The 5 Skills of an Integral Life

Dear friends, this month we are pleased to welcome 12,000 new people to the Integral Life community, so along with a warm welcome we thought we’d also offer this downloadable introduction to Integral Life media that focuses on building 5 skills essential for integral living: Presence, Awareness, Perspective, Attention and Discernment. If you are brand new to Integral Life or a long-time member, we hope this guide can serve you in fresh new ways as you embark on an incredible 2010.

Warmly,
Angie Hinickle
Art & Communications Coordinator

Integral Institute Job Opening:
Vice President of Development

Integral Institute is seeking a talented and enthusiastic candidate to work closely with the CEO to craft and implement a strategic plan to address resource development, public relations, marketing, stewardship, and planned giving. The Vice President will facilitate and implement fundraising initiatives and help define short-term and long-term budgeting goals. [+ more]

Art Gallery
The Extraordinary Commonplace
FREE
Contributor: Bo Bartlett

In a stunning collection of paintings that depict a seamless integration of realism and surrealism, which Michael Schwartz describes as "visible familiarity and everydayness; integrated with strange and mysterious elusiveness: elements of an uncanny and wondrous art..." As you take in the visual splendor of Bo's art, be sure to check out Michael's accompanying commentary The Mysterious Abundance of the Everyday. [+more]

Call For Submissions: If you would like your own art to be considered for a future Integral Life Art Gallery, please submit samples of your work as well as a brief description of how the Integral vision has informed your process to Angie at: art@integrallife.com

Coaches' Corner
Integral Coaching and Professional Development
By: Susan Hodges

"In an era characterized by rapid economic and social change, professional development has become a crucible inviting us to grapple with the guts of who we are and who we long to become, both individually and collectively. On a personal level, whether your destination is clear or not, career evolution is an uncertain process without easy answers. What just happened inside you as you read that line? If you experienced recognition tinged with excitement and anxiety, you’re not alone...” [+more]

A Prayer For Haiti
FREE
Contributor: Marc Gafni

There is nothing too big for Big Heart. But when something as overwhelmingly painful as the earthquake in Haiti washes through us, it can be easy to feel like our own access to Big Heart isn't quite big enough. How can we contain all these tears, all this suffering, and all this destruction? How can we make sense of this magnitude of devastation? [+more]

Incubate, Don't Procrastinate!
FREE
Contributor: Jeff Salzman & David Riordan

Have you ever felt like you were long on vision, but short on actually making it happen? If so, Jeff Salzman's Integral Incubator is something you will want to dive into deeply. The first Incubator event hatched in November, attracting participants from seven different countries who all crowned it a wild success.

In this latest interview, Jeff explores the work/career themes that he noticed resonating in the first Integral Incubator pioneers, and how they will help shape the next Incubator event coming up in March 2010 [+more]

Last Chance to Save Big on Course One!

Now that Essential Integral — course one in a three-course, interactive learning program created by Ken Wilber and Clint Fuhs — is officially shipping, we can’t contain the overwhelming response. Its been so positive in fact, that we’ve decided to extend our 15% discount offer until the end of January. Beyond that, we’ve just launched the Course One Certification Test, making it possible for your to get recognized for successfully completing course one. [+more]