Free Sample Classes
Are you ready for a Transformative Experience? Join us for a free introductory class to Kabbalah.
Each spiritual path is different. You want to walk more authentically through your days. Some benefit from new insight that unblocks them and calls them to change. Some find peace in the community of others seeking spiritual fellowship. Whatever the point of entry, there is meaning and direction to be found in the unseen realm. Kabbalah Experience throws wide that door and extends an invitation to investigate both the material and the spiritual worlds with fresh eyes. Feel the world around you opening up to reveal more opportunities for you and humanity as a whole. There is more to life than what first seems to be the case.
Please join us in person, or connect with ZOOM video conference.
Schedule and registration form below:
Soul: Foundations in Transformative Kabbalah
The study of Kabbalah enables us to discover what is hidden from our perception in plain sight. In this introduction to the basic teachings of the Kabbalah you learn to see beyond habituated and constricted thinking and become open to experiencing the connectivity of all of created reality—what is known in physics as Quantum Entanglement, in Depth Psychology as Synchronicity and in Kabbalah as Soul Connections.
Free intro classes are approximately one hour long and are offered in-person at our Denver, CO location and virtually through Zoom (unless otherwise noted)
- Monday January 5th at 1:30pm Mountain Time / 3:30pm Eastern
- Tuesday January 6th at 12pm Mountain Time / 2pm Eastern
- Monday January 12th at 1:30pm Mountain Time / 3:30pm Eastern
- Tuesday January 13th at 12pm Mountain Time / 2pm Eastern
See All Classes Taught By Melanie Gruenwald
Understanding the Tree of Life
A key to consciousness in Kabbalah is the Tree of Life, a visual map of how infinite and finite flow into and from each other. We enter places, form relationships and pursue projects often with little understanding of how they come about, their meaning and the relevance of seeing beyond what manifests. In this introduction to the Tree of Life we learn about and then practice incorporating this system of energy flow in all our interactions.
Free intro classes are approximately one hour long and are offered in-person at our Denver, CO location and virtually through Zoom (unless otherwise noted)
- Monday January 5th at 9:00am Mountain Time / 11am Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
- Tuesday January 6th at 10:30am Mountain Time / 12:30pm Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
- Monday January 12th at 9:00am Mountain Time / 11am Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
- Tuesday January 13th at 10:30am Mountain Time / 12:30pm Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
See All Classes Taught By Melanie Gruenwald
Queer Kabbalah: Understanding the Tree of Life Winter 2026 Semester
Understanding the Tree of Life: In this class we will delve more deeply into the Tree of Life, a visual map of how infinite and finite flow into and from each other. We will devote time in each class to understanding each of the Sefirot like Chesed (loving-kindness) & Gevurah (power) and how these energies manifest in our lives. Using the wisdom of lived experience as queer people, we will seek to explore how the Tree of Life intersects with our identities and can provide us with a spiritual toolkit for living with greater authenticity, integrity and connective awareness.
This class is open to all and is especially well suited to those who took the introduction to Queer Kabbalah class with me.
If you were unable to attend this previous class but want to have an intro to the Tree of Life in preparation for this class, it is recommended that you attend the free intro session on December 9th 2025.
This class will be offered in-person in Denver Colorado (no Zoom option)
Free intro classes are approximately 1 hour long
Mystical Hebrew Letters; Channels in the Tree of Life
The early Kabbalah focused on the Hebrew letters and language and how this code underlies creation. The beauty of the letters is expressed through their meaning, shape, name and numerical value. The Hebrew letters are containers for the energies of time, including the months of the year and the 12 Spiritual Senses of Soul explained in Sefer Yetzirah (The book of Formation).
Free intro classes are approximately 1 hour long
- Wednesday January 7th at 9:30am Mountain Time / 11:30am Eastern with Dr. David Sanders
- Thursday January 8th at 8:30am Mountain Time / 10:30am Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
- Wednesday January 14th at 9:30am Mountain Time / 11:30am Eastern with Dr. David Sanders
- Thursday January 15th at 8:30am Mountain Time / 10:30am Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, and Spirit
Free intro classes are approximately 1 hour long
- Monday January 5th at 10:30am Mountain Time / 12:30pm Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
- Monday January 12th at 10:30am Mountain Time / 12:30pm Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
Creative Journeys: Aleph Bet
Free intro classes are approximately 1 hour long
- Thursday January 8th at 1:45pm Mountain Time / 3:45pm Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
- Thursday January 15th at 1:45pm Mountain Time / 3:45pm Eastern with Melanie Gruenwald
Do We Have Free Will?
