Welcome to Shift in Action!

Shift in Action membership empowers you to participate in the Great Shift to a peaceful, sustainable, and healthy world. Join now and you gain access to dozens of inspiring leaders in dialogue about how we can create a great shift in the years ahead.

Shift in Action also gives you access to:

• two live weekly teleseminars
• visionary media to inspire your journey
• 2008 Shift Report and Shift magazine
• a bestselling book called The Intention Experiment
• gifts from leading organizations
• ability to publish your events and ideas, as well as connect to allies around the world

For more information on the Great Shift special offer of a trial month for only $1, click here

And here is a list of some the extraordinary leaders who are participating in the Great Shift offer:

Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, Michael Bernard Beckwith, David Hawkins, Van Jones, Kevin Danaher, Medea Benjamin, Shiva Rea, Andrew Harvey, Bruce Lipton, Lynne McTaggart, Barbara Marx Hubbard, and many more.

Message from the President

When we understand that the core impulse of every religion is good and noble, we find our way to unity and peace. Underneath them all is the human quest for truth. In the year ahead, be a voice that honors and respects that quest; be a voice for interfaith dialogue and reconciliation.

When we understand that human rights are universal and indivisible, then we can celebrate and affirm the historical and cultural diversity of all of Earth's peoples without compromise. In the year ahead, be a voice for the fullest expression and implementation of human rights by all nations.

When we understand the interdependence of all life on Earth, we thrive in the context of creative collaboration with each other and with Nature. Only resourceful collective action can prevent severe environmental degradation, toxic poisoning and climate imbalance. In the year ahead, be an urgent voice for ecological and sustainable development.

When we understand how paradigms change, we can explore a future that is radically different, a future that supports our highest values. Human civilization requires that scientific exploration serve our highest evolutionary potential, not the paradigms of crude materialism, militarism, and exploitation. In the year ahead, be a voice for scientific explorations that help us shift to higher creativity and more evolved consciousness.

When we understand the nature of choice and the power of intention, we will choose our leaders wisely. We cannot have enlightened societies without visionary, compassionate and emotionally intelligent leaders. In the year ahead, be a voice for choosing leaders who are worthy exemplars of these qualities.

When we understand the potential within each human being we will wake up to the importance of developing the inner life. In every age, mystics, sages, and teachers have shown us how to go deep within and, by doing so, experience the great gift of awareness itself. In the year ahead, listen to the voice within.

The world is waiting for you to find your voice.

In Discover

In Declare

In Share

In Commune

In Meet

Steven Vedro

In the last decade, our shared planetary nervous system has been extended into a global embrace. Communications networks have advanced from wires to fiber optics, from interconnected radio and television grids to a world of billions of wirelessly communicating sensory devices. Our collective systems for sharing thought have undergone the most rapid change in human history, affecting our mental, psychological, and etheric bodies.

Join Steven Vedro, author of Digital Dharma, and host Stephen Dinan as they discusses the changes in consciousness reflected by, and the spiritual truths and the “shadow work” encoded in, our cellphone and texting mania, our love/hate relationship with television, the impossibility of finding the truth over the internet, the challenge of deep-seeing brought to us by digital compression, and the glimpses of “field awareness” inherent in pervasive wireless grid computing. 

Steven is the author of Digital Dharma: Expanding Consciousness in the Age of the Infosphere, as well as an advisor to government agencies, universities and public broadcasting stations in planning and managing distance learning networks and digital media initiatives.

Will Keepin & Cynthia Brix

Sharon Begley

All Upcoming Teleseminars

Sharon Begley Living Deeply Teleseminar on "The Mind's Brain"(Tue, May 13, 2008)

Steven Vedro teleseminar on "Digital Dharma"(Wed, May 14, 2008)

Penny Livingston-Stark on "Regenerative Living in Harmonious Balance with the Earth, Beyond Sustainability."(Tue, May 20, 2008)

Sara Warber teleseminar on The Healing Power of Nature(Wed, May 21, 2008)

Maria Nemeth Living Deeply Teleseminar on Live a Successful Life: Creating Luminous Moments(Tue, May 27, 2008)

William Poy Lee teleseminar on "Exploring THE EIGHTH PROMISE"(Wed, May 28, 2008)

George Zimmer Living Deeply Teleseminar: Balancing Stakeholder Interests in Business(Tue, Jun 3, 2008)

Recent Teleseminars

Will Keepin & Cynthia Brix teleseminar on "Divine Duality" William Keepin and Cynthia Brix introduce a new paradigm in healing work between men and women called the “Power of Reconciliation.” (Wed, May 7, 2008)

Will Bowen Living Deeply Teleseminar What would a world without complaining look like? In this teleseminar with host Marilyn Schlitz, Will Bowen explores the reasons people complain and the negative effects complaining can have on your life. (Tue, May 6, 2008)

Hazel Henderson teleseminar on "The Acceleration of the SHIFT in the Global Economy" While the old financial order is crumbling, signs of the growth of the cleaner, greener 21st Century global economy are everywhere: from the new moves in many countries to change our scorecards of progress beyond GDP to those measuring quality of life -- (Wed, Apr 30, 2008)

James O'Dea Dialogue with the President In this special dialogue, members had the opportunity to speak directly with IONS President James O’Dea. (Tue, Apr 29, 2008)

Juliet Ellis teleseminar on "Embodying Multi-Racial Consciousness: Movement and Community-Building in the 21st Century" Juliet Ellis is truly a citizen of an emerging multi-cultural reality in which many of the old categories used to define and describe our identities in the world are no longer a comfortable fit. (Wed, Apr 23, 2008)

William Miller Living Deeply Teleseminar on "Quantum Change: When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives" Dr. Miller talks with host Cassandra Vieten about motivational interviewing used to identify conflicting motivations and how to move forward into life changes. He has served as a consultant to many organizations, including the United States Senate, the Wo (Tue, Apr 22, 2008)

Nina Wise teleseminar on "Transformation through the Arts" In this teleseminar, host Marilyn Schlitz talks with Nina Wise, who is known for her provocative and original performance works. They discuss the value of improvisation in transformational work. Nina shares stories of Vietnam Vets who have participated in (Wed, Apr 16, 2008)

Consciousness and Healing

Next teleseminar guest: Sara Warber on May 21st.

