The Luminous Journal
Writing as Refuge
6-week FREE journalling course for healing, inspiration, and resilience
Find clarity. Restore balance. Discover wisdom in your story.
Writing for therapy | Memoir Writing | Creative writing prompts | Mindfulness practices
You don’t need to be a “writer.” You don’t need hours of free time. All you need is a notebook, a pen, and a willingness to show up.
Feeling Overwhelmed in this modern world?
Are you craving connection, grounding, clarity or simplicity?
Maybe you feel there's something within you that needs to move, but you don’t quite know what or how?
With so much noise, constant headlines, and daily demands, you’re not alone in yearning for something grounded and real.
What if you could carve out a few minutes of screen-free time each week to reconnect with yourself - no need for high-end coaches or complex practices?
What if you had help to find a quiet place within you, where you can process what you’re carrying and uncover meaning in your story?
Life writing is a simple, ancient practice that is accessible to all, at any time. It has the effortless power to decrease stress and transmute heaviness into art. Journalling is a proven form of therapy and release, a way to untangle thoughts, let go of what weighs you down and come to a place of peace and wisdom within yourself.
The Luminous Journal is a free journalling course designed to build a steady therapeutic writing practice that nurtures clarity, resilience, and hope.
What you’ll receive
Join this free writing course and receive:
6 weekly emails, each with gentle mindfulness practices and powerful prompts
Step-by-step guidance on therapeutic writing and creative journalling techniques, as well as suggestions to refine your raw writing into art
Life writing practices that can be completed from just 5–15 minutes
A complete introduction to using journalling and creative writing for healing, clarity and inspiration
Everything is designed to be flexible with both short-form and longer-form prompts: dip in for a few minutes, or go deeper when you have more time.
Why journalling?
Research in expressive writing shows what many of us instinctively know - journalling:
Reduces stress
Supports emotional processing
Deepens self-awareness
Brings pleasure, hope and peace
Through intentional life writing, memories can be revisited with safety and shaped with wisdom. Your days can be unwoven and released, the energy of the past transmuted into new stories of beauty and resilience.
A sanctuary away from the therapist’s couch, a blank page becomes a non-judgmental space where you are able to view your stories in a different light.
The act of bringing what is buried to the surface, then observing it and reframing it, can bring gentle, yet profound healing.
The best thing about this is it can be accessed anywhere, anytime, with nothing external needed.
this course is for you if:
You’ve been feeling heavy or overwhelmed by modern life
You’re craving grounding, clarity, and a way to process your thoughts
You long for a safe, screen-free space to reconnect with yourself
You want to build a sustainable journalling practice, guided by weekly prompts
You’re curious about how life writing and memoir can support healing and self-discovery
You’d like a gentle, creative outlet for your emotions — no judgement, no pressure.
You feel called to explore words as medicine, even if you don’t consider yourself a “writer”
No prior experience is needed—just a notebook, a pen, and your curiosity.
Life Writing for Healing
The Luminous Journal is a FREE 6-week journaling journey designed to help you:
Release stress
Find clarity
Explore and process memory in a safe, structured way
Reconnect with hope
Rewrite your story to discover resilience, hope and embodied wisdom
Discover resilience in your life
Build a gentle but sustainable writing or journalling practice
Gift yourself precious time alone with yourself, away from a screen
By the end of six weeks, you’ll not only have a clearer mind and motivation to continue a sustainable, inspiring journal practice, you’ll also have a collection of memoir fragments - pieces of your life shaped into story - that can stand on their own or serve as seeds for a larger project. It’s not about “being a writer” — it’s about being human and finding meaning and joy in the every day.
It is my belief that creative expression is more important than ever in this modern world, and that it should be encouraged, supported, and accessible for everyone. Thus, the Luminous Journal is offered to this community completely free!
What to Expect:
Weekly guidance by email
Six emails over six weeks, each one guiding you through a complete practice
Mindfulness practices
Gentle rituals to begin writing with presence
Therapeutic journalling prompts
Short (5–15 minutes) and long (15–60 minutes), designed to help you process, reflect, and discover
Alchemical Writing: Reframe into Art
Shape your raw words into fragments of beauty and wisdom
Integration questions
Bring insight into your relationships and daily life
Weekly Affirmations
Weekly affirmations and phrases of strength, to carry with you through the week.
"This course gave me exactly what I needed - accountability to a practice that I could return to each day. Writing each evening became a lifeline for me, the prompts were simple but effective and brought me a lot of peace. This practice gave me a quiet place to be and reminded me that I always have a safe place to turn to: my own words."
— James
"Julia’s guidance is always so thoughtful. I felt supported to access a deeper level of honesty and creative expression than I have in years. The combination of mindfulness, freewriting, and the ‘alchemical writing’ practice helped me reframe difficult feelings and leave each session feeling renewed. It’s not just journalling, it’s healing. I’ll be returning to these practices again and again."
— Lana
Pricing:
Join Today—It’s Free
Join this free 6-week journaling course and discover how writing can become your go-to tool for healing, creativity, and inspired living.
Optional Add-ons:
Tailor your course to your personal needs by adding live writing therapy and creative coaching with Jiya Julia. Receive one-on-one guidance to get the most out of your course, help process what comes up and even receive support to refine your raw writing into creative pieces.
Creative Coaching or Mentorship Package:
3 sessions $444
7 Sessions $777
What our participants say:
“I truly can’t say enough about all that I received from attending this writing retreat with Jiya. Her loving, soulful presence and the way she held such sacred space for authentic, creative expression was just amazing. The experience left a profound impact on my life. I feel more confident in myself, more open to sharing my creativity, and I made life long friends & memories that I will forever cherish. I can’t wait to join Jiya again for another offering in the future!”
“I love how Inner Muse brought me to a timeless space where I could reflect deeply and return to corners of my life that I hadn’t ventured to since the memories themselves were formed. My muse held a mirror in her hand, showing me parts of myself, and others, I had long forgotten, like family members who have already passed. I got to re-live experiences with them, which was really beautiful. This journey through writing has been is such a gift. Thank you, Julia!!”
“This retreat was completely soul enriching. Julia leads ceremony and holds sacred writing space in a beautiful way. This type of retreat is great for absolutely anyone wanting to connect more to themselves, deepen their writing and creativity, and connect more to the earth. Can’t recommend it enough!”