February 16, 2020 Figure out the rhythm of life and live in harmony with it. – Lao Tzu Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf education, said,” It is important to remember a universal rule: rhythm replaces strength!” Students in our LifeWays Early Childhood training and our online courses tell us all the time that creating a […]
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February 9, 2020 As I write this there is still a debate in the media (social and otherwise) about the thing that was most important this past week — whether the Super Bowl halftime show was enthralling or appalling. By the time this blog post comes out, I am sure we will all have
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February 2, 2020 Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confuscius Research shows that it is only possible for humans to engage, to learn, to create new neuropathways in the brain when they are in a relaxed state. We will not take in new information, retain, and integrate it when
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January 26, 2020 “When the human being hears music, he has a sense of wellbeing, because these tones harmonize with what he has experienced in the world of his spiritual home.” — Rudolf Steiner “Mark your steps with your feet. In the white snow, deep, so deep. Little holes, bigger holes, Watch where you go!”
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January 19, 2020 Jack’s wise, readable book is a breath of fresh air in a crowded field of hyper-parenting manuals.” – Katrina Kenison, author of Mitten Strings for God “Do you bake?” This is the question Jack Petrash asked one of the mothers in the live workshop he did with Cynthia Aldinger last year in
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January 12, 2020 Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world. -Susan Lieberman The winter holidays have come and gone. We now have time to reflect a little bit. Did our holiday live up to our expectations? Did it
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January 5, 2020 We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein Dear friends, I am sorry this week’s Living Arts Weekly blog post is late. For some reason, even though I created the post early last week and took care to save it as always,
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December 29, 2019 The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. – Thomas Kempis We know that the strength of a building lies in its foundation. With high-rise buildings touching the sky these days, it has become all the more important to have powerful foundations. When we expect great things from a
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December 22, 2019 That’s what Hanukkah is about: trying to survive the darkness on the far-fetched hope there’s still some life and light left in the universe. It’s more than just a religious story. The days have been growing shorter, imperceptibly but inescapably darker…. Heading into the night of the winter solstice, every spiritual tradition
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December 15, 2019 In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. – Albert Camus The darkest nights of the year approach, and people all across the northern hemisphere enter into a time of waiting for the light to return. Jews, Christians, and pagan and earth-centered faiths all mark in
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