The following are the six essential exercises as lectured by Rudolf Steiner for those who follow the path of anthroposophy as well as for any other path towards health and wellness:

1) Control of thoughts – By practicing focusing your attention on one thing at a time you can develop the ability to free yourself from other distractions. We live in a “multi-task” world where it’s easy to get lost and desensitized to stillness. Peace of mind happens when we learn to turn down the volume of our mind.
2) Control over our actions – How often do we take action based upon our own individual initiation? Think about it. Most of what we do is because of someone or something external to us. We can practice this control by choosing each day, regardless of how small or big the action is, something that is derived by your initiation only. This can be as simple as taking a deeper breath at a specified time or to take a walk around the block before dinner. The point is that you, and no one, thing, or circumstance led you to this action.
3) Equanimity – Practice to detach yourself from the roller coaster of emotions so as to find a middle ground to maintain stability and composure. One can be happy at one time and sad another. Learn to find what the right balance is for you.
4) Understand every being – Practice seeing the beauty and good in every one and every thing around you. It’s all too easy to see the negative in life, so why invest any more of your energy in something that you know does not serve you? This practice involves being aware of your prejudices which are limited beliefs that prevent you from seeing the beauty and gaining a more vast understanding of others and the world around you.
5) Complete openness – This is a practice of experiencing each experience like a child as if brand new. In Buddhist philosophy this is referred to as “beginner’s mind”. Regardless of what your past experiences are, allow each present, new moment to flow freely and undisturbed so that you can meet it with a new faith.
6) Inner harmony and balance – This practice is the result of the other five. Steiner teaches that we can be free beings once we experience the feeling for freedom where we each know what’s right from an inner knowing rather than from an outer one. When there’s instability, freedom can be given away in order to regain one’s bearings. With adherence to the first five practices, inner harmony and balance detaches one from even considering from giving one’s freedom away.