Do We Have Free Will? An in-depth inquiry from Neuroscience and Kabbalah
The Buddhist trained devotee, Leonard Cohen, stated emphatically that while we have a sense that we make choices as if we are running the show this is only an illusion. In his view, corroborated by most neuroscientists, “we don’t determine what we are going to see next, hear next, taste next, feel next or think next” and choose next. There is no Self or Soul as an arbiter. For Kabbalah, and some neuroscientists it is the soul’s self-aware consciousness which provides the capacity to breaking free from what appears determined by nature and nurture. Edith Eger’s book, The Choice, will add further dimensions to the bold and unpredictable choices we are guided to consider for our spiritual growth.
Free intro classes are approximately 1 hour long
- Wednesday January 7th at 9:30am Mountain Time / 11:30am Eastern
- Wednesday January 14th at 9:30am Mountain Time / 11:30am Eastern
Mussar, Kabbalah, and Brene Brown: Have You No Shame?
Musar is a moral-spiritual discipline, a system of character development, or soul-growth, that taps the well of Kabbalah and offers a framework and a toolkit for translating that ancient wisdom into a personalized, ongoing ethical discipline to improve ourselves and our world. This pragmatic and deeply personal study (and practice) of musar does a deep dive into the instructor’s own translation of a classical (16th Century) musar text called Orchot Tzaddiqim or “Pathways of Moral Leadership.” This winter’s session will study the chapter on the very first emotion mentioned in the Bible, bushah – often translated as ‘shame.’ Drawing upon the contemporary insights of Dr. Brown on this topic will offer us a fresh lens through which to understand various forms of self-conscious emotional discomfort [shame?] and harness it for good.
Classes are offered in-person and virtually through Zoom (Rabbi Jamie Arnold will be on zoom most sessions, in-person attendance is available to students who wish to attend in person)
Free intro classes are approximately 1 hour long
- Wednesday January 14th at 10:30am Mountain Time / 12:30pm Eastern with Rabbi Jamie Arnold
Kabbalah as an Antidote to Tribalistic Religion
The new series challenges the notion of religion as an inherently conservative, tribalistic force in society with a study of a recent book by maverick rabbi, Rami Shapiro. Rabbi Rami’s theology, like that of teachers like rabbis Abraham Joshua Heschel, Zalman Schacter-Shlomi, and Arthur Green, is steeped in kabbalah. In his book “Judaism without Tribalism: A Guide to Being a Blessing to All the Peoples of the Earth” we get a glimpse of how religion infused with a kabbalistic sensibility might look.
Participants (in the full class) will be asked to purchase their own copy of the book, and bring a willingness to re-examine religion through a modern kabbalistic lens.
This class will be offered virtually through Zoom only (not offered in-person)
Free intro classes are approximately 1 hour long
- Friday January 9th at 9:30am Mountain Time / 11:30am Eastern with Rabbi Jamie Arnold
News Cycle Support Group
WHAT: This series will draw on the principles and practices of the Jewish calendar, exploring and experiencing the potential impacts of internalizing and implementing lessons learned from the holidays to help us frame and respond effectively to the best and worst of times, individually and collectively. This series will highlight the midwinter holidays of Tu Bishvat, Rosh Hodesh Adar, and Purim.
WHO: This weekly gathering aims to support those of us invested in social and political progress at home and abroad, deeply concerned with the current state of affairs, and committed to bringing our best selves to face the challenges of these turbulent times.
HOW: Classes are offered on-line through Zoom only (not in-person)
This class will be offered virtually through Zoom only (not offered in-person)
Free intro classes are approximately 1 hour long
- Friday January 9th at 8:00am Mountain Time / 10am Eastern with Rabbi Jamie Arnold