroposophic Nurses Association. From the Lilipoh Wellness Guide The question for human-centered care that addresses the dignity and wholeness of the ill person is an urgent…
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What are Anthroposophic Medicines?
A talk Dr. Alicia Landman-Reiner, MD, offering insight into the unique qualities of the medicines and remedies used in Anthroposophic Medicine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeRT4-69PK0&feature=emb_logo
Articles on Health
Waldorf Schools for Doctors and Nurses
Adam Blanning, MD As a Waldorf parent, you gather lots of good stories about your children. One that stands out for my family is when our new first grader—who had independently taught herself to read at 5-and-a-half years of age—marveled at how clever her new teacher was. She told us about this at the dinner…
Reflections from the Creating Health Summit
In July, FHC put on our first ever Creating Health Summit! We were joined by Charles Eisenstein, Jaimen Macmillan, and Dan McKanan to look at health, as it relates to the individual and in relationship to the whole. Our founding board members also gave a panel presentation covering topics from education, to the healing garden,…
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Becoming a Cosmic Citizen
by Dr. Steven Johnson SPRING 2022 I have learned a hard life lesson during the Covid-19 pandemic, namely that what I thought I understood through knowledge and felt I believed through faith did not correspond to the sea of sympathies and antipathies that flooded my soul. I could not choose a side about the right…
Cultivating Warmth as a Path Toward Service
by Carmen Hering, MD SPRING 2022 Our body temperature is closely regulated. For adults, normal body temperature can range from 97 to 99 F, with the average being 98.6 F. In children, temperatures are slightly higher, with a normal range being between 97.9 F and 100.4 F. Physicians consider body temperature a vital sign, but…
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How to Manage Viral Illnesses at Home
by Daciana Iancu, MD www.AnthroSonoma.com WINTER 2021 How do we harness our innate ability to overcome illness, particularly viral infections? While the current Covid epidemic continues to evolve and is anticipated to co-exist with us from here forward, other viruses also continue to exist and progress. Furthermore, the chances that novel, possibly…
A Short Look at Sleep Rhythms and Health
by Dr. Steven Johnson WINTER 2021 Has your sleep changed over the last few years? Does sleep refresh and inspire you? What happens to “you” during sleep? How important are these and similar questions? Hopefully after this short essay you’ll think and feel differently about sleep. Maybe you’ll even adopt a renewed reverence and attitude…
Seeking Health through Touch
by Dr. Carmen Hering WINTER 2021 I recently had the opportunity to speak to a group of school teachers about how to approach the new challenges they are encountering in the classroom. After a year and a half of online learning, children have returned to school eager, but not just for learning. Students are eager…
Youth and Nature
Dear Friends,We hope you enjoy this first episode of recorded conversation hosted by the Foundation for Health Creation (FHC). In this episode, titled “Youth and Nature” (see video below), we filmed an unscripted conversation between young people from different backgrounds and parts of the country. All of them are genuinely searching for answers through nature…
Reimagining Health and Wealth
by John Bloom As young children, my brother and I would visit our grandmother at the home for the aged. She would look at us and say, even into her nineties, “If you are healthy, you are wealthy.” That was a first mysterious inkling of how simple wisdom connects apparent disparity. Now that I am…
Health and Learning Are Deeply Interconnected in the Body:
An Action Guide for Policymakers Read article on Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child website
Continue Reading Health and Learning Are Deeply Interconnected in the Body:
Healing in the Peaceful Home during COVID
a blog post on The Parenting Passageway Healing in the Peaceful Home
Staying Healthy at the End of 2020
by Dr. Daciana Iancu 2020 will go down in history as a remarkable year. As our world is changing before our eyes, we might be wondering what the new normal will be like. While there are many challenges right now, there are also opportunities. We are at a crucial time in the history of humanity…
What is Health Creation?
by Amanda Jacobs This past March, as the world was waking up to the reality of Covid-19, I became ill with bilateral pneumonia. As the illness progressed, the days and nights became a fevered blur. Each moment felt more and more like a life-or-death contemplation. Thanks to the care and support of family, friends and…
The Medicine of Love (Within the Pandemic of Fear)
by Ben Cherry originally published by socialinitiativeforum.org What is clear is that a hard road lies ahead. I imagine we can all agree on that. But inner change rarely takes place without pain, and our fear today can be seen as a symptom of awakening to realities that we had not had to face so consciously…
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Breathing in the Time of Covid-19
by Tonya Stoddard, LCSW When I first heard the term “social distancing” I thought it was a joke. I was getting ready to take my 11-year-old son, a ballet dancer, to his very first “real” ballet in the city. Though our seats would be jammed together in a very small space with little ventilation, our…