Linda Thal
Spiritual Director
- Maintaining awareness of God/the Holy in everyday life
- Developing and deepening spiritual practice
- Renewing a sense of K’dushah in rabbinical work
- Staying connected through periods of spiritual aridity
- Exploring the nexus between one’s own prayer life and leading prayer
Spiritual Direction provides a structured time and a contemplative setting in which individuals can explore and deepen their spiritual life. One may bring explicitly spiritual issues – one’s experience of prayer, changing relationship with God, challenges with spiritual practice – or one may choose to focus on more seemingly mundane issues – family, work, career, friendship, problematic behavior, successes , dreams – to the reflective conversation. In either case, we explore these issues from a spiritual perspective. Unlike psychotherapy or pastoral counseling, spiritual direction does not assume that there is a problem that needs to be fixed; the primary goal is spiritual growth, openness to self, God, and others. I direct a program of training for Jewish spiritual directors; much of my own practice is with rabbis and rabbinic students. For more information about spiritual direction and the Morei Derekh training program, see www.yedidyacenter.org