Steiner

Rudolf Steiner described what are often called the “six supplemental exercises,” about which I have written in more detail in relation to parenting here. In brief, the exercises are:

concentration, in which we focus our attention on a common, otherwise uninteresting object for five minutes each day,
initiative, in which we do an otherwise unnecessary action each day at a predetermined time,


equanimity, in which we hold back the expression of our feelings (though not suppressing the feelings themselves) for a short time at an appropriate moment,


positivity, in which we try to find something positive in every situation or thing,


open-heartedness, in which we attempt to look at every new thing without prejudice,


and persistence, in which we create harmony by willfully repeating the previous five exercises.


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Relating through my daughters school, I have begun to dig deeper into the philosophy
behind the programs, and schooling. After reading more about this book from the anthromama blog,
I am beginning to see the meat and potatoes behind what it is that I feel about the school,
and through the school.
There's so much intention behind the curriculum that is put forth, and now
it's like seeing what is behind the curtains.
It's making the ordinary extraordinary, yet keeping it still very ordinary.