Practice Resources

In turbulent times, many of us instinctively look for certainty. We search for answers, frameworks, strategies, and reassuring narratives that will help us regain a sense of control. Yet Integral Transformative Practice invites us into a different relationship with uncertainty — not as an enemy to defeat, but as a doorway into deeper awareness, resilience, and transformation. One of the most honest guides we have in that process is the body. ITP Mastery teacher Ann Horn shares some wisdom.

Step away from the activity in your world and enjoy a walking meditation led by Robert Stewart. You can experience this in a park, on a trail, or on a quiet patch of land. If the situation calls for it, you can even sit in one place and let your imagination lead you on this walk.

In turbulent times, we may often find ourselves unbalanced and uncentered. ITP co-founder George Leonard shared a practice he called Startle and Center. He encouraged us to consider a startling event as a catalyst for becoming more balanced and centered than before. This activity can be practiced with a friend, family member, or practice group.

Our feelings of generosity toward others can be enhanced by cultivating Evolutionary Love. One way to develop evolutionary love is by sending blessings. Here is some helpful guidance.

This exercise will allow us to bring vitality and awareness to our own integral parts of body, mind, heart and soul. It is meant to help us notice that we can connect with our different parts and sense into and awaken to the messages that they have for us. By attuning to each dimension of our being, we can shape the direction of our growth and the way we show up in the world.

Learn how to open your mind and heart to stay current with both yourself and others. In this guided exercise led by co-founder George Leonard, you’ll experience how the Crystalline State can provide a means for temporarily setting aside expectations and judgements to offer clarity. This exercise will help you to move with intentionality in a balanced and centered state of being.

As we navigate life’s transition, positive outcomes await. But sometimes, something holds us back. Listen to George Leonard explain our natural inclination to resist change.

Bring your entire being into balance during this guided ITP exercise led by co-founder George Leonard. Using the foundational practices of ITP and Leonard Energy Training, you’ll gain an understanding of why being centered sets the course for a harmonious and balanced life, and how to return to your center during life’s challenges.

Get a deeper sense of the core practices that form the foundation of ITP in this 24-minute audio excerpt from the book, The Life We Are Given, read by co-authors and founders George Leonard and Michael Murphy.

The quick fix doesn’t work. Listen to ITP co-founder George Leonard as he shares his insight on how the key elements of lasting success and positive transformation require a commitment to a long-term, personal practice.

ITP member, Rich Sigberman, shares what happens when he approaches a task using an integral approach combined with love, and the steps he takes to reach this state in his daily tasks.

Committing to an ITP Kata practice requires discipline and the rewards are truly life-changing. There is a reason long-time practitioners shine their beautiful light upon the transformative nature of a daily Kata practice.

In this video, ITP co-founder Michael Murphy shares how we can use pleasure as an indicator we are on the right path within our meditation practice in pursuit of ever-evolving transformative experiences.

Rachel Hamilton, member of ITPI's board of directors and active practitioner, shares the importance of an ever-evolving practice inspired by her 25 years experience as an Improv directer using a "Yes, And" approach.

This guided video on basic centering, from ITP's Leonard Energy Training, provides an easy path to somatic balance and awareness of center. In the ITP worldview, a change in the condition of the body, mind, heart, or soul affects the whole person and so it follows that a balanced body leads to a balanced life.

Ten-year ITP practitioner and ITP Tulsa group member, Ken Piper, shares his experience and unexpected ways he’s grown during these past few years, and how the Kata continues to be “brilliant by design” no matter the setting.