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Directory of ITP Groups

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Announcing ITP Open Sessions:

San Francisco, CA

ITP San Francisco will be holding open sessions on September 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th. The groups will be held at 4521-20th Street, run from 7-9pm and cost $10. To reserve a space please email Charlotte Hatch at

charha.itp@gmail.com

Palo Alto, CA  

ITP Palo Alto will be holding open sessions in September. This intentional community meets for two and a half hours every Saturday morning and opens to new members every six months.

When: Three Saturdays, September 6, 13, and 20, 2008, 8:30 am to 11:15 am
Where: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Aikido Dojo
1069 East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, CA 94303

PRESENTERS:
September 6, Pamela Cararra, member of the original ITP experimental study group, founder of the San Francisco Yoga School with 32 years experience teaching meditation, fitness, and yoga. Pamela will be presenting on the ITP Kata.
September 13, Pam Kramer, President of ITP International and performance consultant, career specialist and executive coach for the past 25 years. Pam will focus on Affirmations.
September 20, Sue Ann McKean, a 5th degree black belt, has studied Aikido since 1973 and has taught in Bay Area dojos and colleges for over 25 years. Sue Ann will focus on awareness and Aikido movements in the Kata.

Contact:

Lynn Ashmall, (408) 736-2221, lashmall@aol.com
Brenda Greene, (650) 917-9702, Brenda@brendagreene.org

Michael Choy, mchoy@sbcglobal.net

Columbus, OH  

Integral Transformative Practice Columbus will host open sessions all summer long at our usual location, The Aikido School of Central Ohio, 4554 Indianola Avenue in north Columbus. Here is a link to their web site. Scroll down to find the link to the map.
http://www.aikidoschool.org/index.html

Beginning Thursday, June 12 through August 28, we will meet every Thursday (except July 3) from 6:30-7:45pm. We will do the ITP kata so please wear loose, comfortable clothing and a bring a cushion to sit on. The fee is $5.00 per session. Note: There will be no class on July 3.

These informal sessions are a great way to experience the practice in a group setting. We will begin our next regular practice cycle in September when we will close to new members until the following May. We invite you to join us in this transforming adventure.

Marin, CA

ITP Marin will be holding open sessions September 13th though October 4th.

When: Four Saturdays, September 13, 20, and 27, and October 4th, 2008, 8:00 am to 10:45 am
Where: St. Stephen’s Church
3 Bayview Ave, Belvedere, CA 94920

PRESENTERS:
September 13, Josh Wylie on the ITP Kata

September 20, Barry Robbins and Stephen Perelson on The History of ITP and LET

September 27, Pierson Bourquin on Affirmations

September 20, Pamela Carrara on Breaking Through Your Practice

Any prospective member must attend at least two open sessions (ideally all four open sessions) and be interviewed. We all make our practice community together.

Contact:

Pierson Bourquin, (415) 987-3151, pbourquin@yahoo.com

Berkeley, CA

ITP Berkeley invites you to join us at our open sessions. Immerse yourself in a program involving body, mind, heart, and soul

We meet on Saturdays, 9-11:30 am, Berkeley Unitarian Fellowship, Cedar & Bonita Streets (Enter on Bonita Street side).

You are invited to experience a lovely interactive Saturday morning program that involves non-strenuous movement, meditation and energy exercises, and supports you in cultivating your own sustainable daily practice.

All you need is a mat, a beginner's mind and an open heart.  A $10 room donation is requested.

For more information, contact Martin at 925-631-4231 or email val48sf@yahoo.com

• CITP Mill Valley, CA. This is a group that evolved from the original experimental program in 1992-93. For information please email pbourquin@yahoo.com, or call Pierson at 415-987-3151.
  
  
• ITP Berkeley, CA has been active since spring 2005. For more information please contact jonque@earthlink.net. 
  
  
• ITP Columbus, Ohio Please contact Christina for information.
  
  
• ITP Houston, TX Joe Hirsch and Lydia Dugan co-founded the ITP Practice in Houston in 1996. Please contact Linda Patchen for more information.
  
  
• ITP Palo Alto, CA For information please email: brenda@brendagreene.org.
  
  
• ITP Raleigh, NC For more information please contact lauraxwayne@yahoo.com.
  
  
• ITP Seattle, WA For more information, please contact Larry Jacobson.
  
  
• ITP Tulsa, OK came together in the summer of 2005. Please contact either Bob Doenges: 918-232-3784 or Janet Flynn: jfpiano@swbell.net for more information.
  
  
• ITP Walnut Creek, CA has been active since 2004. For more information, please contact Roger Marsh, Bobbie Heyman, or Kim Scow.

Organizing a New ITP Group

If you’d like to start an ITP group in your area, we have suggestions and helpful information to get you going. See Forming Your Own ITP Group >

Resources for ITP Groups and Individual Practitioners

Below is a list of recommended reading and links to other websites you may find interesting.

Books:

Brian Green. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality.   Vintage Books, 2005.

George Leonard.  Education and Ecstasy.  North Atlantic Books, 1968, 1987.

                          Mastery.  Penguin, 1992.

George Leonard & Michael Murphy.  The Life We Are Given. 

     Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,  1995, 2005.

William James. The Varieties of Religious Experience. Random House, 1902, 1993.

Robert McDermott. The Essential Aurobindo. Lindisfarn, 1987.

Michael Murphy. The Future of the Body: Explorations into the Further Evolution   of Human Nature. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1992.

Ken Wilber. Sex, Ecology, Spirtuality: The Spirit of Evolution, 2nd Ed., Revised. Shambhala, 2000.

DVDs:

The Tao of Practice.  George Leonard, 1995.

The 5 Keys to Mastery.  Dave & Company/1409 Entertainment, 2005.

Web Sites:

www.tam-aikido.org - a center for the study of the Japanese martial art of Aikido.

www.consciousembodiment.com - uses Aikido principles as a way of           understanding mental and emotional habits from an energetic viewpoint.

www.alliedronin.com - a leadership and team development consulting and      training organization.

www.esalen.org - Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California

www.theworldcafe.com - a conversational process for breakthrough thinking.

www.samuraigame.org - offers an intense and life-changing experience.