While living in Paris, she discovered what her friends believed to be effective healing powers and she started gathering them in informal groups.

[2] In 1987, however, the French Catholic Bishops published a declaration claiming that IVI was a “gnostic” movement whose syncretism was incompatible with orthodox Catholicism.

[3] In France in 1995[4] and 1999,[5] IVI was included in governmental lists of cults and sects (in 1995 under the name “Invitation à la vie intense”).

On the other hand, in 2007 the association Invitation to Life has been declared of general interest in France: this means that IVI is recognised as a not-for-profit organisation with tax-deductibility status for donations.

[2] To achieve these aims, IVI proposes three “keys”: prayer, harmonization (intended as a specific technique), and vibrations.