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Workshop Details

Our workshops will be held on Thursday, May 4, and Friday, May 5, 2023 between 2:30 PM and 5:45 PM.

Workshop durations run from 90-180 minutes each. We will have a 15-minute break starting at 4:00PM.

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Day 1 Workshops (A)

Thursday, May 4, 2023 - (2:30 PM - 5:45 PM)

A1

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

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Jinks (Jennifer) Hoffmann & Kristen Hobby

A2

Sufi Mystics and Practical Spirituality

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Jamal Rahman

A3

Companioning Mother Earth

2:30 - 5:45 PM (180 minutes)

Ed O'Malley

A4

Spiritual Companionship with People in Prison

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Baya Clare

A5

Essence and Enneagram

4:15 - 5:45 PM (90 minutes)

Sandra Smith & Erlina Edwards

A6

Created for Joy: Joy as an Act of Sacred Resistance

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Diane Berke

A7

Knowing our Bias to Know the All

2:30 - 5:45 PM (180 minutes)

Shannon Gorres

A8

The Heart of Resilience

2:30 - 5:45 PM (180 minutes)

Khadijah Matin & Nathan Brisby

A9

Bardic Blessing: Song as Prayer

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Simon de Voil

A10

Remembering, Reckoning, Renewing: Spiritual Innovation for our Collective Flourishing

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Michelle Scheidt, Uvinie Lubecki, & Rev. Alicia Forde

A11

Writing Workshop #1: Creation and Contemplation: Explore Your Path as a Writer

4:15 - 5:45 PM (90 minutes)

Tania Casselle

A12

Spiritual Direction Educational Leaders Gathering

4:15 - 5:45 PM (90 minutes)

Ravi Verma & Bernadette Miles

Day 2 Workshops (B)

Friday, May 5, 2023 - (2:30 PM - 5:45 PM)

B1

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

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Shannon Michael Pater

B2

The Infinity Process: A Model for Socio-Spiritual Discernment

2:30 - 5:45 PM (180 minutes)

M. Ashe Van Steenwyk

B3

Reweaving Our Life Tapestries When Things Fall Apart

2:30 - 5:45 PM (180 minutes)

Mavis Tsai

B4

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

2:30 - 5:45 PM (180 minutes)

Diane Millis & John Chang-Yee Lee

B5

When Directees Talk Politics

4:15 - 5:45 PM (90 minutes)

Nicholas Collura

B6

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

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Nathan Bettger & Sunyata Kopriva

B7

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

2:30 - 5:45 PM (180 minutes)

Jodi Lammiman & Justin Ferko

B8

Exploring the Essence of Spiritual Companionship Through Descriptive Inquiry

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Felicia Black

B9

Let’s Go Fly a Kite

4:15 - 5:45 PM (90 minutes)

Lucy Abbott Tucker

B10

Mystical Dimensions of Spiritual Direction and Companionship

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

James Finley

B11

The Nexus Between Spiritual Direction and Science

2:30 - 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Ilia Delio, James Stump, Cortland Dahl, & Mohammed Mohammed

B12

Writing Workshop #2: Paths to Publishing

4:15 - 5:45 PM (90 minutes)

Tania Casselle

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