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Children on the Way to Courage
45 minKarin Michael
Language as a Creative Process
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A contribution by Karin Michael and Jutta Nötiger
Language as a Creative Process – and why speaking is difficult for children and young people today
Starting from Rudolf Steiner’s morning verses (“Der Sonne Liebeslicht”), it is shown how children develop, through reverence, rhythm and work with the body, an inner soul-sun force that carries language. At the same time, it casts a critical light on how digital distraction and disturbed rhythms endanger this development – and how living work with language and body with children works creatively against it.
A contribution by Karin Michael and Jutta Nötiger for the conference “Life Forces of Language” in October 2025 at the Goetheanum.
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Publication: 16 January 2026
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Karin MichaelDr. med. Karin Michael (born 1970) is a paediatrician; she studied medicine and anthroposophic medicine at the University of Witten/Herdecke. From 2008 to 2023 she was senior physician of the children's outpatient clinic at the Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke, and in 2021 she co-founded the von Tessin Centre for Health and Education in Stuttgart with Prof. Zdrazil. Since September 2023 she has been part of the leadership team of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum.
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- Lebenskräfte der Sprache, Episode 2 of 3
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- Medicine
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