Coordinating Group

Mark Reid is a senior executive librarian with Kidare Library Service, father of two - now grown up young women and  lives with his wife  in Kildare. He is a former director of Kildare Steiner School and past council member of the Anthroposophical Society in Ireland. He created the first website for Kildare Steiner School in 2003 and helped develop its new campus at Gormanstown, Kilcullen including purpose built school. In his work for Anthroposophical Society in Ireland, he developed its first website in 2007 , its first print and electronic newsletter in 2010,  including creating its logo with inspiration from the stone beehive huts of early Christian monks and dolmens of the Druids.  He developed this website for FoAM and created its logo inspired by Irish mythology. His interests include the Philosophy of Freedom, hillwalking , painting and Goethean Science. 

Doris Potter loves nature, in particular healing plants, people and children. For most of her life she was involved with people who have special needs in Camphill Community settings in Ireland and England. She also has a degree and working experience in Early Childhood Pedagogy.  She is a mother of four grown up children.  In 2014 her interests and experience brought her to train in Rhythmical Massage Therapy in Germany and England. Here she could combine all her previous skills and interests with the very special approach and technique. She started to work with Rhythmical Massage Therapy first within Camphill and has since 2018 her own practice with clients of all ages, with clinics in Co Clare, Co. Kilkenny and Co Wexford. She is a member of the Anthroposophical Society in Ireland and of the Rhythmical Massage Association(UK and Ireland).

Maria Luisa Zahonero has practiced Eurythmy Therapy in Camphill Community Glencraig and surroundings for the last 24 years. She also worked in the Holywood Steiner School as Eurythmy teacher for 16 years. Her interests are  where intentional movement restores harmony when informed by cosmic laws  in correspondence with our internal creative forces.

Senija Topcic, born in the former Yugoslavia, currently lives and works as a free lance photographer and Special Needs Assistant in Dublin.

Her interests include Art Therapy and Antroposophic medicine. 

Kazu Kimura  is an Eurythmist and Eurythmy Therapist based at Camphill Community Mourne Grange, Northern Ireland. Born in Japan, Kazu studied BA of Law  graduating in1981.      

Kazu has a Diploma in Art of Eurythmy at Camphill Eurythmy School 2006; and a Diploma in Eurythmy Therapy at UK Eurythmy Therapy Training 2010.

Dr Martin Lane qualified in medicine in Trinity College Dublin in 1979. He worked in St James Hospital and trained in family medicine in Kent UK. He returned to Ireland to join a medical practice in Millbrook Clinic in Bandon Co. Cork. He was involved in postgraduate training of young family doctors with the Cork University training scheme. He qualified also in homeopathic medicine in London and from there got involved in Anthroposophical medicine . Recently he completed the doctors training course in Anthroposophical medicine. He is now retired from medicine and busy with bee keeping, biodynamic gardening, golfing, cycling and the great outdoors.