My Integral Life Practice

Integral Life Practice (ILP) is an approach to exercising our multiple dimensions of being in an ongoing and dynamic way. There are four core modules within an ILP: Body, Mind, Spirit, and Shadow. In addition to these keystones there are also auxiliary practices such as relationship, parenting, environmental activism and so on. Below are some of my main practices in these areas. For more information on ILP see the recent book: Integral Life Practice by Ken Wilber et al.

Body

• Getting 9 hours of sleep a night (yes even with a 2-year-old!)

• Running near my home

• Eating organically

• Doing Lujong (a Tibetan series of subtle energy movement)

Mind

• Applying the AQAL Model in multiple contexts and at different scales

• Reading a variety of books

• Writing academically

Spirit

• Doing Ngondro - the Tibetan Buddhist preliminary practices that consist of doing four practices 100,000 times each.

• Practicing Presence as taught in the Diamond Approach

• Connecting to source through nature

Shadow

• Doing regular Diamond Approach inquiry with a private teacher

• Doing Diamond Approach practices

• Working with feedback from my amazing wife (who is a psychotherapist!)

• Working on anger managment

Auxiliary Modules

• Integral Parenting - rasing a 2-year old daughter (and another on the way!)

• Conscious Relationshp - with my loving wife of 5 years

• Cultivating ecological awareness - through various integral practices