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Sally Martin
Painting Therapist and Teacher specializing in the Liane Collot d’Herbois method
 Since 1980, Sally has been involved with anthroposophy and its practical application in daily life. This was mainly in the context of the ‘Camphill’ organization in the UK. ‘Camphill’ is an international organization that supports people with special needs, providing an all-inclusive living and working situation within a community setting. Ideals underpinning these centres are based on the insights of Rudolf Steiner. Sally worked for 20 years in the role of house manager; and in areas of day to day running and organization of the wider community. During this time, she has also pioneered new educational impulses and co-ordinated diverse trainings. These ranged from short one- week programs based on a particular theme, to ongoing one to three year courses.
Sally has always loved painting and helping others to paint and has run classes for people with disabilities, young people from all over the world and mature age students. In 1985 she started to become interested in the therapeutic potential of working with colours and began to train with an experienced painting therapist, gradually taking over some of her work. In 1994 she came in contact with The Emerald Foundation in The Netherlands. Here she met Liane Collot d’Herbois and her teachings, which opened the way to a whole new understanding of the spiritual background of colour. Since her graduation in 1998 she has consistently worked as a Painting Therapist together with doctors and other therapists, and is a recognised and well-respected teacher of this method of painting.
In July 2001 Sally moved with her family to Australia. Her work as a Painting Therapist and teacher of this method continued throughout Australia and abroad. In 2008 she founded The Sienna Academy for Painting Therapy and Artistic Painting according to the method of Liane Collot d’Herbois. The school gained international recognition from iARTe in 2016 (formerly European Academy)
Membership of professional bodies include:
Nederlandse Vereniging Voor Kunstzinnige Therapieen op antropopofische grondslag;
The British Anthroposophical Art Therapy Association. BAATA;
The Australian Anthroposophic Medical Association. AAMA
Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna
MBBS, DCH (Pediatrics), Anthroposophic Physicia
 Dr. Lakshmi trained as a pediatrician and neonatologist in the 1980’s. She bought insight and management skills to these areas, pioneering the first neonatal intensive care (NICU) unit in Chennai’s Apollo Hospital. In the 1990’s she opened Little Hearts Children’s Hospital, Hyderabad, which developed a reputation for saving high risk babies. Attached to this hospital was a clinic for children with developmental delay; here Lakshmi worked with children with epileptic seizures, cerebral palsy, downs syndrome and increasingly ADHD and autism spectrum.
Helping children with autism and their families, became her passion and led her on a path of research. Parents and friends of these children helped to establish Saandeepani Centre for Healing and Curative Education. Here Rudolf Steiner’s indications on education were combined with a nutritional and sensory based medical approach.
Lakshmi was the founding president of the Anthroposophical Medical Society in India. She has worked for many years as a school physician, as well as travelling, teaching and inspiring new centres, clinics and schools. Since 2007 she has also worked in Australia as lecturer in health promotion within school communities. Lakshmi is much sort after for her workshops which are informative, engaging and heart-warming.
Jan Baker-Finch
Eurythmist
 After completing a degree in French and German, New Zealand born Jan Baker-Finch studied Eurythmy in Stuttgart and performed with the Eurythmeum Ensemble for four years. Since 1991 she has lived in Brisbane, working as eurythmy teacher at the Samford Valley Steiner School and and running workshops in many countries. For twelve years Jan taught movement at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and in this time began to work with local musicians and artists.
Over the years she has initiated a variety of performance projects with children and young people. As a performer she belongs to an eclectic group of Brisbane artists known as The Bloom Collective. From 2011-2020 Jan was General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Australia. In 2018 she co-founded Pacifica College Eurythmy Training.
Qualifications: Master of Arts in French and German. (Canterbury University, NZ)
Diploma of Eurythmy (Eurythmeum Stuttgart, Germany)
Diploma of Performance Eurythmy (“)
Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (Griffith University, Qld Conservatorium)
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Regular Course Teachers:
Sally Martin
Dr Lakshmi Prasanna
Jan Baker-Finch
Specialist Teachers:
Please access in your own locality.
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