The Sense of Movement
Movement is the second sense among the twelve that Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education, developed and introduced about 100 years ago. The sense of movement is a lower sense, classified as physical, inner, or a sense of the will. These inward senses make the effects of the external world upon us evident and are helpful with perception of one’s own body. This is your proprioceptive system at work! The sense of movement allows you to know where parts of your body are and what position they are in space. This may be extremely subtle… Read More
Collaborative Leadership
Collaborative leadership came into public view in the early 1990s (Chrislip and Larson, 1994). The fundamental premise of collaborative leadership is that any organization is only as strong as each individual’s collective strength within the organization. The strength of the contributors becomes evident through creative problem solving for shared concerns of the organizations. The collaborative leader encourages relationships that are grounded in commitment and prioritizes confidence in collaborators in the group. The resulting trusting relationship is mutually beneficial because as peer problem solvers, contributors encourage each other to achieve group… Read More
The Sense of Life
Amy Huntereece, PhD candidate, M.Ed. January 2021 Life is the first sense among the 12 that Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education, developed and introduced about 100 years ago. The sense of life is a lower sense, classified as physical, inner, or a sense of the will. These inward senses make the effects of the external world upon us evident. They are helpful with perception of one’s own body. The sense of life informs you of being full, indigestion, needing to use the toilet, an injury, or a body ache. Usually this… Read More
Rudolf Steiner’s Theory of the Twelve Senses
by Amy Huntereece, PhD candidate, M.Ed., January 2021 Note: Steiner’s schema is an ancient wisdom that models a spirit imbued view of science. Though other cultures exemplified a similar, common philosophy of thinking, Steiner was inspired by Goethian thinking. His 12 senses theory offered an educational perspective that provided a way to nourish developing human beings with a more nuanced experience in the world. If the human being proceeded through the development and any senses went underdeveloped, they could be noticed as missing even if people could not explain it. Their absence… Read More
Polarity Awareness During Transition
By Amy Huntereece, PhD candidate, M. Ed., January 2021 Is your congregation in the midst of transition? Perhaps you are even experiencing transition on multiple levels. Remodeling or building new facilities, ministerial leadership shifting to new energy, updating your religious education program, and careful scrutiny of the operating budget to make ends meet in the upcoming fiscal year all qualify as transitional work. La Sonde Anastos (2017) encourages us to remember that we are “in a time of change, not a time of crisis” (p. 98). You may notice your response to… Read More
What a GIRE consultant is able to do for your congregation
In the early days of the twenty-first century, a group of Unitarian Universalist religious educators looked at the changing landscape of lifespan religious education and discerned the need for intentional transitional leadership. Change happens quickly and often in congregations and many of these changes focus on the lifespan religious education program. This changes may center on religious education leadership transitions. It may also center on the fact that a congregation’s religious education mission and vision shift to meet a modern community’s needs. No matter the reason, interim religious educators work with congregations… Read More