Scott Rensho Elliott
City: Orono
State: ME
Languages: English
Personalized Affiliation: Buddhism
Spiritual Spheres: Buddhism, Christianity, Eco/Nature-based, Interfaith, Interspiritual, Spiritual but Not Religious, Spiritual Independent
Affinity Groups:
Category: Spiritual Director, Spiritual Companion, Life Coach, Chaplain
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 828-242-0210
Website: http://www.meditationandalchemy.com/
Focus Area: Addiction, Alcoholism, Asian Cultures, Codependency, Divorced/Widowed, Dreamworker, Dying/Sick/Hospice, Elderly/Mature, European Cultures, Grief and Loss, Health Care, Incarceration/Justice/Legal, Men's Issues, Mental Health/Depression, Mindfulness/Meditation, Spiritual Awakening / Mystical Experiences
Social Media:
Profile: I am a spiritual counselor, educator, and contemplative guide devoted to the care of Soul and the cultivation of mindful awareness. For more than two decades, I have accompanied individuals and families through grief, transformation, and spiritual awakening — helping others to listen for the quiet movement of the sacred within their own lives. I hold a Master’s Degree in Archetypal Psychology, a field rooted in the work of Carl Jung and James Hillman, exploring the symbolic life of the psyche and the imagination as expressions of Soul. My approach integrates the insights of Jungian depth psychology with the practices of mindfulness, meditation, and imaginal inner work, forming what I call Mindfulness-Centered Soul Tending — a way listening and guidance that honors both psycho-spiritual understanding as well as the depth and mystery of the Soul. From an early age, I experienced the world as deeply symbolic and alive with meaning — a world where dreams, synchronicities, and archetypal images reveal the subtle language of Soul. This sensitivity has shaped both my vocation and my way of being. Over time, it led me to study and practice within several spiritual traditions, including Celtic Christian and Contemplative spirituality, Tibetan Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism. Each has taught me different ways of seeing — through silence, mindfulness, imagination, compassion, and the deep attentiveness of the Soul. I believe imagination is a form of spiritual perception — the way the Soul sees. My work invites others to enter into mindful relationship with the imaginal dimension of experience, where psyche, nature, and spirit intersect. Healing and transformation arise not from escaping life’s complexities, but from learning to see them as sacred materials of inner alchemy. Through Mindfulness-Centered Soul Tending and Archetypal Coaching, I help others explore their dreams, symbols, and personal myths as pathways toward wholeness — discovering that what once seemed dark or broken often conceals the seed of awakening. This is my calling: to live as a bridge between worlds — between psychology and spirituality, East and West, the visible and the unseen — and to help others awaken to the beauty and wisdom of their own unfolding journey. My practice of Archetypal Coaching and Mindfulness-Centered Soul Tending is intentionally offered as a decolonized approach to spiritual direction. This means I do not situate the inner life within medicalized or mental-health frameworks, nor do I approach spiritual struggle as pathology to be managed or corrected. Instead, I understand spiritual direction as care of the Soul—rooted in listening, relationship, and reverence for lived experience. Decolonized spiritual direction resists hierarchical authority and invites the individual's inner wisdom to remain primary. It honors diverse spiritual lineages, the symbolic and imaginal life of the psyche, and the slow, organic rhythms of transformation, cultivating space where meaning can emerge without being named, fixed, or prescribed.
