QCP #031 | Karen Nani Apana, Ph.D. | The Questions We Live With, Higher Worlds, and How to Find Stillness in Biography Work

GUEST BIO
Dr. Karen Apana is one of the founding members of the San Francisco Waldorf School – first founded in 1978. She has been a lifetime teacher, mentor, and student of Anthroposophy for over 40 years. For over 25 years, she has been teaching biography work and has a private practice for biography counseling in San Francisco. She also holds frequent biography workshops all over the Bay Area, and although she is now retired as a Waldorf teacher, she still mentors and advises teachers in the Bay Area and all over the globe.

She was born and raised in San Francisco, and as you’ll find out in this conversation, she is a local, cosmic gem. In this conversation, you’ll learn about Anthroposophy and some of the philosophies behind Rudolph Steiner. She also offers a firsthand account of someone born into a generation of San Francisco coming into social consciousness during the 1960s, which eventually set the stage for many spiritual seekers, creators, activists, artists, and life enthusiasts today.

 

SHOW NOTES

Pt. 1 – Who is Karen Apana? and What is Anthroposophy? 

• Rudolph Steiner
• Waldorf Education – Youtube Link
• Merchant Marine

Pt. 2 – What is Waldorf Education and Biography Work?

• Knowledge of the Higher Worlds
• SF Waldorf School
• SF State Student Strike
  • 50 Year Anniversary Video
  • Roger Alvarado
• Terry Collins
  • KPOO
• Benny Stewart
• Tom Ammiano
• Education, connection and Biography work
• Chengdu, China
• Chinese Cultural Revolution
• Thích Nhất Hạnh
• Perception of Chaos

Pt. 3 – What Question are you living with?

• The struggle of Western Mind
• Individuation vs the tribe
• Finding the baseline

Music Credit (Guitar): Katherine Delafkaran