ITPI Newsletter Articles - Summer 2023
In our summer newsletter, we examine the various facets of the philosophy that shape our practice and learn from contributors about their interpretation of ITP’s worldview.
Michael Lifshitz
Michael Lifshitz, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University, working at the intersection of contemplative practice, neuroscience, and anthropology. He studies practices that aim to transform subjective experience—from meditation and hypnosis to placebos, prayer, and psychedelics. He completed his PhD in Neuroscience at McGill and then a postdoc in Anthropology at Stanford. Drawing on this interdisciplinary background, his research explores how experience, neurobiology, and cultural context interact to shape the process and outcomes of spiritual practice.
A Visualization Practice for Seekers and Sages
We are all seekers and we are all sages. In the space of our minds, we are both. Are you a seeker today? Are you seeking an answer or a next step? Experience this practice led by researcher Michael Lifshitz. On May 10, Michael and fellow researcher Josh Brahinsky, joined us for a Seekers and Sages session. They talked about how we use the imagination in our lives and our interconnectedness to one another.
Affirmations and the Understudied Side of Contemplation
As part of their ongoing study of ITP, Stanford University researchers, Michael Lifshitz, Josh Brahinsky and TM Luhrmann, explore the practice of affirmations and their discovery of how practitioners embrace the tension between both honoring the present state while, at the same, envisioning positive, lasting change.
ITPI Newsletter Articles - Autumn 2021
The power of inquiry and research
In this issue, read about the spirit of possibility that launched ITP's first experimental class and the research our co-founders employed to verify ITP efficacy, along with subjective findings.
ITPI Newsletter Articles - Winter 2021
This Quarterly issue focuses on the power of vision and the worldview that informs our practice. The stories below honor our roots and illustrate how the four legs of ITP - Vision, Practice, Community and Research - continue to inform and evolve our pioneering endeavor.
ITPI Practice Resources for Lasting Change - April 2020
Our extraordinary potential – In this month's practice resources newsletter, we share an article written by our Stanford University partners on the significance of affirmations in realizing our personal evolution. We also explore the emergence of supernormal capacities in history and ways we can notice and embody our extraordinary potential.