Workshop Selection Guidelines
Participants are required to select workshops based on their duration, with options running for five days, three days, or two days. Please take note of the following:If you choose a five-day workshop, this will cover the entire program duration, and you will not be eligible to select any additional workshop.If you choose a two-day or three-day workshop, you are allowed to select an additional workshop to complete the full five-day schedule.Participants who select a three-day workshop must also choose a two-day workshop, and vice versa, so that the total duration equals five days.In all cases, each participant must ensure their selected workshops add up to the full five-day program.
Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs
Mpho Makuto and Derek Selase
Participants will examine inclusive and curative education approaches that support the mental, emotional, and social wellbeing of children with diverse abilities, fostering dignity and belonging. This workshop will be offered over two days during the week. Participants will also be required to select an additional workshop of three days when registering
Waldorf Education and Holistic Learning
Juliet Wuyua Mia and David High
This workshop explores how Waldorf pedagogy nurtures emotional balance, resilience, and healthy cognitive development by aligning education with the developmental stages of the child. This workshop will be offered over three days during the week. Participants will also be required to select an additional workshop of two days when registering.
Child Development from a Holistic Perspective
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This session focuses on understanding child development as an integration of body, soul, and spirit, highlighting its implications for mental health, learning capacity, and social integration. This workshop will be offered over three days during the week. Participants will also be required to select an additional workshop of two days when registering.
Biodynamic Agriculture
Angela Hoffman, Luka Magkuru and Helen Van Zyl
This session explores the relationship between healthy soil, nutritious food, and human mental health, emphasizing biodynamic practices that restore balance between people and the earth. This workshop will run over all five days. Participants who select this workshop will not be required to attend any additional workshops.
Water, Climate Change, and Ecosystem Regeneration
Liesl Haasbroek
Participants will reflect on how environmental degradation impacts community mental health and explore regenerative approaches that foster ecological healing and social resilience. This workshop will be offered over three days during the week. Participants will also be required to select an additional workshop of two days when registering.
African Spirituality and Inner Resilience
Janet Manoni and Prof. Ikechuku Anthony
This workshop connects African spiritual traditions with anthroposophical insights to strengthen inner resilience, identity, and communal mental wellbeing.This workshop will run over all five days. Participants who select this workshop will not be required to attend any additional workshops.
Anthroposophy Medicine
Dr. Kudzawu and Dr Michaela
This workshop seeks to introduce anthroposophic medicine as a holistic approach to good health, emphasizing the balance of body, soul, and spirit in the prevention and treatment of emotional and psychological distress. Participants will learn how integrative therapies, rhythmical living, and individualized treatment approaches support mental resilience, self-regulation, and social wellbeing in individuals and communities. This workshop will run over all five days. Participants who select this workshop will not be required to attend any additional workshops.
Emergency Pedagogy, Eurythmy Therapy and Trauma-Informed Education
Kiki Sanne and Julia O´Leary
This workshop addresses educational responses to trauma, displacement, and crisis, offering practical tools to restore emotional safety, resilience, and trust in children and communities. This workshop will run over all five days. Participants who select this workshop will not be required to attend any additional workshops.
Anthroposophy,youth development and Leadership
Maaianne Knut
This workshop introduces young people to anthroposophy and Rudolf Steiner’s principles of balanced human development, focusing on the integration of thinking, feeling, and willing to support mental health and self-awareness. Participants will explore pathways for cultivating emotionally grounded, ethical, and purpose-driven leadership that strengthens social cohesion and positive community engagement.This workshop will run over all five days. Participants who select this workshop will not be required to attend any additional workshops.
Art Therapy and Creative Healing
Angela Katschke
This workshop introduces art therapy and healing art as a holistic approach to mental health in individual and social life, grounded in an anthroposophical understanding of body, soul, and spirit. Participants engage in guided artistic and reflective practices that support resilience, emotional regulation, and social wellbeing . This workshop will run over all five days. Participants who select this workshop will not be required to attend any additional workshops.
Herbal Medicine and Homeopathy in Community Health
Dr. Gamel Adam Tabi
This workshop introduces complementary therapeutic approaches that support mental and emotional wellbeing through gentle, individualized, and holistic healing practices. This workshop will be offered over two days during the week. Participants will also be required to select an additional workshop of three days when registering.