WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
“To journey without being changed is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.”
–Mark Nepo
ONE ON ONE CONSULTATIONS
Spiritual Direction
Grief Counseling
Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator®
(MBTI) With Interpreted Results
Enneagram
Interpretation Of Mandalas Using MARI®
Soulcollage®
Intentional Creativity®
Self-Discovery Through
Labyrinth Meditation
A Portable Labyrinth Available Upon Request
What Is Spiritual Direction?
Spiritual direction or Spiritual Companioning is a relationship with a person where the focus is on a person’s spiritual journey. Erin has extensive training in being with people of different faiths as well as with people who claim no faith tradition. She enables a person to explore what feels right for her/himself; and offers a safe container to question beliefs, doubts and the “I don’t know’s”. She offers creative suggestions, traditional and non-traditional spiritual remedies as well as a willingness to walk with people during those dark times that could include loss and grief, trauma, and addiction recovery.
Grief Counseling
Erin has 19 years as a Board Certified Chaplain in health care community including working with cancer patients, behavioral health patients and crisis situations. She also has 10 years experience as a hospice chaplain. Erin is an Apprentice graduate of the AnamCara Project from the Sacred Art of Living Center in Bend, Oregon. She has specialized training in Coma Communication with those at the end of life as well as with those people who have Alzheimer’s Disease.
Intentional Creativity®
Erin has been trained in the 2018 Color of Woman Teacher Training with Shiloh Sophia McCloud. Through The Intentional Creativity process, Erin encourages participants to claim their story, pay attention to what their inner world wants to be called forth anew, and through intentionally using symbol (the language of the soul), a new story is expressed in the form of a painting, a poem or other creative expressions. Participants often acknowledge an inner shift has occurred.
Crone Rituals
Weddings
Memorials, Celebration Of Life
CURRENT OFFERINGS
Beyond the Circle:
Creating Healing Mandalas
This workshop will focus on using the spiritual tool of creating mandalas as a way of seeking healing and spiritual well-being. Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning “Sacred Circle” or “to have possession of one’s essence”. Mandalas are circular designs found in all cultures and faith traditions. With ritual, music and guided meditation we will discover how symbol is the language of the soul and experience the creating of a mandala as a deepening of one’s spiritual connection to the Divine.
Age-ing to Sage-ing: Spiritual Eldering
This class series will focus on exploring what it means to be an older person in our church and society. We will look at and experience “spiritual eldering”. Author and Rabbi Shalomi states, “An elder is a person who is still growing, still a learner, still with potential and whose life continues to have within it promise... It is a time to discover inner richness for self-development and spiritual growth.”
SoulCollage®
Through fitting together cut-out images in a surprising new way, you will tap into your well-spring of creativity, intuition, and inner wisdom. This process is a means for psychological and spiritual growth. Erin is a trained SoulCollage® facilitator.
Exploring the Artist’s Way:
A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
This 12 week class uses Julia Cameron’s book as a guide for deeper awareness of the inner creative process. At the end of the 12 weeks, participants notice a significant creative shift.
The Labyrinth: A Walking Meditation
Through the use of a full size labyrinth, you will learn about this ancient spiritual tool and experience a guided walk as a spiritual morality that allows the intuitive, symbolic mind to come to the forefront. Many who walk the labyrinth experience a deep sense of inner peace and spiritual well-being. Erin is a trained labyrinth facilitator.
Your Way In the World: Applying The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI)
Gain an understanding of your individual preferences in energy source, decision making, lifestyle and work patterns. Erin is a trained facilitator of the MBTI®
The Enneagram: The 9 Faces of God
Gain understanding of your personality traits through the Enneagram; and how it relates to your understanding of God, your expression of your spirituality, and how it effects your relationships with others. Erin has been trained by Don Risso and Russ Hudson.
The Soul of a Pilgrim
Take a 40 day journey. This is a great opportunity for inner reflection by attending a new class that will focus on the inner spiritual journey. During these 40 days we will be studying the book The Soul of a Pilgrim by Christine Valters Paintner. Each class will include a study on a bible passage related to pilgrimage using a “midrash” technique, an experiential activity that opens the mind-spirit connection, and shared open reflection.
Our Spiritual Journey
This class series will explore four different ways of nurturing the spirit. We will experience ritual; creative expression with art as meditation; spiritual reading/Lectio Divina; and the use of music as spiritual practices.
Red Thread Circles
Regular gathering of women who share their stories, celebrating who they are and their connectedness to one another.
CURRENT CLASSES
God is a Black Woman
Thursdays May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2023, 6:30-8pm
A Zoom Gathering
$40 for class
“This is a timely much needed book that weaves her personal pilgrimage and societal reckoning to dismantle the cultural “whitemalegod” and uncover the Sacred Black Feminine—and ultimately hope, healing and liberation.”
–from the inside flap of God Is a Black Woman
Do you want to be a little “badass” when talking about God?
