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Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
East Auckland
As a spiritual director I accompany those who want to become more attuned to God’s presence in their lives. I offer a quiet, hospitable, sacred space to reflect, to explore, to question and to engage with God’s invitations.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
For me Spiritual direction is about listening, offering caring companionship to others as they explore their life's journey.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I am a Benedictine Oblate so aim to live my life according to the principles laid out by St Benedict in his Rule for monastics. I believe that God is always and everywhere active in our lives – our spiritual journey involves becoming aware of how God is present to us in each situation. These beliefs form the basis of my spiritual direction practice.
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
Spiritual direction is a sacred space. It is a chance for a person to share of themselves in a caring safe environment, a place where God is the unseen presence in all our discussions.
I was trained by Spiritual Growth Ministries and am an ordained Anglican priest and am currently the vicar of a small Christchurch parish. I love the privelege of sharing with others as they journey with God along the path of life.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
God is the primary Spiritual Director from whom both the Directee and their companion seek divine presence and guidance on the journey of Spiritual Direction.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Waikato
y preferred model of ministry is Mid-wife; coming alongside others to help bring to birth those things waiting within to be realised, named, embraced and expressed in life and ministry.
I believe every person and their journey is unique to them and I am committed to empowering people to explore in their own way, naming not only their experiences and insights but also how they wish to respond to the invitations and challenges therein.
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast
Spiritual Direction is a regular conversation in which you are supported to notice and attune to Divine presence active in your life. It is a place to explore the happenings of daily life through the lens of spiritual communion. God is always speaking. It is for us to learn how to tune into this communication.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Not presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
I aim to be warm and friendly, and to listen well to my clients/directees
Full Member of Association
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Northland
Whangarei based. I have this quote in my Spiritual Direction room to remind me of what I'm about: "...a way of looking and listening, of beholding, marvelling, considering...we are all called to contemplation" (Margaret Magdelen). I love to see the surprising and often unexpected ways God is revealed to be at work to those sitting in conversation with me.
Full Member of Association
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I like the description Midwife to the Soul. Accompanying another on their spiritual journey is a very old tradition and have found it very vital in my own journey.
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Upper South Island
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Upper South Island
I love to offer a variety of creative practices within Spiritual Direction, both one-on-one and in small groups. I'm continually amazed at how God meets people when enagaging our senses creatively, especially through touch, visually and by listening.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
For me spiritual direction/companioning is a place of freedom to notice, share and reflect on life. Anything and everything may be brought to spiritual direction. It is a place to linger with God and with ourselves, in a spirit of curiosity and openness. It’s a place to love questions and engage with them, to wonder and explore. It’s a safe space of deep listening, attentiveness and trust, where both light and dark, joy and struggle, love and fear – all the paradoxes of life – may find expression.
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
It is important to me that the directee is leading the way in what she/he wants to talk about and that they feel comfortable.
Together we are looking for God/the Holy Spirit/Jesus in the directees day to day life - in the good places and in the bad ones, in the happy ones and in the sad ones. The aim is to grow closer to the One they believe in, and to find comfort and strength to face life’s challenges. I believe that in learning how deeply they are loved they will also come closer to finding their True Self.
Sometimes images, art, stories, and the interpretation of dreams, etc. are effective tools I use in guiding my directees to find their own truth. If it feels appropriate, I draw on the wisdom of the Enneagram to help them understand themselves better.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
My approach to spiritual direction is inclusive. I offer a welcoming safe space for anyone wanting to explore their spiritual life, whatever their background, circumstances and perspective. I find art, nature, poetry, music, etc, to be effective facilitators enabling directees to form a deeper communication and relationship with the sacred. I have a heart for those who wonder where they belong and who are facing major life transitions.
I am based in the Wairarapa / Greater Wellington. I am available to run retreats, contemplation and meditation days.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I enjoy accompanying people in their journey to discover where God is active in their lives and to pay attention to this activity. I am also a counsellor and interested in mental health alongside spirituality.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Wellington
To accompany anyone is a privilege that I take very seriously. My approach is inclusive and grounded in the fact that Jesus is the ongoing Incarnation of God. I respect the sacredness of everyone’s journey and celebrate the diverse ways God speaks to me as I seek to listen to contemplatively.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
West Auckland
Accompanying someone on their spiritual journey is a great privilege! I seek to offer a place of safety and confidentiality where deep listening and reflection occurs - a space where everyone's unique story can be gently unfolded and honoured in God's presence.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
I love Eugene Peterson's description of a spiritual director as
'someone who will show up, and shut up - just to be there, an honest, prayerful presence with no responsibility to be anything other than what you have become in your obedient lifetime'.
