Upcoming Events

    • 3 May 2025
    • 26 Oct 2025
    • 3 sessions
    • Zoom

    What the Case Histories Can Teach Us

    100 years of the book "Fundamentals of Therapy"


    Saturday, 3 May / Sunday, 4 May 2025

    Saturday, 28 June / Sunday 29 June 2025

    Saturday, 25 October / Sunday 26 October 2025

    Three online teaching presentations (90 min each), held
    by Adam Blanning MD
    English, with simultaneous translation into Spanish,
    Mandarin and German


    Register HERE  


    Dear colleagues, dear friends,


    Three online teaching presentations, held by Adam Blanning MD, will be paired with interdisciplinary small group discussions about the cases.  Anyone who is working with patients is welcome to take part!


    The main meeting language will be English, with simultaneous translation into Mandarin, Spanish and German.  Information on times, prices and registration can be found in the flyer.  (CLICK for flyer)


    What is it about?


    In collaboration with Ita Wegman, Rudolf Steiner finishing the book "Fundamentals of Therapy" ("Grundlegendes für eine Erweiterung der Heilkunst") as one of his final tasks before his death in 1925. The book is an open secret – difficult to read if you approach it like a usual book of factual content, but profound when understood as a guide to process, constitution and states of being.


    That doorway opens wider when we work with it in group study. Through case discussions, we wish to offer an international celebration of this landmark guide for extending the art of healing.


    We look forward to welcoming you to this event!

    Adam Blanning MD

    • 6 Nov 2025
    • 9 Nov 2025
    • Mettabee Farm and Arts, 551 Harlemville Road, Hillsdale, NY
    Register

    UPCOMING NAANA CONFERENCE
    WHAT AILS THEE?

    Embodying the wounded Amfortas and the aspiring Parsifal in meeting the other for healing in our time.

    Location:

    Mettabee Farm and Arts

    551 Harlemville Rd.

    Hillsdale, NY 12519


    “We must learn to ask questions in the spiritual stream. In the materialistic stream, everything is designed to stop people asking questions.” (Rudolf Steiner, GA 148, Lecture 9, Berlin 6 January, 1914)


    Each patient encounter comes out of the past and moves toward the future as part of the living stream of destiny. Why do I meet this person on this day in these circumstances? What needs to come forth from this encounter? How do we learn to meet others so they can speak their truth and express their need and feel recognized? How can I meet each healing substance and treatment in a living way that is open to change from one moment to the next?


    We are meeting to enliven our nursing practices by sharing from our experiences and expressing and exploring our questions…and, particularly, in order to develop a web of relationships that allows us to share with our colleagues in the further development of our work.


    The first of these decentralized conferences will be offered from November 6, at 4:30 PM to November 9, at 1:00 PM, 2,025, in the Harlemville area of New York at Mettabee Farm and Arts Center.


    The conference will be preceded by a Keynote presentation by Rolf Heine on the theme via Zoom on November 1st. the time is yet to be decided.


    The schedule is still in process, but there will be morning eurythmy, content presentations, practical work and group discussion.


    There will be the opportunity for participants to present experiences using the anthroposophical treatments or the anthroposophical picture of the human being which would be instructive to the rest of us. We would like to plan appropriate space for this. Participants must let us know before the conference the content they would like to bring and the amount of time they need to do this. This is also an opportunity for sharing experiences or results you could not explain and that have left you with questions. (Call Margaret, 518-672-4253)


    Bring your questions!


    We plan a refreshing and healing pace and content.


    Organic (where possible), wholesome, vegetarian meals will be catered (by the founding chefs of Paul and Elizabeth’s, Northampton, MA!)


    An included concert of classical music arranged by Gili Melamid Lev takes place on Saturday evening.


    The location of the conference is Mettabee Farm and Arts, a beautiful and quiet working farm which is dedicated to providing a site for self-development, the arts, education and for healing of the social life and the earth. The kitchen allows vegetarian cooking only. Cell service is spotty there and meeting spaces are off limits to cell phones, though arrangements are made to accommodate urgent needs for contact.


    The fee for the conference will be $375, or $350 for NAANA members. The fee includes Rolf’s presentation as well as all meals and snacks (except breakfast on Friday and Saturday), as well as the Saturday concert. A few work scholarships are available by special arrangement by phoning Margaret at 518-672-4253. Please register by October 23, 2025.


    There are a number of simple, but beautiful and comfortable, lodgings available at Mettabee for $35 to $45 per night (an optional $35 extra if linens are provided) as well as other low-cost rooms at Hawthorn Valley VSP on Friday and Saturday evenings. Some local residents, including Camphill Ghent, have offered rooms. For assistance with lodgings, contact Deborah Enright at Debaenright@gmail.com.


    To enrich the experience, we are strongly recommending that participants read the legend of Parsifal (Wolfram von Eschenbach, etc.) which Rudolf Steiner described as being the legend for our consciousness soul time.


    Those with questions may call Margaret Rosenthaler at 518-672-4253.


    Texts of Rudolf Steiner being used to prepare for the conference are not required reading, but may be of interest…


    The Mysteries of the East and of Christianity (or The Mysteries of Initiation, from Isis to the Holy Grail), GA 144, Lecture 4, Berlin, February 7, 1913.

    The Fifth Gospel, GA 148, Lecture 9, Berlin, January 6, 1914. To understand this lecture one needs to have read the previous lectures on 10/21/13, 11/4, and 11/18.

