Choosing a Spiritual
Director/Mentor
While we try
to be helpful in making the names of spiritual directors
available to you, you are advised to use your judgment
and discernment skills in assessing whether or not any
given person you contact for spiritual
direction/mentoring is a good fit for you. The Claritas
Institute cannot be responsible for this discernment
process.
CLARITAS GRADUATES
Name: Martine Amundson RN, BA
Reiki 2, Guided Imagery & Meditation Practice
Gender: Female
E-mail address: Martine@healthyforlife.com
Phone: 508-896-4667
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods?
I am willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
in-person for local participants.
Root tradition (i.e., Jewish, Roman Catholic, Muslim,
etc.): Catholic
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: I appreciate
my Catholic roots, and now share an expanded call toward
nature based philosophies and practices. I continue to
learn and grow spiritually and seek further explorations
and honoring of all traditions.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
I have been blessed to walk with both individual women
and groups of women on their spiritual paths. I consider
myself to be a spiritual guide or soul friend rather
than a spiritual director. It is a privilege to reflect
back how "the sacred" moves in each individual's story
and life. I believe that part of my spiritual call is to
walk with other women as they return to Spirit, by
remembering how it is "to come home" to their own
spirit.
Name: Laurie Blefeld
Gender: Female
E-mail: lbblefeld@hotmail.com
I am willing to do spiritual direction by phone -
contact me by email to set up an appointment.
Root tradition: Christian/Protestant
Now: Unitiarian/Universalist
Interspiritual direction cultivates a closer, more
intimate relationship with God, no matter how God is
known or named. The process involves companioning
another as he "awe-wakens" to wherever the sacred shows
up in every day life. There are as many paths as
seekers, yet love and compassion are the universal
commonalities connecting us all. Our practices are
different; the way we glance toward God is different;
but interspiritual direction honors the
interconnectedness of all things.
Name: Dean Cox
Gender: Male
E-mail: deancox7@peoplepc.com
Phone: (970) 264-2012
SD by phone -- yes. By email - no.
Root tradition: Catholic.
Spiritually now: Interspiritual - one on one personal
communion and relationship with Spirit. Experience with
interspiritual spiritual direction: Through the Claritas
program, with five directees, four women and two men,
three in person and two by phone.
Name: Kerri J. Geary
Gender: Female
Ft. Collins, CO 80525
E-mail: kerrigeary@yahoo.com
Phone: 970-420-9300
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance means? Yes, most of the people I work
with at this time are by phone.
Root tradition: Presbyterian Where do you locate
yourself now, spiritually? I truly feel Interspiritual.
I was raised a Christian, but as a teenager turned my
back on Christianity and turned toward pagan rituals.
Currently, I practice Buddhist, Kundalini, and Christian
Centering Prayer meditations, take part in Dances for
Universal Peace (which are multicultutal), celebrate
traditional Christian holidays, participate in pagan
seasonal rituals, and attend a Unity Church.
What is your experience with Interspiritual spiritual
direction? My actual practice is as a Healing Energy
Guide, working with people with cancer and other chronic
health issues. Spiritual direction is a significant
piece of my practice because intense health issues often
pull people into a dark night of the soul experience
and understanding where their spirit is moving can be a
significant component to their healing.
Name: Ann Gilfillan
Gender: Female
E-mail address: anngilfillan@earthlink.net
Phone: 352-314-9885
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? Yes, I'm willing to do Spiritual
Direction over the phone. Root tradition: Orginally
Episcoplian, then Roman Catholic, presently Unity.
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: I definitely
identify myself with the belief system of Unity.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
My journey has gently lead me on an Interspiritual path.
Most of the folks I speak with are much more interested
in Spirit moving in their lives rather than their
religion. How we relate to others, ourselves and our
environment are all Spiritual questions. Spiritual
Direction/Soul Friending is holding space so we can come
to this realization and recognize it in our lives and
actions. Interspiritual spiritual direction is being
open to the movement of Spirit without the overlay of
religious beliefs.
