Energy Awareness

ITPI Board member Christina Grote leads an adaptation of an LET exercise created by George Leonard. It offers you the opportunity to develop your subtle sensing of the outer world. You can become more aware of and connected with your natural surroundings, and you may come to experience a feeling of reciprocity, and even love, as you feel this deep connection. You may find that touching doesn't have to be limited to physical contact. Through the practice you may experience yourself as being connected with everything in the world and even the universe.

As an invisible substance, ki, defined as life force or energy of life, can be somewhat mysterious and difficult to grasp. Because of this, it may lead one to wonder, “Is it even real?” Let’s explore this question and the reality of ki.

The body gives signals before consciously processing a situation. These include tension, lightness, fatigue, and expansion, among others. In the ITP practice of Staying Current, we can use our bodies as learning tools.

Have you ever observed a group trying to stay productive and successful as it grows in membership? Cooperation often gets harder, not easier, as more people join. Does the group require extraordinary management, or something else? Research in the way thousands of starlings fly together offers some insight.

During an enlivening Seekers & Sages session with senseis Teja Bell and Bob Noha, Teja led a simple embodied practice of standing energetic relaxation. The practices discussed in the session offer a glimpse of how “simplicity opens to depth,” resulting in a fuller flow of energy throughout the body and being.

Embodied experiences in the World of Energy can result in profoundly satisfying and beneficial results as well as provide continuing opportunities for ongoing growth and development. Without fully embodied experience, energy cannot flow smoothly through you, resulting in a system that is not balanced and integrated. ITPI member Bob Noha explains the World of Energy and shares a story from his own life experience.

The energy in Nature is mysterious and profound. ITPI member Jerry Patchen shares his experiences with Native American stories, traditions, and the interconnectedness of all living things.