Melanie Weidner is an Artist , Spiritual Coach / Spiritual Director, workshop leader and teacher, whose contagious love for image, metaphor, poetry, and spiritual exploration create joyful and transformative openings for self-reflection.

	first watercolor, age 5
	Petroglyphs, Albuquerque NM

"I started making drawings and paintings long before I lost my first tooth, but two decades passed before I began to understand the deep connections between art and spirituality. While studying in seminary, God surprised me with the life-giving power of art-making as an expression of prayer and relationship. Now I listen for joy in the sacred curiosity of art-making, teaching, and spiritual coaching.

My passion and creativity rise up from my BE-ing, soul, and connection with Spirit / God / the Beloved / Holy One. My images and teaching are shaped by my life experience, Quaker contemplative spiritual practice, poetry, the Great Story, and reverence of all kinds from many traditions. I hope my work will inspire your connection to Spirit’s wild abundance and transforming love."

Melanie earned a BA degree in Religion with an Art minor from George Fox University, a Master of Divinity degree in Spirituality from the Earlham School of Religion, and a Certificate in the Art of Contemplative Listening from the Namasté Center.  In 2002-03, she served as the Minnie Jane Quaker Artist in Residence at the Pendle Hill Quaker Contemplative and Study Center.  She's a member of Spiritual Directors International.  

Melanie currently sojourns in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Portland, Oregon.