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Intuition as Intelligence: Reclaiming Inner Knowing through Discernment, Creativity, and Science


  • The AdhiZen Studio 103 Cottage Street Littleton, NH, 03561 United States (map)

Course Description

This immersive 5-day course is designed to reframe intuition not as mysticism, but as a critical and creative faculty rooted in deep observation, experience, and inner intelligence. Participants will explore ancient and contemporary approaches to intuition—learning to distinguish signal from noise, work with symbols and embodied cues, and apply rigorous, grounded practices to intuitive insight. Each day includes a structured lecture, experiential lab, and guided discussion. Tools from neuroscience, pattern recognition, systems thinking, and ancestral traditions will be interwoven to build a strong intuitive practice.

Course Format

  • Length: 5 days

  • Time per day: 3 hours (1.5-hour lecture, 1.5-hour experiential lab)

  • Delivery: Zoom

  • Tuition: $1,200

  • Materials: Provided (PDFs, exercises, diagrams, journal prompts, optional physical materials list)

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will:

  • Understand the cognitive and somatic foundations of intuition

  • Identify and track their own intuitive signals

  • Apply discernment protocols to separate intuition from bias or fear

  • Practice ancient and contemporary techniques to hone inner knowing

  • Use creativity, metaphor, and observation to build intuitive fluency

  • Develop a personalized intuitive toolkit and ethical framework

Day-by-Day Breakdown

Day 1: What Is Intuition? Mapping the Terrain

  • Lecture Topics:

    • Definitions of intuition across cultures (Indigenous, Classical, Scientific)

    • Neurological basis of intuitive processing (gut-brain axis, pattern recognition, the default mode network)

    • Myths vs. mechanisms of intuition

    • The role of attention and perception

  • Lab:

    • Guided journaling on past intuitive experiences

    • “Sensory sharpening” exercises (visual, auditory, kinesthetic cues)

    • Group reflection: cultivating observational awareness

Day 2: Signals and Systems — The Language of Intuition

  • Lecture Topics:

    • Internal signals: somatic markers, gut feelings, dreams, and imaginal forms

    • Archetypes, metaphor, and symbolic thinking

    • Intuition in nature: animal behavior, environmental awareness

    • Tools: Pendulum work, synchronicity tracking, drawing for intuitive insight

  • Lab:

    • Creating a “symbol map” or intuitive journal

    • Working with a partner: identifying shifts in voice, breath, or energy

    • Practice: dream decoding and visual analysis

Day 3: Discernment — Filtering Truth from Fear

  • Lecture Topics:

    • Biases and blocks: emotional reactivity vs intuitive clarity

    • Protocols for testing intuitive data (triangulation, timing, repetition)

    • Ethics of intuitive work (consent, accuracy, transparency)

    • Historical examples of disciplined intuition (e.g., Da Vinci, Tesla, Hildegard of Bingen)

  • Lab:

    • “Yes/No/Maybe” somatic practice

    • Triangulation exercise with story fragments

    • Situational discernment role-play

Day 4: Creativity, Problem Solving, and the Intuitive Mind

  • Lecture Topics:

    • Divergent thinking and intuition: the problem-solving edge

    • Tapping the subconscious mind through art, movement, and metaphor

    • Intuition in science and invention

    • Visioning techniques (future mapping, guided imagery)

  • Lab:

    • Drawing exercise: translate a concept into form

    • Group problem-solving challenge using intuitive tools

    • Guided visualization into creative future scenarios

Day 5: Integration, Tools, and Protocols for Ongoing Practice

  • Lecture Topics:

    • Building your personal intuitive protocol

    • Cultivating daily practices (tracking, dreamwork, observation, journaling)

    • Working with intuitive insight in service to others or one’s work

    • Maintaining humility, curiosity, and groundedness

  • Lab:

    • Create a personal intuitive toolkit or visual map

    • Final group intuitive project: assessment and application

    • Closing circle and reflection

Optional Materials List (for those who want to go deeper)

  • Sketchbook or intuitive journal

  • Colored pencils or markers

  • A pendulum or small object on a string

  • Print-outs of dream logs, nature observations, etc.

  • Object for personal symbolic meaning (e.g., stone, feather, photo)

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