Introduction to Anthroposophic approaches to Medicine 
(EN/CH)

Practical guide on how to put anthroposophy into medical practice and perspective to approach the human being in diagnosis and therapy.

*This workshop offers priority to doctors, medical practitioners, and pharmacist
*Limited to 30 seats

Dr. Kan-anek is an Anthroposophic physician who is also certified in Classical Homeopathy, Traditional Thai Medicine, Acupuncture, Naturopathy, and Spacial Dynamics, applying them to his clinical practices. He is also the general secretary of the Anthroposophic Medicine Association Thailand (AMAT). 

After graduating from Phramongkutklao College of Medicine and completed his Master degree in Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand. He has been actively teaching at the Anthroposophic Medical Training in Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and Switzerland; The International Integrative Oncology Training in Thailand and India; The Asia-Pacific Anthroposophic Pharmacy Training; The Asia-Pacific Curative Education and Social Therapy Training; Asia-Pacific Bothmer Gymnastic Therapy Training and Asia-Pacific Rhythmical Massage Training program.

Anxiety, depression, addiction: soul exercises for individual development and well-being in families
(EN/CH)

Anxiety, depression, addictions are very common symptoms in postmodern societies, even before they manifest as illnesses. Overcoming these obstacles frees the soul for its own potential and opens a source of mental and physical health.

In this workshop we will do soul exercises and simple anthroposophical meditations. We will include biographical questions and lifestyle issues such as exercise, nutrition, rhythm, sleep and media influences.

*Limited to 30pax
*Suitable for anyone with or without prior knowledge of the subject.

Rolf Heine is the director of the Academy of Anthroposophic Nursing Professions at the Filderklinik (Anthroposophic Hospital in South-West Germany), the coordinator of the International Forum for Anthroposophic Nursing (IFAN), and the President of the International Council of Anthroposophic Nursing Associations (ICANA)

He has published numerous contributions on the topic of anthroposophic nursing in books and professional journals.

Rolf is the facilitator for Nursing in Malaysia IPMT and Kolisko conference since 2015, and Anthroposophic homecare 2-years training program since 2017.

Be Your Own Nutritionist
(CH/EN)

How true is “You are what you eat?”

Are your nutritional needs determined solely by nutritional facts and figures?

Do some foods provide more energy than others? 

How does farming methods make an impact on food quality?

Explore these questions in this workshop to broaden the concept of eating and learn to be your own nutritionist!

*Conducted in Mandarin, English translation available.
*Suitable for anyone with or without prior knowledge of the subject.

Dr Joean Oon is a naturopathy and homeopathy therapist. She attended IPMT and studied Anthroposophic Medicine, Nursing and Child Development since 2011 as well as a keen learner of Anthroposophic Nutrition.

She is also one of the Malaysia International Postgraduate Medical Training (IPMT) and KOLISKO 2015 core organizers. She has been actively contributing to health and environmental education, and promoting eco enzymes globally.

Dr. Joean facilitated Anthroposophy Nutrition for Malaysia IPMT in 2018 and 2019 and online Malaysia Anthroposophic Conference online in 2021

Creating space for individual and social development
(EN/CH)

Few areas offer so much potential for individual and social development and growth as the daily chores in our homes, schools, kindergartens. All living organisms thrive on the care they receive, be it our family, our home, our environment, our relationships, and our community.

Explore both the practical and spiritual aspects of creating order, cleaning; and ways of dealing with visible and invisible dirt.

We would like to share experiences, practice our perception skills, learn about the practical aspect of caring and perhaps do a bit of communal cleaning.

*Suitable for anyone with or without prior knowledge of the subject.

Linda Thomas is a professional cleaner who operated her own ecological cleaning institute since 30 years ago in which was considered unique in Switzerland. Her love of being a housewife made Linda discover a different meaning in everyday chores.

She was guided by the question: if one can work spiritually anywhere in the world and in any occupation, it must also be possible if one cleans and cares for a home or a work place.

Thus, she developed her working philosophy that can transform cleaning into caring, setting a clear impulse for a transformation in thinking and doing, as well as for an expanded self-understanding of homemaking.

