Inner Development for World Development
A Course by Lisa Romero
with a contribution from Richard Turner
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Inner development occurs when we grow our inner life through self development, a dedication to a meditative practice or by deepening our spiritual life and for many these three ways can be deeply united on a daily basis. Each of us however, have our own reasons for the path we take towards self transformation, but now in this time of world need, we can understand the necessity and purpose of our inner work by whatever path we have trod. It is at these times we feel the great need and understanding of how important inner development is, as it not only stabilises and strengthens our own inner life but allows a growing experience of connection to the ever present support of the spiritual world and in turn allows us to pass on that strength and connection to the life of others if they will it.
This is an experiential course, outlining the various ways of working with inner development, along with various indications towards engaging with certain exercises and meditations over the twelve months of the course. Participants can begin any time and work at their own pace. Every month you will receive a new lesson including content towards understanding the inner development path and how to utilise the various methods of self-assessment to gauge for yourself where you are in this work and what you may need. There will be practical exercises suggested each month, so you can have direct experience as well as the opportunity to reflect on how the content resounds for you. This will help to deepen your individual insight into the inner schooling with which it would be most useful for you to engage. It will help you to orientate towards putting the time, energy, and attention you have in the most fruitful direction.
Working with Rudolf Steiner’s six subsidiary exercises (included as an appendix to the first lesson of this course) and the EduCareDo Foundation Course or some anthroposophical studies is valuable but not pre-requisite.
Cost to Enroll
Standard Enrollment: $450 AUD (~$320 USD)
INCLUSIONS
- 12 PDF lessons via email, sent monthly
- Individual feedback on lesson submissions
- 4 Practice Sessions in early 2024
- Discussion Group on 6 subsidiary exercises held by Inner Work Path
- Recordings access to the following past online courses or gatherings as well as future opportunities that may be available to participants:
Meeting Racism and Bias by Developing Imaginative Consciousness (held in July 2020 | value $20 AUD)
Four-fold Nature of Love (held in Oct 2020 | value $20 AUD))
Foundations of Meditation (held in January 2022 | value $80 AUD)
ADDITIONS
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Lisa Romero is an author of inner development books, a complementary health practitioner and an adult educator who has been offering healthcare and education enriched with anthroposophy since 1993.
From 2006 the primary focus of her work has been on teaching inner development and anthroposophical meditation.
Through Inner Work Path Lisa offers lectures, courses and retreats for personal and professional development. Lisa's most recent initiative is the Astral-Arc, a YouTube channel offering a place to hear from young people asking questions on the path, practicing the work of love through awakening the mystery centre of the heart, and hearing various artistic expressions of both.
Through Inner Work Books Lisa has published 'The Inner Work Path’ focusing on meditation practice, 'Developing the Self’ written after many years of working with Waldorf teachers to support their inner work and pedagogical understanding of child development, 'Living Inner Development’ offering an understanding of the inner experiences and results of various inner development exercises, 'Sex Education and The Spirit' to help awaken an understanding of our communal responsibility for the healthy development of gender and sexuality within society, "Spirit-led Community" which introduces spiritually healthy guidelines for lessening the negative influence of technology on the inner life, and "A Bridge to Spirit - Understanding conscious self-development and consciousness-altering substances".
Through EduCareDo Lisa has authored and tutors a year-long course - Inner Development for World Development and contributed to a number of the other EduCareDo courses.
For several years Lisa was the lecturer of Health & Nutrition and Gender studies at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College and for many more years delivered inner development training to College Tutors. Since 1999 she has been presenting on the subject of gender, sexuality and spiritual life. She has been working with Waldorf schools as a part of their health and wellbeing curriculum, working directly with the students, teachers and parents on this theme. Lisa has contributed to and is an adviser on Health and Personal Development for the Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework. She has developed training courses, and facilitates professional development on this subject for teachers and health professionals. Lisa designed and facilitated EduCareDo ‘Towards Health and Healing’ which has offered 8 year-long courses focused on working with therapists from all modalities, as well as Waldorf teachers, toward cultivating the depth of anthroposophical insight through practical applications of therapeutic and pedagogical methods. Lisa is a contributor, tutor and director of Inner Work Path, EduCareDo, Developing the Self Developing the World and the Y Project.
Developing the Self Developing the World delivers community education, and the Y Project supports the bridging of young people into healthy community life. Lisa’s capacity to deliver esoteric wisdom with insight and understanding allows her to meet the diverse needs of a range of communities and professions. Essentially, her work springs from the inner work, meditation and exercises, together with a dedication to the path of unfolding consciousness.
Richard Turner has been engaged in anthroposophy since 1992 and has been a mentor for people as they deepen their understanding of anthroposophy.
He completed the Parsifal Orientation Course and Teacher Training, holds a Diploma of Education, a Bachelor of Honours in European Studies and a Master of Arts in Counselling and Philosophy. He is currently an EduCareDo Foundation Course tutor and supports with the content of various publications.
Primary course image at top of page courtesy of Laura Summer
