By the end of this course you will be able to

IPNB from the Inside Out

1. Explore in-depth this exciting new interdisciplinary field, reviewing the core aspects of the mind, the embodied brain, and our interpersonal relationships.
2. Discuss the practical applications that emerge from the central concept of integration—the linkage of differentiated elements with one another
3. Examine a wide range of accessible domains of integration, evaluate their degrees of integration, organize strategies for intervention, and carry out specific changes in how we focus the mind and communicate within relationships to promote integration in the brain itself
4. Define the mind. 
5. Recall how the regulatory process of mind unveils the importance of monitoring and modifying energy and information flow.
6. Describe how information arises from energy patterns.
7. Analyze the ways in which energy and information flow through the body and as shared in relationships influences mental life.
8. Examine how integrative communication is the basis for healthy relationships.

Brain Fitness:

1. Discuss how the wheel of awareness practice helps focus the mind in important ways.
2. List the 9 domains of integration and identify how they contribute to mental health.
3. Examine practical experiences in cultivating attention.
4. Explore how awareness plays a role in education and psychotherapy.
5. Examine how repeated practice strengthens circuits in the brain.
6. Explain how mental training alters gene expression.
7. Identify how the brain can be changed by the mind.
8. Recognize how the regularity of practice influences neuroplasticity.