Join us for the
Fall Season of our Spiritual Development Program at Inner Light!

 Our first class starts Saturday, September 25th at 9:30am. 

Getting Off the Victim Triangle and into the Win-win Circle

A playshop facilitated by
Valerie Joi Fiddmont and Rev. Katherine Q. Revoir

  1 Saturday, September 25^th, 9:30am - 5:00pm, ILM Fireside Room    Fee:  $50

If you’ve ever felt the need to fix or change others, then judged them, and then wondered why you felt angry, invisible, or unappreciated, then you were probably on the Victim Triangle. The three stations of the triangle are Rescuer, Persecutor, and Victim (aka Hero, Villain, Victim).  This playshop will teach you a proactive approach for transforming any cycle of negative ego into the win-win Circle, where non-judgment, forgiveness, and spiritual self-care will prevail.  Here you make a shift from being dependent on outside sources for power and fulfillment to relying on your own sense of Self.

Valerie Joi Fiddmont  is the Minister of Music and Arts for Inner Light Ministries, where she is the founding director of the Inner Light Choir and creator of the ILM Singing Circle Music Ministry Experience. Her CD of original compositions, Singing the Sacred Yes, was released in 2006.

Rev. Katherine Q. Revoir  is the founder of Center for Richer Living in Mill Valley, CA. The author of two published books, she also writes fun and interactive classes and playshops that explore links between creative self-expression and spiritual development. Visit her website at http//www.RicherLiving.org

Catch the Magic:  Create Your Own ‘ILM Tool Kit’

Samatha Bartels, Kathy Miles, and Char Knowles

6 Mondays, October 4th – November 8^th, 7:00pm-9:30pm,
ILM Fireside Room          Materials Fee: $15  Class Fee: $45  

Have you ever wondered what ILM is all about? What are these ‘Tools for Living’ that are mentioned every Sunday?  What does affirmative prayer mean?  Have you wanted to start a spiritual practice but couldn’t get it together?  Join us in an introduction to ILM’s practices and principles.  Learn what ‘movement in consciousness’ is through prayer, spoken word, visioning, gratitude, affirmations, and movement.  Guest speakers from a variety of ILM ministries will enrich and enliven your experience.  Make new connections and be prepared to laugh, move, enjoy, expand, give, and receive.

Samatha Bartels is on fire with Spirit!  Since completing her Practitioner’s Program at ILM, she has blended her many years in the education field with her love and enthusiasm for inspiring those on a spiritual quest.

When Kathy Miles first came to ILM, she found vitality, aliveness, and practicality, and she knew she was home.  Here she learned the tools that took her spiritual journey to a new and exciting level, and she wants to share those tools with you!

Four years ago Char Knowles found her calling and set out on her path toward spiritual empowerment.  She has a deep commitment to sharing the heart of ILM. For the skeptic, for the curious, this class is where you want to be!

 Singing Circle – Theme: Embrace
Community Singing and Praise for Such a time as this!

Valerie Joi Fiddmont

9 Wednesdays, October 20^th  – December 15^th, 7:00pm–9:30pm,
ILM Social Hall      Fees: $110  

This 9 week class facilitated by Valerie Joi Fiddmont will provide an experience of singing as a transformative force in our lives and in our community  Explore how music expresses itself as us!   Harmony, healing, connection, wholeness and joy happen.  As Spirit moves us, we’ll play, groove, bop, contemplate, wail, beautify and get funky.  This is a wonderfully, safe, place to reclaim the joy of music, set your voice free, No experience is necessary. This experience culminates in co-ministry with the Inner Light Ministries Sunday service on December 12^th.  You will not want to miss this!

Valerie Joi Fiddmont  is the Minister of Music and Arts for Inner Light Ministries, where she is the founding director of the Inner Light Choir and creator of the ILM Singing Circle Music Ministry Experience. She also directs the UCSC Gospel Choir and shares her ministry of love and music with local students from all walks of life. Her CD of original compositions, Singing the Sacred Yes, was released in 2006. She is currently working on her latest CD due out in early 2011.

Healing Family Relationships

Rev. Deborah L. Johnson facilitating

 5 Tuesdays, November 16^{th  –}  December 14^th , 7pm–9:30pm,
ILM Fireside Room   Fee: TBD

Rev. Deborah L. Johnson leads you in navigating the seas of family relationships and working through the storms of life as they relate to our primary living situation.  Do you have resentment, fear, anxiety when family gatherings are scheduled?  Are their childhood wounds or situations that haven't healed? Are you trying desperately to figure out why you can't talk to your sister or your son?  Join Rev. Johnson as she leads you in acquiring and using the tools and methods that will allow you healing in your family unit.

Rev. Deborah L. Johnson, founding minister and CEO of Inner Light Ministries, is an acclaimed public speaker and teacher noted for her dynamic presenta­tions and ability to bring clarity to complex issues. She holds an MBA from UCLA and a ministerial degree from the Holmes Institute of Religious Sci­ence where she serves on the faculty. She is the author of the Letters from the Infinite series including The Sacred YES, and Your Deepest Intent.

Healing Your Child-Self

“Feeling safe in a ‘grown up’ World”

Taica Patience

 Friday, November 19^th from 5pm-9:30pm and
Saturday, November 20th, 9am–5pm, ILM Fireside Room

$60-$100 sliding scale

Are you determined to heal from the wounding of your childhood so that you can feel safe and balanced in the world? Do you yearn to live the life that you were born for? Explore childhood wounding, be held in a deep healing space with others, and embark on a quest to unearth the gifts and gems that come out of the hurt. This workshop will include a full Transformational Breath session, and is for anyone who is ready to take this journey.     

Rev. Taica Patience is a Transformational Breath Facilitator with a local healing practice. What enlivens her is facilitating the emergence of innate balance and beauty in people, groups, and the world.
She is she is joyful in song, sacred circles, wild places, and the kitchen.