In the Celtic Tradition, a Spiritual Director is known as and Anam Care, a soul friend; one who listens deeply to the soul of another.”

Spiritual Direction

What is Spiritual Direction?

Spiritual Direction is a means of supporting others as they awaken to the spiritual in everyday life.  This practice is also known as Spiritual Guidance or Spiritual Companioning and it is intended to assist you with listening deeply for the presence of the sacred in your life.  A Spiritual Director is trained to accompany you in the exploration of the Spirit’s movement in your life by listening deeply to your experience of the Sacred and offering questions, images or reflections that invite insights and fresh understandings to emerge.  Listening for the Sacred also involves listening for the stirrings in your own soul and holding them before the Divine with love and an invitation to learn more about where and how God is being present to your needs, desires and growing edges.  The Spiritual Direction process is intended to help you develop and deepen your personal relationship with the Creator, God, Source, or Higher Power.  However you name the Sacred presence, Spiritual Direction helps you attune to this presence in a gentle manner that encourages growth, deepening and understanding.

How is Spiritual Direction Offered?

A Spiritual Direction session is an hour in duration and is treated with confidentiality.  It is usual to do Spiritual Direction once a month and to periodically evaluate how the process is helping you grow and deepen.   Spiritual Direction sessions are offered:

In person
By phone

Both methods of receiving spiritual direction are effective and meaningful.

What are the benefits of Spiritual Direction?

In much of the reading that I do, I come across the importance of creating time to be still and to connect to what is really important to you.  These moments of stillness enable us to listen inwardly and live life from a deeper place of knowing.  Through stillness and deep listening, answers often emerge that we were unaware of with our normal level of consciousness.  Spiritual Direction offers these gifts and more:

It helps you learn to be still and practice moments of silence.
It helps you develop a contemplative practice and way of being.
It gives you insights into your personal relationship with God.
It helps you recognize how the Divine is being present to you and your life.
It helps you develop discernment.
It cultivates a sense of peace, hope and fulfillment.
It helps you listen more deeply to your own heart and soul.
It helps you move through grief and fear.
It develops a deeper sense of awareness for the subtle voice of intuition.
It brings clarity and focus.
It can be very healing and uplifting.
It offers insights for following your life path.
It helps you move forward again when you feel stuck.
It offers someone to listen to you with compassion.
It makes space for insights to arise.

 

How do you know if Spiritual Direction is right for you?

The following questions will help you identify whether or not you are someone who would benefit from Spiritual Direction.

Do you read books by authors such as Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsh, Joyce Rupp, or Thomas Moore?
Do you believe in God (or a power greater than yourself)?
Do you attend church, but long for a more personal relationship with God?
Have you tried going to different churches, but have not found a match for your personal beliefs about God?
Do you have questions about what God (Spirit, the Creator, Source) wants from you in your life?
Do you read lots of books with a spiritual focus, and wish you could put some of the suggestions into practice?
Do you feel that life would be more fulfilling if you had a closer relationship with the Sacred (God, Creator, Universe)?
Do you sometimes find it difficult to talk about God’s presence in your life and would like to have someone who would listen with love and openness?
Are you going through a difficult time in your life and would like to feel the assurance of God’s presence?
Would you like to develop a deeper sense of intuition and discernment?
Do you listen for the movement of the Sacred in your life, but seek more clarity and understanding?
Do you feel connected to the presence of the Divine and wish to deepen that sense of connection?

If you are interested in explorin#73599Dg and deepening the spiritual aspect of your life, Kathy would be pleased to talk with you and answer any questions that you may have about Spiritual Direction.

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