Rounding out this year long course feels like completing the birthing of a new sheath – a new level of engagement with the earthly and the spiritual world; an awakening to the life of the spirit.  It strengthens the human being as bridge between worlds. The levels of its impact are manifold and far-reaching. The course works like a beacon in the inner development process. The way a Chinese doctor reads our pulse to understand what is working with us, every month we do our own pulse-taking as well as administering our own remedies, in the form of carefully introduced exercises and practices. Lisa’s guidance and attending to our process as it builds a momentum through the year helps to steer the course of our journey through it. Many exercises have become like presences or companions in the day. But perhaps most noticeable is a more profound quality of sensing into the etheric realm. A lifting or expanding beyond the physical identity or body awareness; perceiving aspects of my presence woven into a larger context; even moments of experiencing beingness beyond the confines of body-soul experience. I can observe how certain habits have shifted and how new capacities have developed or have gained strength in me; a new quality of patience, perseverance, resilience, and warmth. There are many ways up the mountain, but Lisa’s meticulous attention, spot-on feedback, her ability to make what can seem like insurmountable steps understandable and approachable, and the way she lays out the process through the course of the year supports the soul to make a steady progress forward. I have found her articulation of and her approach to anthroposophy the most helpful to my own relationship with it. She has a way of making it accessible without making it easy or over-simplified. She offers a way in for the soul of our times. David Anderson 安大為