Summer 2021 Issue
Dear Friends,

For so many of us, these current times underscore the healing power and joy found in a supportive community. It is this deep connection with fellow practitioners that often gives us the courage and spark to stay committed to our path of practice.

In our Summer issue, we honor ways community nurtures our ongoing growth and breathes new life into us. The ITPI program team, along with our ITP teachers, are inspired to shape enriching opportunities for us to learn and practice together and hope you will take part in our new offerings in the weeks ahead.

Enjoy viewing the videos and reading the articles about the riches found in our community. This may be an ideal moment to pause and reflect on what community means to you and to experience gratitude for the blessings of community in your life.

The ITPI team greatly appreciates your presence in our ITP circle and the gifts you share with us and the world. Thank you!

Blessings of peace, beauty and joy,

Pam Kramer
ITPI President
FEATURED PROGRAM
The Ki of Cooperation, a live virtual training, helps people around the globe develop the inner capacities for successful cooperation - from the inside out.

Presented by ITP International, the program features concepts and exercises drawn from ITP, along with influences from the martial art of Aikido, Non Violent Communication and Appreciative Inquiry.

The Ki of Cooperation training cultivates our human capacity for harmony. More than ever, cooperation is essential for us to survive and thrive.
Click the image above to view a video about program
Meet some of the international team of facilitators as they describe what lights them up about the program. Learn why the Ki of Cooperation training is so vital at this time in history. Team members: Charlotte Hatch and Pam Kramer (USA), Ann Horn (Sweden), Isabelle Goldie (France) and Armando Cardenas (Mexico).
Ki Flowing Freely
in Community 

An excerpt from the Ki of
Cooperation Guidebook
The expression of cooperation in a group takes on countless new forms and challenges when the number of collaborators increases. The possibilities for greater creativity, know-how and wisdom also expand and are there to be mined and put to best use. Picture a dance floor: as in the Ki of Cooperation, one can dance solo, with a partner or with an ensemble. As more dancers join in, complexity and the possibility for disorder, even chaos, grows, making it necessary to look inside to determine how best to contribute to harmony rather than disruption in the collective dance. This involves practice.
Upcoming Events
ITPI Open House Zoom Session

Sept. 22
9:00 - 10:00 am PT

Join with the ITP global community to reinvigorate your practice!

Meet teachers, staff and fellow members to explore new ways to grow your practice and stay connected.


Free Intro Session

The Ki of Cooperation Training

Sept. 29
9:00 - 10:00 am PT
On Zoom

Step into the flow of cooperation with us and capture the essentials of what makes this training vital for us all now.
Meet the facilitators!
Golf in the Kingdom
Virtual Benefit & Live Golf Event

Virtual Benefit Celebration
October 3
4:30 - 6:30 pm PT

Live Golf Event
October 4
9:00 am - 2:00 pm PT
Save the Date!

Transformative Stillness Meditation

December 11
9:00 - Noon PT

Join Michael Murphy, ITP & Esalen cofounder, to learn about and experience stillness in community.
Presentation segments by Michael along with Q&A.
Online Weekly Kata

Gotta Kata!

Thursdays
4:30 - 5:45 pm PT
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The Magic of Community
Passages from The Life We Are Given
by George Leonard & Michael Murphy
How can we summon up the feeling of community, of oneness with others that made
our life? Ancient stones offer testimony on campsites, tools, successful hunts, episodes
of violent death. Surviving hunting and gathering bands give clues to a way of living
that takes us back to our earliest days.
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Transformation in Community
ITPI president and 20-year ITP practitioner Pam Kramer describes how and why personal transformation occurs so vividly in our global ITP practice groups. Pam also shares opportunities for joining together with fellow practitioners in the months ahead.
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Spotlight on ITP Practitioner, Connie Swan
"As a longtime student of the human potential movement, I found ITP right up my alley and applied to join the program straightaway. The mastery teachers who led the sessions impressed me so much that accepting the invitation to join the local Thursday Tulsa ITP group was an easy decision. I definitely wanted to have what they were having!"

Learn more about Connie Swan and the experience and insight she's gained as a long-time practitioner and member of ITP Tulsa.
Community Spotlight on ITP San Rafael
ITP San Rafael has been an active ITP group for over 9 years. The group of 8 dedicated members have been meeting on Zoom during the pandemic, though miss their in-person gatherings at Falkirk Mansion in San Rafael. Group leader Donita Decker and fellow members Pam Kramer, Rich Sigberman, Michelle Fontaine, Autumn Wagner and Dusty Niles (Sally Mahe and Barbara Brown, also members, were not present for the conversation) share their greatest inspirations about being connected to this ITP community.

“A transformative community is a nearly indispensable launching pad for transformation.
Such a community can create the context and the confidence for a transforming journey.”

– George Leonard, The Life We Are Given
Community at Play
Experience Golf in the Kingdom
Meet Ben Kline, Shivas Irons Society Executive Director, who shares what makes Golf in the Kingdom with ITPI so special and why playing in community offers the many benefits it does. In the spirit of Michael Murphy’s novel, Golf In The Kingdom, the Shivas Irons Society is dedicated to advancing golf as a tool for personal growth for anyone interested in exploring the transformational aspects of the game.