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The “SDI Learns From…” educational video series is a free gift to you. Learn about the value and benefits found in spiritual direction and contemplative practice from wise, diverse leaders and teachers in the global learning community of Spiritual Directors International. Available on DVD for personal, or teaching use. Not for resale.

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Una Agnew, SSL speaks about silence, the role of prayer and contemplative practice, and how spiritual guidance cultivates peace.

Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress and Dr. Norvene Vest, OSB, Obl explore walking as a spiritual contemplative practice.

Wilkie Au, PhD and Rabbi Rami Shapiro, PhD explore spiritual direction and making prayer relevant for today.

Cynthia Baga describes how spiritual direction and life itself cultivate a primary relationship with God.

Peter Ball and Carol Ludwig converse about what nourishes spiritual directors.

Dr. Gary W. Barkley and Carol Ludwig, MA, ABD explore spiritual direction and cultivating compassion in multicultural settings.

Rev. Gibbon Bogatsu speaks about how spiritual direction helps people deepen their relationship with God.

Rev. Gibbon Bogatsu, The Rev. Mary Earle, Rabbi Ted Falcon, Alexandra Kovats CSJP, Jamal Rahman each respond to, “As a spiritual director, what nourishes or refreshes you?"

Joan Borysenko, PhD, and Pegge Erkeneff converse about spiritual guidance in health care settings.

Kathleen Bryant, RSC, and Joann Kay Nesser, DMin explore spiritual direction using technology.

Rev. Sherry Bryant-Johnson and Francoise Mbazoa, SSCM, dialogue about spiritual direction in Cameroon, Africa, and Mississippi, USA.

Anthony Chávez learns about service and gratefulness from ancestors, elders and spiritual guides.

Miriam Cleary, OSU, and Vivian Feintech share about intersections in prayer, listening, justice, and spiritual direction.

Cath Connelly describes common topics in spiritual direction, the role of discernment, and adds a gem: a scripture that exemplifies spiritual direction.

Maureen Conroy, RSM, DMin and Lucy Abbott Tucker, MA explore spiritual direction and supervision

Michael H. Crosby, OFMCap and Linda Douty speak about spiritual direction with people on the margins

Rose Mary Dougherty, SSND and Vivian Feintech converse about spiritual direction, prayer, and being present.

The Rev. Mary Earle speaks about learning to pray and listen with more than the ears.

The Rev. Tilden H. Edwards, PhD, and Leslie A. Hay speak about the value of a spiritual companion, and describe two ways spiritual guidance impacts the greater common good.

Pegge Erkeneff tells you how to find a spiritual director, step by step.

Rabbi Ted Falcon describes the Torah as a paradigm for spiritual awakening, and spiritual direction as a place for doubts and questions to be explored.

Robert Frager, PhD, and Pegge Erkeneff talk about spiritual guidance in the Sufi tradition; Frager offers a blessing for spiritual guides and seekers.

The Rev. Margaret Guenther and Christopher McCauley speak candidly about the power of mutual listening, human brokenness, and the value of story.

Wil Hernandez, PhD shares on spiritual companioning, and benefits of Christian spiritual direction.

Rev. Terry Hershey and Marianne Hieb, RSM explore spiritual direction and the imagination.

Kristen Hobby explains formal as well as informal spiritual guidance, and who would benefit from spiritual direction.

Dwight H. Judy and Cathleen Murtha, DW talk about spiritual guidance, Dante, receptivity, and more.

James Keegan, SJ, and Dr. Anne M. Luther talk about spiritual direction, vocation, prayer, and being present.

Alexandra Kovats, CSJP spells out ecological spirituality as it relates to God's peace and the value of spiritual direction.

Zsuzsanna Laczko describes forgiveness, healing, and discerning a call to become a spiritual director.

Rev. Msgr. Ramon Masculino tells how to cultivate gratefulness, and describes who can benefit from spiritual direction.

Diane Millis, PhD and Michele Tamaren, MA talk about spiritual direction and making prayer relevant for today.

Rev. Terrence J. Moran poetically shares the essence of spiritual direction and the role of prayer and contemplative practice in spiritual direction.

Christine Luna Munger and Brother David Liedl, TOR talk about spiritual direction with young adults.

Korko Moses, SJ explains who can benefit from spiritual direction and the practice of guidance in India.

Dr. Hannah Nathans explores the role of a healthy ego and how spiritual direction aids our inner work.

Rev. Rosalie Norman-McNaney and Therese Taylor-Stinson explore spiritual direction and cultivating compassion for justice.

Father Daniel O'Leary offers guidance about common themes in spiritual direction, cultivating peace and presence, and describes anam cara.

Myles O'Reilly, SJ describes Saint Ignatius, desire, and spiritual companionship.

Christine Valters Paintner, PhD speaks to how poetry, art, movement, and dance may be considered prayer and be helpful in growing closer to God.

Michael Plattig, OCarm addresses spiritual direction from a Carmelite perspective, along with themes of prayer, peace, and justice.

Jamal Rahman explains prayer, the Qur'an, and how spiritual teachers and spiritual directors in the Muslim tradition provide support for learning how to be at peace with yourself.

Claire Roche offers soul guidance and healing through her music, specifically with her harp and singing.

Ron Rolheiser, OMI describes how meeting regularly with a spiritual director would help people in three stages of life.

Richard Rohr, OFM converses about how spiritual direction relates to peace and justice.

Andrew Rudd shares about spiritual direction and writing, poetry, and contemplative practice.

Janet Ruffing, RSM tells who would benefit from meeting with a spiritual director.

Joyce Rupp, OSM and Susan Loretta speak about the importance of “generous listening” and integrating body, mind, and spirit.

The Rev. Karl D. Ruttan, PhD and John Stuart explore men's spirituality and spiritual direction.

Mary Ann Scofield, RSM explains who would benefit from growing closer to God in spiritual direction.

Alexander J. Shaia, PhD describes where a spiritual journey begins, and how to cultivate compassion.

Rabbi Jacob J. Staub and Jennifer Hoffmann talk about spiritual direction, the spiritual journey, flow, "guck" and suffering.

Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB answers questions like, How do I pray? Where does spiritual guidance lead me? Difficulties in finding a spiritual guide.

Sally Taylor teaches about contemplative practices in spiritual direction.

Therese Taylor-Stinson responds to "Who do you speak with about extraordinary experiences of God?" and "How might we learn to pray from African spiritual traditions?"

Father Joseph Tetlow, SJ describes Jesus and prayer, and what nourishes him as a spiritual director.

Reverend Jane E. Vennard offers an insightful conversation about the value and benefits of spiritual direction and what to expect in spiritual direction.

John Willmott offers guidance to return to our heart story and place of "sanctuary."

Marika Zelča-Čerāne speaks to how spiritual direction contributes to prayer, contemplative practice, and peace.

Rev. Terrence J. Moran

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