Miranda "Ran" Weingartner

Welcome

I offer spiritual companioning - a practice of deep listening and sacred presence for your soul's journey.This is sanctuary. A safe space for queer folks, earth-based practitioners, people in recovery, and anyone seeking spiritual connection regardless of religion or lack of religion.

Here, we slow down. We listen beneath the surface. We explore what's alive in your spiritual life without judgment or doctrine.You don't have to believe anything in particular to find refuge here. You just have to be willing to pay attention to what's true for you.

What is Spiritual Companioning?

Spiritual companioning is sacred time to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and explore what's alive in your spiritual life.

Spiritual companions support the unique spiritual journey of every individual. It inspires people to experience authenticity in their lives as they connect with and explore the ground of all being, that deepest of truths which is beyond life and death and goes by many names - Spirit, Universe, Creator, God -
or no name at all.

In our time together:

  • I listen deeply to what's being expressed beneath your words

  • I mirror back your own wisdom

  • We make room for silence and reflection

  • I may ask questions that invite deeper contemplation

  • I may share from my own experience when it feels relevant

What I don't do is tell you what to believe, diagnose or judge you.

People often arrive discombobulated - straight from a hard day at work, out of breath, already thinking about the next thing they have to do.Our time together is a pause.A place to reconnect with your values, your spiritual self, and what truly matters.

Who I companion:

  • People deconstructing or leaving religious traditions

  • 2SLGBTQIA+ folks wounded or rejected by faith communities

  • Those navigating major transitions or identity shifts

  • People facing illness, grief, or loss

  • Anyone wrestling with meaning and purpose

  • People in recovery seeking spiritual connection

Sessions are:

  • 60 minutes

  • Virtual (Zoom)

  • $120 per session, with sliding scale available based on principles of economic justice. Below is a Sliding Scale Guide to help you find a payment that works for you.

Groups and Gatherings

In addition to one-on-one companioning, I offer circles for collective spiritual exploration and community.

Tarot Circle

Monthly gathering for exploring tarot as a tool for spiritual insight and personal reflection.
We sit in circle and share our collective wisdom about what a card might be telling you.
All experience levels welcome. Virtual. Interest list forming.

Soul Journey

A small group (4-6 people) for deep listening and spiritual exploration together. We create space for the sacred questions and mysterious unfoldings of our inner lives. We meet monthly. Interest list open.

Dream Circle

A monthly gathering to explore our dreams as sources of spiritual wisdom, creativity, and self-knowledge. We'll share dreams (as much as feels comfortable), practice deep listening, and discover what our nighttime journeys want to teach us. No experience necessary - just curiosity. Virtual, starts when group is full. Interest list forming.

Sign up below or contact me for a no commitment, free 30 min consultation.

Whom am I?

I'm a spiritual companion trained through Jubilee Ontario's two-year formation program and a member in good standing of Spiritual Directors International.I'm also someone who's lived a lot of life. I'm queer. I've been in recovery for 21 years.

I live with ADHD and clinical depression. I'm a survivor of intimate partner violence and traumatic loss. I've moved through deep darkness and found my way back to light - not once, but several times.I'm an artist and a seeker. I work with dreams, tarot, ritual, and creativity as doorways to the sacred. I've spent years in community organizing, healthcare, and mental health work, always asking: How do we create space for healing? How can we imagine better futures and bring them to life?I'm a settler of Swabian and Irish descent, living and practicing on Anishinaabeg land protected by the Treaty of 1850. I'm learning to decolonize my mind and spirit, and to be in right relationship with this land that welcomes me.I companion others because I know what it's like to need companioning. I know grief. I know recovery. I know the terrifying beauty of spiritual transformation. I know what it's like to wrestle with impossible questions about suffering, meaning, why we're here, how to live with what we cannot change. And I know that we need each other to find our way.I live in the woods of Northern Ontario with my beautiful wife and our dog Priya, where I'm learning to listen to the land and tend the small sacred things.

Sliding Scale Guide

I believe every person should have a fair opportunity for a dignified, productive, and creative life. So, like many others, I offer a sliding scale.I know it can be challenging to know what to pay when someone says "pay what you can". Here is a Sliding Scale Guide to help you find a payment that works for you. You are invited to pay as you are able.No questions asked.A Zen teacher once said to me: "Give until you feel generous."

Consider paying full price if this is you.

I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic needs
I may have some debt but it does not prohibit me from meeting my basic needs
I own my home or property OR I rent a higher-end property
I own or lease a car
I am employed OR do not need to work to meet my needs
I have regular access to health care
I have access to financial savings
I have expendable income
I can always buy new items
I can afford an annual vacation or to take time off without hardship

Consider paying $50 to $120 if this is you.

I may stress about meeting my basic needs but still regularly achieve them
I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs
I own or lease a car
I am employed
I have access to health care
I might have access to financial savings
I have some expendable income
I am able to buy some new items & I thrift others
I can take a vacation annually or every few years without financial burden

Consider paying $20 to $50 if this is you.

I frequently stress about meeting basic needs & don’t always achieve them
I have debt and it sometimes prohibits me from meeting my basic needs
I rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing
I do not have a car and/or have limited access to a car but I am not always able to afford gas
I am unemployed or underemployed
I qualify for government assistance
I have no savings
I have no or very limited extra income
I rarely buy new items due to cost
I cannot afford a vacation or have the ability to take time off without financial burden