About us

The Institute of Integral Education I3 offers diverse educationally transformative programs designed to address today’s challenges and tasks. Our vision is based on the belief that all human beings have a spiritual, psychological, physical and social dimension. A well-balanced relationship between those often separated areas is a prerequisite for a meaningful and inspired life.

We teach an integral and interdisciplinary approach to the most important areas of life, emphasizing the importance of mastering and balancing all four types of intelligence – IQ (mental intelligence), EQ (emotional intelligence), SQ (spiritual intelligence) and BQ (body intelligence). We believe that cultivating awareness and presence is fundamentally essential as it leads to true competence and a stronger sense of responsibility. This approach is vitally important, especially in areas such as state administration, education, politics and business. Indeed, the future of Latvian society depends on well-developed leadership skills in these areas.

Main themes for workshops and retreats

  • Development of human consciousness
  • Initiation and methods of transformation
  • Integral theory as set out by Ken Wilber
  • Contemplative meditation, presence and mindfulness practice
  • Integral coaching and integral business
  • Achieving balance between body and spirit, work and personal development
  • Building integral relationships with oneself and others. Shedding light on the deeper meaning of gender identity
  • Shadow work, healing the wounds of the soul, transforming emotions
  • The journey of self-discovery, uncovering and realization of one’s purpose and mission
  • Encountering art, music and literature as sources of creativity
  • Inter-religious dialogue and dialogue between different ideas and social groups
  • Seeking the Latvian identity in a globalized world

In our programmes, we seek to balance the academic and the practical aspects but the main focus remains on the latter. It is important that the participants of our workshops and retreats feel empowered to use their new knowledge and experience in their everyday lives.

Programme of the Institute of Integral Education

2023

January 6. How to withstand life? Development and preservation of psychological resilience. Indulis Paičs
January 10-15. Silence and nature. Hearing yourself and Reality. A retreat for the respite of the soul. Juris Rubenis
January 18-19. Four skills for life and work. A course of four workshops for managers. Mental intelligence. Module C. Indulis Paičs, Uldis Pīlēns, Juris Rubenis.
February 18-20. Shadow work and healing the wounds of the soul. Indulis Paičs, Juris Rubenis
February 26-27. Allow all of your abilities to blossom. Four female archetypes. Workshop for women. Inga Rubene
March 4-6. Introduction to Theory-U and its practice. How to open up your mind, heart, and will? Juris Rubenis, Andrejs Vasiļjevs
March 15-16. Four skills for life and work. A course of four workshops for managers. Physical intelligence. Module D. Indulis Paičs, Uldis Pīlēns, Juris Rubenis.
March 23-27. The difficult but necessary transformation. Why do all spiritual traditions speak of the transformation of our life? Intensive meditation retreat for people with previous experience with meditation. Indulis Paičs, Juris Rubenis
April 2-3. Can imagination help us to better understand reality? The application of active intelligence methods in our self-development journey. Workshop. Indulis Paičs
April 8-10. Where am I? Ancient and modern maps of meaning. Meditation retreat for people with previous experience with meditation. Juris Rubenis.
April 13. Easter lecture for I3 club members. Juris Rubenis
April 20-24. The process of four intelligences. Through exercises to skills. Workshop-retreat. Juris Rubenis, Andrejs Vasiļjevs
May 6-8. The Desert Fathers and our times. Silence, attentiveness, solitude — tools that remain relevant for self-discovery. Meditation retreat for people with previous experience with meditation. Juris Rubenis.
May 13-15. Female initiation. “Yes” to yourself and the world. Workshop for women. Inga Rubene
May 28-29. How to befriend your emotions and those of others. Discovering emotions as a source of strength. Workshop. Indulis Paičs
June 3-5. Meditation as a life-balancing art. Introduction to contemplative meditation. Meditation retreat. Juris Rubenis
June 8. How to withstand life? Development and preservation of psychological resilience. Workshop. I.Paičs
June 10-12. When the body and the soul meet. The strength of female inner unity. Workshop-retreat. Inga Rubene, Agnese Gintnere

EVENT  PROGRAMME FOR  THE SECOND HALF OF 2022.

August 1.–6. Spiritual practices and nature. Hearing yourself and Reality. A retreat for the respite of the soul. Juris Rubenis

August 20.–21. Relationships — from the battlefield to harmony. How to develop and sustain a healthy relationship in a complex world? Workshop. Indulis Paičs

September 6.–7. Four skills for life and work. A course of four workshops for managers. Spiritual intelligence. Module A Indulis Paičs, Uldis Pīlēns, Juris Rubenis

September 10. Psychic energy centers and work with them. From instinct to archetypes. Workshop. Indulis Paičs

September 13.–14. Introduction to contemplative meditation. Corporate meditation retreat. Juris Rubenis

September 16.–18. When the body and the soul meet. Feminine inner unity force. Workshop. Inga Rubene, Agnese Gintnere

September 23.–24. Female sexuality and spirituality. Workshop for women in English. Anna Gamma

September 26.–27. Collective wisdom and leadership. The most essential skills for today’s  leaders. Workshop in English. Anna Gamma

October 12. Life’s callings, to which we must not fail to respond. Workshop for managers. Indulis Paičs, Uldis Pīlēns, Juris Rubenis

October 18.–19. Four skills for life and work. A course of four workshops for managers. Emotional intelligence. Module B. Indulis Paičs, Uldis Pīlēns, Juris Rubenis

October 21.–23. Allow all of your abilities to blossom. Four female archetypes. Workshop-retreat for women. Inga Rubene

November 1.–7. Zen sesshin. Meditation retreat in English for people with previous meditation experience. Jirgens Lembke

November 11.–13. What does it mean to be open to evolution, development today? Contemporary insights and ancient spiritual traditions. Meditation retreat. Indulis Paičs

November 18.–20. Meditation as a life-balancing art. Introduction to contemplative meditation. Corporate meditation retreat. Juris Rubenis

November 25.–27 Human path towards transformation and maturity. Can we speak of “enlightenment” in the 21st century? Meditation retreat for people with previous experience with meditation. Juris Rubenis

December 2.–4. Light up your darkness. My frightening, challenging, and necessary spiritual depths. Workshop for women. Inga Rubene

December 3. Treasure hidden nearby. The foundation of Western spirituality. Workshop for managers.Indulis Paičs

December 9.–11. Introduction to Theory-U and its practice. How to open up your mind, heart, and will? Workshop. Juris Rubenis, Andrejs Vasiļjevs 

December 12.–18. Silent week. Seven days for spiritual development and soul’s respite Inga Rubene un Juris Rubenis

December 21. Christmas lecture for I3 club members. Juris Rubenis

Contact us

The Institute of Integral Education I3, Ltd.

Board members: Ilze Pīlēna, Uldis Pīlēns, Inga Rubene, Juris Rubenis
Registration number: 40203073367
Luminor bank, account number: LV16RIKO0002930237606
Address: Rīga, Brūkleņu iela 8, LV-1002
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WEB: www.iii3.lv