Dare to Ask with The Hummingbird Principle

Chrysalis Group Series One: Biography Work

In the modern world, it is easy to get bogged down in trivialities, and many of the encounters we have with others operate according to well-rehearsed scripts. However, sometimes we can feel within ourselves a deep yearning for something more. We meet a stranger and want to know more about them. Someone asks how we are doing, and we really want to tell them how much we are struggling. Maybe we “come to our senses” and hold back, but what happens when we dare to engage? What can change in us and for us when we risk a deeper and more intimate form of encounter? In this series, we will use biography and social art exercises to practice different ways of stepping into encounter and observing what can become.

What: A Fall Chrysalis Group, five weekly sessions of deepening together 
Visit the full list of our Chrysalis Group offerings here.

When: September 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16
Mondays at 1 pm ET /10 am PT via Zoom for 60 minutes 
Not able to attend?  This program will be recorded and distributed to all registrants.

Contribution: You can register and pay for this Chrysalis Group as a stand alone course. However, if you would like to do more than one course, you can save money by registering for all seven groups by registering for the Chrysalis Group Series One Bundle! 
Learn more about all Chrysalis Groups here.

Course Costs:
Suggested: $60
Supporter: $80
Youth and Equity: $45

REGISTER HERE
Not able to attend? 
This program will be recorded and distributed to all registrants.

Chrysalis Group Series One Bundle Costs: $250
Learn more about all Chrysalis Groups here.

Meet Your Presenters

The Hummingbird Principle
Chris Burke is an associate professor of psychology at Lehigh University, where his research has focused on social relationships, grief, and coping with stress. He has been actively working with anthroposophy since 2012 and is certified as a Biography and Social Art facilitator. He sees biography work as a natural bridge between anthroposophy and psychology, with biography work offering a unique window into the archetype of the human being via the unique path of each individual. He has brought a biographical approach to his classes and other on-campus programs, and he has led and co-led biography and social art workshops both in the United States and internationally. He and Anne de Wild have developed a new project called The Hummingbird Principle, which is aimed at connecting individuals to the role that is theirs to play in facing the challenges of the modern world. He serves on the board of the Center for Biography and Social Art and lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and three children. 

Anne de Wild is a Naturopath whose work is based on Traditional European Natural Medicine (TEN) and kinesiology. After studying Anthroposophy at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, in 2015-16, she completed her thesis on the concept of the Five Temperaments and has been bringing her ideas out into the world since then. She began studying biography and social art in 2016. She brings biography work into her clinical practice, and she finds that it supports her clients’ personal development and encourages them to enter more confidently into their social relationships. She sees biography and social art as a step toward inner and outer peace. She lives and works in Basel, Switzerland, where she offers monthly lectures on biography and social art. A lover of travel, she can often be found in other parts of Europe and in North America speaking, teaching, and connecting. She has four almost-grown-up children.

Other Chrysalis Groups
Learn more and register for all Chrysalis Groups HERE.

Goddesses in America with Lila Tresemer
Mondays, 7pm ET/4pm PT
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Creating Sanctuary: Inner and Outer with Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary and House of Peace
Tuesdays, 10:30am ET/7:30 am PT
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Applied Anthroposophy: Women in the Movement with Various Speakers
Tuesdays, 1pm ET/10 am PT
Learn more here

Etheric Health in the Age of Technology with Cynthia Hoven and Andrew Linnell
Wednesdays, 10:30 am ET/7:30 am PT
Learn more here

Experiencing Autumn by Drawing and Painting with Laura Summer
Thursdays, 11am ET / 8 am PT
Learn more here

Connecting with your Angel with Verlyn McGilvray
Thursdays, 7pm ET/ 4 pm PT
Learn more here

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