Education and Certification in Spiritual Direction/Guidance/Companioning
• Inter-Contemplative • Inter-Spiritual • Interfaith Learning
Welcome to The Spiritual Guidance Training Institute
An educational institute centering relationships with humans and the. more-than-human world. We offer training programs in spiritual direction/companionship and nature companionship (akin to forest bathing), as well opportunities to engage the many religious-spiritual-ethical traditions and ways of being in the world.
Foundational to our adult learning metholdolgy is deep, skillful listening and compassionate sacred activism. Our dynamic model changes as the world changes. Sourced in Perennial Wisdom, we believe that while there are many spiritual paths, a universal commonality underlies them all.
We offer three unique trainings
--hybrid learning models--
that prioritize connection and “inter-being.” (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Interfaith/Interspiritual Direction (Guidance)
A 16-month distance learning program with a residential institute/reatreat resulting in a Certificate in Interfaith/Interspiritual Guidance.
Next program begins October 2026.
Interfaith/Interspiritual
Wisdom Training
A 4-month asynchronous learning program which results in a Certificate of Completion in Interfaith/Interspiritual Wisdom. Begin anytime.
Nature
Companionship
A 3-month nature immersion program which results in a certificate in Nature Companionship.
Our next session begins March 2026.
