The Holomovement is a sociological and spiritual consciousness movement emerging around the world. While our senses take in the universe in separate segments, the Holomovement perceives the entire universe as instantaneously interconnected by unbounded flow. In an interview with two leaders of the Holomovement, ITPI Board member Emanuel Kuntzelman and Mariko Pitts, we focus on the importance of cooperation in the world today and how the Ki of Cooperation practice plays an important role in the growth of the movement.

The Ki of Cooperation Conversation series was created to provide a space for people to explore different aspects of cooperation and address issues that could create disharmony. Our goal is to foster creative conversations around difficult and complex topics, allowing participants to feel good about themselves even when faced with opposing viewpoints. By putting cooperation front and center, we aim to invite collaboration over competition and move away from a win-lose mindset.

The practice of GRACE is the opening move of the ITP Kata: Ground, Relax, Aware, Center and Energize. These steps can be called into action any time we need to come into the present moment. Beyond the acronym, grace is a powerful energy, a transmission of divine love or a higher consciousness that is freely given, often unexpectedly, received but not directly earned. ITPI board member and co-author of Living an Extraordinary Life Christina Grote talks about how ITP practices open us up to grace.

The Kata begins with grounding – a powerful and profound place to begin. ITP practitioner Dusty Niles describes how grounding activates a source of energy alive within us all. It also activates imagination and so much more.

Relaxing during GRACE is not just about physical relaxation; it’s about letting go of tension and emotions. Armando Cardenas, of ITPI México, describes what RELAX feels like for him and how its effects ripple through his daily life.

ITP practitioner Matthew Steinbach takes what he’s gleaned about awareness for the Kata and endeavors to pass it on to his students of golf. He sees awareness in three dimensions: the inner self, the outer self, and the loss of self in the time-space continuum. “I have the honor and privilege to coach high performance student-athletes in a crucial/transitional time in their lives and while the journey begins with the game of golf, through an integral model focused on building awareness, I hope to guide them to a greater purpose in life’s journey.”

Lois Martin, member of Tulsa ITP, considers how centering creates a sense of balance and harmony. This is preparation for the Kata. It also is preparation for starting a new day. “My centering creates space to be who I am and to feel the energies of the present moment.”

The last step of GRACE at the beginning of the Kata is ENERGIZE. ITPI member Jill Robinson describes it as “a calm, yet alert sense of aliveness.” This energy sets up a readiness for the movements of the Kata. It can also nourish the activities in the rest of the day.

The practice of GRACE before the Kata sometimes runs through our minds automatically. But greater gifts come with closer examination. ITP Mastery teacher Charlotte Hatch takes us step-by-step through the best of her practice and reflects on how it affects her life.

Charlotte Hatch leads the practice of GRACE as a series of affirmations and follows it with the Kata.