In times of inner or outer turmoil, anthroposophy calls us not to flee from the challenge—but to meet it with strength, clarity, and courage. This course offers a grounded, step-by-step path for spiritual development rooted in meditative methods inspired by Knowledge of Higher Worlds and refined through decades of social-spiritual practice.

Whether you’re confronting personal dragons or sensing global unrest, these tools will help you meet life with harmony and heart. Get ahead of the Michaelmas impulse this August, or join us for the Autumn cohort beginning on Michaelmas Day itself for a slower-paced experience.

Two Ways to Join:

AUGUST COHORT
? Four Full Saturdays – August 2, 9, 16, 23
? 8:30am–5pm PT / 11:30am–8pm ET
(One-day retreat style)

AUTUMN COHORT
? 12 Monday Sessions – Sept 29 to Dec 15
? 3–5pm PT / 6–8pm ET
(Paced weekly for integration)

Live on Zoom | Interactive Format

Why Now?

Michaelmas is a season of courage, of facing darkness with light. This course gives you the inner tools to rise to that task—not abstractly, but practically.

If you’ve been searching for a way to bring more peace, clarity, and moral strength into your life and our world, this is it.

? Accessible pricing available for those on fixed incomes or in need—just ask.
? Register at AnthroposophicSoul.com

1. ? Individual Meditative Methods

“Clear your mind. Strengthen your inner peace. Connect with your higher self.”

Each of these methods can be used in daily life to deepen insight, regulate emotion, and align with spiritual truth.

2. ? Group Practices & Shared Processes

“Experience empathy. Practice perspective. Transform how you relate to others.”

These group methods teach co-creative listening and spiritual dialogue, supporting social healing and collective insight.

3. ? Integration & Application

“Bring your meditative insights into real-world action.”

Some methods or frameworks span both categories, helping participants apply what they’ve learned to everyday life, planning, or larger spiritual questions.

Course Instructors:

Susan Overhauser, PhD, is a psychotherapist, teacher, and long-time student of anthroposophy. She brings over 40 years of experience in spiritual research, inner development, and trauma-informed healing. Susan is known for her gentle clarity, deep listening, and ability to guide others into direct, soul-level experiences of truth and transformation.

Arianna Golden, MS, is a biomedical engineer, meditation guide, and spiritual researcher whose work bridges inner development with practical transformation. As an autistic adult with ADHD, Arianna brings unique insight into how neurodivergent perception reveals spiritual truths — and how to translate those insights into daily life. Her teaching blends anthroposophic meditation, yogic tradition, and lived experience to help others find clarity, freedom, and healing from within.

A History of Modern Yoga Through an Anthroposophic Lens

Yoga as it was understood in the early 20th century, and as Rudolf Steiner spoke about it, is in fact completely different to how yoga is practiced in modern culture.

In this lecture, Arianna Golden will share the story of how and why the meaning of the word “yoga” has changed over the past 100 years. This story may invite you to ask: is modern yoga aligned with modern anthroposophical values and practices? Can a modern anthroposophist practice yoga and still be an anthroposophist?

Event Details:

When: Sunday 1st of June 2025, 8am PST (Calendar link emailed upon registration.)

Where: Online, zoom link emailed upon registration.

Register Here: https://anthroposophicsoul.com/the-re-enlivening-of-yoga-between-1925-and-2025/

Immerse yourself in three full days of meditation, practical methods, and group exercises designed to strengthen your inner peace, empathy, sense for truth, and ability to work co-creatively with others. 

Whether you’re familiar with anthroposophy or exploring new spiritual practices, this course offers tools to help you free your mind from clutter, navigate relationships with clarity, and connect to your higher self.

The meditative methods taught are based on indications in Rudolf Steiner’s Knowledge of Higher Worlds and his other texts.  Processes are broken down step by step, following spiritual laws, resulting in meditative methods that are powerful and effective.  Spur your movement forward on your spiritual path through these amazing methods.

