Illuminating the beauty of the human spirit.
At the Center for Inspired Wisdom, we are always learning. As the educational outreach branch of Jwalan Muktikã School for Illumination (JMSI), we offer a diverse and innovative range of educational experiences that invite deeper exploration and transformation.
“You cannot transform anyone, not even yourself. All you can do is create a space for transformation to happen, for grace and love to enter.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
CIW dedicates itself to exploring, teaching, and embracing new ideas. In our practice and in what we teach, we place great emphasis on health and wellness, personal spiritual growth, self-awareness, and the role the environment plays in our lives.
Signature Programs
Throughout the year, Center for Inspired Wisdom hosts a variety of insightful and provocative programs. Our signature programs include:
The Speaker Series
Held weekly in six week segments Fall-Spring, this series features a rotating schedule of speakers, with diverse topics such as healthy eating with the seasons, authentic relationships, exploring our connection with nature, and ways to stay energetically balanced. It’s a great opportunity to become more familiar with the JMSI tools, meet like-minded people and learn more about yourself.
The Inspired Wisdom Intensive
A Life Style Change
This immersion program is designed for lasting transformation and change. Traditionally taught in two, 1-week long sessions, it’s an in-depth opportunity to explore our foundational tools. We will help you improve your health and well-being and step into your spiritual purpose. The intensive supports you in tapping into your intuition, expanding your thinking, and helping you journey to the wisdom of your own True Self.
The Personalized Inspired Wisdom Intensive
Available for 1 to 12 people, this intensive is provided upon request for 2-6 days and designed to meet the personalized goals of the attendees. Great for couples, families, friends, groups, organizations, colleagues or any group of people who want to share in-depth exploration of themselves and their relationships to one another, the world at large and the universe. It is also provided for individuals who want a more tailored approach to an intensive. By listening to the intentions of the participants, we develop an experience choosing from our multitude of tools which results in a unique deep learning for the participant(s). Typically, there is a primary staff member who works with the participant(s) as well as adjunct faculty who come in to teach specific tools.
Cooking Classes with Miriam Katz
Each afternoon class features a menu of delicious, seasonal gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free recipes that are fun, simple to prepare, and nutritious for the body. Miriam is the co-author of Cookin’ Up Good Vibrations, JMSI’s cookbook on seasonal gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, meat-free cooking.
Integrated Nutrition Apprentice Program
This program is an in-depth, holistically oriented nutritional program designed to expand knowledge and skills for the serious student or practitioner of nutrition. Emphasis is placed on the assessment, planning and preparation skills necessary to help our bodies balance through food. Information presented in this 2 half day/week 6 month program is derived from ancient and modern sources as well as from multiple disciplines and cultures. Ideal for addressing food sensitivities and promoting vitality through nutrition, it encapsulates JMSI’s ongoing exploration of the profound role that food plays in balancing the whole self. Miriam is the co-author of Cookin’ Up Good Vibrations, JMSI’s cookbook on seasonal gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, meat-free cooking.
What We Teach
In addition to our signature programs, CIW offers a variety of workshops and programs in wellness and personal growth. Some of the topics we concentrate on include:
- Mind, Body & Spirit
- Health & Healing
- Cooking & Nutrition
- Creativity & Inspiration
- Astrology
- Numerology
- Enhancing our Relationships
- Community & Sustainability