Tag: listening

• Listening with the Spirit

  

  At the end of September, I attended my first week of residency in the Certificate in Spiritual Direction program at Columbia Theological Seminary. It was an intense, emotional, and illuminating time spent with lay people and clergy who, like me, felt our ministries could benefit from training in the practice of sacred listening. When we listen…

  Dana Young

  November 6, 2015

  Reiki, Spirituality

  energy, healing, listening, Reiki, spirit, spiritual direction, wholeness

• Give someone your attention (Advent Day 2)

  

  Think about what it felt like when someone you know sat and really listened to you.  What did it feel like to be heard and fully acknowledged? Today, on Day 2 of #24daysofgiving, give someone your full attention. Take the time to sit with a co-worker or loved one who needs to talk. The holidays…

  Dana Young

  December 2, 2013

  Advent, Relationships, Spirituality

  #24daysofgiving, Advent, care, compassion, empathy, listening, relationships

• Cultivating silence

  Silence. What I’ve been seeking inside. Silence within the spaces of sound and activity throughout the day. Silence for grounding, silence for witnessing, and silence for deepened connection. Today I participated in a “souls walk” journey with Amy “Bear” Piper, an intuitive spiritual healer I’ve worked with before to help me access, understand, and work…

  Dana Young

  February 10, 2012

  Spirituality

  energy, higher self, listening, meditation, mindfulness, mountain, soul journey, spiritual practice