An Introduction to Personal Practice and Meditation

Add event to your Calendar

In this course, Nathaniel will engage the group in dialogue and practise of various approaches anthroposophy has to meditation including; the six basic exercises of: Control of thinking, Control of will, Emotional balance, Positivity, Open-mindedness and Inner harmony. Nathaniel will also introduce the idea of contemplative inquiry, various common hindrances and ways to begin a practice of one’s own. Anthroposophical meditation was initially developed within Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy of Anthroposophy. Its goal is the fructification of life through the cultivation of heightened awareness, self-knowledge, and a deeper understanding of the world.

Lingbao Xiancun will explore with participants taoism as the underlying principle, pattern, or process through which the universe unfolds focusing on qualities such as simplicity, humility, balance, and non-forcing.

In todays world where the capacity of human attention is being hijacked from multiple sides (AI, social media etc) it is paramount that out of our own will we develop the strength to cultivate imagination, inspiration and intuition through personal practice in order to deepen our relationship to nature, humanity and existential questions of being. This is necessary to  be able to meet the challenges of our time out of a deeper sense of understanding.

This course will be an introduction to enable participants to know how to start and develop a meditative practice if they choose to do so.

Course description written by Annie Meijer – Nathaniel and Lingbao Xiancun may bring in other elements.