With medical and health insurance costs skyrocketing and millions of people having no insurance at all, there is growing professional frustration and despair among physicians. More and more patients are seeking alternative treatments, in which physicians are not well-enough informed to take part.

The Consciousness & Healing channel is hosted by Marilyn Schlitz and features content that calls health professionals and patients alike to carry the responsibility to help craft a new, more fitting way of practicing medicine in light of the major crisis in the practice and delivery of healthcare in the United States.

On this channel we take the time to consider the integral perspective, the view that the scientific quest is incomplete without data from many domains of inquiry, and that human transcendence can occur in the face of illness and disease.

Our guests in the past year have included Larry Dossey, Candace Pert, Lee Lipsenthal, Stanley Krippner, Elliott Dacher, Tom Janisse, Bridget Duffy, and Penny Livingston. All these teleseminars are available for download from the Consciousness and Healing home page.

Join us every six weeks for a fascinating new exploration of the frontiers of health and healing!

ConverZations that Matter

Next teleseminar guest: William Poy Lee, speaking on the subject of "Exploring The Eighth Promise" on May 28th.

ConverZations that Matter: Frontiers of Race, Cosmology, and Consciousness brings consciousness studies down to earth, making them real and relevant for everyday life, looking especially at questions of race, cosmology and consciousness.

Host Belvie Rooks explores the full spectrum, from street realities to cosmic visions of human potential, with guests committed to harnessing frontier science and philosophy in the service of healing.

Belvie is an IONS board member and executive producer of Watts Up!, an IONS-sponsored documentary about 17-year-old Demaria Perry's journey from Watts, California to the Quest for Global Healing Conference in Bali. The conversations that Demaria shared with such visionaries as IONS founder Edgar Mitchell and Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Bali during filming inspired the ConverZations that Matter series.

This year's teleseminar guests have included Brian Swimme, Drew Dellinger, Barbara Holmes, Matthew Fox, Frans Johannsen, Noliwe Rooks, and Walter Link. All these teleseminars are now available for download from the Converzations home page.

Also, feel free to visit the Watts Up! homepage: www.wattsupjourney.com

Entangled Minds

The guests on Entangled Minds are scientists devoted to exploring the frontiers of consciousness research, including evidence suggestive of the survival of consciousness after bodily death, psychic abilities, mystical states of awareness, distant healing, mind-matter interaction phenomena, and other forms of exceptional human experience.

Recent guests have included Russell Targ, Roger Nelson, Charles Tart, Arthur Hastings, Will Arntz, Loyd Auerbach, Stephan Schwartz, Gary Schwartz, Bruce Lipton, and Rollin McCraty. All these teleseminars are available for download from this channel home.

Host Dean Radin is also the creator of the Psi Arcade, an amusing and engaging way to participate in games that advance our understanding of psychic phenomena.

Quest for Global Healing

Next teleseminar guest: David Hawkins, speaking on the subject of "What IS Consciousness Anyway?" on Jun 11th.

The Quest for Global Healing channel explores how to deal with wounds created by conflict, collective trauma and large-scale oppression. We highlight areas of collective experience which remain unresolved, neglected, and repressed within the psyche of groups and even nations.

Our focus is on consciousness rather than politics per se; global healing is psycho-spiritual in nature and only activist in its consequences. The primary modalities for this work are truth, reconciliation, forgiveness and restorative justice.

This vital and emerging field of inquiry empowers us to dialogue with history - and history in the making – and not simply experience it as a series of externalized events or enactments that are beyond our reach. Join us in engaging some of the most amazing social healers of our time.

In the last year, we've hosted teleseminars with Jean Houston, Frances Moore Lappe, Azim Khamisa, Andrew Cohen, Kaethe Weingarten, Robin Casarjian, and Ervin Laszlo. Partners can now download all of these teleseminars from the Quest for Global Healing home page.

Radical Spirit

Next teleseminar guest: Steven Vedro, speaking on the subject of "Digital Dharma" on May 14th.

The Radical Spirit channel explores the meeting point between consciousness and societal change, highlighting leaders who exemplify spiritual depth and passionate engagement in public processes, as well as offering practical steps to engage change work in life-enhancing ways.

We are especially focused on bridging between different evolutionary movements such as spiritual practice and political change. Our preference is to look at the leading edge – how is a more integral version of spiritual activism emerging in a next generation of leaders? How are these leaders engaging the public sphere?

This year's guests have included Marianne Williamson, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Van Jones, Corinne McLaughlin & Gordon Davidson, Saniel Bonder, Arjuna Ardagh, J. Manuel Herrera, and Noah Levine. All these teleseminars are now available for download on the channel page.

Workplace Revolution

The Workplace Revolution channel interviews a wide range of business leaders, change agents, and visionaries who believe in the potential of business to be a force for good in the world, but who also are aware of the challenges.

We address transformational strategies on both a personal and organizational level in a series of lively discussions that will explore the institution of business and our personal experiences at work from many perspectives.

Is there meaning in the workplace and hope for business to be conscious global citizens? Tune in and find out!

Our recent teleseminar guests have included Hazel Henderson, David Korten, Patricia Aburdene, Danah Zohar, Herman Maynard, and Margaret Wheatley,all of whom can now be downloaded from our channel home page.