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George Burr Leonard (1923 – January 6, 2010) was an American writer, editor, and educator who wrote extensively about education and human potential. He was President Emeritus of the Esalen Institute, past-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, President of ITP International,^[1] and a former editor of Look Magazine. He was also a former United States Army Air Corps pilot, and held a fifth degree black belt in aikido.^[1]

Leonard was a co-founder of the Aikido of Tamalpais dojo in Corte Madera, California.^[2] He also developed the Leonard Energy Training (LET) practice for centering the mind, body, and spirit.^[2] Leonard died at his home in Mill Valley, California on January 6, 2010 after a long illness. He was 86 years old.^[3]

Books

• The Way of Aikido: Life Lessons from an American Sensei
  
• The Decline of the American Male
  
• Shoulder the Sky
  
• Education and Ecstasy
  
• The Man & Woman Thing, and Other Provocations
  
• The Transformation
  
• The Ultimate Athlete
  
• The Silent Pulse
  
• The End of Sex
  
• Walking on the Edge of the World
  
• Mastery
  
• The Life We Are Given
  

References

External links

• Article in the Encyclopedia of Aikido
• Aikido of Tamalpais
• The ITP Founders & Board of Directors
• Interview with Sensei George Leonard, April 2000, AikiWeb