Linda was responsible for the cleaning and caring of the Goetheanum for 21 years. She also managed the home economic and services department of the new Klinik-Arlesheim from 2012 until her retirement in 2017.

Now, she shares her thoughts and experiences internationally in lectures and seminars.

Experiencing the joys of life-long learning —A new paradigm of Adult Education
(EN/CH)

This workshop will focus on a theme based on new pathways to adult learning developed by pioneers Rudolf Steiner, Christof Lindenau and Coenraad van Houten.

*Limited to 50 seats
*Suitable for anyone with or without prior knowledge of the subject.

Walter Siegfried Hahn grew up on a farm in Bavaria. When training as a gardener, he met Anthroposophy through Biodynamic farming at age 17. The experience of plant growth, clouds observation and biographies served him as the basis for his work in agriculture, biography work, social sculpture and sensory experience fields.

He has co-founded numerous enterprises and initiatives like the Layenhof Community (1994), the Voluntary Year for Social Sculpture (2005), Experiencing Farms (2006) and designed and implemented programming for groups of all ages and societal levels, based on sensory experience.

Starting in 2004, he has supported and initiated experience fields in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the US, Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines and China. Besides the education of children, his focus is very much on a new holistic approach to learning for adults.

Experiencing the self through speech and eurythmy 
(EN)

Speech is a faculty that is uniquely human. Through it we are able to express ourselves, interact with others and thus co-create and make real our visions.

When we read poetry or capture our deepest feelings in words carefully chosen, we realign ourselves with worlds which nourish us and reassure us that in the small and great events of the everyday there is something more than just the ordinary. And that this “something more” leads us both into our deepest core as well as connects us to all of humanity and the universe at large.

The workshop participants will journey together to experience the “self” but also the connectedness of each one.

*Conducted in English only, no translation available.
*Suitable for anyone with or without prior knowledge of the subject.

Dr. Grace Zozobrado-Hahn received a B.S. in Biology in 1980. She finished her Postgraduate Training in Medicine in 1985, her Family Medicine Residency in 1989, Pediatrics in 1994, Basic Eurythmy and Eurythmy Therapy in 2002, and the Anthroposophic Medical Training in 2003.

Dr. Grace worked in the mountains of the Southern Philippines, was the first School Doctor of the first Philippine Waldorf School and part of the Raphael Clinic in Metro Manila. Since 2009 her work is mostly on a volunteer basis in the many different projects of Koberwitz 1924.

She has been involved with the Philippines IPMT and Teacher Trainings since their beginnings and in the last 15 years has been lecturing in Asian countries. She says: “It’s all about freedom in the complexity of relationships amidst the challenges of our times.

Developing Individual Consciousness for a Healthy Community Wellbeing
(CH/EN)

In Eurythmy, the sound of words and music manifests into gestures and movements. These conscious movements and gestures express the qualities of the soul: thinking, feeling, and will. We will explore and enhance our self-awareness through the practice of eurythmy. By expanding our self-awareness, we can move towards promoting healthy community well-being.

*Limited to 40 seats
*Conducted in Mandarin with English translation.
*Suitable for anyone with or without prior knowledge of the subject.

Tan Seow San was a mainstream preschool teacher and principal for a kindergarten and childcare centre for 7 years.

She pursued Eurythmy training in the Camphill Community (UK) in 2012 and completed her training in Eurythmy WestMidland (UK) in 2016.

She furthered her Eurythmy Therapy training in the UK (2019) and obtained the Master of Art (Eurythmy Therapy) from Alanus University in 2022.

Seow San has been a Eurythmy teacher at Waldorf School, an Eurythmy tutor in anthroposophical training in Malaysia and China, and now a Eurythmy Therapy practitioner.

Principles and Practices of Biodynamic Beekeeping
(EN/CH)

[update: this class is full]

Who are the honeybees?
What do they need?
How can we serve them?

These are the central questions that guide the work at Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary, a biodynamic farm and education center located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Floyd, Virginia, USA.