Come to this book study and circle where we will provide space for brave sharing, meaningful ritual as we explore the significance of the Black Madonna, reflect on our own journeys to discover the Divine feminine in a culture that celebrates the ‘whitemalegod’ and do some real truth telling amongst laughter and tears.
Contact Erin King at kingerine@gmail.com for more information
“From Age-ing to Sage-ing: Spiritual Eldering”
Wednesdays on Zoom: from March 8 to March 29 2023
1-2:30 pm
or
Sundays in person: from March 5 to March 26, 2023
1-2:30 pm
Stockton, CA
$89 for the 4-week series
This class series will focus on exploring what it means to be an older person in our church and society. We will look at and experience “spiritual eldering”. Author and Rabbi Shalomi states, “An elder is a person who is still growing, still a learner, still with potential and whose life continues to have within it promise... It is a time to discover inner richness for self-development and spiritual growth.”
For more information, contact Erin King at kingerine@gmail.com or 209-815-0763
Creating Your Own Lorica: A Celtic Spiritual Shield
Saturdays, March 4-April 15 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Stockton, CA
$100 (plus $20 materials cost) or
$20/week over 6 weeks (plus $20 materials cost)
Space is limited.
Do you sometimes need God’s protection? Do you want to know in a concrete way you are not alone in navigating life’s challenges? Let’s discover how the ancient Celts did it.
Come create your very own spiritual shield, what the Celts called a Lorica. We will spend the 6 weeks of Lent creating our very own shield. Using a circular canvas, you will paint your own personal symbols, your family’s symbols and your faith community’s symbols invoking intentions for prayers of protection. This will be a spiritual practice involving the mind, body, and heart. We will meet each week and share meaningful ritual, and paint
together. During the week, you will ponder questions of reflection. By the end of the 6 weeks, you will have your very own shield of protection.
The Red Thread Circle
Saturdays, March 18, April 15, May 20, June 17
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Stockton, CA
Donations accepted
The third Saturday of the month we gather to celebrate who we are as women, one another and the Divine within us.
For more information, contact Erin King at kingerine@gmail.com or 209-815-0763
World Labyrinth Day Walk
Saturday, May 6, 2023, 1-3 p.m
You will learn about this ancient spiritual tool and experience a guided walk that allows the intuitive, symbolic mind to come to the forefront. Many who walk the labyrinth experience a deep sense of inner peace and spiritual well-being. Erin is a trained labyrinth facilitator.
For more information, contact Erin King at kingerine@gmail.com or 209-815-0763
SoulCollage® : Celebrating Beltane and the Full Moon
Friday, May 5, 2023 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Stockton, CA
$40, includes materials
Through fitting together cut-out images in a surprising new way, you will tap into your well-spring of creativity, intuition, and inner wisdom. This process is a means for psychological and spiritual growth. Erin is a trained SoulCollage® facilitator.
For more information, contact Erin King at kingerine@gmail.com or 209-815-0763
Beyond the Circle: Creating Healing Mandalas
“Sanctuary Rest”
Sunday, April 23, 2023, 1-3 p.m.
Stockton, CA
$40, includes materials
This workshop will focus on using the spiritual tool of creating mandalas as a way of seeking healing and spiritual well-being. Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning “Sacred Circle” or “to have possession of one’s essence”. Mandalas are circular designs found in all cultures and faith traditions. With ritual, music and guided meditation we will discover how symbol is the language of the soul and experience the creating of a mandala as a deepening of one’s spiritual connection to the Divine.
For more information, contact Erin King at kingerine@gmail.com or 209-815-0763
Home of the Heart
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9-12 p.m.
Stockton, CA
$50, includes materials
Do you wonder if you fit in with your family, work or faith community? What would it look like if you were home and felt like you belonged? Come paint with us. We will be painting with symbols of house and heart and working with your story of belonging. No artistic talent needed.
For more information, contact Erin King at kingerine@gmail.com or 209-815-0763
Experiencing Inner Abundance During Times of Scarcity
Saturday, June 1, 2019, 10-3 p.m.
Sunday, June 2, 2019, 12-5 p.m.
$99
Stockton, CA
In this two day workshop you will tap into your inner wellspring through ritual, music, guided visualization and painting. You will discover your capacity for inner abundance by experiencing the Intentional Creativity® painting process.
*No artistic ability necessary
For more information, contact Erin King at kingerine@gmail.com or 209-815-0763
Beyond the Circle: Creating a Mandala of Loving Kindness
February 11, 2023
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Stockton, CA
$40 supplies included.
Do you yearn for connection with others? Do you want to create something beautiful but not sure where to begin? Would you like a symbol of love to have in your space at home? If you said “yes” to these questions, come join us.
With meaningful ritual and connection, we will create mandalas with intention for loving kindness. We will reflect on ways of embodying loving kindness, then using shape and color, we will create our own personal mandala. Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning “Sacred Circle” or “to have possession of one’s essence”. Mandalas are circular designs found in all cultures and faith traditions.
No artistic ability necessary; just having “beginners mind” and a sense of playfulness is all that is required.