Taruna College New Zealand is a centre for Adult Education offering an exciting range of formal and informal holistic courses and subjects inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner PhD. such as: Waldorf Teacher Education, Biodynamic Organic Agriculture, Anthroposophical Nursing, Art of Health and Coaching and Biography Workshops.

BIOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS

“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans”  John Lennon

An understanding of biography can help us to see the challenging turning points and crises in life as wake-up calls for positive change.  These seminars focus on the different qualities of our relatioinships and the various stages of life.  Individual patterns in our biographies can then become more transparent. Crisis situations become more fruitful when they are understood in context. 
Working on biography brings the “everyday” person in contact with the “deeper” person, or “the imperishable core of being” that’s in every one of us.  Once this source is discovered there can emerge a new and dynamic sense of freedom and creative responsibility.
These seminars are based on work developed by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), Bernard Lievegoed (1905-1992) Gudrun Burkhart, Coenraad van Houten and others currently involved in this field.

Life Pathways Course Leaders

Karl-Heinz Finke was born 1955 in Germany.  He studied Social Sciences and Psychology in Berlin and has worked in adult education since 1988.  Through his pursuit of new methods of adult education he came into contact with the Centre for Social Development, and from 1992 to 1997 he completed a training in Biography Work led by Gudrun Burkhard (MD).  Based in Berlin, Karl-Heinz travels extensively to the U.K, Australia, New Zealand to provide courses and training programmes in Biographical Training, Social Development, Individual Development and Karma, Biography, Encounter, Conflict, Stress Management and Organisation Development.  His intention is to understand and serve development on every accessible level.
Jocelyn Freeman RGON, Cert. in Child and Adolescent Health, Cert. in Anthroposophical Nursing. Jocelyn will assist Karl-Heinz Finke on this programme, and will provide local support for students in the period between seminars.