Welcome to Spiritual Directors International

Spiritual Directors International is a global learning community committed to spiritual care, contemplative practices, and compassionate listening.

Join us during the May Membership Drive to grow the future of spiritual companionship!

Seek and Find a Spiritual Director

Seek and Find Guide Maps: click here to find a spiritual director in your city or town.

Are you looking for some direction in your life--something more? A spiritual director, companion, mentor, or guide may help you along on your journey of discovery. SDI offers FREE resources for you:

Online Seek and Find Guide interactive database helps you to search for spiritual directors in your area. More than 5,000 are listed.

Not sure how to choose a spiritual director? The Seek and Find Guide includes a handy set of review questions to help you.

Watch short YouTube videos about spiritual direction and how to find a spiritual director, also known as a spiritual guide, spiritual companion, mashpia in Hebrew or anam cara in Gaelic.

Interested in tips to seek and find a spiritual director? RSVP to attend a FREE one hour teleconference, May 23, 2012, 12:00 EST; 4:00 GMT/UTC.

Engage and Connect

Connect on Facebook: Spiritual Directors International for spiritual care to interact and learn together.
Twitter @SDI_world

In 2012...
Cultivating Compassion Educational Events April 19 - 23, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA! Join keynote John Philip Newell, conference spiritual director Rabbi Amy Eilberg, more than forty presenters from around the world, and hundreds of participants.

Images and stories from 2011 Cultivating Compassion in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

FREE YouTube videos in the "Spiritual Directors International Learns From..." series. Learn about the value and benefits of spiritual direction and what to expect in spiritual guidance.

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly episode features "Spiritual Direction."

What Is Spiritual Direction?

Spiritual direction is the process of accompanying people on a spiritual journey. Spiritual direction helps people tell their sacred stories every day. Spiritual direction exists in a context that emphasizes growing closer to God (or the holy or a higher power). Spiritual direction invites a deeper relationship with the spiritual aspect of being human. Spiritual direction offers a place to explore prayer practices, meditation, spiritual experiences, and our growing desire for significance.  Spiritual direction is not psychotherapy, counseling, or financial planning. Click here to see other descriptions of spiritual direction.

Spiritual direction is specific to your spiritual journey. If you are taking the first steps to learn to pray, or have been meditating for decades, spiritual direction is valuable. Taking into consideration your unique personality and temperament, spiritual direction is a place to reflect on how to pray, your ongoing or unfolding spiritual practices, and the stages of spiritual development in the life of a sincere seeker. Like prayer, contemplation and meditation, spiritual direction nourishes the spiritual aspect of being human, allowing us to serve with authenticity and grateful hearts.

What Is Spiritual Directors International?

Spiritual Directors International is a global learning community of people from many faiths and many nations who share a common concern, passion and commitment to the art and contemplative practice of spiritual direction. Read more...