Name: Doris Goodill
Gender: Female
E-Mail: dgoodill@mac.com
Telephone: (805) 595-2202
Willing to do Spiritual Direction by Phone: Yes
Root Tradition: Christian (Mormon)
Locate Yourself Now: Interspiritual
Your Experience with Interspiritual Spiritual Direction:
Being in the presence of another person and holding
sacred space, to facilitate the flow of Spirt, is a
blessed gift. I am honored and humbled at the same time.
My prayer is that through the intention that is present
the directee will open and receive insight and guidance
that they will be able to recognize and work with on
their journey.
Name: Kathy Gracenin
Gender: Female
E-mail: KathySGracenin@aol.com
Phone: 724-699-2217
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? Yes
Root Tradition: Roman Catholic
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: From my
Roman Catholic roots, I have branched out into
interspirituality. I believe that our spiritual
unfolding is not just about one religion. Rather, it's
about embodying spirituality with every aspect of being
human, experiencing God through all of our senses. As a
dancer, I experience the Divine through the body as a
container for vitality, grace and energy. For me,
achieving balance, stillness and clarity comes through
body wisdom and body-centered mysticism. Your experience
with interspiritual direction: I received my Spiritual
Direction certification from the Claritas Institute for
Interspiritual Inquiry. As part of the inaugural class,
I was also able to share my expertise with
dance/movement as a guest artist. Presently, I am a
Wellness Consultant for the Womancare Center of the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In this
traditional hospital setting, my work with directees
brings the "spirit" component to the mind/body/spirit
integrative wellness model. My directees come from all
backgrounds and traditions. Nationally, I host workshops
and retreats in movement, music and meditation.
Name: Jacqueline L. Haymond,
PhD
Gender: Female
E-Mail: jhymnd@clemson.edu
www.jhaymond.com
Telephone: 864-506-4063 cell, 864-223-7945 land
Willing to do Spiritual Direction by Phone: I am pleased
to do spiritual mentoring face-to-face or by telephone.
In addition, e-mail is very efficient for supplemental
connection.
Root tradition: Lutheran (ELCA)
Locate Yourself Now: Spiritually, I am now grounded in
my childhood Lutheran church and searching all religions
and philosophies for enhancement of my spiritual
journey. I was out of the church for fifty years and
returned four years ago. My life is now dedicated to
learning the truth as it is presented in a wide variety
of religious and philosophical avenues. I have been
practicing hatha yoga for 40 years and lead yoga
classes. Basically, I am a student of Spirit.
Experience with Interspiritual Spiritual Direction: My
experience with spiritual direction is the completion of
the Claritas Institute for Interspiritual Inquiry in
February 2007; directing spiritual mentees during the
past two years in groups and individually face-to-face
and via telephone, supplemented with e-mail. In
addition, for the past ten years I have been "life
coaching" through Happiness Workshops and seminars of my
own design. The outcome is a strategic plan for the
individual seeker's life.
Name: Margaret Lewis
Gender: Female
E-mail address: ahealingplace@volcano.net
Phone: (209) 296-1600
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? I am willing to work with people
via telephone. Root tradition: My root tradition is
Christian - specifically Episcopalian. Where you locate
yourself now, spiritually: My faith tradition is
Christian - I live my life using the radical egalitarian
example of an all inclusive Jesus as a foundational
piece of how I am in the world. I celebrate the
tradition with a metaphoric, symbolic understanding. My
spirituality is what one might classify as
Interspiritual and/or post tradition. I embrace the
universal truths that are foundational to most major
religions and trust my own experience of the Sacred
above the doctrine of organized religion. My local faith
community is Episcopalian; my solo practice incorporates
a variety of exercises from various faith traditions.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
My private practice is about walking with people
wherever they are on their spiritual journey. This
includes people of various traditions and of no
particular tradition at all. I believe that each person
has an intrinsic wisdom about their own unique
relationship to Spirit; I provide a safe and Sacred
space for that wisdom and that relationship to be
discovered, deepened and explored.
