Eileen Hanson

  I’m a chaplain, spiritual care provider, and facilitator working with diverse individuals and groups. I offer spiritual guidance, coaching, embodiment and contemplative practices through individual consultation, group programs, and retreat facilitation. I feel especially called to accompany marginalized people, those that may have experienced exclusion or harm in church contexts, and those working for justice and collective liberation.

My spiritual formation is in the Catholic Worker tradition of practicing the works of mercy, resisting the works of war, and cultivating the beloved community. This has led me to international human rights solidarity work in Palestine and involvement in many social change movements. 

My contemplative practice is rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition and Benedictine monastic spirituality. I also have training in Zen Buddhism. I’m an oblate of Holy Wisdom Monastery, an ecumenical Benedictine community that weaves prayer, hospitality, justice and care for the earth in a shared way of life.

As a certified yoga instructor and decades-long practitioner of tai chi and qi gong, I strive to cultivate a trauma-sensitive, body-positive, and gender affirming space for all people. I volunteer with KarunaMN and offer breath and movement programming for people incarcerated in the county jail. My goal is always to invite us into a non-judging awareness of our body and sensations, and cultivate a sense of curiosity, ease, and wonder.

I am a white settler, living on the traditional lands of the Oceti Sakowin (Dakota), Meswaki, Anishinaabe, and Ho-Chunk peoples. My life is nourished by the river and bluffs of the Driftless region and I offer deep gratitude and respect to the many peoples that have lived with and cared for this land long before me. As part of the Decolonial Repair Network, I’m committed to standing in spiritual and material solidarity with Indigenous neighbors, especially through the Honor Native Land Fund.

I look forward to meeting you and hearing how the sacred is moving in your life.

+ Eileen 
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