Design Impactful Biodynamic Courses
Professional Training in Anthroposophical Adult Education
Online, August 2026 - March 2027
with Ambra Sedlmayr

  • Are you a teacher of Biodynamic Agriculture, you love what you do, but perhaps you experience some frustrations and are yearning for greater impact?
  • Do you ever struggle with lack of student engagement or wonder what from all your teaching efforts actually landed with your sudents?
  • Do you sometimes feel a lack of confidence and wonder why it is so hard to reach students?
  • Do you yearn for  your work as a biodynamic educator to cause real, tangible learning and change, and give you greater joy and satisfaction?
  • Do you sense potential for a bigger contribution, but don't know how to make it happen?

As a sensitive, spiritual person who feels a calling to contribute to social transformation and cultural renewal through teaching Biodynamic Agriculture, you might have tried many things to make classes more interactive and motivate participants to engage in Biodynamics. Unfortunately a lot of teachers get frustrated, because all their efforts yield little improvements. Some leave their profession alltogether, others become cynical about the possibility of changing the World through adult education...

However, the problem might not be what people commonly think: that either students are not interested enough or that they don't know enough; don't have enough experience in Biodynamics to inspire students like the 'old ones' did.

In my understanding, the real problem is that conventional adult education methods don't work. They are not based on a deep understanding of how humans learn.

Fortunately, the realm of holistic adult education has developed a lot since the 1980s, and I have been able to put together a method for course design that creates courses in which students engage and participate from the outset and their learning is maximized. Facilitating such courses is highly rewarding as you see students grow before your eyes and are finally truly heard and appreciated for what you bring. 

​The ‘Design Impactful Biodynamic Courses’ online training will guide you step by step on how to think about course development in order to enhance students’ learning and thereby cause real change in their lives.

​The training will enable you to:
  • Plan courses that maximize student engagement and learning from the outset;
  • Gain an in-depth understanding of how adults learn, and increase the impact of the work you do;
  • Acquire greater competence and reignite your passion for teaching;
  • Foster stronger relationships with your students and enjoy your work much more;
  • Increase your earning capacity by becoming an appreciated adult educator.
  • Skyrocket your confidence as a teacher of Biodynamic Agriculture!

What participants from cohort 1 said about the course:
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This is what you are going to learn:
  • The history of adult education and how to be a part of reforming an outdated teaching model;
  • How to learn from your own work in a way that makes you become better, faster;
  • How adults learn and how to use this knowledge in course design (understanding and applying the sevenfold learning process);
  • Shift from content-focussed teaching to facilitating student-centred learning processes;
  • To ignite students' intrinsic motivation to learn;
  • How to engage students in their own learning, rather than just having them active or entertained;
  • How to create safety for your students to be vulnerable and open up to true learning;
  • How to plan your course in a way that dramatically increases application of what is being learned;
  • To design powerful, conscious endings that give students clarity and courage to take the next steps;
  • To communicate in a way that empowers students to become active in the real world.

This is how it is going to work:
  • There will be 18 live online sessions of 1,5 hours each.
They mostly come in pairs: one will be based on deepening your understanding, alternated by a session where you can apply your learning to courses you are running. There you can receive coaching or share ideas with peers about applying your learning in practice. 
  • For each session you will receive worksheets and slides that help you integrate the learning and put it into practice in the courses you are running. The worksheets are particularly valuable as they take you in an easy step-by-step way through course design, and they are yours to keep and use forever!
  • There will be an optional live finale meeting on the 31st of  January and 1st of February 2027 in Dornach, Switzerland, just before the international Biodynamic Agriculture Conference!!! (Those who cannot attend will have online finale sessions.)​
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About your facilitator Ambra Sedlmayr

I loooove learning...
I'm passionate about helping teachers of Biodynamic Agriculture learn cutting-edge, holistic adult education skills, so they can increase their impact.

I believe that spreading insights from Anthroposophy is crucial at our current time to bring about positive change and impulses of cultural renewal. Therefore, I'm keen to support people who are teaching Anthroposophy, to do it in a way that is aligned with the Anthroposophical understanding of the human being and of human learning.
I'm a certified Transformational Facilitator, with several trainings in adult education and course design. I'm also an Anthroposophical counsellor, and draw a lot on my understanding of human development and empowerment from that profession. I've learned to facilitate the 'Destiny learning workshops' developed by Coenraad van Houten back in 2013 and have reverse engineered his way of thinking for course design and merged it with best-practices from humanistic coaching and spiritual entrepreneurship.

I'm also a Biologist and Ph.D. in Sustainable Agriculture. Ever since 2011 - when I started working for the Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum - I have been studying and promoting Biodynamic Agriculture. Since 2017, I run my own business based in Portugal, where I offer counselling and multiple courses to help people develop soft skills to realise their lives' purpose.

I'm particularly proud of having translated the 'Agriculture Course' into European Portuguese together with my friends Renata Almeida and Rui Leal.

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Price & Payment options

Full price: 1200€.
Early bird pricing available until the 19th of July: 900€ if you pay in full.
Or 3 installments of 305€ each, payable before 19th July, 30th September and 30th of November.
If you are in the SEPA zone and would prefer to pay by bank transfer, contact cores-da-alma (at) posteo.pt

Risk free!

You can attend up to the fifth session live and if you decide this course is not for you, even though you are fully engaging, claim a 80% refund. 
Thank you for supporting people from low income countries to take part in this course!
If you feel called to attend but are from a low-income country and the fee is to high for you to afford, ask your biodynamic school or association to invest in your skill development and to sponsor you. In addition you can apply for a reduced fee and we will do our best to support you.