Join Alex for the 3-day workshop for this dynamic presentation of the art and science of beekeeping, including history, physiology, the relationship between the bees and human, plants, animals and landscape, meditative work for beekeepers and farmers, and all the ins and outs of the biodynamic beekeeping practices that have been cultivated now for the last 100 years.

*Limited to 30 seats
*The workshop will be conducted at Kongsi House by the River
*This workshop will also pair with Art & Practices A04: Perception Exercise: Perceiving Association by Chai Chik Ying
*Suitable for anyone with or without prior knowledge of the subject.

Alex Tuchman is a beekeeper, educator, farmer, author, and student of nature. As the Director of Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary, Alex carries a wide variety of responsibilities on the farm, with the bees, in the classroom, and in administration.

Alex came to Spikenard Farm in March of 2014 after three years as the Farm Manager of Loyola University Chicago’s Student Farm in Illinois, his home-state. Alex is an active member of the Agriculture Section of the School for Spiritual Science and a consistent contributor to the biodynamic agriculture and natural beekeeping movements and regularly teaches at conferences in the U.S., around the world, and online.

Alex’s book, A Lively Hive, was published in 2021, outlining the basic biodynamic beekeeping methods that are practiced and taught at Spikenard Farm.

(EN/CH)
In this workshop, we will experience how engaging in painting and drawing can lead to profound insights into the depths of our inner selves. With each exercise, individuals embark on an introspective journey, uncovering layers of the inner self we never knew existed, and explore how it can become a transformative pathway towards self development.

* Limit to 30 pax
*No prior knowledge required.

Saw Wooi Peng completed her foundation year in Anthroposophy Art Therapy under the supervision of Professor Hildrun Rolff (Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences). She has also completed a two-year training course in Anthroposophic Homecare under the guidance of Mr. Rolf Heine from Germany.

She is passionate about mandala drawing, geometric drawing, negative art painting and handicrafts. She conducts weekly painting practices and leads social art programs in Rolf Heine’s homecare training courses.

Larynx as the instrument of music
(EN/CH)

“The Human being is a musical being, and the making of music is essential in experiencing what it is to be fully human“.–Rudolf Steiner

As human beings, we are endowed with a natural instrument that can produce beautiful melodies – our larynx.

In this 3-day workshop, Fiona will take us through the rhythms of scales, experience the relationship between sound and astral body, between music and math and give us a melodic experience of the art of Waldorf education singing.

*Limit to 40 pax
*No prior knowledge required.

Fiona Poh is a Waldorf early childhood educator. She became a Waldorf Kindergarten teacher when her child entered school age 13 years ago. She later founded Rimbayu Playgarden, a Waldorf inspired kindergarten in 2015.

Fiona completed her foundation year in Anthroposophy Art Therapy under the guidance of Hildrun Rolff (Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences). She is currently under training in biography coaching by Instituut voor Biografiek, Netherlands.

Fiona is passionate to share her experience on children’s education through book study, various talks for parents, and she is also a teacher trainer for Malaysia Waldorf Early Childhood Education training programs.

Healing Through Home gardening
(EN/CH)

Applying Biodynamics into the home garden, instead of merely growing plants, every home garden has its individuality. A home gardener through proper use of unique BD preparations with enliven earthly and cosmic energy, combined with other soil-improvement methods, enhancing soil fertility, helps to revitalize and restore life forces of the land.

Gardening in accordance with the rhythms and cycles of celestial bodies, and integrating humane care in a living, thriving relationship with the earth, all these bring about balanced healing to the environment to grow nutritious food with healing properties.

Session 1: Introduction of BD home gardening and planting calendar

Session 2: Ways of improving soil quality at home

Session 3: How to plant in limited space artistically

*Limited to 40 pax
*No prior knowledge required.

Ho Siew Yin is a biodynamic home gardener, entrepreneur and Waldorf enrichment class teacher. In the journey of learning and practicing Biodynamics as a home gardener for the past 10 years, she realized that soil is the foundation of human health, and it is also the key to solve many challenges faced by human beings, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, the coronavirus pandemic, food insecurity, and many more.

