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Lots of Warmth, Michael
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Hi, I’m Michael.
For a couple of decades now, I’ve found myself straddling two worlds: the linear and the non-linear.
In one, I’m a strategic consultant, organizational storytelling expert, executive coach, facilitator, and speaker (that’s the LinkedIn-ready list). In the other, I’m a breathwork facilitator, energy medicine practitioner, and low-key wizard.
The two worlds haven’t intersected that often. Over the past few years, that has started to change. Participants in strategy workshops have lit up at the introduction of non-linear, energetic, vibrational exploration. And people in breathwork spaces have embraced the opportunity to bring insights that arise from their practice to inform leadership and team strategy. “I didn’t know we could do that” is a common reflection from people on both sides of the spectrum.
Vibrational Intelligence is the term, and field of practice, that has emerged to hold this intersection. It provides a bridge between worlds, a way of being in relationship with both the concrete and the numinous without valuing one over the other.
This way of working isn’t for everyone. But if you’ve been feeling frustrated or constrained by traditional approaches to leadership, strategy, and impact and know, in your bones, that another way is possible, then it’s probably for you.
You'll find an extensive library of guided breathwork experiences, guided visualizations, and sound journeys in my InsightTimer library. I also offer live sessions around the new and full moon. Everything is free / by donation.
Vibrational Intelligence is very much in conversation with other widely used 'Q's.
IQIntelligence QuotientThe mind. Logic and analysis.
EQEmotional IntelligenceThe body. Sensation and self-awareness.
VQVibrational IntelligenceThe field. Vibration and resonance.
Each form of intelligence opens a conversation the previous couldn't reach. VQ opens a band of information and possibility that has been feeding the other two without acknowledgment.
It makes the invisible layer visible and allows us to access it directly.
Consider the architecture of human experience as layers moving from subtle to dense, from wide to narrow.
Western Culture tends to privilege the layers of Thought, Story, and Action. In some spaces, the body is acknowledged as a valuable source of information.
VQ becomes available when we go beneath that and beyond the boundaries of the individual body to the vibrational layer that everything else sits on top of. It's not about tuning into the vibrational world and staying there. It's the capacity to move between layers with ease and discernment.
There's much more available in the VQ Book. Which is free. If you've read all of this, you'd probably like it.
‘Why should we invest the time in this work?’ is a question that has come up in almost every VQ conversation I’ve had. Good question.
As systems we once believed to be stable break down, the conventional linear tools developed to navigate them produce diminishing returns.
Building VQ increases discernment. Rather than forcing solutions that intellectually seem correct, we work with the energy of a situation or relationship to find the next right move. We sense deeper currents in our teams, families, and communities. We feel more resourced in the midst of chaos.
This often happens so quietly that we don’t notice until someone close to us brings it up.
As a result of this 12-week container, I feel more solid, more centered. Like my core has expanded out to include more of me. And as a result, I'm a more confident servant leader - with my work, with my family, with myself.
Mary C., Nonprofit Leader
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