Inner Work: Deepening Waldorf Practice
Inner Work provides a gateway to self-discovery and personal insight to parents and teachers dedicated to supporting the harmonization of a child’s individuality. This mission requires a deeper understanding of self for the practitioner whose duty involves such a lofty goal. It requires a bridge to be built between insight and application in the art of educational methods that addresses the needs of a growing human being in a healthy way.
This path of contemplation will bring harmony and renewal to the inner life and outer work of teachers and parents.
Transformational Experiences to Reimagine the Art of Education
Individual Courses
Open enrollment is a way for individuals to take part in this deepening inner work of human development. A foundational practice that will transform your work with children, whether that be as a parent, teacher, school leader, physician, or therapist.
These courses are formed by a process of intentional cohort gathering. Every prospective participant will have an opportunity to speak to a course facilitator to find the most aligned group for participation. This process is crucial in small cohort-based learning, builds trust within the group, and creates a vibrant connection to those that share our values and purpose in our work in education. Our students have enjoyed a greater sense of freedom in this process and gained lifelong friendships from this experience. Our courses are grounded in individual discovery and witnessed in group reflection and collaboration. Dr. Prasanna guides the group and shares an insightful talk in each session that reflects the needs and strengths of each group. This reciprocal relationship between guide and students creates a new experience in each cohort and module, and it is for that reason that we take great care when bringing together those you will share the journey with.
We gather for two open enrollment Modules 1’s each year in Fall and Spring.
Contact us to learn more and inquire this season’s open enrollment cohort at doclakshmi.community@gmail.com.
Organizations & Groups
Organizations and schools can form their own learning groups to bring Dr. Prasanna’s work to their teachers and parents. These gatherings begin with a consultation with Dr. Prasanna to learn more about the needs of your group. Dr. Prasanna will craft a customized training program in consultation with you.
Schedule a Complimentary Consultation with Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna at doclakshmi.community@gmail.com.
About the Training
Inner Work: Deepening & Reimagining Waldorf Education
Foundation Course
Dr. Prasanna’s Waldorf Education Foundation Course embarks on a journey of seven modules over 3-4 years. This training program is the foundational module offered online by Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna.
Teachers, educational professionals, doctors, parents, or any individual interested in education may join this course - there is no pre-qualification required.
Through our Module I, we offer a glimpse into what the training entails:
A deepening understanding of ourselves through movement.
Learning the art of observation of the other and the self through Goetheanistic observation.
Deepening the understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s lectures to his teachers about their task of this age.
Practical classroom work or artistic work to deepen one’s experiences as well as help understand children and how they learn best.
Group work through discussions, presentations and music.
Lectures on karma, destiny, birth, and human embryology and its significance in our lives.
During the module, participants are free to have individual meetings with their mentors. At the end of the module, participants are guided to spend their time until the next module in deepening their knowledge and skills in their own journeys. They are required to maintain a log on their personal assignments and submit them at the beginning of Module II.
This program is the same curriculum offered at Ira in India. Learn more about the journey of Dr. Prasanna’s work in India that continues today.
Request to be Notified When We Re-Open Enrollment for Module I at doclakshmi.community@gmail.com.
Living Questions Guiding Our Work
What is being human? What do I do with the children before me? How do I learn to “see” them and understand what they seek? How do I serve them best for their own destiny and mine? How can I constantly stay striving?
Module I
Inner Work: Deepening & Reimagining Waldorf Education
This 5 day program is the first module of the Waldorf Training Course. The course is split into seven one-week modules over three and a half years.
All participants must complete Module I to move forward, but can also determine if they wish move forward past Module I based on their individual needs.
Teachers, educational professionals, doctors, parents, or any individual interested in education may join this course - there is no pre-qualification required. Admission to this training is open to everyone.
Understanding Ourselves is at the Heart of Discovering How to Serve the Children in Our Midst.
Poetry & Verse: Movement and experiencing ourselves in our bodies, and a chance to understand how one moves between thought, feeling and deed. In an online format, movement is limited, but the movement of poetry and music is available to us in any format.
Goetheanistic Observation: Learning the art of true observation is a gift and a chance given to each student. Every morning they devote themselves in nature to understand and observe their own inward journey; and can then observe another in true perception and understanding which later form the basis of their work with children, human relationships, and child study.
Text Study: It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Practical and Artistic Work: The artistic and practical classroom work like form-drawing, handwork, main lesson demonstrations, and painting give the students a glimpse of the richness of the Waldorf Curriculum and how to truly enliven learning experiences.
Group Presentations: Students from 'Module II' onwards share their homework and presentations with each other. The sessions are facilitated and observed by the teachers. Students are given honest feedback from their teachers and peers.
Reflect & Review of the Day: Reflection on the night sleep cycle and backward review of the day is a foundational meditative exercise. Listen to Dr. Prasanna talk about the essential exercises in this spiritually-grounded practice: Reflect and Review
Limen Lecture: In our online trainings, we found that the naming our lecture, evening lecture, no longer worked across time zones. We have chosen to call these lectures Limen. A limen is a threshold or border between one thing and another. The lectures given by Dr. Prasanna are not a closing, but rather a threshold in which we can enter to deepen our understanding of ourselves and our work.