Changing education
In order to build a sustainable world in togetherness, there is a fundamental urgency required to change the education system as it stands now. Learn from Jamila Tressel, former student of a progressive school in Berlin, how schools can be transformed into places of intrinsic and joyful learning, self-organized and project-based, connected to real-life challenges, allowing students […]
Zen & STAGES: A Journey of Development & Awakening
This workshop unites Eastern wisdom (Zen) with Western insights (Development). Development shows that with each stage, we’re “reborn,” bringing forth new hopes, fears, and understandings. Spirituality, on the other hand, reminds us that our primordial nature is unborn, undying, beyond concepts, and always accessible here and now. All sentient beings have needs and wants that […]
Integrating Creative Mind-Body Healing Therapies
Ken Wilber articulates the differences between state and stages of consciousness when referencing the similarities and differences of a developmental approach to consciousness awakening with either mindfulness meditation and/or psychedelics. The transformational and healing approaches emphasize a slower method that engages spiritual and meditational pathways toward enlightened awakening vs faster techniques that more often are […]
Nimble: An embodied approach to leader development
Leader development in business primarily focuses on mindset, overlooking the importance of body and emotions. Emotional Intelligence is talked about in training but not effectively integrated into practice. Additionally, using the body to enhance leaders’ character and capacities is rarely addressed. Finding Wholeness in organizations requires new holistic leader development approaches that fully embrace the […]
Evolution of the Brain – Solving the UR Riddle
During the evolution of the human brain, more and more sophisticated neural structures appeared on the lower levels of the UR quadrant of the AQAL matrix. Later, in the course of the history of humankind, the emergence of languages and later literacy has also changed the brain, areas with new functions appearing in the neocortex. […]
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 […]
Lab for an Integral Gender Dialogue
How can we understand sex & gender from an integral perspective? Can we connect beyond the tensions and culture wars associated with gender, feminism, queerness? Immerse yourself in a dynamic and hands-on lab where we explore the diversity and complexity of the topic through the lens of the integral AQAL model. In a safe and […]
What’s problematic with Grand Integral Theories? (per zoom)
Can grand Western theories of human, social and cultural development such as AQAL and SD become ossified (frozen)? A view from the observation deck: Much is powerful and illuminating in these theories. Yet they are no longer open to new data and alternative perspectives. They have become so widely distributed, they are now set in […]
Integral’s Charismatic Presence: Intersubjectivity
Intersubjectivity is the subtle, tangible connection that arises between two or more individuals, emerging from their shared awareness of the underlying energetic field. For those new to Integral Theory, this experience provides an accessible and impactful entry point—offering a memorable introduction while temporarily setting aside the complexities of meta-theory. Experienced clinicians skillfully harness this energetic […]