I’m Puanani Calvillo. I provide spiritual direction and personal training. I am profoundly shaped by my Sāmoan-Pilipina ancestry, mentors, and lived experience. My work is intuitive, inclusive, trauma-sensitive, and centers the well-being and healing of historically marginalized communities.

Why do people seek a Spiritual Director?‍ ‍

Spiritual direction offers accompaniment and spiritual care from a trained practitioner for those seeking to connect with Spirit/Creator/ The Divine/God and their sacred selves. Many seek care for the following reasons but are not limited to them.

  • Discernment and life transitions

  • Community and be witnessed

  • Grief and healing

  • Exploring new or deepening spiritual practices

  • Navigating an evolving theology or expanding spirituality

  • Decolonizing one’s spirituality

I accompany seekers through one-on-one and group sessions. With the consent of my directees, I integrate embodied practices to support listening, exploration, and making meaning.

What does accompaniment with movement look like in a session?

After our first consultation, we may decide to spend our sessions weight training or using a form of movement within my scope of practice as a mode of listening. For example, we may kettlebell flow as a moving meditation. These movements invite you to listen to your body and stay present.

Education & More

My work is informed by a Master’s in Teaching, a certification in Spiritual Direction from Still Harbor, and Personal Training Certificate from the National Association of Sports Medicine. Beyond my private practice, I teach and facilitate at Liberated Together Spiritual Direction School and am a Grant Administrator at Boston University School of Theology.

Formerly, I was a multiple-subjects elementary school teacher and ministry leader in Santa Ana CA. I now live in a suburb of Atlanta with my husband and 3 children. I’m a California girl at heart, I find joy in "talking story" over comfort food, kitchen dance parties with my family, and lifting heavy weights. Whether I’m dancing unapologetically in my kitchen with my children or facilitating , I’m fueled by connection, movement, and community.

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“In collectivist cultures, our elders told us long ago that we carry the stories of our communities in our bodies.”

-Cindy S. Lee