Events

A three-day course being held from 11 to 13 December 2026 at Rudolf Steiner Centre Hastings. Led by experienced meditation teachers Agnes Hardorp and Thomas Mayer, the course introduces Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophical approach to meditation, which emphasizes heightened awareness, inner perception, and conscious spiritual development. Participants will explore practices designed to connect with their higher self, deepen their relationship with the angelic world, and strengthen meditation as a daily source of nourishment for body, soul, and spirit. Through guided exercises, text-based meditations, group sharing, and experiential learning, the programme aims to help participants find greater inner stillness, clarity, resilience, and spiritual connection in everyday life. Date: Fri. 11. to Sun. 13. December 2026 Time: 6:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Over the course of six lectures, Peter Selg will present key milestones in the life of Ita Wegman: her collaborations with others, her contributions to medicine, social development, and inclusion, as well as her ongoing resistance and courage in the face of challenges.

Holistic Biography work offers an online training course in biography work, using a holistic approach that recognises the spiritual dimension of the human life journey. It uses indications for human development and the development of consciousness from Rudolf Steiner, and other spiritual teachers and philosophies, and is informed by the practice and theories of Humanistic Psychology. The training was founded and is run from Canberra by Karl-Heinz Finke and Laura Summerfield; it is recognised by the International Trainers Forum for Biography Work (ITF), which works in collaboration with the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum. The comprehensive Online Training Program comprises 12 modules and 3 projects over 3 years; all modules can be taken as standalone courses. A free introductory webinar runs regularly, with a free sample Learning Pack ' dates at holisticbiographywork.com.

A three-day course being held from 15 to 17 December 2026 at Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School, Auckland. Led by experienced meditation teachers Agnes Hardorp and Thomas Mayer, the course introduces Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophical approach to meditation, which emphasizes heightened awareness, inner perception, and conscious spiritual development. Participants will explore practices designed to connect with their higher self, deepen their relationship with the angelic world, and strengthen meditation as a daily source of nourishment for body, soul, and spirit. Through guided exercises, text-based meditations, group sharing, and experiential learning, the programme aims to help participants find greater inner stillness, clarity, resilience, and spiritual connection in everyday life. Date: Tue. 15. to Thur. 17. December 2026 Time: 6:00 PM - 1:30 PM

A three-day course being held from 18 to 20 December 2026 at Christchurch Rudolf Steiner School.Led by experienced meditation teachers Agnes Hardorp and Thomas Mayer, the course introduces Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophical approach to meditation, which emphasizes heightened awareness, inner perception, and conscious spiritual development. Participants will explore practices designed to connect with their higher self, deepen their relationship with the angelic world, and strengthen meditation as a daily source of nourishment for body, soul, and spirit. Through guided exercises, text-based meditations, group sharing, and experiential learning, the programme aims to help participants find greater inner stillness, clarity, resilience, and spiritual connection in everyday life. Date: Tue. 15. to Thur. 17. December 2026 Time: 6:00 PM - 1:30 PM

This Course offers a guided tour for self-reflection on your life story. You take stock by looking at your gifts, challenges and patterns from the past and how they appear in the present. Strengthening and deepening self-knowledge, this offers keys for future change and growth. Participants take this and our other courses for personal and/or professional development. They have proven to be especially beneficial for individuals working in social, therapeutic, educational and organisational settings. This course is the prerequisite for joining our 3-year Online Training Program. The training provides essential skills, theory and resources for offering Biographical Consultations, or to blend biography work with other social, educational, therapeutic or consultancy professions. The course is available as a Learning Pack only, or with optional online real-time sessions in facilitated small groups.

It is with much pleasure that we invite you to this deepening conference at the beginning of the 2027 school year. This conference is open to anyone who finds a connection with the theme. Dr Richard Drexel and Rosie Simpson will join us to give the morning lectures. Please read their biographies below to see with how much knowledge and experience these two people come to us!