Transformative dialogue through Theatre!

Question! Encounter! Play! is a theatre project that aims to foster movement, integration, and creativity between young people through art.

Register now! mail@youthsection.org

YIAM (Young Impulses in Anthroposophic Medicine) is an interdisciplinary and international community of young people connected to Anthroposophic Medicine; we are also connected to the Medical Section at the Goetheanum in Switzerland.

We host biannual meetings in person at the Dottenfelderhof, Germany, and in Dornach, Switzerland and we are preparing a conference with the Medical Section to celebrate 100 years of the Course for Young Doctors. The conference is called 'How do I find the Good?' and will take place from 3-7th of January 2024.

We are excited to share about February Days 2024 which will be on Technology and Spirituality. If you have ideas for contributors, workshops, or know people who might be interested in collaborating on this event we are happy to receive suggestions before September 30th.

More information following soon! You can pre-register by sending an email HERE.

The International Students’ Conferences at the Goetheanum, organised by the Youth Section at the Goetheanum in collaboration with the Waldorf SV, connect hundreds of Waldorf students in their last years of high school. Held bi- annually since 2015, these conferences bring focus to a current theme: What connects us? (2015), Challenges of our time - Seeking for a global consciousness by facing myself (2017), Courage (2019), Trust (2021).

About 45 young people from 5 different continents, came together at the Goetheanum for the gathering. The diversity of socio-cultural backgrounds is one of the highlights of our event. All these young people are engaged uniquely and authentically with Anthroposophy and other young people around the globe. Those who were able to attend this year are internationally connected and supportive of each other's initiatives and locally active in the following locations:

"The youth conference "Principles of Social Life - Guiding Existing Social Forms Toward Social Health" took place in August in Georgia, Matsevani. Around 60 participants from different parts of the world gathered around Youth Society Parzival's newly built education space. During 5 days we had a chance to come closer to the ideas of social threefolding, discuss how we see these forms in different communities today and how can we transfer theory into practice".

"The first thing I noticed was the air. Immediately a heat I'd never experienced before Saran wrapped my skin and lungs, enveloping me in its humid atmosphere..."

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Summer Newsletter with reflections, reports, coming events, and more!

The Oceanic Youth Circle had its official founding ceremony in Newcastle, Australia on Saturday, September 2nd. The weekend was spread across 3 days with singing, eurythmy, cooking, bonfires and camping. Nathaniel Williams, leader of the Youth Section at the Goetheanum in Dornach came down from Switzerland and gave evening lectures and led morning meditation circles. Approximately 25 participants came from several states in Australia and New Zealand.

Once again we on the team at YIP eagerly awaited the arrival of this year’s participants. After weeks and months of preparation, it is a real joy to welcome this wonderful and dynamic group of unique individuals. Filled with questions and interest towards the world, each other, and themselves they have dived courageously into the 10-month journey of YIP here on the stunning lands of Ytterjärna.

The enthusiasm itself, one of the strengths of all those who are young at heart, plays its role in connecting in a warm and loving way. We create safe spaces (mostly in online form) where people of all ages are welcome. We recognize that we need to develop deep connections between people with more experience (often called the older generation) and younger people to shape the future cohesively. Everyone has the natural ability and inner enthusiasm to create and sustain any flame, anywhere in the world. And together it is easier, and more importantly, more enjoyable. We aim to build bridges and offer a link for young or aspiring professionals in our field from all over the world who want to share experiences, support each other, and find out how similar challenges are solved and innovative projects are created in different parts of our world. You, dear reader, are also shaping the future!

My art is an expression of me and the World.

What I see and internalize and what I have inside that wants to come out. It is always a movement from in and out, and out and in. Breathing. It's a conversation with the colors, what do they want to tell me? Painting is for me meditation time. Time for me to connect to something higher.

My name is Francisca and I was born and raised in Buenos Ares, Argentina, where I went to the Waldorf school “San Miguel Arcangel”.
I’ve been living in Germany since February 2021 where I volunteered for 1 and a half years at a Waldorf school. There I learned German and worked a lot. During my time there, I became friends with the art teacher who had studied at the “Ottersberg Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen” (College Ottersberg for Social Art). She recommended it to me and I started studying there in autumn 2023.