Grounded Being

A spiritual director, supervisor, and trainer, Maria earned a Ph.D. in Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley; a Master of Applied Spirituality at the University of San Francisco; and a Master of Intuition Medicine® at the Academy of Intuition Medicine in Sausalito, CA.

Maria offers sessions at San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, CA, or via phone/skype.  In addition to serving on the faculty of the Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction Program at San Francisco Theological Seminary, she co-founded Together in the Mystery:  Supervisor Training for Spiritual Directors with Rebecca Bradburn Langer.  A distance-learning, internship program for experienced spiritual directors, Together in the Mystery consists of on-site training over a long weekend, followed by a year of distance supervision/mentoring, culminating in a second long weekend of on-site training.

Maria is currently writing a book on the body, intuition, and energy in spiritual direction.