The exercise of Greek gymnastics — running, jumping, wrestling, discus, and javelin — is a joyful pathway toward a healthy relationship of self to world, and helps build the foundation for powerful, skillful, and graceful speech. Join Carley Horan for an introduction to and practice in these events.
Learn and practice biodynamic agriculture on the oldest biodynamically stewarded and cultivated land in North America. Richly embedded within the Threefold Community in Spring Valley, NY, The Pfeiffer Center’s one-year, part-time practical training enables farmers and gardeners of any variety and experience level to put Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture lectures into practice.
Barbara Renold will lead a study of Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas, beginning with The Portal of Initiation. Appropriate for beginners and those already familiar with the plays.
Parents/Care-givers and babies meet for an REI inspired bi-weekly class. Tea and light snacks are served for parents. Together, through our observation, we’ll learn to trust and respect the wisdom of our babies. We’ll also learn simple songs and games to strengthen the bond between a care-giver and a baby.
In this course, we'll design and sew garments using cotton, linen, wool, and silk. We’ll draft patterns and hand-sew, practicing a meditative approach. Explore sewing techniques, plant dyeing, and embroidery to create unique pieces. Classes include inspiring activities for all skill levels, from beginners to experienced artisans.
The Fall Speech Chorus will meet on Saturday mornings to prepare choral pieces to offer at the Threefold community Festival of All Souls.
An online workshop series for new and experienced Waldorf early childhood educators, held on six Saturday mornings from October-May.
Enter into a magical world where, for one enchanted evening, fairy tales and legends come to life.
An online workshop series for middle and high school teachers, held on five Saturday mornings from October-March.
An online workshop series for Waldorf early childhood educators and grades 1-3 teachers, held on five Saturday afternoons from November-May.
Please join us as we celebrate and honor those on the other side of the Threshold with collaborative artistic activities and conversation
This intensive block offers an introduction to the artistic forming of speech through Rudolf Steiner’s exercises in articulation and breathing. Appropriate for any level of experience, Speech Workouts are a bracing, refreshing artistic immersion that can provide a foundation for more advanced training in the art of Creative Speech.
Join us for a monthly Music Salon where we gather in a Café atmosphere for artistic sharing and time together in community.
An offering of music, eurythmy, poetry, and speech chorus, with a festival address by Renate Kurth. Karl Fredrickson will read the names of community members who have died in the past year. Due to the quiet nature of the event, the doors will be closed when the program begins.
A new part-time Frontier class starts in November 2024 for those interested in eurythmy while maintaining other commitments. This two-year program includes seven weeks of study sessions and independent assignments with local mentors, covering the first year of eurythmy training. It prepares students to transition into the full-time program, enhancing their inner and outer life through eurythmy's unique movement and balance. This is a rare opportunity to join the Frontier class
The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed over four million enslaved people, but a deeper shift in American consciousness made it possible. This evening, we’ll explore how American literature, like Walt Whitman's poetry, and individuals like Laura Bridgman and Dorothea Dix, helped reshape ideas of human dignity. Their efforts laid the groundwork for later rights movements.
Join in the conversation with representatives of our low-residency High School Teacher Education diploma program, enrolling in July 2025, and learn about the Sunbridge program experience.
Sunbridge's essential workshop for Waldorf professionals interested in examining racism in the Waldorf movement and identifying steps we must take to dismantle it. With facilitators Keelah Helwig, Heather Scott, and Vicki Larson.
Bring your fiber, textile, or clothing item to the Studio to dye. An indigo dye pot will be waiting for you!
A Shovel of Stars Overhead: Where to? What next?” embodies the longing, questioning, and bewilderment that belong to this moment in America, while asking where, from whom, and how something greater can come to be. The program is inspired by the words and compositions of a diversity of artists who poignantly reflect the tensions of their own time.
A composer’s outlook on the mystery of music creation, musical expression, and perception; music as a higher form of communication and spiritual activity. The next two lectures of the ongoing series will focus on exploring some of the music of the Romantic era through active listening and imagination.
From the first moment of hearing a musical interval, we enter the realm of inaudible experience. In this course, Dorothea will explore the qualities of each interval and how together they draw us into a living process from prime to octave.
From the first moment of hearing a musical interval, we enter the realm of inaudible experience. In this course, Dorothea will explore the qualities of each interval and how together they draw us into a living process from prime to octave.
You are warmly invited to join us for an evening of magic! Our very own Cezary Ciaglo, from Green Meadow Waldorf School, has a twin brother, hailing from Armenia, who will amaze and astound us with feats of mystery and surprise!
A composer’s outlook on the mystery of music creation, musical expression, and perception; music as a higher form of communication and spiritual activity. The next two lectures of the ongoing series will focus on exploring some of the music of the Romantic era through active listening and imagination.
260 Hungry Hollow Road,
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
Phone: 845.352.5020
Fax: 845.352.5071
Email: info@threefold.org
