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As part of our Awaken the Noetic Now fundraising campaign, we were thrilled to offer the Consciousness & Healing webinar series — three inspiring and information-packed webinars with renowned expert panelists. The series provided participants with a deep dive into the science and practice of energy, intention, and meditation as they relate to health and healing. These topics sprang from our hypothesis that everything is interconnected, and this noetic worldview is increasingly crucial for awakening a future in which we all thrive.

A Joint Letter from the USA Integrative and Mental Health Community

This joint statement was spearheaded and published by our Partners, the Consciousness and Healing Initiative.  We would love your signatures and comments!

IONS is proud to support the work of up-and-coming noetic explorers who are uniquely positioned to take this field to new heights. With our NextGen Consciousness in Action Awards, we honor people who seek to uplift culture — change makers who seek to make a positive impact in the world, and whose work extends into domains well beyond anything we could have conceived.

Every day we see evidence of a world in crisis. But is an important movement in collective consciousness underway?

At IONS, we have been fortunate enough to have some incredible volunteers and interns who support our work from all over the world. We have so much gratitude for these amazing people who contribute their time, skills and passion to our exploration of the noetic sciences. The individuals who volunteer or intern with us come from a range of backgrounds, education, and experiences. We deeply value our volunteers/interns and want our relationship to be mutually supportive so we provide training, access to IONS content, mentorship, and/or education credits, among other things. We wanted to share what it’s like from the perspective of someone who has been supporting our work for a few years now, Ebru Engin, MA, MBA who lives in Instanbul, Turkey and works with us remotely. Ebru is incredibly dedicated, skilled and is whip-smart. This blog is a brief interview about her experiences with IONS.

The mind-body connection — it’s something scientists around the world have been studying for years. IONS scientists have made some interesting discoveries about this topic through their research on meditation and how it can positively affect your overall health. On Friday, May 29th, members of the IONS Science Team will share their insights during a special webinar:

Last week I ran into Shepherd Aaron of Sweetgrass Grazing as he was setting up his gear to work the land — a quick six-foot distance “bump into” that resulted in me walking away with still-warm fresh goat’s milk. As I left holding my quart of milk, I was overwhelmed with the sweetness and richness of community, of support, of small moments that make me feel so fed and connected. Even as my bank account dwindles and my social calendar stays empty, I realize my somatic shape is bountiful and abundant. Small gifts make such a huge impact; whether a true moment of eye connection and laughter above masks or a jar of fresh milk.

On May 12th, IONS collaborated with HeartMath and the Global Consciousness Project to present the Nurses’ Global Coherence 2020 event, a global coherence project to commemorate Florence Nightingale’s 200th Birthday and honor the heart of humanity and the caregiver in all of us. This event brought people together from around the world to participate in a world-wide synchronized meditation. You can learn more about the details of the events itself on the IONS Nurses Global Coherence 2020 blog.

For nearly five decades, IONS has been devoted to studying various forms of knowing. What we mean by knowing is how people receive information from the interconnected field of consciousness — beyond traditional concepts of space and time. Some of these ways of knowing include, but are not limited to, intuition, telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, precognition, etc. We each have an individual and unique way of accessing or expressing this information and energy, like a thumbprint. At IONS, we refer to this as your “Noetic Signature.” Researching this phenomenon is one of IONS main research focuses right now.

The Novel Coronavirus has disrupted our world and forced us to change in ways we could not have imagined even 30 days ago. Protecting the health of our families and frontline workers remains the most urgent priority, but vital and daunting new questions loom on the horizon. How will our post-COVID world look? Are we willing and able to step forward with new solutions for a post-COVID society?