I am probably better at showing up, than in shutting up, but I do seek to be the prayerful presence that listens with attention and intention to God, and the other, and find - in our conversation - that God is indeed at work.
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
I love having the privilege of accompanying others on their spiritual journeys, helping them to notice the God moments/grace moments and become more attuned to God's movement within their everyday lives.
It is my desire to create a safe space where we acknowledge God's presence and directees can feel listened to and feel free to raise whatever they need to grapple with, explore, celebrate or wonder without judgement.
To listen to another in such away, that I can assist them to hear what God might be saying, his invitations to them and their response.
When someone approaches me seeking spiritual direction, I like to invite them to come and meet with me first, either face-to-face or online, so that we can get to know a little of each other before deciding if I am the most suitable person for them at this time.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Not presently accepting clients
West Auckland
I see spiritual direction as a relationship in which one person helps another ‘with a personal understanding of the spiritual life, growth in self-knowledge, and deepening intimacy with God.’ (Janet Ruffing, To Tell the Sacred Tale: Spiritual Direction and Narrative. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 2011, p. 2).
In practical terms, for me this means meeting one-to-one with people, usually monthly, to talk about spiritual issues and to explore where God is in the midst of daily life and work. The term 'spiritual director' might suggest someone who is going to tell you how to live your spiritual life, but that is not how I see it. Rather, the one coming to spiritual direction decides what they want to talk about, and I seek to walk alongside as a companion and a co-discerner. This is something I enjoy and find to be a great privilege!
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast
I am an ordained Anglican priest with particular interest in both the Celtic Christian heritage and monastic rhythms of prayer.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Hawkes Bay
Kiaora koutou...
In 4 words, my approach is: "Live in the present!"
I am shaped by the Ignatian Exercises and the desire to balance contemplation and action as I follow Jesus - but as your spiritual companion, my role is to help you reflect on how your life is being shaped, and to engage with God in that process.
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
When you come to spiritual direction, you are opening yourself to hear God’s invitation to grow in the ‘unforced rhythms of grace’. As I walk alongside you on your faith journey, my role is to offer you the gift of safe space and deep listening. You bring your experiences, and together, we discern and celebrate the Sacred in the everydayness of your life. My prayer is that you grow in self-awareness and developing intimacy with God.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
Spiritual direction provides a spacious sacred container to hear yourself speak, honour what is true for you and deepen your life. I invite those who come for direction to tell their story and to discern what is most life-giving for them. Together, we explore what is significant or holy, in words or silence or creativity.
Rainer Maria Rilke famously wrote, “Be patient to all that is unsolved in your heart … live the questions now”. In Spiritual Direction I find myself forever moved by the humility and beauty of others’ questions, wonderings and celebrations about the holy in everyday life. Spiritual direction is a warm and curious companioning to help you trace your desire for the sacred, voice the questions, notice the invitations, the absences, and allow that which is painful to be held before God. I believe we are met by the grace and kindness of God in every circumstance of life and time with a spiritual director helps us to welcome this more deeply.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Not presently accepting clients
South Auckland
I believe spiritual direction is primarily about helping the directee listen to God, speak to God, and respond to God's invitations. I work with people to help remove any barriers to this communication with God, and we do that through a variety of ways- through art, the imagination, movement, scripture, silence, and stillness. My deep joy is watching people explore prayer, contemplation, and the whispers of God for themselves through the work of the Father, enacted by Jesus, and breathed on by the Holy Spirit.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
For me the space when I’m together with another is a place of warmth and hospitality. A place where everything on life’s journey can be brought into the light and love of the Trinity. A place where a person can speak and be heard and respect is given to the sacredness within us. To refrain from offering interpretations and to remain curious and adopt a not-knowing position is important for me. To trust that there is something to be learned from each and every experience shared.
As your companion, to offer what was noticed, appreciated and wondered about as I listened, in an effort to help you increase awareness of your soul’s expressions and the sacredness of your story; a place for both laughter and tears
Full Member of Association
Presently accepting clients
Dunedin
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Wellington
Kia Ora,
I love meeting people individually and giving them the opportunity to receive spiritual direction, especially if they have never tried this before. I am keen to give seekers the option of sessions even if they cannot afford these. Don’t let finances be a barrier.
I have a passion for the outdoors, I love being active and also being still as I listen to the stories of others.
I work at the local hospice. Through this work I am mindful of the many people who are outside the institutional church and yet long to sense their God in the midst of their lives. I specialise in supporting others through times of change, loss and grief. It is a privilege to share together.