Entrepreneurship in the Light of Anthroposophy

April 29-May 2, 2026 in-person at Hidden Meadow in Santa Cruz, CA (directions given with registration).

This 3 1/2 day workshop includes four 2 hour sessions each day. You will be led through the steps of building your own or renewing your enterprise.  From Idea to Project, Financial Plan, Master Plan, Statutes, Management: every free initiative moves along this path. Whether you are hovering, stuck, or needing a boost, this workshop helps you take the next step from that which lives within you to manifestation of your own idea in the world.

Sign up by emailing: FreeBodySoulSpirit@protonmail.com or call/text: 831 946 8321.

$350 for workshop, enrollment is limited

Presenter Biographies:

ALEJANDRO URTIZBEREA, Argentine, 52 years old

My first encounter with anthroposophy was at age 12, when a reader from the first class in Dornach visited Mercedes, the city where I lived. My mother told him that, since I was 8, I had claimed there were two Baby Jesuses. I had read the Gospels of Matthew and Luke and noticed they had different genealogies. To me, it was obvious and striking, since I was adopted—I always knew this thanks to the loving and open gesture of my parents. On both birth certificates, my name was Alejandro. One from the bloodline and the other from the heart—without knowing each other, they chose the same name

After talking at length and alone with Hans, an Austrian man, I discovered the work of Rudolf Steiner. That very night, I borrowed a book and read it all night long. It was *Theosophy of the Rosicrucians*. Something was permanently etched into my soul—what he mentions about the three qualities to cultivate: an enthusiastic gaze, respect for the content, and a protective attitude. Thus began my journey, which in this year 2026 marks its 40th anniversary.

PATRICIO BALLESTY

I am an Agronomical Engineer passionate about challenging projects that can generate a positive impact on the environment and society. I have a rich background in organic and conventional production, multicultural team leadership, quality, compliance, business management, public policies and personal endeavors which helps me lead proactively, courageously, with determination and temperance.

Offering free group studies into the Mysteries of Technology and the future of Humanity.
Spring 2026 Program begins the week of April 5th. 12-week courses end in June.

MysTech intends to cultivate the ground both in the human soul and in industry whereby a healthy Man-Machine relationship can be realized. Toward that goal, MysTech intends to establish a research and development center. In support of our research goal, MysTech offers educational programs such as these study courses as well as a newsletter, periodic webinars, and an annual conference in addition to these study groups. 

Each study course intends to build a supportive environment for the study of key lectures given by Rudolf Steiner regarding the future interaction of mankind with machines. Each course has a study guidebook containing lectures by Steiner along with study questions.

Each course is formed around a group whose members can be from anywhere in the world. The courses listed here have a host and will meet weekly. Click on the “+” to see the day and time and host for that course. There is no cost except for the study guidebook. 

Consider forming a group! Reach out to Andrew Linnell at support@mystech.org

Check the Schedule

Sunday, April 5, 6:30 AM 

Capitola bluff (Jewelbox neighborhood), corner Prospect Ave and Opal St

We gather together to sing Easter/spring songs on the bluff overlooking Monterey Bay during Easter sunrise. All are welcome! Armand Ruby provides music and leading tones. Location: same as in recent years; aim your GPS for: 1375 Prospect Ave., Capitola, CA 95010 That spot has a nice southeasterly view, so weather permitting we will be able to see the sunrise, and there is plenty of free parking.

Jan-Willem Pieterse

Friday, April 10, 7:00PM  

Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

Hearing comments about reading Steiner’s texts: “it’s difficult”, “it can hit you”, “needs to be read again”, taking delight in reading it for the umpf time shows the variety of intentions and experiences. Here and there Steiner himself describes the challenges facing smithing words that represent the underlying ideas. So, it is no wonder this induces a remoteness on that path from ideas to words, to text, to a new pair of eyes, through milling it over with new percepts ever trying to reach for these original ideas. And once the idea is reached, there is more, it needs to be placed such that its perspective finds a satisfiable viewpoint among the omni presence of others. 

Steiner found a way such that each reader has the freedom to “read” original ideas again. Not so-much through facts, but let them move, puts them in perspective, addressing a listening individual. The original seed knows it has a future: to become a seed again be it after a full life. During this lecture we will work through a couple of examples by discovering geometry, inversions, enhancement and polarities. Just as a plant is composed of roots, leaves, flower and seed-power, the written text is re-created into a wholesome form. This active approach to find the original idea is then put in perspective. Every plant withers in the fall, likewise the newly discovered ideas find new life. It takes on a new form. Reading Steiner, can be difficult but never boring be it in the words, through the composition, from the ideas, fulfilling to the reader.

Jan-Willem grew up near Amsterdam. As a late bloomer he discovered his talent with fixing things, pursuing an EE degree which soon migrated into optical engineering. Balancing academic dryness, he explored esoteric interests and anthroposophy since ’78. Immigrated ‘temporarily’ to the US, San Jose in 1986. His current interests is in all kinds of transformations and inversion taking place around him.

