Welcome!

"With understanding and compassion you will be able to heal the wounds in your heart and the wounds in the world."
—Thich Nhat Hanh

Thank you all for a wonderful conference in Boston!

If you are interested in submitting a workshop proposal for next year's conference, please fill out the form here.

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Cultivating Compassion on the River

Workshop Proposals

Thank you for taking time to complete the following Cultivating Compassion on the River Workshop Proposal for the 2013 educational events! Please review the submission guidelines before completing the online form. A volunteer workshop selection committee will review your workshop proposal using the guidelines to create a balanced learning experience (gender, multi-faith, range of topics related to cultivating compassion).

If you would like to review past workshop descriptions, feel free to visit the 2012 workshops and international presenters pages.

Study the workshop guidelines

Learn about the workshop presenter honoraria

All parts of the proposal must be submitted by May 30, 2012, to be considered.

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New Contemplatives Initiative

Are you a spiritual companion under the age of forty? Spritual Directors International invites you to apply for the New Contemplatives Initiative. For the first time, full scholarships and bursaries for emerging spiritual companions will be available through this exciting initiative which seeks to welcome and nurture the next generation of spiritual directors. For information on how to apply visit the FAQ page and scroll down to "Are scholarships and bursary funds available?"

Who participates?

Everyone who wants to cultivate compassion and who is interested in the ministry and service of spiritual companionship. Join the SDI global learning community to engage with spiritual directors and guides, seekers and teachers, theology faculty and students, chaplains, hospice and health care providers, lay and ordained ministers, art therapists, marriage counselors, life coaches, mindful lawyers, social justice workers, peacemakers, and more. CEU credits are available.

Become compassion in action.

Grow in the realization that there are no others … no left, no right, no included, no excluded. We are the other … the homeless, the employed, the hungry, the empowered, the prisoner, the guard, the rock, the water, the pollution, the problem, the solution, the knowing, and the unknowing.

Is now the time to open your heart and grow compassion? We need you. The world needs you. Please say yes. Join the SDI learning community in 2012 to cultivate compassion by registering now.