What to Expect:

If you’re ready to step into a more grounded, peaceful, and empowered version of yourself, this workshop will give you tools and practices to:

• Let go of mind-clutter and emotional drama.
• Navigate relationships with greater clarity and equanimity.
• Discover tools to help you connect with your higher spiritual purpose.
• Harmonize thinking, feeling, and willing.

What You’ll Discover in this Transformative Workshop:

Through a combination of individual meditations and group work, you’ll:

• Develop your capacity for empathy and perspective-switching.
• Strengthen your sense for truth and inner peace.
• Learn to process feelings and beliefs while transforming inner hindrances.
• Connect to spiritual beings and to your higher self.
• Navigate challenges with clarity and balance.

This workshop isn’t just about intellectual ideas—it’s about practicing and applying methods that support your inner growth.

You’ll engage in hands-on exercises, share your experiences with others in an intimate and immersive setting, and leave with tools you can apply immediately to your personal and spiritual growth.

• Planetary Parliament
• Logic of the Heart
• Image Dialogue
• Laws of Feeling
• Sympathy & Antipathy
• Empathy & Inner Peace

• Planetary Parliament
• Logic of the Heart
• Perspective Switch
• Finding One’s Task
• Logic of the Will
• Laws of Willing

• Planetary Parliament
• Logic of the Heart
• Finding the True Name
• Zodiac Meditation
• Review/Preview

Workshop Facilitators:

• Susan Overhauser, PhD: International lecturer with 30+ years of experience in meditation and anthroposophic psychology.
• Arianna Golden, MS: Biomedical engineer and meditation guide, using these methods daily to overcome sensory overwhelm and connect deeply with others.

Join us in El Sobrante, CA | February 15-17, 2025 | 9AM to 5:30PM Daily

$300 Fee Includes: 3-Day In Person Course, Lunch (vegetarian & gluten free options), snacks, handouts, and online resources

Exact address available after registration.

Friday, July 14 · 12 noon – 2:30 pm PDT

• First, we will work with the Planetary Parliament to create a safe, collaborative space. Using the planets as guides, we will work together to ensure that we stay within our time constraints, that everyone feels safe to ask questions and share, and that all the logistical functions of a meeting are carried by the group as a whole. The purpose of using this is to show you how one person does not have to hold all these functions to run a meeting, the group can work together harmoniously to do this.
• We will then work through a guided meditation, Logic of the Heart. This meditation is extremely effective for balancing sensory discomfort, overwhelm, sticky emotions, and obsessive thoughts. You don’t have to name your sensation or feeling or thought, and you don’t have to share or know what the circumstances are that led to your sensation or feeling or thought. This meditation utilizes multi-sensory imagination to work with the underlying soul substances of sensations, thoughts, or feelings. The purpose of doing this meditation is to give you a tool that you can use to come to a state of inner peace.
• Once we have this tool to come to a place of inner peace, we will dive into kinesiology testing. This is a method of connecting to spiritual beings or cosmic energy to make decisions in harmony with the world we live in. You can use any spiritual school for working with these beings or energy forms, all are welcome. If you’re more comfortable thinking about cosmic energy, that also works and is welcome. The purpose of learning kinesiology testing is to give you a tool for making decisions in collaboration with the spiritual influences that we usually ignore but which have a large impact on our lives, whether we’re conscious of that or not.

I began using kinesiology testing when I was a toddler, but I’d noticed that when I was emotionally distressed, I wasn’t open to understanding the information I was receiving. This is why I’m including Logic of the Heart first because that meditation allows you to be open to deeply hearing the spiritual beings or cosmic energy that you’ve connected to. Sometimes they don’t tell you what you want to hear, and having Logic of the Heart as a practice in your toolbox means you have a concrete method for separating from your emotional or intellectual reactions so you can make a decision from a neutral empathic place.

About the Instructor:

Arianna Golden grew up in an anthroposophical household and went to the East Bay Waldorf School from 1995-2004. She has degrees in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, which only began to be useful after she figured out she had autism in 2019. The spiritual and meditation techniques that she teaches have transformed her life in very deep ways and she hopes to share the usefulness of these methods with those who choose to learn from her.