In the 1960s, he formed the Institute of Ability where he and his wife Ava promoted “holistic health techniques such as fasting and massage, communication exercises like those used in encounter groups, emotional release therapies, past life regression, and a host of other modalities popular among the 1960s counterculture.”
In the 1960s, he created the Institute of Ability, promoting "all-encompassing health practices such as fasting and massage, interpersonal interactions like those in group therapy sessions, emotional healing therapies, past life exploration, and a variety of other modalities characteristic of the counterculture movement.