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S T U D E N T S P O T L I G H T S
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Chalice of My Imagination
by Shirindokht Nourmanesh
A former lecturer at San Jose State University, Shirindokht now works as the development manager at Pars Equality Center in the Bay Area. In addition to her work at the center, s
he is also a creative writer, artist, and a translator (she speaks both English and Persian).
Her doctoral research
in transpersonal psychology
focuses primarily on female writers, poets and on symbolism in the writings of Iranian women which feeds her passion.
This is Shirin's fourth book (first collection of poetry) and is now available on Amazon. The collection contains her original poetry in English plus a few translated from Persian by myself. Five of the poems are also translated into Swedish (Rana Rezapour), French (Orang Gholikhani), Kurdish (Mohammad A. Serajedini), Hindi (Jhilmil Breckenridge), Turkish (C.S. Kayatekin), and one from Persian by Persis Karim.
Win a copy of Shirin's book. Enter by June 17th. Click here.
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Conference Scholarship Winner Deeann L. Bruno
Presentation Title:
Reflection the key to transformation, increasing visibility to ensure that it happens
On March 2-3, 2017, Deeann Bruno, GPhd program, presented her poster at the
Transformative Learning Conference at University of Central Oklahoma. Her presentation focused on reflection as the key to transformative learning. You can see her poster on campus near the student lounge.
Question: How do we ensure that we include reflection in curriculum design, making it visible in order to help make transformation possible? Research suggests that several learning models as presented by Kolb, Mezirow, and other authors from the Journal of Transformative Education, as well as other various reflection methods such as journaling and action planning, can help students explore themselves and their communities making their transformation visible.
Learn more about the conference scholarship on the
Have you presented at a conference and would like to share your photo, poster, paper and/or article with us? Please
click here
to submit your information.
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A L U M N I S P O T L I G H T S
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Laura Bakosh, Co-Founder at
Inner Explorer
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Receives $10,000 grant from AETNA
to Bring Mindfulness Program to Florida Schools.
Laura Bakosh, Ph.D
discovered the benefits of mindful awareness more than 20 years ago when she was trying to manage the stress of travel and long workdays. While working at GE, Laura had the insight to share her mindful awareness practice with hundreds of fellow employees. Upon seeing the many positive results the daily practice had on performance, creativity, and wellbeing, she realized it would be the perfect fit for education. The AETNA
Grant will support daily mindfulness training for over 12,000 students, helping them reduce stress and increase academic performance.
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BOOK NOOK: Recovering Spirituality: Achieving Emotional Sobriety in Your Spiritual Practice by Ingrid Clayton, PhD
Ingrid (Mathieu) Clayton has both a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (2009) and a Master's Degree in Transpersonal Psychology from ITP. Her book
is based on her research of spiritual bypass (the use of spirituality to avoid dealing with one's emotional experience) and the exploration of second-stage recovery and emotional sobriety.
Ingrid is a blogger for Psychology Today and she maintains a private practice in Los Angeles, California.
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D E E P E N Y O U R L E A R N I N G
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Entheogens with Richard Knowles, Ph.D.
This will be a survey class on entheogens (also known as "psychedelics"), including their history at large as well as nationally, why they were suppressed during and since the 60's, and why there is a new resurgence of interest in them currently. We will also review their ethnobotany, phenomenology of mystical and other exceptional experiences they can evoke, and new uses, including entheogen-assisted psychotherapy for treatment of major depression, addiction, PTSD, end of life issues, social anxiety, etc.
Speakers:
- July 30th - Albert Garcia, Johns Hopkins/Sofia U Topic: Psilocybin to treat unremitting depression
- August 6th - Larry Norris (from ERIE)
- August 13th - Adrian Auler Topic: Ibogaine & addiction recovery
- August 27th - Evan Michael Sola , MAPS Topic :MDMA assisted therapy treating PTSD
To be scheduled:
- Jim Fadiman (co-founder of ITP)
- Peter Addy (from Yale and ITP)
Not a student? Join the lectures in person or online by registering on
Eventbrite.
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Non Student Cost: $250 (includes $30 for art materials)
Space is limited to 16 students. Register ASAP!
In this highly experiential course, you will learn techniques for creating three-dimensional, sculptural masks and ways to use these archetypal masks as vehicles for self-discovery. This mask of personal transformation will intimately embody your journey of transformation, bring you closer to your authentic self, and provide a tool for guiding others.
Open to the Public. Register on
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