Programmes

Click below  for comprehensive details on the following NZQA approved programmes:

Diploma in Rudolf Steiner Education
This year long journey is an amazing stepping/corner stone for teachers and students.   Our students are currently preparing for their week-long observation practicums within Steiner School classrooms around New Zealand.  Thank you schools and communities for always making our students feel welcome!... >> read more

Certificate in Rudolf Steiner Education
We are excited to provide this knowledge of Steiner Education to those working and living outside of Hawkes Bay.  Students have just completed their assignments for seminar one..phew! (well done!) and looking forward to returning for Seminer Two of this year long journey  ..>>read more

Certificate in Applied Organics and Biodynamics
Biodynamics is a science of life-forces; recognition of the basic principles at work in nature, and an approach to agriculture which takes these principles into account to bring about balance and healing for our beautiful earth.  We are taking enrolments for the Summer 2009/2010 intakes now!! ...>> read more

 Certificate in Holistic Healthcare
The Certificate in Holistic Healthcare is a part time, year long programme for nurses and health professionals interested in a comprehensive, dynamic holistic model of care.  A range of practical and effective new skills and therapies are introduced.  ..>> read more

Diploma in Holistic Healthcare (Anthroposophical Nursing) This programme is for registered nurses. By gaining a more holistic understanding of the human being, nurses are given an opportunity for greater support of positive health outcomes in the current healthcare environment. ...>> read more

Art of Health
This popular foundation programme offers a rich contribution to your professional life. It is an interactive and stimulating hands-on extension to any of your previous trainings and will help build a fresh awareness of the healthy human being. . >> read more

Short Courses coming up

Biography Course - Light and Shadow
This workshop aims to unravel the potential for self-development that lies within the challenging encounters with another people. Typical incidents out of personal life experience will be explored to find individual patterns and personal styles of action and reaction in situations where we feel challenged.  ...>> read more

 Doll Making
There is something special and eternal about a hand made doll for a small child....Participants at this workshop will learn how to make a soft and cuddly doll from recycled garments and stuffed with sheep’s wool.   ...>> read more

Natural Home Nursing
This is a course for parents to learn how they can confidently nurse sick children at home in a practical way using compresses, inhalations and herb teas. It will encourage parents to support the child’s development and to learn to recognise the child’s individual needs when sick. ...>>read more  **this course has sold out, but please feel free to submit your details for our waiting list.

Article

 Research into Resilience

an article by Christof Wiechert

The research which deals with this is research into resilience – research into the overcoming, the processing of ‘insurmountable’ experiences, research into the soul’s (mental) power of resistance (resilire=  to spring back, to rebound).

The question is how does an individual cope with traumatic or otherwise shattering events in his or her life.  This question is just as valid for children as for adults.  However, resilience is definitely connected with the experiences of the early years of childhood.  ..>>click here to read more.