by Annie (source) Annie wrote the following poem during the pandemic when she was nine years old. She and her parents have given their permission to share it in the knowledge that all feelings are okay and naming them is an important first step to coping with them. I am a boat leaking with worry water I am the sea that carries it … [Read more...] about Annie’s Poem
Health
The Healing Plant Initiative – A Path Forward
by Steven Johnson, DO Over the past six years, a devoted group of biodynamic gardeners has been collaborating with Uriel Pharmacy in North America to integrate local plants into existing anthroposophic remedies, create new medicines, and explore previously unused medicinal plants and minerals. Recent additions include Monotropa uniflora (Indian Ghost Plant) for trauma … [Read more...] about The Healing Plant Initiative – A Path Forward
Fire and Ashes
by Steven Johnson, DO I had the great privilege to attend an Indian Ceremony just after the spring equinox. A group of us surrounded a ceremonial fire on a windy Spring afternoon. A ceremony of offering was generously gifted to our Camphill community medicinal garden by descendants of the local Mohican Indians whose ancestors had once walked these very lands. This … [Read more...] about Fire and Ashes
Antidote to Social Media: Help your children stay strong when faced with pressures from social media
by Daciana Iancu, MDIntegrative and Anthroposophic Medicine Today we had our 12th grade teacher-student review at school for my daughter. The words of praise kept coming. She is an outstanding young lady: confident, hard working, and able to stand on her own and not succumb to peer pressures. Her teachers see her as a leader and a role model to her … [Read more...] about Antidote to Social Media: Help your children stay strong when faced with pressures from social media
Heart Exercise: Developing Coherence
by Dr. Steven M Johnson, DOThank you to my eurythmy colleague Karen Derremeux for her contributions to this exercise During this practice, it is important to free yourself from intellectual and analytical thinking. You are “letting go” so to speak, and giving space for something to emerge out of your moral-imagination, inspiration and intuition. You want to feel this space … [Read more...] about Heart Exercise: Developing Coherence