A Journey Through Your Life Story 

Human Development in the Light of Anthroposophy
 An 8 Month Online Course | March-October 2026

Biography work is an ongoing exploration and dialogue between ourselves and our life.

A Journey Through Your Life Story is an experiential course grounded in Rudolf Steiner’s insights into human development. Through biography work, artistic exploration, and guided reflection, participants are supported in deepening their understanding of who they are, how they have become, and how they may meet the future with clarity and courage.

This course offers both a framework and a living process—one that honors the wisdom present in every life, including its challenges.

This course is an invitation to met your life story with curiosity, honesty, and reverence—to discover how meaning reveals itself over time, and how understanding the past can free us to stand more fully in the present.

Course Focus

Human development unfolds in seven-year cycles, each shaping new dimensions of body, soul, and spirit. By exploring these rhythms, we gain insight into our past experiences and a clearer orientation toward the future.

Throughout the course, we will explore:

  • The seven-year life cycles and their developmental themes

  • Temperament and its influence on life patterns

  • Rudolf Steiner’s picture of human becoming

  • How to look back over your biography and discover recurring threads

  • The wisdom embedded in life’s challenges and opportunities

  • How to uncover truths that support inner freedom, responsibility, and resolve

Artistic exercises, reflective practices, and group dialogue are woven throughout, creating a balanced and embodied learning experience.

Course Structure

Live Online Classes

Six three-hour sessions

  • In US Time Zones:

    • 11:00–2:00 ET

    • 10:00–1:00 CT

    • 9:00–12:00 MT

    • 8:00–11:00 PT

Learning Environment

  • Live instruction and facilitated dialogue

  • Artistic activities and guided exercises

  • Access to shared course materials via Padlet

Class Dates

Course is in session between March-October 2026, with a summer hiatus.

  • March 8

  • April 12

  • May 3

  • June 14

  • September 13- Date Change to 9/20

  • October 11 - Date Change to 10/25

This Course is For Those Who…

  • Are interested in anthroposophy and human development

  • Wish to engage deeply with their own life story

  • Are at a point of transition, reflection, or re-orientation

  • Value artistic and reflective learning, not just intellectual study

Between-Session Support

  • 1-hour peer pod between each main session with other participants

  • One private 1-hour session with Jennifer Brooks Quinn or Kathleen Bowen

Intended Outcomes

  • A deeper understanding of your life rhythms and meaning

  • Greater clarity around repeating themes and turning points

  • A renewed relationship to past challenges

  • Increased confidence in meeting the future with courage and inner steadiness

Facilitator

Plus other guest teachers!

Kathleen Bowen

Certified Biography Worker 2009

Kathleen began her career working with threads as a knitwear designer and transitioned to helping others as they discover the threads in their life story through conversation and artistic activities. By weaving her deep interest in human development and anthroposophy, she became a founding board member of the Center for Biography and Social Art, a faculty member for the Certificate Program and manager of the biography work for North American Waldorf Schools and Anthroposophic groups (ACCC).

TUITION + ENROLLMENT



Fill out for the form below to be taken to the check-out page where you will be given the option to pay by credit card, check, or Zelle. Enrollment is confirmed upon receipt of payment.

Total Tuition (Paying in Full): $900

Payment Plan: $475 down payment + $475 due May 1
(Down payment is non-refundable)

Enrollment includes:

  • All live classes

  • Peer pod sessions

  • One private session

  • Course materials and resources

Refund & Transfer Policy
Cancellations made before the course begins will receive a full refund minus a $150 processing fee. No refunds are available after the course starts. However, participants may transfer their enrollment to another person or apply their payment as a credit toward a future offering of the course, should the course be offered again, with written notice prior to the start date.

The Center for Biography and Social Art is committed to equal opportunity and does not discriminate in any program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or any other protected class.