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What is Spiritual Guidance?

Updated: Jul 24


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What is Spiritual Guidance?

Spiritual Guidance (also known as Spiritual

Direction or Spiritual Companioning) is the

practice of being with another as they

journey their unique spiritual path. It is the

opportunity for making sense of one’s story,

a chance to pause in order to listen for

(and listen to) Wisdom, and the occasion

to wonder aloud about spiritual matters.


Why Spiritual Guidance?

Reasons for engaging with a Spiritual

Guide vary. Sometimes we are processing

specific questions or desire a place to

consider how and where the Divine is

active in our lives. At other times, we are

seeking spiritual support or engaging in

Spiritual Guidance as a form of self-care.



Spiritual Guides are not advice givers or rules enforcers.


What do Spiritual Guides Do?

Spiritual Guides listen carefully – to what is said and to what is unsaid – noticing recurring themes, what brings energy to the person they are listening to and what appears to drain them of energy. Guides

respond to the stories being told with open-ended questions, noticings, encouragements, and the like. Sometimes Guides will offer up additional resources for the person’s further exploration if those resources are welcomed and/or asked for.




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