Education and
Professional Experience
Vocational
Engagement
Heart Sanctuary Spiritual Guidance
Spiritual Director, Interfaith/Interspiritual Companion, present
Private Practice
Licensed Massage Therapist, 2001 – 2017
Birthingway College of Midwifery
Instructor, 1998 – 2017
Other Professional and
Academic Endeavors
Master’s Thesis Project:
“Recovering the Sacred in the Journeys of Birth and Becoming: A Paradigm of Spiritual Care for Birth Practitioners and Families”
Designed and taught original course curriculum:
Exploring Spirituality in the Perinatal Period
Designed and taught original course curriculum:
Massage for Midwives
Other courses modified and taught:
Introductory Anatomy and Physiology
Midwifery History and Politics
Ethics for Midwives
Professional and
Educational Background
Spiritual Directors International
Member
Chaplaincy Institute, Berkeley, California
Certificate of Spiritual Direction
Marylhurst University, Portland, Oregon
Master of Arts in Applied Theology
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Integral Anatomy Intensive Course, Boston, MA
Human Anatomy Studies
Oregon School of Massage
Massage/Bodywork/Healing Arts
Birthingway School of Midwifery
Midwifery Studies (a founding student)
“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.”
— Rachel Naomi Remen