Name: Constance McClain
Gender: Female
E-mail address: movingrace3@hotmail.com
Phone: 805-680-6108
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? Yes I am willing to do long
distance mentoring
Root tradition: My root tradition as a youngster was
Christian. And as a curious seeker I have studied and
continue to study the wisdoms among traditions.
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: I am a
practicing Tibetan Buddhist.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
My experience with interspiritual spiritual direction
has had a transcendent effect on my heart and the steps
I chose to take in this world. I have learned to be
still and at peace in the unknown. My head and heart are
now open to hearing Spirit's voice throughout each day.
I am awake to the call of Love as our Guide and to our
shared world's expression for assistance in matters of
healing. Through this knowing and my personal commitment
to daily generation of Kindness, Compassion, Empathy and
Light outwardly I am becoming the woman I have so longed
to become. For me there is a ground in which to stand
and it is this ground of Sacred Connection.
Name: Nancy J. Morlan
Gender: female
E-Mail Address: nancm1101@yahoo.com
Phone: 719-589-3339
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods?
I am open to private, group and phone mentoring
Root Tradition: Roman Catholic
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: While my
background is Catholic, I have always been open to all
spiritualities and have studied the way of the Munay-Ki
Shaman. My personal prayer life includes all
spiritualities. I am a mature woman, widow, mother of
five, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
I have experienced life in abundance.
As a graduate of Claritas Institute for Interspiritual
Mentoring and Inquiry I have had the pleasure of
companioning others on their journeys towards Holiness.
This has given me great joy as I watch them grow.
Listening to others is so sacred for me and for those I
walk with. I look forward to walking with you on your
sacred journey as I grow and expand along with you. We
share this walk with The One.
Name: Enrica Nadalini
Gender: Female
E-mail address: suspuk@northwestel.net
Phone: 867/393-3215
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? Yes
Root tradition: Earth-based-spirituality
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: I am part of
the universal being-ness, as are all souls.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
My experience as mentor began about a year ago while
still a student at Claritas Institute. My practice is
based on the teachings and wisdom acquired during my
studies and the meetings with souls I have been
privileged to companion on their journey of inquiry and
wholeness. As Earth-based spirituality is the path I
have been guided on for many years, I use rituals and
ceremonies to assist people enrich and honor their
connection to their unique divine unfolding.
Name: Barbara
Priestner-Werte
Gender: Female
E-mail: barbara@sourceofhealingarts.com
Phone: (845)986-1179
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods?: Yes
Root Tradition: Catholic; Christian
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: Truly
Interspiritual - I both appreciate and embrace the
wisdom of all faith traditions that draws us more deeply
into union with The Source of all that is.
Experience with Interspiritual direction: I am a recent
graduate of the Claritas Institute of Interspiritual
Inquiry - Interspiritual Mentoring Program. However, I
have also been a student of spirituality my entire life,
having studied the masters and texts of many faith
traditions. I have both been a participant and
facilitator of numerous study and prayer groups,
including that of A Course in Miracles. As a
psychotherapist, I have explored the spiritual component
of health and wellness with my clients for many years.
Over the last year I have been facilitating a Women's
Spiritual Group and have been providing individual
Spiritual Companioning which have evolved out of my
experience with The Claritas Institute.
Name: Sára Rain
Gender: female
E-mail address: rain@trigoddess.org
Phone: (970)224-4797
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? Yes
Root tradition: Pagan
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: Sufi Pagan
Inter-faith
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
It is my deep privilege to witness and accompany the
spiritual journey. I study and celebrate many world
traditions including Judaism, Christianity, Sufism,
Hinduism, Buddhism and Paganism. The Divine speaks to
each person in a unique way and listening for that voice
with another is a blessed experience. I am a Claritas
graduate and have been offering Spiritual Mentoring to
individuals and groups from many faith traditions.
