Kairos Institute
Healing in a World of Need
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Kairos Institute Offers:
Summer Residency
Wilton, New Hampshire
July 6, evening to July 11, noon
This is a training intensive for experienced teachers, school leaders, and those in the healing professions. We hope to support all those looking to supplement their teacher training with medical and psychological support in healing education. This is an advanced course.
The Kairos Institute at the Center for Anthroposophy, founded by Karine Munk Finser, provides professional training in healing artistic therapies and Emergency Pedagogy, addressing global suffering and trauma. The institute offers a supportive community where students develop resilience and self-healing capacities through a combination of residencies, artistic studios, and online classes. As a cooperative member of iARTe, Kairos students work toward a Diploma from the Medical Section at the Goetheanum in Switzerland, and a Certificate in International Crisis Intervention. The program is designed for those in the healing professions, offering a unique approach to personal growth and trauma recovery.
In a world filled with tremendous soul struggle, where the demands on both young and old often lead to overwhelm, mental health crises, and PTSD, the Kairos Institute at the Center for Anthroposophy offers a beacon of hope. Founded by Karine Munk Finser, the institute is dedicated to addressing suffering in the world by providing professional training in healing artistic therapies and Emergency Pedagogy.
Healing in a World of Need
Students in Kairos form a supportive community who journey together over several years. During this time, they develop skills to strengthen resilience and self-healing capacities for themselves and others. Students participate in two residencies per year plus artistic studios and online classes.
At a glance, Kairos provides training in:
Artistic Therapies:
Kairos is a cooperative member of iARTe. Students work towards a Diploma from the Medical Section, Goetheanum, Switzerland. Artistic therapies include painting, clay, and drawing.
Emergency Pedagogy:
Kairos is an English language site for Bernd Ruf’s trauma and crisis intervention modules. These modules deepen students’ understanding of trauma preventative pedagogical and artistic healing approaches. Students work towards a Certificate in International Crisis Intervention. Some modules are included in the Kairos training.
In this time of tremendous soul struggle, the demands on young and old often lead to overwhelm, mental health crises, and PTSD. These stresses can make it difficult to learn in a normal classroom setting or to have enough inner resilience to participate fully in life. The Kairos Institute was created to address suffering in the world. Kairos offers professional training in the healing artistic therapies and in Emergency Pedagogy.
A renowned international faculty contributes to making Kairos a vibrant school of learning. It is a soul school where all are welcomed into a living process dedicated to healing. This work is based on careful training in observation and living into another person’s needs. Empathy and compassion form the foundation of our creativity; and together with the practice and development of artistic capacities, human beings can become medicine for one another.
For questions and more info on our programs, contact Karine today!
Karine Munk Finser
Director
Emergency Pedagogy without Borders:
Our Kairos Team is joining Team California to help in the fire-ravaged areas in LA: February 8-13.
Please help us make it happen, and donate to Kairos Crisis Interventions using our secure online form.
KAIROS NEWS
Kairos Emergency Pedagogy without Borders Team USA in Action
Our Kairos Team, USA, was founded in the summer of 2024. In October, we all met in Asheville under the direction of Bernd Ruf and Alicia D’Urso for our first crisis intervention. We felt called to respond to the wreckage and chaos from the severe storm and flooding that hit North Carolina. Our intervention was successful, thanks to the strong leadership who guided us to become a strong and focused team and to the vast experience of the pedagogues and therapists who formed the sixteen-person team. In addition, we had strong support on the ground from our local coordinator and others who helped us: Sola, School of Living Arts gave us housing and much more, Asheville Waldorf School provided a daily site for students and community members, and we ventured to Shanonoa and Black Mountain where met community members at the Peri Social House. Some of us visited the LatinX community. We returned home grateful for all we had learned and deeply moved by all the human encounters we had experienced—a huge thank you to Bernd Ruf and Alicia D’Urso.
February 8-13, 2025:
Second Crisis intervention under the direction and guidance of Bernd Ruf, Alicia D’Urso, and Renaldo Nascimento Team Kairos will join Team California, who is leading this Los Angeles crisis intervention. We will offer our support to children in the community who are suffering from devastating loss, grief, and trauma after the destructive fires. Natalia Picasso from Team Kairos will submit a report after we return home. We hope to align our two Teams under Team USA for this critical crisis intervention.
Leadership and Faculty
An international faculty of experts contributes to making Kairos a vibrant learning community. It is a soul school where all are welcomed into a living process dedicated to healing. Through careful training in the artistic process, we aim to nurture empathy and compassion, enabling human beings to become medicine for one another.
Karine Munk Finser
Director
