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Spiritual Directors International offers educational videos aimed at the general public to tell the story of spiritual direction, which is also known as spiritual companionship, spiritual guidance, spiritual accompaniment.

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Spiritual Directors International learns from...

Peter Ball and Carol Ludwig:
what nourishes spiritual directors

Pegge Bernecker:
how to find a spiritual director, step by step

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

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

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

Rabbi Ted Falcon:
Torah as a paradigm for spiritual awakening and spiritual direction as a place for doubts and questions to be explored

Wil Hernandez, PhD
describes spiritual companioning, and benefits of Christian spiritual direction

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

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

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

Jamal Rahman:
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

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

Richard Rohr, OFM:
how spiritual direction relates to peace

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

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

Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB: how do I pray? Where does spiritual guidance lead me? Difficulties in finding a spiritual guide

Therese Taylor-Stinson: who do you speak with about extraordinary experiences of God? and How might we learn to pray from African spritual traditions?

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

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