"Biodynamic training today has the potential to be much more than an act of giving and receiving knowledge. It can be a learning path that enables people to reconnect with their soul and spiritual nature."
Maria Paz Bernaschina, Editor of the Manual
Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum
Biodynamic Federation Demeter International
Trainer Material 1
Path of Self-Discovery
With about 10 years of experience working with biodynamic farmers, I have grown to love biodynamics. My own relationship with nature has become deeper and more sensitive in the meantime.
During my time with Demeter and at the Landbauschule Bodensee e.V., I designed and led many seminars. The intention of the participants was to re-understand their relationship with nature. In practical agriculture, this is a working relationship. The participants wanted to go beyond the functional in this relationship. So I started to develop exercises that support this path. This is very enjoyable in practice. The exercises often become a powerful moment of "gathering together".
The way I encounter nature here is the way I encounter myself!
What I've been working on is also on the minds of other trainers. In a loose network that spans the entire globe, we come together again and again for conferences, train-the-trainer sessions and webinars. We talk about our experiences and ask very specific questions:
How do you do that?
The answers to the question "How do you do it?" are collected in a handbook. The question was modified to:
What is the exercise you like most?
Learning Biodynamics .
Biodynamic Trainer and Teacher Handbook.
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Learning Biodynamics is published by Biodynamic Federation Demeter International e.V., May 2024, Maria Paz Bernaschina (Editor).
Learning Biodynamics is an OPEN-SOURCE PUBLICATION. The use of texts and images from this manual is only permitted with a reference to source.
Learning Biodynamics invites you to try it out, to practize. Whether in a seminar or with an experience group, alone or with a few friends. These are exercises that are possible in almost any environment.
What are my favorite exercises that are published here?
Water Colouring: giving the Earth an Impulse - getting an Impulse from Biodynamic, page 11-13
An Encounter with the Kingdoms of Nature, page 16 - 17
What is the Heart of my Farm? page 105-106
At this point, I would also like to share two methodological contributions that I wrote for the handbook. Because when we learn and practise together, a wide variety of discussion constellations arise in the course of a seminar. In a second article, I have put together questions that invite feedback and individual conclusions from the participants. I see these as two essential management tools for participant-centered learning processes.
A Culture of Learning Dialogue, page 125
Suggestions on receiving Feedback and Harvest of the day, page 130 - 131