We request our usual donation of $20 or $10 for current paid branch members.

The Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Branch
of the Anthroposophical Society
is pleased to present:

An Evening on Spiritual Scientific Research:

Presentations by Six Branch Members

Tuesday, March 24, 7:00 PM  

Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

It has occurred to Douglas Wylie and Jeanie Elliott that there may well be a lot more spiritual scientific research going on in our area than most of us are aware of, either in connection with specific Sections, or simply because individuals have been carrying questions and working with them. Many of us may not realize that we have been doing research because that sounds too high, too far beyond our capacities. But if we have learned anything from our studies of Rudolf Steiner, it is that each of us is a spiritual being with untapped capacities. Some of us have developed and followed exact, if changing and developing, research questions. Others of us have been quietly striving and living with questions we may not have considered as “research”. 

The following members will present on their research topics: 

Esther Centers: Intentional Movement And Children’s Learning

Delmar McComb: Bridging the Four Kingdoms and the Hierarchies: reflections on 35 years of Biodynamic gardening

Wanda Taylor:The Gospels

Steve Spitalny: The Sense of Life and the Modern World: a physiological basis for the lack of feeling of well-being

Carin Fortin:Understanding the Relationship Between Planets, Plants and the Human Body: farming with cosmic rhythms

Scott Olmsted:Meeting Children with an Open Question: the Waldorf approach.

Esther Centers recently finished a 24-year run as a Waldorf class teacher here in Santa Cruz and continues to support children as an educational support teacher.

Delmar McComb has been a student of Biodynamic Agriculture and Anthroposophy for over 30 years.
He is a co-owner of Blossom’s Farm, a Council Member of the Agriculture Section of North America, Delmar is an operatic tenor, having performed many leading roles with opera companies over the past 25 years.

Wanda Taylor is a mother and an anthroposophist. She loves spending time with her family, in nature, with her animals and her bees, playing volleyball and reading/studying books of many genres.

Stephen Spitalny has been part of the Santa Cruz Waldorf School since the mid ‘80’s and has been a practicing anthroposophist since then. He offers trainings, lectures, and workshops in many parts of the world.

Carin Fortin is an herb farmer, herbalist, teacher, and student of anthroposophy and biodynamics, and co-founder Blossom’s Farm. Carin currently serves as member of the circle of representatives of the AG Section at the Goetheanum and as the board president of the Biodynamic Association (BDA). Carin grew up in Switzerland and moved to the United States 28 years ago.

Scott Olmsted has been a student of Anthroposophy for over 35 years. He attended Rudolf Steiner College and earned a Waldorf Teaching Certificate in 1991. Currently a class teacher here in Santa Cruz, Scott is also able to eke out a little time for gardening and the wonderment of nature.

We request our usual donation of $20
or $10 for current paid branch members.

REMINDER – THIS WEEKEND
NOTE SATURDAY TIME CHANGES!

The Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Branch
of the Anthroposophical Society
is pleased to present:

Laurie Portocarrero

A Mystery Drama Workshop

Exploring “The Portal of Initiation” as Theater

Friday, March 6, 7:00 PM 

Paloma Hall
4096 Fairway Drive, Soquel

We are pleased to welcome Laurie back after last year’s exciting workshop! This weekend acting workshop explores the complete text of Steiner’s first mystery drama, The Portal of Initiation, through a variety of engagements and exercises that explore the art of the actor. Laurie will be using a variety of techniques, exercises, and formats that she has developed throughout her career as an actor.

Workshop will begin Friday night at 7PM and continue on Saturday, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (note changed time) and from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Sunday. If you are unable to attend the entire weekend, don’t worry – you will be welcome to come for whatever segments (Friday, Saturday Morning, Saturday Afternoon, or Sunday Morning) that you can arrange. Don’t miss this! While it does work with the entire play, the activities are sufficiently “non-linear” that you will experience benefit if you just “drop in” for part of it.

There will be a break for one hour and fifteen minutes for lunch.

It is suggested that you bring a bag lunch although it will be possible to leave for lunch.

Laurie Portocarrero is an actor, storyteller, teacher, and director living in upstate New York. Trained in the Chekhov method, Spatial Dynamics, and speech formation, she has performed internationally, notably playing Maria in Rudolf Steiner’s mystery dramas and Marie Steiner in Fire in the Temple. Laurie tours internationally with colleague Glen Williamson in original two-person pieces including Fire in the Temple. She also tours with Crossing the Veil, exploring five real near-death experiences. She teaches drama and storytelling to Waldorf teachers and special needs communities. Laurie leads a Mystery Drama exploration group and gives workshops nationally on the mystery dramas and community-building through the dramatic arts.

A donation of $125 is requested to cover workshop expenses, payment on site.No one is excluded due to financial considerations.

If you think you will coming, please send an email and let us know!

With Laurie Portocarrero
March 13-16
The Christian Community
Fair Oaks, CA

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