    The Samaritan Course, CW 56, concerning the healing of the wound.

    Christ and the Spiritual World and the Search for the Holy Grail, GA 149, Leipzig, December 28, 1913 to January 2, l914, Lecture 5.

    The Foundations of Human Experience, GA 293, Lecture 8 where Steiner speaks about the I-sense.

    The Philosophy of Freedom (or The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity), GA 4, Chapter 14, Individuality and Genus.

Past events

8 Sep 2025 IFAN Annual Conference and ICANA Annual Conference hosted by Medical Section at the Goetheanum
5 Sep 2025 School for Spiritual Science Conference & Conference on Understanding and Cultivating the "I" hosted by Medical Section at the Goetheanum
16 Aug 2025 Medical Section Summer School hosted by Emerson College
9 Aug 2025 Annual General Meeting of NAANA
6 Aug 2025 CARE 1 - The Arc of Becoming: Medical and Pedagogical Support in the First Phase of Life
10 May 2025 "Burnout and Exhaustion," hosted by Medical Section at the Goetheanum
8 Mar 2025 Principles of Dynamic Nutrition - A Contribution to a Healthy Life
10 Jan 2025 "Why it is Difficult to Teach about the Etheric: We must Enliven Our Thinking!"
21 Dec 2024 A Holy Nights Webinar with Alan Thewless
2 Nov 2024 The Head-Pentagram Presentation
8 Oct 2024 Continuing Education: Rhythmical Einreibung for Baby and Mother
25 Aug 2024 Module 4: Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing
27 Apr 2024 Module 3: Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing—West
6 Apr 2024 Nurses Online Meeting: Rhythmical Einreibung according to Wegman/Hauschka
17 Mar 2024 Module 4: Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing- East
25 Feb 2024 Juniper Berry for Warmth Case Presentation
4 Nov 2023 Rhythmical Einreibungen Specialist Course- Part 5
4 Oct 2023 Module 2: Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing—West
12 Sep 2023 International Annual Conference of the Medical Section
13 Aug 2023 Module 3: Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing- East
19 Jul 2023 AHA Conference 2023
29 Apr 2023 Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing—West
19 Mar 2023 Module 2: Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing- East
22 Nov 2022 Introduction to Anthroposophic Nursing (Online)
14 Oct 2022 Archetypal Collaboration: The Liver & Gallbladder // Jupiter & Mars
13 Sep 2022 Introduction to Anthroposophic Nursing (Online)
25 Jul 2022 Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing
1 Apr 2022 E-Newsletter - April 2022
12 Mar 2022 IFAN Steering Committee Seminar
14 Feb 2022 E-Newsletter - February 2022
6 Feb 2022 Annual General Meeting of NAANA
25 Jan 2022 Fall/Winter 2021-2022 Newsletter
8 Dec 2021 E-Newsletter - December 2021
15 Oct 2021 Saturn & Spleen - Guardians of the Self
1 Oct 2021 E-Newsletter - October 2021
21 Aug 2021 Spring/Summer 2021 Newsletter
18 Aug 2021 E-Newsletter - August 2021
14 Jul 2021 IFAN Newsletter - July, 2021
26 Jun 2021 Anthroposophic Nursing for Oncology & Palliative Care Focusing on Rhythmical Einreibungen & External Applications
15 Jun 2021 E-Newsletter - June 2021
7 May 2021 The Kidneys - Tension Regulators in Dynamic Relationships
9 Apr 2021 E-Newsletter - April 2021
18 Mar 2021 Anthroposophic Nursing Care Webinar
2 Mar 2021 Fall/Winter 2020 Newsletter
9 Feb 2021 E-Newsletter - February 2021
26 Jan 2021 Fostering Resilience: New Forces for the New Year
9 Dec 2020 E-Newsletter - December 2020
18 Oct 2020 Warmth as Healing Medicine
6 Jul 2020 WISDOM OF OUR TIMES
19 Feb 2020 Rhythmical Einreibungen Foundation Course Part 3
30 Oct 2019 Continuing Education for Graduates of NAANA Training Courses
24 Oct 2019 Specialist Course in Rhythmical Einreibungen Part 4
10 Oct 2019 Foundation Course in Rhythmical Einreibungen Part 2
27 Sep 2019 Rhythmical Einreibungen Foundation Course Parts 2A & 2B
20 Sep 2019 Foundation Course in Rhythmical Einreibung Parts 1A & 1B
3 Aug 2019 Foundation Course in Rhythmical Einreibung Part 1
20 Jun 2019 Colloquium CARE I
27 Apr 2019 2019 Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing
1 Mar 2019 RE Foundation Course Parts 1A & 1B
18 Feb 2019 Foundation Course in Rhythmical Einreibung Part 3
11 Feb 2019 Rhythmical Einreibungen Specialist Course Part 6
18 Oct 2018 Foundation Course in Rhythmical Einreibung Part 1
13 Sep 2018 Introduction to Anthroposophic Nursing
21 Apr 2018 Foundation Course in Anthroposophic Nursing
21 Apr 2018 Introductory Weekend Workshop - Foundations of Anthroposophic Nursing
21 Feb 2018 Specialist Course in Rhythmical Einreibung (RES Part 5)
17 Feb 2018 Foundation Course in Rhythmical Einreibung (RE Part 2)
20 Jan 2018 Introductory One-Day Workshop in Foundations of Anthroposophic Nursing
11 Jan 2018 The Twelve Nursing Gestures: Conscious Nursing Care


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