Workshops - SDI Companions

Essence 2023 Workshops

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Workshop Details

Our workshops will be held on Thursday, May 4, and Friday, May 5, 2023.

Times will be announced soon – stay tuned!

To register for the conference and make your workshop selections, click the register button below.

Day 1 Workshops (A)

Thursday, May 4, 2023 - (Time TBA)

A1

Shmutz Sweeping: Waking Up to the Light and Dark Shadow of Ourselves, Life, and the Divine

Jinks (Jennifer) Hoffmann & Kristen Hobby

A2

Sufi Mystics and Practical Spirituality

Jamal Rahman

A3

Companioning Mother Earth

Ed O'Malley

A4

Spiritual Companionship with People in Prison

Baya Clare

A5

Essence and Enneagram

Sandra Smith & Erlina Edwards

A6

Created for Joy: Joy as an Act of Sacred Resistance

Diane Berke

A7

Knowing our Bias to Know the All

Shannon Gorres

A8

The Heart of Resilience

Khadijah Matin & Nathan Brisby

A9

Bardic Blessing: Song as Prayer

Simon de Voil

Day 2 Workshops (B)

Friday, May 5, 2023 - (Time TBA)

B1

Neuro-Mysticism and Contemplation: The Essence of Trauma-Informed Spiritual Direction

Shannon Michael Pater

B2

The Infinity Process: A Model for Socio-Spiritual Discernment

M. Ashe Van Steenwyk

B3

Reweaving Our Life Tapestries When Things Fall Apart

Mavis Tsai, Susan Partnow, & Valerie Freilich

B4

Listening with the Ear of the Heart in the Midst of Difference

Diane Millis & John Chang-Yee Lee

B5

When Directees Talk Politics

Nicholas Collura

B6

Holding the View of Nondualism as We Companion for Our Evolving World - An Interspiritual Exploration

Nathan Bettger & Sunyata Kopriva

B7

Experiencing Belonging & Interbeing as an Antidote to Othering: The Essential Practice of Tending to a Sacred Relationship with Earth

Jodi Lammiman & Justin Ferko

B8

Exploring the Essence of Spiritual Companionship Through Descriptive Inquiry

Felicia Black

B9

Let’s Go Fly a Kite

Lucy Abbott Tucker