Staying Open & Engaging in Nonviolent Communication
The complexity of this moment in our history can be overwhelming. If you didn’t know anything about the ongoing pandemic, Afghan crisis, climate change, border disputes, income disparity, or the […]
Triggered by ‘Difficult People’? Step away from the Reactive Mind towards a Heart-Centered Mind
TGI’s perspective on cultivating a Whole New Heart-Centered Mind A spiritual practice is an essential part of spiritual life. One example of practice would be cultivating presence and discernment between […]
Do you believe the laws of nature are fixed and unchanging? The theory of Morphic Resonance
“Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system, says Rupert Sheldrake Are the laws of nature nothing more than habits that natural systems have […]
Coaching with Spirit provides coaches with a map of the human psyche
Are you already working in a relationship with others in a coaching capacity and seeking a model to work more deeply and intimately with your client’s inner world? Coaching […]
A better world arises out of the Awakened Consciousness
Are you experiencing post-pandemic stress or trying to calm anxiety about an uncertain future? It’s believed that Apollo’s temple at Delphi in ancient Greece was a place where people would […]
Psychedelic Integration and Consciousness (Studies)
Psychedelic Medicine and Integration by Robert Krause, DNP APRN-BC Psychedelics are experiencing a resurgence after almost half a century of prohibition since the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 made, among […]
PRIDE – Honoring Authenticity in a Rapidly Changing Culture
Pride – Welcoming Authenticity in a Rapidly Changing Culture One hallmark of an education with The Graduate Institute is how students, cohorts, and faculty learn and grow together, including […]
Let us live, feel and be together in Ubuntu. Let us celebrate Juneteenth!
Dear TGI Community – let us celebrate Juneteenth and honor freedom! Today marks the first celebration of Juneteenth – the anniversary of the day that the Emancipation Proclamation reached the […]
Why we need to become “whole people” now. We’d love your help!
As part of our mission and vision, we want to help shape a more resilient future for our students and alumni by providing MORE free educational webinars as well as […]
Cultivating a Holistic Mind: Physics, Poetry, Spring and Love
Let’s talk about Cultivating a Holistic Mind. What prevents us from having a Holistic Mind? I like to consider the nature of the universe and try to make sense of why […]
Why Holistic Transformative Education is Essential Post-Pandemic
If there was any doubt that humanity and Mother Earth are one interconnected system, the pandemic should have erased that notion for good. Never in the history of this planet […]
Would you like to Facilitate Transformation in Others?
Coaching With Spirit is our most popular non-academic program and many of our students have been attracted to this Certification in addition to their graduate education. Do you believe that coaches […]
Mindful Engagement Online: Avoiding Virtual Exhaustion & Burnout
Mindful Engagement Online: Avoiding Virtual Exhaustion and Burnout “Burnout is what happens when we ignore the soul whispering against an unhealthy job or relationship.” —Dina Glouberman, PhD, Psychotherapist and Author […]
Mindfulness Meditation Class is offered weekly for the TGI community.
Mindfulness Meditation Class is offered weekly for the TGI community. What are the benefits of this practice you may wonder? When we train in mindfulness, we welcome the vertical dimension […]
Transform your ‘Daily Grind’ into a ‘Sacred Grind’ with Kara & Doreen, the Holistic Nurse
Would you like your ‘Daily Grind’ to feel more like a ‘Sacred Grind’? And are you feeling drained and overwhelmed by the pandemic? Join us for an exclusive 3-part webinar […]
Cultivating ‘Soul Force’ in a fragmented world – Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the 1963 ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. takes a passionate stand for equality, freedom, and democracy. He was able to hold two contradictory ideas at […]
Part 2 Mindfulness Reset: Being more mindful in the New Year
Of all the 2021 New Year’s resolutions, being more mindful is probably high on many people’s lists. We all want the world to stop spinning and find peace in our […]
Mindfulness Reset Part 1: Time to Share and Serve.
Mindfulness Reset: Mindfulness apps and classes are flooding the internet and after the challenges of 2020, it makes sense that we want to fix the problem of distraction but it […]
Talent is not what you think it is
This blog was originally published here. Finding the voice is like meeting with the true core of one’s identity. Finding the voice as an opera singer is a true parallel […]
We all need tools to help us return to peace instead of remaining in fear and anxiety.
Tools to Help Us Return to Peace and let go of Anxiety By: Henry Grayson, Ph.D. We have so much that we are dealing with in this world today. There […]
The Power of Forgiveness and Gratitude
Could Forgiveness be a gift and a passage to Grace? When asked to write an article about forgiveness, I felt hesitant. With so much contention in the world how can anyone […]
Mind, heart, and the power of breathing – why would you consider breathwork?
This blog was originally published here. Mind, heart, and the power of breathing – a new perspective on breathwork as a way of life. “It takes a very long time […]
The Healing Power of Stones
Since I first began Fifth Element Beads, my aesthetic goal has been to design jewelry made from my hand made clay beads and accented with simple beautiful stones. At first […]
WOT Colleagues Publish First Volume of Creative Writing Series on Amazon.com
What does it mean to “Live the Writer’s Life”? To find out, ten strangers formed a writing cohort, came up with an audacious plan to write and publish and book […]
Respecting The Comma
While this author’s colleagues discussed the intricacies of the editing process during a weekend session of the Writing and the Oral Traditions cohort, he attended his youngest daughter’s high school […]
The Invention of Grandparents: Exploring the Origins of Multi-Generational Storytelling
Igniting the Imagination It began with fire. Our distant human-like ancestors mastered the primal technology of fire-making more than a million years ago. Even when we were a nomadic people […]
Family Memories: WOOLRICH, PA
My mother used to visit my husband and me in Connecticut for a few weeks in the summer. She was in her early eighties then and, except for some hearing […]
Reaping the Whirlwind, Unmasking the Writer
Sentence by Sentence When Our Editing and Writing Instructor Jane Lincoln Taylor handed out a single sheet of white-lined paper and a colored pencil on Saturday morning, I wasn’t prepared […]
Is Depression All in Your Head?
