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Dearest Companions, The SDI Staff went on a staff retreat last week, and we had occasion to reflect on our work, and this wonderful community we are a part of.  We want to take this moment to extend our most profound and sincere gratitude to you all!  We are truly honored and inspired by the […]

  We recently published the latest issue of our Connections “Newsletter” – less of a newsletter, and more of a collection of reflections and teachings on spiritual direction and companionship, written by SDI Members. In this issue you’ll find the following: A touching reflection by Beckie Boger, on the divine companionship of horses. Beckie runs

In anticipation of our Forest Bathing Retreat for Spiritual Companions coming in March 2024, we’ve recently hosted two free sessions with our facilitators, Dr. Jeanette Banashak and Rev. Simon Ruth De Voil. Click here to enjoy a Virtual Forest Bathing session with Dr. Jeanette Banashak (recorded November Click here to enjoy a Birdsong Poetry Vespers

Dear Friends, The October issue of Listen is here!  Listen is our quarterly publication with a written reflection on spiritual companionship, with poetry written by SDI Members, and freely available to all. In this issue I share about the growing number of “unaffiliated spiritual explorers” both in our community and in the population at-large. The

Attracted by beauty and responding to sorrow, Tessa Bielecki and David Denny offer insights about inner work and earth care, peacemaking and social justice, living and dying, and share the nourishing desert wisdom that blooms today. We extend a heartfelt invitation to all spiritual directors, companions, and wayfarers to join us in exploring the rich

There is great need in the world today for spiritual direction and companionship.These are challenging times we live in – and we believe spiritual direction and companionship should be flourishing modalities, broadly accepted and sought out by all those awakening to their spiritual journeys. But, how many people do you know who have even heard

Let’s imagine new possibilities, new frontiers, and new containers for helping others see themselves as they are – luminous and spiritual beings. Last Friday, we launched registrations for a new webinar around a topic that stirs my imagination and quickens my heart – how we can ignite and unleash our practices of spiritual direction and

We released the latest version of our Listen publication for July, 2023. It is freely available to everyone and you can access it here: Listen – 17.3 – July 2023 – SDI Companions In this issue, I reflect on a recent backpacking trip where I took Henri Nouwen’s The Inner Voice of Love with me, described

Volume 29, Issue 2 of our quarterly publication on Spiritual Direction and Companionship is arriving this week in mailboxes, and is available now on our website. Highlights include: Spirituality in Session: A Conversation about Spirituality in Counseling, with Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Russell Siler Jones, and Rev. SeiFu Anil Singh-Molares Deconstruction and Supervision: Supporting the Role

Dear Community, About 570 of us gathered last week, both virtually and in person, in Madison, WI for an SDI conference that set a new marker for our organization. Over several days, we explored the essence of our calling as spiritual directors and companions through an incredible set of explorations from our keynoters, workshops presenters,