CIHS is a graduate school and research center based in Encinitas since its founding in 1992 by Hiroshi Motoyama. The faculty has decades of experience in energy healing, integral studies and consciousness-expansion research. Students come from around the world for programs that include life physics, comparative religion and philosophy, integral health and integral studies. The institute is rooted in a tridimensional model of mind-body-spirit developed by Motoyama after decades of research on subtle energy and personal meditation practices.