Join a movement of spiritual communities, organizations, and retreat venues that are committed to doing their part to evolve the paradigm of spiritual leadership!
Member Organizations include any group whose purpose is of a spiritual nature and/or identifies as a spiritual organization.
By joining the ASI, your organization will be bolstered by the support of a network of spiritual leaders and groups committed to ongoing professional and personal evolution, ethical practice, and integrity as core values informing the culture of spiritual leadership. The ASI also offers our members a growing library of resources to support them on their journey towards greater integrity and wholeness.
When your organization joins the ASI, you are agreeing to integrate the ASI Honor Code of Ethics into your guidance policies for staff/volunteers and to ensure that integrity is a core value informing the culture of the establishment, relationships among the staff /volunteers, and the interactions with those you serve. You are encouraged to add to the ASI Code to create a code that fits your organization’s unique goals and services, as long as your additions do not conflict with the existing ASI Code. Member Organizations also agree to formulate their own internal procedures to hold their members accountable to the ASI code in the event that the code is breached.
Two spiritual organizations that put their own policies in place prior to the birth of the ASI are Spirit Rock and East Bay Meditation Center. If you would like to reference their procedures as an examples CLICK HERE to read an overview of Spirit Rock’s “Ethics and Reconciliation Council” or HERE to read about the East Bay Meditation Center’s “Ethics, Restoration, and Resolution” (ER&R) process.
We know that it takes time and resources to develop and/or revise policies and practices within organizations. The ASI is a member-led organization seeking to help both ourselves and other leaders in this regard. Our community of members share a commitment to integrity. You are invited to join us.
If you would like your organization to join the Association for Spiritual Integrity, please review the membership benefits & requirements below and then complete the electronic application form.
If your organization operates a venue for retreats, workshops, and/or trainings, the ASI offers additional and unique support. Click here to learn more!
The ASI reserves the right to refuse membership. Each application form is read carefully, and all details submitted are checked for authenticity. If an applicant is not who they claim to be their membership application will be denied. Please make sure that we are able to reach you at the contact information you provide in the application.
Be more proactive in protecting your patrons from potentially harmful incidents.
At the ASI, we understand how important it is for your venue to cultivate trusting relationships with your guests. We know that your reputation depends on facilitating positive experiences for your guests, and that your ability to do so rests upon wholesome interactions between your visiting faculty and the students they guide. We also know that it’s a major challenge to build a culture of integrity within an organization while extending the same standards to your guest teachers and facilitators. This is why the ASI has developed an integrity clause template (below) for our Member Organizations to include in their contractual materials with guest teachers/faculty/facilitators.
Employing this clause will help your organization to:
Once your membership is approved, please copy and paste the integrity clause into your contractual documents. You may tailor the clause to fit within your current contracts in a way that makes sense to you.
[Organization Name] is a member of the Association of Spiritual Integrity (ASI). As such, we have committed to honoring a code of ethics as outlined by the ASI, to ensure that our own organization, along with our guest teachers/faculty/facilitators, hold ourselves to the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and professional competency. With a vested interest in facilitating the most nurturing and safe experience possible for all of our guests, it is essential that we promote the work of teachers and leaders who are willing to abide by the same ethical standards while visiting and working on our premises. Please help us to ensure an environment of honesty, integrity, compassion, humility, and empathy for everyone. Visit the ASI's website at spiritual-integrity.org/org-ethics to review the honor code to which you are committing by signing this contract.
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The ASI is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your donations are tax deductible in the USA and are received in USD. Any size donation is gratefully received to help us maintain our website and services offered.
If all this sounds good, then you’re ready to go ahead and apply here. If you have further questions, please contact us.
If membership isn’t for you, there are other ways to support the work of the ASI.
The mission of the Association for Spiritual Integrity℠ (ASI) is to foster the fundamental role of strong ethical principles in the ongoing development of spiritual leaders and communities.
