Spiritual direction and companionship inspires people to experience authenticity in their lives as they connect with and explore the ground of all being, that deepest of truths which is beyond life and death and goes by many names, including God, and no name at all.
The spiritual companions of SDI share their stories on our blog. Receive nourishment, learn a new practice, and gain insight into the healing modality of spiritual companionship through one of the stories shared below.
If you are an SDI Member interested in writing an SDI Story for the blog, please use our submission form here: Submit an SDI Story.
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
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
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
As a diverse and international organization, we know that SDI members and friends may be experiencing a wide range of emotions in response to the recent attack on southern Israel on October 7th and the assaults on Gaza that have followed. As the Board of SDI, our hearts cry
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
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
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
As we anticipate SDI’s upcoming 12-session course, New Perspectives on Ignatian Spiritual Direction, we are making available to everyone the first session of our 2022 webinar, Discernment in Troubled Times. You can view it right here on this page, just scroll down to find it and click the Play button.
“I already feel more awake`-thank you.” “I cannot wait for the class!!!” “brilliant and blissful,” “Tingly,” “Being present to my own joy,” “Calm and energized,” “Peacefulness,” “Wonder and awe,” “Reconnecting with my true self.” “This was life-changing.” “I feel like I’ve transformed as a spiritual director” (OK, that one is
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
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
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