Learn more about the Powerful Tool of Fasting
Connecting spiritually with your physical body is about honoring the sacred vessel that houses your spirit. Nourishing this “container” is essential for an integral human being. Fasting, though often overlooked, is a powerful practice that bridges the physical and spiritual realms. It offers numerous benefits: physically, it promotes detoxification, activates your stem cell production, resets […]
Integrating Mindfulness: Finding Wholeness
This workshop is a unique synthesis of practical tools and awareness practices to address the whole of your life. Even with a regular meditation practice, you may feel disconnected or that your efforts aren’t bridging the gap between your actions and vision. Meditators focus on the UL/”I” and often neglect the other quadrants. Clear Sky […]
Rewiring the brain by using neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity means that the structure of the brain changes constantly by strengthening or weakening the synaptic connections between neurons. It is also the basis of functioning of memory and learning. It works throughout our lives, although it is most intense before the age of 25. There are chemicals produced in the brain and, to a […]
Neuromodulators and psychoactive substances
Neuromodulators are hormones that have a crucial influence on brain function. The most important are the four happy chemicals: dopamine which regulates motivation, serotonin responsible for satisfaction, endogenous opiates that control pain relief, and oxytocin, which creates loving connection. Most of the psychoactive substances are mind-altering agents that affect the function of neuromodulators, while some […]
The First Company Built With an Integral We-Space
Discover how We-Flow guided the founders of a thriving company through an 18-month transformative journey. Grounded in We-Space principles, this process unlocked employee growth, fostered well-being, and delivered exceptional results. This interactive keynote highlights pivotal moments where We-Flow practices turned challenges into breakthroughs, including: Establishing a culture of psychological safety and collaboration. Integrating individual and […]
Redefining Conscious Community with Integral
Discover how our Integral experiences in conscious community can empower your own Integral development, personally and in community. Two decades ago, I co-founded Clear Sky, a transformative meditation-based retreat center in British Columbia, Canada. Alongside our predominantly Buddhist spiritual practices, our dozen residents plus our larger visiting and virtual communities have embraced Integral Spirituality and […]
AQtivating Soul Power: Wholing City Metacrisis
In our action research design workshop we explore how Soul Power reframes wholeness for cities facing Metacrisis. We first question – “What?” is the challenge? We’ll consider why cities seem to be fragmented, climate threatened, at war, polluted, biodiversity deserts, chaotic, destructive and disrespectful. Then we’ll ask: “So What?” How do these conditions catalyse cultural […]
Growing wings of transformation
We are living in times of upheaval, conflict, and uncertainty. One thing is becoming clear: the traditional approaches to change no longer suffice. What if we take seriously the idea that the outer world reflects our inner world? What if the conflicts we see around us mirror our inner fragmentation? This calls for a paradigm […]
Silent connections, Felt expressions
Silent connections point to our interconnectedness: recognising the deep connection between oneself, others, and the larger world. Felt expressions point towards authentic, embodied, and emotionally resonant forms of communication or self-expression. The workshop is organised around the four principles of an un-conference and allows for spontaneity and self-organisation: Whoever comes is the right people: the […]
A Tribute to Elza Maalouf
Elza Maalouf (1965 – 2024) was an attorney, author, visionary and humanist. It was at an Integral Leadership program in the early 2000’s that Elza learned about Spiral Dynamics and the work of Don Beck. Intrigued by Don and Spiral, Elza recognized she could offer a perspective arising from her experience growing up with the […]