90 Days of ILP

This week marks the very first ILP 5-day seminar to not take place here in sunny bland Colorado (a.k.a. the blood state), but instead in sunny bland California! Click here for the IONS page describing the seminar, or here for official I-I info, uh, not that you're going to get in or anything. But have no fear, for next up in May is New York City!

Having attended my fair share of integral seminars in the past few years, I can honestly report that when it comes to the live seminar experience vs. the experience of the kit, there's no comparison. It's one thing to do some modules and some Gold Star practices in the boring lonely comfort of your own home, but quite another to put yourself out there into the glorified gym class that is an integral seminar. And I'm not just talking about the cost ;)

There's something about practicing with others that seems to pull (or push) you along to do things you'd never be able to accomplish on your own, a certain implied level of accountability--whether catalyzed by the need to compete, or the desire to not lag behind--that occurs when people committed to their own growth get in a room together to mess around with cutting-edge tools. In high school shop class, this may have ended in a finger being cut off, but here in the protected arena of the integral experience, the things we build are certainly immense.

And so, here's to you, oh brave ILP pioneers: let's rock this mutha, and do it with high fives and light stretching until the bouncers have to kick us out. SanghAAAAAA!