Five weekends: Central London - October 1/2; November 5/6; December 10/11; 2012 - January 21/22; February 18/19. To attend this course you must previously have done at least four of William's five public weekend workshops. To apply and more details
This course serves two purposes. It deepens the material and strategies explored in the public workshops, supporting your spiritual development. It also certificates you as a Spiritual Companion.
Spiritual Companions is a project that seeks to meet the growing need for spiritually competent people, whose approach is holistic rather than based solely in one faith tradition; enabling professional career development, particularly in the fields of healthcare, education and pastoral care. It is centred around the Spiritual Companions Guidelines that you will find below.
Benefits of Being a Spiritual Companion
• Support in developing and deepening your own spiritual practice.
• Belonging to a network of supportive and insightful peers.
• Enables you to help others on their spiritual journeys in both formal and informal settings.
• Teaching the Guidelines yourself.
• Hosting small groups for spiritual discussion and growth.
SPIRITUAL COMPANIONS GUIDELINES
Connection
• Regularly connect with and experience the wonder and energy of existence.
Core Skills
• Are grounded and centred in our bodies; embodied and in hara
• Can pause, still at will and become mindfully present
• Awareness of the subtle sensations of connection
• Witness with compassion, in silence when appropriate
Reflection
• Self-reflect and manage our behaviour, health and development with compassion, love and wisdom
• Are emotionally literate and transparent about our own processes
• Are in ongoing relationships and groups of peer support, actively seeking and welcoming feedback from others
• Understand that there are psychological challenges that occur as the everyday self emerges into spiritual consciousness
• Can take responsibility, apologise, forgive and receive forgiveness
• Appreciate that all life is in a continual process of emergence and are comfortable with unknowing
• Possess an appropriate sense of humour
Service
• Enable safe and sacred space
• Provide a non-intrusive, welcoming, healing and holding presence
• Listen with care and enable people to clarify and own their own psycho-spiritual development
• Can assert clear boundaries and intervene, when appropriate, to stop abuse
• Celebrate diversity and welcome the fact that there are many different paths of spiritual development
• Are engaged citizens, actively dedicated to social and ecological health and honouring the spirit in all beings
• Are aware of local resources
• Know our personal and professional limitations and are able to refer appropriately
These Guidelines were developed in consultation with 200 people and are still developing.
To apply and more details
For more information about Spiritual Companions and Foundation for Holistic Spirituality