Name: Janise Rennie
Gender: Female
E-Mail Address: janiren@charter.net
Phone: (805) 462-9228
Will you Work by Phone? Working by phone and internet
work well for me as well as in person.
Root Tradition: I practice Native American traditional
ceremonies as well as being involved in a UCC Community
church.
Where you Locate Yourself Now: I consider myself
Interspiritual.
Interspiritual Spiritual Direction Experience: Having
come from an Interspiritual training I had the
opportunity to work with people from all types of
religious affiliations from Christianity, Judaism, and
Wicca. Within my practice at home both formal and
informal I have worked with people from the Lakota
traditions, Cherokee, Chumash, Christian, Buddhist,
Goddess, Pagan, and those with no particular name for
their personal spiritual practices and ideas.
Name: Kiri Saftler
Gender: Female
E-mail address: Kirilynn@mywdo.com
Phone: 970-493-1427
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? YES
Root tradition: (Loosely Jewish)
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: Sufi;
Interspiritually focused, with 30 years of exploration
into many world religions, to learn from and not exclude
any.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
I was in the first class of Claritas, graduated in Feb
07 and have been Soul Friending/Spiritual Companioning
since Feb 06 in group and private sessions. I find this
process to be very spiritually transformative,
connective, nurturing and life giving for the soul.
There is nothing like knowing God in your heart and
living from that place at all times, and sometimes all
it takes is Remembering and Focusing. That's what
spiritual companioning can foster. I would be honored to
walk the spiritual journey with any one in the Claritas
class, as a Soul Friend.
Name: Susan Scherr
Gender: Female
E-Mail: susanscherr@comcast.net
206 200 6726 mobile and 1st contact
Spiritual Direction by telephone or in person.
Root Tradition: Interfaith Preference
Same as above.
I am a recent graduate of Claritas, and have been
involved in spiritual direction and peer supervision for
the past year. I currently work with clients in Seattle
and you will find me in the Seek and Find Guide in
Spiritual Director's International. I have a deep love
of the divine in all faith traditions as well as a deep
belief in Buddhist teachings. I look forward to the
possibility of walking this sacred path with you; if I
may be of service to you please call or e mail me.
Name: Michele Tamaren
Gender: Female
E-mail address: to_life@earthlink.net
Phone: (781) 639-3711
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? Yes
Root tradition (i.e., Jewish, Roman Catholic, Muslim,
etc.): Jewish
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually. This may be
same as above: Jewish Renewal with an emphasis on
Kabbalah and the rich Jewish mystical teachings.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
The Claritas Institute Interspiritual Mentor Training
Program prepared me to practice interspiritual
direction. It is my delight to companion those who are
seeking a more intimate, soul-filled relationship with
the Divine. I currently have the privilege of mentoring
those who are Christian, Jewish, and unaffiliated who
are yearning to explore a deeply personal connection
with Spirit.
Name: Julie Wiggin
Gender: female
E-Mail Address: jbwiggin@comcast.net
Telephone: 603-772-8203
Spiritual Direction over the Phone: I would be willing
to do direction over the phone
Root Tradition: My root tradition is Catholic
Currently Locate Yourself Spiritually: I come from a
very interspiritual perspective now but aware of my
Catholic roots and inquiring inside about that meaning
for my highest good. My experience with Interspiritual
Spiritual Direction: has been profound. I have gained a
deeper appreciation for my own spiritual longing and
connection with the Divine. This deepening has also
allowed me to connect and see the Divine essence in
others. I am grateful for all that surrounds me and look
on hardships as learnings. Finally and most importantly
I found my lost child-like love for the Divine.
Name: Wendy Bratt
Gender female
E-mail: wbratt@gmavt.net
Phone: 802-777-1057
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? yes
Root tradition (i.e., Jewish, Roman Catholic, Muslim,
etc.) Christian
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually. As a
graduate of Claritas Institute for Interspiritual
Inquiry, I have learned that my new roots are forging
the path of Interspirituality. I participate in All
Souls Interfaith Gathering; a spiritual community in
Vermont which holds a space for seekers of the Divine
who find their spiritual touchstones in the places where
all religions meet one another.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction
(brief paragraph is fine here). I am called to sit with
seekers of any faith tradition, as well as those who
experience the movement of spirit outside of organized
religion.
