Special interest projects relating to spiritual direction:

Spiritual direction and the body/sexuality

Each participant in the second year of the Spiritual Growth Ministries Spiritual Directors' Formation Programme engages in a project on an aspect the work of spiritual direction in which they have a particular interest.

​The following papers explore spiritual direction in relation to embodiment and sexuality.
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> An Introduction to Focusing - Lynne Brown

> Body Awareness - Allowing Our Bodies To Lead Us In Prayer - Emma Alldridge

> Chronic Pain - An Invitation to Spiritual Growth - Sylvia Richardson

> Cycling and Spiritual Experience - Andrew Saunders             *** NEW PAPER ***

> A Shared Table: Food and Spiritual Direction - Aluminé Andrew           *** NEW PAPER ***

> Nourishing the Soul in Burnout - Maureen Harley

> Sexual Addiction and Spiritual Direction (with later Addendum) - Andrew Connolly

> Spiritual Direction with the Aging - Doreen Riddell

> Spiritual Directors and Self-Care - Hannah Rowan

> Spirituality and Residential Aged Care: With a Special Focus on Dementia - Sheryl James

> Temple or Temporal? The Spirituality of the Body - Nita Hill (with separate Appendices)

> The Spiritual Care of the Frail & Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease - Ngaire Beehre

> Whisperings of Intimacy - Jo Anastadiadis