Her passion in home gardening has led her to start a community vegetable farm, Damai Farmville in her neighborhood in 2021, in hope that more people can learn and practice home gardening.

Games and movements for inner and social balance
(EN/CH)

Participants are invited to experience a series of basic Bothmer core exercises which helps integrate and harmonize the body’s dynamic postural planes within the space.

*No prior knowledge required.

Teung Pee Hoi worked as a high school physical education teacher for about ten years and later a class teacher at a Waldorf school. She is currently a Physical Education and Games teacher at Sasana International School.

Pee Hoi completed her three-year Waldorf-Bothmer Teacher Training Program and obtained a Waldorf Physical Education Teacher Certificate. She has also completed the Waldorf Extra Lesson Program. She directed Malaysia Waldorf Schools Ancient Olympics Program and the High Schools Sports Camp.

During the weekends, Pee Hoi organizes sports and game public workshops for children and it was very welcoming to the students.

Learning support with remedial exercises
(EN/CH)

Learning support “extra lesson” is one of the programs offered at Waldorf schools, specifically designed for children who have learning difficulties such as standing upright, writing, copying, body coordination etc. resulting from development obstacles in the early age of 0-7 years old.

This workshop will guide participants through activities such as body movements, colors and spatial line drawing to explore how to identify challenges faced by a child who needs support, and also learn to use supplementary tools from Extra Lesson.

*Limited to 40 pax
*No prior knowledge required.

Chai Fui Yau graduated with a bachelor’s degree in legal study. She has dedicated herself to Waldorf early childhood education since 2019 after several years of internship. Between 2018-2019, she pursued Extra Lesson, Waldorf learning support training in Taiwan, guided by Mdm Beate Schram from Germany. She then embarks on the path of Waldorf’s learning support education.

She is now a member of the Malaysian Early Childhood Education Program organizing committee and teacher’s trainer in Taiwan and Malaysia.

Form drawing
(EN/CH)

Taught in the Waldorf Schools from Grade 1 to 5, form drawing consists of essentially freehand drawings of non-representational forms. Many may wonder “What is the purpose of drawing these forms?” The freehand creation of patterns is more about the process than the product. In the process, one develops their feeling for harmony, for symmetry, and towards a feeling of relations as in the harmonies that also exist in the world around us. These shapes and their effects of linear movements, are the formative forces in all living things.

In these 3-day workshops, participants experience creating these forms on the paper, and meditate their way into the gestures, meaning and forces contained in the language of their lines.

*Limited to 40 pax
*No prior knowledge required.

Janet Ong is currently a Class 12 Guardian and High School Maths and Science specialist teacher at Sasana International School. Her developmental journey started 16 years ago with teaching Class 1 Main lessons as enrichment during weekends.

Through the years, she slowly took on the next year level until now, and has gone through a full cycle of Class 1 to 12. Besides teaching, she actively contributes to the Malaysian Waldorf Teachers Preparation by helping to plan and organize training.

Conversation as Inner Path
(CH)
[update: this class is full]

This practical workshop will bring forth different conversational exercises, including fourfold, threefold and twofold. Participants will not only experience how thinking, willing and feeling works in daily conversations, but will feel the real quality of pure listening and perceiving the “I” of oneself and partner through deeper conversation.

*Limited to 40 pax
*Conducted in Mandarin only
*No prior knowledge required.

Wei MingYu is the founder of Threefold Translation Press, Threefold Books, and co-founder of Threefold Co-Learning Community.

MingYu was in the profession of science and engineering before he embarked into Anthroposophical publication translation and publishing work in creating a learning community of “reading, practicing and sharing”.

Translated and published books including “Thinking Like a Plant,” “Why Cleaning has Meaning”, “The Seven Life Processes” and “From Normal to Healthy”.

