Origin
The Institute of Life is founded on the works of Ed Calyan – an Elemental, a natural philosopher and environmental psychologist, who provides the Institute’s route to source knowledge. He is the author of How to have a Easy Life (1993) and How to have a Happy life - Lifeism The Human Manual (2016) which are publications that have been widely recognised as a source of life wisdom - as opposed to man-made explanations of life. These publications form the principles for Life Management Systems and the associated training provided within the Institute.
In 2021, the Institutes Life Management System as an Environmental Psychology was independently tested at the University of Surrey. As a result, a Master of Science (MSc) was awarded for research on Ecological Rationality leading to the Conscious State Theory (CST) which is contained within the Life Management Training. It has taken since 1992 to develop this Life Management Training within the Institute of Life, now perfected and launched on the 9th of January 2023, it provides the natural route to Oneness.
With the Human Manual as the Institute's definitive guide to the human condition, it is now possible to understand your purpose and function, by first understanding the meaning of life itself. The day-to-day decisions which we all make, are crucial to the conditions in which we live and therefore the way of life we experience. So changing thinking, changes lives and helps people to achieve what they are looking for.
In the very earliest days of the Institute, it became very clear that a few life coaching goals are useful, but actually, people want so much more. People really need life philosophy, where they can experience appropriate personal development through a real connection to life itself – to truly achieve self-realisation and design a lifestyle which suits them. life management training is all about developing the capacity to manage circumstances, reducing the degree to which external conditions are responsible for how you feel.
So our moto is “Vita Amino Vi” – the power of the life of the mind, or in short “Vita Vi” – Lifeforce.