Maria Helland-Hansen, born in Norway, received her eurythmy diploma in Sweden in 1985 and has been active as a eurythmist since then. After completing her therapeutic eurythmy training in Dornach, Switzerland in 1993, she moved to San Francisco and became a therapeutic eurythmist and eurythmy teacher at the San Francisco Waldorf School. She also has a private practice and is a core faculty member of the Therapeutic Eurythmy training of North America (TETNA). At the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training, she introduces therapeutic Eurythmy, constitutional polarities and ways of working with and understanding the child.