Art of Culinary & Fermentation: The sensory experience of eating
(EN/CH)
[update: this class is full]

Cooking brings a diversity of sensory experiences that cheers people up. A meal prepared with good ingredients that is presented like a piece of artwork will strengthen the intestinal microbiome and this, in turn, leads to a strong immune system. Nutritional science today suggests that eating is not just about taking in nutrients but it directly contributes to a positive and healthy lifestyle for our individual development. By choosing ingredients that are grown with care to the environment contributes directly to the wellbeing of nature and the community.

In this class, Chef Tai will demonstrate how to create meals with plant-based ingredients, local organic and biodynamic vegetables, herbs and flowers. He will share how to effortlessly present your meals that will appease the most fussy eaters.

Fermentation in culinary is not just a food preservation process but an art that transforms products, making them tastier and beneficial for our bodies. You can always perfect a meal with some fermented foods. Callie will share with you how to make fermented food at home and creative ways to incorporate tempeh, sauerkraut, miso etc into your daily meals.

*No prior knowledge required.

Tai Lee Shyong is a co-owner of GK Organic Farm. He was a cruise chef for more than 15 years. In 2007, he embarked on his new journey at the farm. Lee Shyong is passionate in promoting eating healthy locally grown food and to help promote safer food supply.

He also founded Tai’s Choice Kitchen, producing a wide range of condiments and dried food.

Callie Tai is a co-founder of Justlife Group Sdn Bhd and Blue Oasis (M) Sdn Bhd, both specializing in organic and biodynamic food products since 2001.

With a passion for homemade foods and over 20 years of experience in home fermentation, she intended to promote traditional fermented foods for community well-being. In 2020, Callie co-founded Rasamasa Enterprise to inspire home-based fermentation and healthy cooking, aiming to support small businesses with similar visions. In 2022, she initiated Kongsi Co-op, focusing on connecting people, soil, and nature through community effort and co-operative creation.

(EN/CH)
By nature, we are wired to connect with others by expressing our thoughts and feelings. But how can we listen so that others would speak; how can we speak so that others would listen; and how to stop when others do not listen?

Through deeper listening into our inner voices as well as others, we can connect with others more fruitfully.

Lyre, is a gentle yet meaningful musical instrument to practice not only self expressing, but also in deep listening.

In this class, participants will experience the qualities of deeper listening, expressing oneself and interacting with each other through various group activities using different instruments from the lyre family.

*No prior knowledge required.

Niki Ong is a certified massage therapist & a dedicated lyre player; specializing in elderly, palliative and end-of-life care.

She encountered a transformational journey from being an engineer to waking up to her destiny and becoming a certified massage therapist in Malaysia deepening with Anthroposophic body therapy and Lyre.

From a very random encounter listening to a teacher playing Lyre at the Kolisko conference back in 2015, it planted a seed in her and changed her perspective on life in general. Now she is spearheading the deepening training program with palliative and end-of-life care as her main goal.

The Lines That Define Us
(EN/CH)

This workshop brings us into the realms of lines, where we will delve into the intersections between the self, the world, and the language of geometry.

Beginning with freehand geometry, participants will tap into the fluidity and spontaneity of their creative instincts. Transitioning to precision geometry, participants will explore the delicate balance between order and structure.

It is more than just an exploration of geometry—it’s a journey to unlock the hidden truths within ourselves and explore the profound connections between the lines that shape our lives.

*No prior knowledge required.

Chyi Tsuey is a Class 6 teacher, the Primary School Lead, and an integral member of the founding team at Kuala Lumpur Steiner School.

As she encountered Waldorf education, she found resonance in its deep respect for a child. Under the mentorship of Ursula Nikolai from Germany, she completed her Waldorf Teacher Training in Taiwan, and she is now in her 7th year as a class teacher.

Chyi Tsuey believes one must actively engage with life to unlock its boundless possibilities. She carries this belief to her students and into her teaching. She is known to be a well-rounded educator with a strong will, a sharp intellect, and a flair for creativity.

Outside the classroom, Chyi Tsuey runs a YouTube channel titled ‘A Day A Little’. Here, she shares her personal discoveries and developments through line drawing, particularly focusing on Zentangle and Mandala.