September 26, 2021 Today’s blog post was written by Cynthia Aldinger, LifeWays’ Founder and Executive Director: There we were in the Las Vegas airport with a two-hour wait for our next flight. Heads down, hearts in mourning, we were on our way for our final farewell to the earthly life of my father. Just the …
August 22, 2021 Today’s guest blog post is from LifeWays Training graduate Erin Houlihan, director of Violet Glen School in the Woods, in East Troy, WI: I got to watch my daughters jump from a cliff this summer. There are selective things in life I hope for them to experience. Physically jumping from the edge …
July 11, 2021 To be native to a place we must learn to speak its language. ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass My family just spent a long weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks. We have a small house directly on the lake that has belonged to my family since my dad was a …
July 4, 2021 We have to create miracles. A miracle is not the intercession of an external divine agency in violation of the laws of physics. A miracle is simply something that is impossible from an old story but possible from within a new one. It is an expansion of what is possible. — Charles Eisenstein …
March 21, 2021 Like many, Spring brings me an impulse for days-long deep cleaning. I want to wipe out all the pantries, dust all the corners, sweep under and behind all the furniture and throw open the windows! Oh, I can feel it now. Close your eyes and picture it- I know you can feel …
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February 7, 2021 Rudolf Steiner urged teachers to take into sleep the meditation of their students’ highest selves in order to connect with their spiritual companions for guidance. I have practiced this both with my students and my own children. It fills me with such peace and love when I am struggling with a particular …
January 24, 2021 We had just moved from England back to the States to start a Waldorf School in Wisconsin. Our boys had just completed two wonderful years at the oldest Steiner school in Great Britain, and we were all adjusting to being back in America. Of course, that included finding a pizza place …
January 17, 2021 What a gift and privilege to spend time with young children. On the weekends when my grandchildren come over for a sleepover, I experience my whole being centering and remembering one of the greatest gifts of early childhood – the gift of being. Being present. Being open. Being non-judgmental. Being delighted by …
January 3, 2021 2020 was a difficult year for many individuals, schools, childcare programs, and small businesses. For some families it was absolutely tragic. Many have expressed a sense of gratefulness to see the calendar turn, wishing away a year that has been so full of challenges, hoping that 2021 will be more generous. And …
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December 27, 2020 I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. –Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Celebrating …
