For the Love of ITP 2025

Presented by ITP International

Perhaps we'll never know how far the path can go, how much a human being can truly achieve,
until we realize that the ultimate reward is not a gold medal but the path itself.
– George Leonard

Celebrate Integral Transformative Practice and this year’s honorees at the 12th Annual For the Love of ITP benefit gala on May 6th, 5 – 9 pm, at Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael, CA.

This year, the love is brimming over even more abundantly, as we have three honorees to celebrate! We are thrilled to present Emanuel Kuntzelman & Laura Rose with the George and Annie Leonard Service Award and excited to present Michael Choy with the first ITP Iconic Practitioner Award. We celebrate these individuals for who they are and what they do to contribute to the ITP community, ITP International and the world.

Event Details & Ways to Attend – Tuesday, May 6

• Live event 5:00–9:00 pm Pacific Time – Dinner, music and evening program
  
  Falkirk Cultural Center:  1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901

• Zoom (gratis) 7–8:00 pm Pacific Time – RSVP here to receive the link. We encourage those unable to attend to watch on Zoom and consider making a donation to support ITP International.

Ways to Share the Love

• Share a message for Michael Choy on his Kudoboard page and Emanuel & Laura on their Kudoboard page – include a story, a memory, and any photos. You can also email your content to Robert, to post for you.
• Register for the live event
• Become an event Sponsor – view options below
• Make a donation to help ITPI "awaken the world to its fullest potential"

For the Love of ITP proceeds help support the growth and expansion of ITP International. Thank you for your generous support and ongoing connection to the ITP global community.

We are excited to be together and welcome all to participate and contribute what you can. Come share the experience of this uplifting gathering and celebration. Join us for laughter, music and the LOVE! 

For the Love of ITP Sponsorship Levels

Select one of the sponsor levels below. All sponsor levels will receive tickets to the event to use or donate, special gifts from ITPI, recognition in the event program, on the Supporters page of the ITPI website, and a listing in the event thank you and post-event email.

Body - $1,000

• 2 tickets to attend the event
• 2 special gifts from ITPI

Mind - $2,500

• 4 tickets to attend the event
• 4 special gifts from ITPI

Heart - $5,000

• 6 tickets to attend the event with reserved seating
• 6 special gifts from ITPI

Soul - $10,000 - Buy a Table

• 8 tickets to attend the event with reserved seating
• 8 special gifts from ITPI

 Our 2025 Honorees

Emanuel Kuntzelman & Laura Rose

Emanuel Kuntzelmand & Laura Rose make quite the transformative duo. Both are extraordinarily generous activists for social transformation. Together, they have founded and led numerous nonprofit organizations, including the cultural exchange organization Greenheart International, and are visionary stewards of the Holomovement, a movement ITPI is in partnership with to unite humanity through collective purpose and action.

Emanuel and Laura were introduced to the practice in 2011 at an ITP workshop led by Pam Kramer and Barry Robbins in San Francisco. The practice resonated, so they invited ITPI to Chicago to present a weekend workshop for Greenheart International employees; a practice group formed in Chicago as a result, led by ITP practitioner Jill Robinson and members of Greenheart.

We are extremely grateful to have Emanuel as an actively engaged ITPI board member and speaker at our programs and practice sessions. Laura and Emanuel initiated and provided funding for our Ki of Cooperation program and have partnered with ITPI to co-present numerous retreats and workshops in Chicago, Monterey, Ibiza, Sedona and soon in Asheville, North Carolina, for the 2025 Holomovement Wave conference.

We are thrilled to honor their leadership and dedication to see ITPI grow and thrive, and celebrate their many endeavors to bring about positive change around the globe. Emanuel and Laura are the recipients of the George and Annie Styron Leonard award for their generous service.

Michael Choy, ITP Palo Alto group leader

We can’t say enough about Michael’s commitment to excellence in all faces of his life. His unique leadership style has served ITP Palo Alto since 2004 when Michael and others founded the group. Michael is a compassionate, wise, balanced, centered and calm seeker in the highest of ITP and ITPI traditions. He actively explores the idea that we are "spirits in spacesuits," honoring and developing our integral "spacesuit" of body, mind, heart, and soul.

Through his roles as a CPA and former high tech corporate CFO, he imparted his understanding and embodiment of integral practice to help employees thrive by teaching them Leonard Energy Training and ITP principles. Michael serves on the Board of Directors of Companions on the Journey, the Sophia Foundation and is an active participant in ITPI’s group leader community and Evolving You membership program.

Michael, in collaboration with ITP Palo Alto members, has extended invitations to the larger ITP community to participate in their annual ITP Palo Alto retreat, held in Santa Cruz, CA, showcasing themes related to practice and transformation. Michael often says that love is what ITP is all about and that the power of love has made his practice community thrive to this day.

Michael embodies what it means to be an “iconic practitioner.” ITP and the greater ITPI community are blessed to recognize him as our very first ITP Iconic Practitioner.

Love something and watch it blossom.
– Michael Murphy