Posts by Integral Recovery Institute
How do I Enroll?
Thanks for your interest! The Enrollment process is pretty simple: 1) Read through the courses and decide which course you are applying for The Integral Recovery Practice Course is primarily for folks who want to apply the Integral Recovery approach to their personal recovery and healing journey. Some people are new to recovery and some…
Read MoreListen to Free Samples of Integral Recovery Classes
Explore the future of recovery and addiction treatment and learn how the Integral model and practices can make a difference. Listen to three excerpts from our weekly, online class lectures given by the IRI faculty. Complete the box to the right to access the downloads and receive information about IRI courses. Learn how Integral practices can heal and inspire…
Read MoreIntegralize Your Addiction Treatment Skills
Take IRI’s coaching courses and enhance your core counseling skills by learning the ground-breaking Integral Recovery approach to the treatment of alcoholism and addiction. Learn how to apply the IR model experientially, firsthand. Integral Recovery Coaching Course Level I The focus of this course is to provide you with a thorough and wide-ranging academic introduction to integrally informed recovery…
Read MoreOptimize Your Recovery
Experience the revolutionary Integral Recovery approach to recovery from alcoholism and addiction. The Integral map changes our understanding of addiction and recovery, and offers new hope for a lifetime of health, sobriety, and well-being. The Integral Recovery Practice Course In this course, we teach you what we have learned about addiction, the basics of the Integral map,…
Read MoreOnline Addiction Therapy & Coaching
The Integral Recovery Institute provides online addiction therapy and coaching for individuals entering recovery as well as for those who want to “integralize” their recovery programs. Treatment centers can offer it as part of their treatment package. Online coaching is a feasible solution for individuals who, for financial and geographical reasons, cannot attend inpatient or…
Read MoreIt’s a Beautiful, Beautiful World
Yesterday I was driving through the mountains of Central Oregon—with a sick wife and incessantly trilling dog. My dog doesn’t whine, she trills. Finally, exasperatedly, I turned off the highway where there was a bridge crossing a creek, drove up an old, deserted road, pulled up, and found a trail leading into the woods. I…
Read MoreIn St. Francis’ Tomb
Something really remarkable happened to me last week, and I’d like to unpack it and see where it takes us. I had the chance to be in the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi. We had just arrived in Assisi and were visiting the Basilica. Somehow, I had gotten it in my head that Francis’…
Read MoreSurfaces and Depth – Part 1
One of the main insights of the great mystics, and one of the essential truths of Integral Recovery, is that all suffering comes from identification with surfaces. This is not a dogma that one has to believe or buy based on what I or anyone else is saying—it is an experiential given that one will…
Read MorePictures from Assisi
In a previous blog post, I described a beautiful experience I had at St. Francis’ tomb in Assisi. Well, we just started looking at some of the pictures from our trip, and found some really nice ones. Here are just a few of them….
Read MoreSurfaces and Depth – Part 2
Again T.S. Eliot: I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope. For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without…
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