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Our History, Our Vision, Our Name, Our Mission. Integrative Learning Center of Mid-America Board Retreat Jan 2009. Starting with A Somatic Experience in standing—follow verbal guidance.
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Our History, Our Vision, Our Name, Our Mission Integrative Learning Center of Mid-America Board Retreat Jan 2009
Starting with A Somatic Experience in standing—follow verbal guidance Note: you can skip, but this will be used later in the talk to understand Spiral Dynamics value development so it worthwhile for several reasons Approx 9 min—slide will advance
Integrative Learning Center of Mid-America • Founding members: • Cynthia Allen • Phyllis Eveleigh • Carol Montgomery
The initial dream • Multiple centers of focus • Hosting national trainers and facilitators • Physical mentorship for Feldenkrais Practitioners • Grant funding • Ken Wilber’s integral model as an organizational tool
Also included personal values • Collaboration to provide services • Conducive and supportive environment • A healthy lifestyle
Mission Through educational centers we nurture the health and development of individuals enabling them to serve as active partners within the global community.
TheseCLEARvalues guide us: • Connection We inspire people to create meaningful relationships with others for the quality it brings to one’s life. • Learning: We appreciate the human capacity for life-long learning, not only for the development of a specific set of skills, but also for the discovery of individual self-expression.
Empowerment We provide opportunities to become aware of individual choices andresponsible action. • Alliance We engage in dynamic organizational partnership for service. • Research We participate in research and seek to make valid and reliable contributions to the body of literature.
In∙te∙gral “to integrate, to bring together, to join, to link, to embrace.” Ken Wilber Leading integral theorist/philosopher
Lines EMOTIONAL KINISTHETIC EMOTIONAL MATHEMATICAL MUSICAL
Instead of Tidy Flat Line Developmental Sequences… Rolling Creep Crawl Stand Cruise Walk Rolling Creep Crawl Stand Cruise Walk OR
Destroy a lower level function, Destroy the functions built upon that level. Improve a lower level function, improve all the higher functions.
Example of a Level/Stage system Spiral Dynamics, a system of human value stages that can serve as one very important and easy-to-use model. By Dr. Claire Graves
Yellow – Integrative; using and organizing chaos Green – Communitarian; no rules; consensus Orange – Corporate; Strategic; best practice Blue – Authoritarian; united in one right way for later rewards Red – Impulsive; Egocentric; Power Purple – Tribe; Magical Beige-- Survival; Instinctive Spiral Dynamics 2nd Tier Consciousness 1st Tier Consciousness
Movement Through Value Memes Yellow Green Orange Blue Red Purple Beige
Types Introvert Extrovert
Quadrants/Aspects Source: Integral Institute Website
I It Her heart rate peaked at 120 and declined rapidly to 60; EEG shows activity in selective areas of the brain. “Feeling accomplished, fatigued, and good about myself” Serious runners display a desire to spend more time running than virtually any other activity. They tend to bond together in an atmosphere of competitive comraderie. We Its “When any runner wins a race, the feeling of victory outweighs the pain of effort.”
Quadrants/Aspects Source: Integral Institute Website
Intentional Engagement leads to maximum potential Collective Internal
Ninety-nine percent of the world waits for change to happen on the outside so they can reflect it, but that is no accomplishment. If we would awaken, we would become selectors of the beauty of the garden God has given us. Ken Wilber
Question: Reviewing our Mission statement and core values how is this integral model reflected?