Good Health

RudolfSteiner offered numerous practical methods to enrich and enliven our dailylives. Drawing on these, the texts in this anthology provide a wealth of ideasto strengthen our health through self-education and personal development. Thecontent ranges from tangible and easy exercises to relevant observations onhuman nature.

Steinerspeaks of memory and forgettingas the basis of education and cultural development, explaining their significancefor health and illness. He discusses the influences of the four humantemperaments and their relationship to wellbeing, and the eightfold path inconnection with self-education. Finally, he gives specific exercises for innerdevelopment to be practiced on the various days of the week.

The themes of personalresilience and “salutogenesis” (an approach focusing on factors that supporthuman health and wellbeing rather than those that cause disease) are addresseddirectly by editor Harald Hass in his introductory essay.