ITP Doctoral Symposium Videos Online

During Spring 2011, ITP students prepared and presented the first doctoral symposium. The theme was "Socially Engaged Transpersonal Research." Keynotes were Dorothy Fadiman and Judy Grahn. The result was an impressive series of lectures which were recorded and posted to the Web to share with the larger research community.

Check out the Discussion Panel videos, the Keynote Presentations videos and the Student Presentation videos.

Transpersonal TED Talks

TED Talks are a wonderful collection of video presentations on a wide range of topics; they are thought-provoking, positive and well worth checking out.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. ...

TED ...believes passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.  - From the Site

Doesn't it sound like fun? Here are some links to a few of our faves:

Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity

Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness

On the ITP Site: A Collection of Audio and Video Treasures

ITP was founded in 1975 guided by the inspiration of a holistic model of education and the emerging field of Transpersonal Psychology. Over the years, the library has collected a vast number of audio and video recordings of campus presentations. Slowly, these resources are being digitized and posted on the Web for worldwide access. Thanks to John Axtell and Hayden Reynolds for all their work in this.
The audio collection includes the following:
Hillevi RuumetA Chakra-Based Theoretical Model
Luisah TeishCarnival of Spirit: The Budding of the Erotic in Nature and Human Nature
Jeremy TaylorThe Psychology of Dreams and Sacred Narrative

The video collection includes TV interviews with ITP faculty:

Kate Wolf-Pizor on military families during the holidays
Dr. Fred Luskin and Forgiveness
Dr. Charles Tart on Near Death Experiences

You can choose from three different digital formats!

The Experience of a Stroke

Dr. Jill Taylor is a brain researcher who experienced a stroke firsthand. She talks about it in an 18 minute presentation. Worth every minute!

Conscious Media Network Streaming Interviews

The Conscious Media Network offers several fascinating video interviews on their site. Use the pull-down menu at the upper left to choose which interview you want to view.

Thanks to Mark Brady for sharing this link. Check out Mark's blog.

YouTube--Yes, YouTube--for Research

You can find transpersonal video content on YouTube. Try searching on your favorite transpersonal psychology topic or person. I found content on Ken Wilber, Amma, and Ram Dass. I searched for Stan Grof and found a video discussing holotropic breathwork.

Online Videos from the Health Library at Stanford

The Stanford Health Library Web site offers many helpful resources including online video lectures on a variety of health topics. Several of these online videos are relevant to psychology and neuroscience including the following:


Familial Mood Disorders
Depression, Delirium & Dementia: What Should We Be Doing?
Brain Stimulation for Chronic Pain

Dementia: Myths Versus Realities