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SDI - Home of Spiritual Companionship

Spiritual Directors International inspires and connects explorers with professionals across all faiths and belief practices with spiritual guidance.

We are an inclusive, global nonprofit working to encourage spirituality at the intersection of inspiration and practice. We connect people with guides and resources for their individual spiritual journeys.

08/13/2026

Some journeys change where you've been.

Others change how you see the world...and yourself.

In March 2027, SDI invites you to walk in the footsteps of St. Ignatius of Loyola on a contemplative pilgrimage through Spain's breathtaking Ignatian Camino.

More than a walking journey, this immersive experience weaves together sacred sites, guided prayer, spiritual reflection, community, and daily opportunities for deep listening and personal transformation. The pilgrimage follows highlights of the historic route between Bilbao and Barcelona, balancing walking with coach travel to make the experience both meaningful and accessible.

If you're seeking a journey that nourishes both heart and spirit, we invite you to learn more about this extraordinary pilgrimage.

👉 Learn more and contact our staff to discover all the details of this unique spiritual journey: https://bit.ly/4wRKqtw

08/12/2026

In a world often shaped by division, what wisdom might emerge when we choose to listen across faiths, traditions, and lived experiences?

At SDI, we believe spiritual companionship creates space for authentic dialogue, compassionate presence, and a deeper appreciation of the wisdom each tradition brings to our shared human journey.

Multi-Faith Wisdom for a Divided World invites us to explore how deep listening can build bridges, foster belonging, and cultivate communities rooted in respect, curiosity, and hope.

We invite you to explore this important topic and discover how SDI is fostering meaningful multi-faith dialogue. You'll also learn about an exclusive four-part webinar series available to SDI members, offering a deeper exploration of these timely conversations.

👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4i5Ho04

08/06/2026

Spiritual Companionship in Challenging Times

How do we remain grounded when life feels uncertain?

Join Coke Tani for an online gathering exploring embodied practices that nurture resilience, deepen compassionate presence, and support both self and communal care during challenging times.

Watch this insightful glimpse of this timely conversation in the video below, and discover how spiritual companionship can help us meet life's challenges with greater awareness, courage, and care.

📅 September 2, 2026
🕐 1:00 PM PST

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4wCn76S

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08/05/2026

Building Communities of Compassion Through Listening

In a world filled with constant communication, one of the rarest professional skills may be the ability to truly listen.

Whether in healthcare, coaching, counseling, education, ministry, nonprofit leadership, or organizational development, compassionate listening creates space for trust, resilience, and meaningful human connection.

At Spiritual Directors International, we believe that communities become stronger when people learn to accompany one another with presence rather than certainty, curiosity rather than assumptions, and compassion rather than judgment.

What might change in your work, your leadership, or your community, if deep listening became a daily practice instead of an occasional skill?

Explore how SDI is helping cultivate a global community dedicated to the practice of spiritual companionship and compassionate presence.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ygLPuZ

07/29/2026

What Makes Spiritual Companionship Different from Coaching or Counseling?

Coaching, counseling, therapy, and spiritual companionship each offer meaningful ways to support human growth. While their purposes may differ, they share a common commitment to helping people navigate life's complexities with care and intention.

Spiritual companionship is distinctive in its practice of deep listening, not to diagnose, advise, or direct, but to create space for reflection, discernment, and an awareness of the sacred as each person understands it.

For professionals who accompany others, this raises thoughtful questions:
👉 How does presence shape transformation?
👉 What becomes possible when listening itself is an act of care?

We invite you to explore how spiritual companionship complements other helping professions and contributes to a more compassionate way of being with others. We'd love to hear your opinion and perspective - comment below.

Learn more about the practice of spiritual companionship and SDI's professional community. https://bit.ly/4uQcDzf

07/28/2026

Spiritual Companionship in Challenging Times

When the world feels uncertain, our first instinct is often to search for answers. Yet some of life's deepest challenges invite something different: a compassionate presence, deep listening, and the courage to remain grounded amid uncertainty.

Spiritual companionship offers a way of being with ourselves and one another that nurtures resilience, hope, and authentic connection—not by eliminating difficulty, but by helping us meet it with greater awareness and compassion.
How do we care for our own spirits while remaining present for others? What practices help us stay grounded when life feels unsettled?

Continue exploring these questions and discover an upcoming conversation with Coke Tani, who will share embodied practices and insights for navigating challenging times with greater presence and compassion. This will be part of a series of webinars that explores this topic and challenge more deeply.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4wtn4KI

07/21/2026

Preventing Burnout Through Spiritual Presence

Burnout doesn't always announce itself. Sometimes it looks like constant exhaustion, emotional numbness, losing your sense of purpose, or feeling disconnected from the work and people you once cared about.

Spiritual presence offers another way forward. Taking a few moments each day to pause, listen deeply, reconnect with your values, and extend compassion to yourself can restore clarity and resilience.

You don't have to have all the answers, you simply need the space to be fully present.
Whether you serve in healthcare, education, ministry, counseling, nonprofit leadership, or business, you're not meant to carry everything alone.

👉🏽 Signs of Burnout:
• Constant exhaustion
• Emotional numbness
• Losing your sense of purpose
• Feeling disconnected from the work and colleagues

❤ Simple Ways to Reconnect:
• Pause daily, even for a few minutes
• Listen deeply to yourself and to what matters most to you
• Reconnect with your values and what brings you meaning
• Offer compassion to yourself as you would to a friend

Explore a community dedicated to deep listening, compassionate presence, and sustainable leadership. Learn more about the Spiritual Directors International professional community: https://bit.ly/45dcnjf

07/20/2026

What if Einstein was your Spiritual Companion?

What if one of history's greatest scientific minds became your companion in exploring life's deepest questions?

⭐ Coming up in August ⭐
Join this thought-provoking SDI webinar where science, faith, and wonder meet through an imaginative conversation evoking Albert Einstein and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, guided by renowned theologian John Haught.

👉 Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3T62K3f

07/16/2026

Every voice. Every story. Every journey matters.

When people from diverse backgrounds are welcomed into spaces of deep listening and spiritual companionship, our entire community grows stronger.

The SDI BIPOC Affinity Group Gathering is an opportunity to connect, reflect, build community, and honor the unique experiences and wisdom that shape spiritual practice.

Whether you're looking to deepen relationships, share your journey, or simply be present with others, you're warmly invited to join the conversation.

How has community shaped your own spiritual journey? We'd love to hear your thoughts below.

Learn more about this upcoming gathering and register today:
👉 https://bit.ly/4yluxgh

01/14/2026

An invitation to all spiritual explorers: Please join SDI Executive Director Rev SeiFu and Imam Jamal Rahman for a free online gathering to launch our new online community on multi-spiritual direction and companionship. Join us on January 14th, 2026, from 1pm to 2:30pm Pacific Time (Registration link in comments). We hope to see you soon!

This will be the start of a series of dialogues, designed to facilitate deeper engagement with individuals from diverse faith traditions and spiritual orientations—or those with none—by exploring how we, as directors and companions, can communicate and discern effectively with people whose spiritual beliefs differ from our own. Together, we’ll cultivate a collaborative space for ongoing conversations, community-led presentations, and vibrant interactive dialogues.There will be presentation from our speakers, open Q&A with speakers, extended breakout discussions, and a collective harvesting of insights to weave our shared wisdom.

Our aim is to address the ongoing, and growing, epidemic of spiritual loneliness, alienation, disconnection, frustration, depression, and anxiety. In these challenging times, our calling as spiritual directors and companions feels more essential than ever.

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