Name: Betsy Brooker, LCSW
Gender: female
E-Mail Address: brookers@juno.com
Phone: (540) 428-0071
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? Yes
Root tradition Christian
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually:
Interspirituality: honoring the shared tradition of
love, kindness and transcendence of fear.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction:
I celebrate the Golden Rule that links most religious
and spiritual traditions. Each soul journey is precious
and unique; an individual pilgrimage to a state of
Oneness. As we put aside what causes separation, we
naturally open to a state of peace and our true
empowerment. All suffering and all fear originate in our
forgetting of our true nature which holds the Divine
within and recognizes the Divine in all life. It is my
intent to companion another in their personal journey in
a way that celebrates their growth and their challenges.
It is an honor to walk this path.
Name: Susan Buniva
Gender: female
E-Mail: susan.buniva@gmail.com
Phone: (804) 677-7721
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? I am willing to do spiritual
direction by phone
Root tradition: Judaism
Where you locate yourself now, spiritually: I currently
see myself as having an interspiritual/ mystical
orientation but have attended a Quaker Meeting for many
years. I am also drawn to eastern spirituality.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction
My experience with offering formal spiritual
companioning is limited to that which I did as an
outgrowth of my training in the Claritas program. I
have, however, explored spiritual issues with clients as
they walk their path with me in my practice of
psychotherapy. It is always a great honor and a
spiritual gift to be a part of that journey.
Name: Marjorie Frazier
Gender: Female
E-mail: mukta@ix.netcom.com
Phone: (315)797-1531
Are you willing to do spiritual direction by phone or
other distance methods? By phone.
Root tradition (i.e., Jewish, Roman Catholic, Muslim,
etc.) Roman Catholic
Where you locate yourself now,
spiritually.Interspiritual.
In addition to thirty years of participation in my root
tradition of Roman Catholicism, I've been meditating and
studying yogic teachings since 1977.
Your experience with interspiritual spiritual direction
(brief paragraph is fine here)
I am a graduate of Claritas Institute for Interspiritual
Inquiry and have completed the Interspiritual Mentor
Training Program.
Name: Nona Trealoff Bock
Gender: Female
Email: nona@dishup.us
Phone: 715-426-6191 (land) or 715-760-0028 (cell)
Are you will to do spiritual direction by phone or other
distance methods? :
It pleases me to offer spiritual direction in person, by
telephone or other distance methods such as integrating
Skype
Root Tradition: Christian
Where do you locate yourself now, spiritually: I
continue to hold my roots in Christianity, aligning with
an understanding that Jesus teachings are deeply
unifying, encompassing, inclusive and not separatist. As
such, I consider myself interspiritual, allowing for
Spirits promptings to research, explore and integrate
practices that support the deepening into my personal
awareness and communion with God.
Most recently Spirits promptings have guided me to a
deepening into prayer and meditation practices with a
specific attention to Centering Prayer, homa ceremonies,
such as the Agni Hotra, and the learning of Sanskrit
mantras, along with the studying of the lives and
teachings of various Christian saints and the
development of notOne notTwo to offer the mystical
teachings of various faith traditions.
Your experience with interspiritual direction: My
training and preparation through The Claritas Institute
Interspiritual Mentoring Program has readied me to offer
interspiritual direction both for individuals and groups
from all backgrounds and traditions. I have experience
accompanying individuals who align with Christianity,
Islam, Native and Aboriginal practices, Buddhism, and
who are unaffiliated though my private practice as well
as volunteering at the Minnesota Department of
Corrections Shakopee. I feel a joy in my heart to have
the opportunity to accompany another as they seek a more
intimate relationship with the Divine.

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