Is depression all in your head? The new holistic theory of neuroplasticity and neuroinflammation and mood disorders. By Dr. Artemis MorrisIn the 1950s the monoamine (amine) hypothesis of depression and […]
Whom Do You Love? Navigating the Rough Seas of “Correct” Language
Enjoying Grammar Earlier in the Writing and Oral Traditions Program, we participated in a weekend session involving the importance of play in the classroom. This latest weekend’s editing session got […]
The Dance of Discovering Deep Self
Though everyone has a personality, its source is seldom a point that receives focused individual research. From what ground does personality arise, and how does it evolve? One school of […]
How Systems Thinking is Killing Your Creativity: An Organization is not a System!
(This article first appeared in Medium.com) The new open participatory organization (OPO) paradigm entails a move from thinking in terms of systems that can be “known” or “designed” or “intervened […]
What Needs to Emerge: How to Speak Across Paradigms
Daniel Thorson, founder of the EMERGE podcast (www.emerge.is), interviews Bonnitta Roy, MA, Program Coordinator of the Consciousness Studies and Transpersonal Psychology program. In this wide ranging interview, Bonnitta provides her […]
Writing is Hell
I wandered around the unfamiliar community center searching for a group that looked like they would fit the description of a children's writing group. As I walked into a room […]
The Dangers of Glyphosate
Soil, Plant and Human Effects on Glyphosate Dr. Stephanie Seneff, Professor at M.IT. Institute of Sustainable Nutrition March 24th Granby Community Television By Debbie Lavigne, Current Student, Integrative Health […]
A Road Warrior Asks: Is Spoken Word the New Publishing Medium?
Listen to this: Since I live in Pennsylvania and teach at TGI’s campus in Connecticut, I am, by definition, a Road Warrior. Crazy as it may sound, I have been […]
A Dolphin Tale
The Little Dolphin That Could Our recent cohort session on humor in storytelling reminded me of this moment in time: It was the year of 1995, and all was not […]
Positive Psychology, Emotional Wellbeing and Happiness
Much of human psychology focuses on how to improve the lives of those with mental disorders. But the relatively new field of Positive Psychology studies the psychological characteristics and practices […]
Story Creation begins with asking the Right Questions
Last weekend’s session with the Writing and Oral Traditions cohort was like being at a retreat. The Annual Connecticut Storytelling Festival and Conference at Connecticut College in New London was […]
A New Creation Story
Following the Institute-Wide Weekend and the immersion into the Universe’s story as well as the ways, beliefs and stories of indigenous people, I researched creation stories. Since my mentorship involves […]
A Healthy Life and a Healthy Body
Studies reveal that women diagnosed with the same cancers as men live longer and that married men live longer than single men with the same cancers; smoke as much and […]
The Secret for Living Disease and Stress Free
In today’s society, it is normal for older citizens to shows signs of multiple chronic diseases and a lower standard of living due to health problems as their life progresses. […]
If Heaven is a Place Where ABC
“God who knows all things, I have no prayer book and I do not know any prayers by heart. But you know all the prayers. You are God. So this […]
Finding the Courage to Grow
“Wholeness for humans depends on their ability to own their own shadow.” ~ Carl Jung I have always been serious minded and practical. People who know me might say I’m […]
A Good Story Always Encodes an Archetype
The Heroine's Journey A few years back I attended a workshop by Maureen Murdock on the Heroine’s Journey. (She has a book with the same name.) This is her take: […]
What is Sound Healing?
DR. ZACCIAH BLACKBURN, Ph.D., director of The Center of Light Institute of Sound Healing and Shamanic Studies, located in Ascutney, VT, and faculty member at The Graduate Institute Cultures the […]
Calming Our Children & Teachers In CT
BY: Dr. James Trifone, Academic Director for The Graduate Institute’s Master of Arts in Learning and Thinking Degree Program Educators and parents alike are taking notice of the stress that surrounds […]
We Need a New Story [about the starting point for education]
Reading my friend and colleague Jim Trifone's wonderful post yesterday, I was reminded of a video I did in 2013 for one of my classes with the same general title […]
What the World Needs Now Is A New Story Based On An Integral Ecology James D. Trifone Ph.D.
I recently attended week-long conference at the Ghost Ranch in Albquiú, New Mexico. The conference was entitled "Earth Honoring Faith: Journey of the Universe” and featured a cadre of eminent […]
Reflections on a Silent Meditation Retreat
I just returned from a seven-day silent meditation retreat, led by Rabbi David and Shoshana Cooper. The retreat, while conducted in a Jewish context, draws substantially Buddhist approaches to awakening […]
A New Culture of Learning & Thinking for Success in the 21st Century
The curricular needs of today's millennial generation are no longer anything remotely resembling that of their parents, let alone grandparents. Rather, the schools of today and tomorrow need to embrace […]
