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Below you will find individuals form the Seattle area working in the sacred arts of music, theater, poetry, collage, yoga, massage, labyrinth, spiritual direction, retreats, and much more. Please contact the individuals listed directly for more information on their programs and offerings.
The purpose of this Network is to facilitate connections between people working in various ministries that integrate spirituality, creativity, and the arts and to continue to build community among the wonderful folks of the Seattle area.
Under no circumstances is this list to be used for bulk mailing.
Kathy and her husband, Phil, offer Christian formation resources through KOINOS (which means ‘what we have together’). KOINOS provides seminars, retreats and resources for adult Christian formation.
Through KOINOS, Kathy and Phil train spiritual directors in a two year program: Listening for the Soul, based in Shoreline. They also offer retreat space for individuals and a week-long intensive recovery program for pastors and spouses. You can check out their resources at http://www.koinos.org
Jane Comerford
Contact: 2007ireland@earthlink.net or at 509-447-5410 for further information.
"Meeting your Muse in Ireland - a retreat/tour for Creative Souls"
Ireland - April 26 - May 5, 2007
Let the landscape that inspired Joyce, Yeats and many others inspire your soul and release your creativity! Join other artists, writers, poets, musicians, photographers, etc. in Ireland. Let the Celtic imagination - its stories, symbols, and myths, release your creativity. Tour facilitated by Jane Comerford and retreat facilitated by Sheila McHugh, Irish writer and artist.
Seattle Performing Arts Fellowship is a faith based,
Christian performing arts organization committed to creative
excellence and spiritual integrity. Their main stage theatre company produces four full length productions each season.
Lew is currently serving in his fifth year as the Managing
Artistic Director of Seattle Performing Arts Fellowship. An avid instructor, he is also writing a series of workbooks to teach Directing, Effective Rehearsal, and Voice Training for noncommercial theatre.
Roy teaches Blessed Movements classes at Discover Yoga in Redmond on Tuesday nights. Blessed Movements is practicing viniyoga (a yoga tradition that modifies the practice according to the student's condition at the moment) in a Christian context, spiced up with eastern wisdom teachings. Its intention is to help in the realization and actualization of our oneness with all beings, and with the One, through the body, heart, and soul. He also conducts yoga workshops at St Placid Priory in Lacey where he is in community as an oblate. You are invited to his slowly growing website, www.blessedmovements.com.
Rev. Monica McDowell Elvig, MDiv
Ordained Minister, Energy Healer, Spiritual Director, Writer.
Contact: thesoundofmanywaters@comcast.net or (206) 306-1144
Monica has training in and uses several different healing modalities, including Theta Healing, Pranayama Yoga Breathwork, and Energy Clearing, in addition to more traditional Spiritual Direction work. The energy healing Monica offers is holistic, for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. She is available for individual or group sessions, as well as for guest speaking and retreats.
Monica has served as the founding director of Women's Sanctuary - a contemplative inter-spirituality service for women, and as a pastor and chaplain. Her Master of Divinity is from Princeton Theological Seminary focusing on pastoral care and counseling. She has the unique distinction of being the first ordained minister in the country to be granted civil rights in a federal ruling.
Cynthia Gayle
Psychotherapist and Psychodramatist/Bibliodrama
Contact: cynthia@sacreddrama.com
Cynthia Gayle, MC, LMHC, CP is a psychotherapist and nationally certified psychodramatist, with a specialty in bibliodrama, exploration of sacred texts and spirituality using creative role playing. She has facilitated small and large groups in various venues and created experiential liturgy. She is a graduate of Awakening the Creative Spirit program and currently attends Lev Shomea, "Listening Heart", training in spiritual direction in the Jewish tradition. Cynthia is also a Creating Space board member.
Kathy Heffernan
Pastoral Counselor, Spiritual Director, Reiki Practitioner and Teacher
Contact: kmheffernan7@netzero.com or (206) 920-4791
Reiki is a bio-energetic healing modality facilitated by gentle touch. Many describe it as acupuncture without the needles! Reiki promotes relaxation, reduces anxiety, and assists in pain relief. Reiki is an excellent therapy which complements a person's overall wellness program. During a reiki session the client remains fully clothed and lies on a massage table. The reiki session lasts 50 minutes.
Reiki Body/Mind Integration work is a method utilizing reiki, guided imagery, and elements of process work in order to explore physical, spiritual and emotional issues more intentionally. These sessions generally last 90 minutes.
Intrinsically woven into our spirit is a desire to understand the movements of our life, to notice and reflect upon what enlivens and what challenges. Within this framework, Ann extends an invitation to step into a journey of discovery. She offers spiritual direction and creative expression opportunities (independently or jointly) for individuals and groups who long for clarity, resonance and inspiration. Her spiritual direction practice includes companioning diverse ages, cultures and faith expressions, while her creative expression formats range from poetry and journal writing, to visual art and movement, dream work and storytelling.
Ann has a deep appreciation for nature and the mystics, with a fondness for camping and driving trips. She can be found at her Seattle and Bainbridge Island offices and welcomes your unique gifts into our collective, blessed whole.
Spiritual Direction, Labyrinth Workshops and Retreats, and Physical Therapy/CranioSacral Therapy are now offered by Christine through her business called METAMORPHOSIS: moving toward wholeness.
Christine’s poetry reflects her experience of Divine Mystery as a practicing Christian. Her first poetry book, Labyrinths and Other Journeys, and a spiritual workbook/journal by the same name are available for purchase by emailing her. She is currently working on another poetry book entitled All My Lost Fears, available this fall.
A pilgrim along the way, Christine has a passion for the realization of Christ’s prayer that we would all be one. To this end she is a proponent of interfaith dialogue, not for the purpose of conversion, but completion.
Christine earned her PhD in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and has extensive training in Expressive Arts, Dream Work, and Spiritual Direction.
She is co-founder of The Creating Space, writes the Abbey of the Arts Blog, offers spiritual direction and dream work, co-teaches the Awakening the Creative Spirit program, and offers classes and workshops at Seattle University and St. Placid Priory Spirituality Center.
