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Spiritfold is a free, open guide to more than 70 spiritual, inspired and natural health practices in Australia, from meditation and massage to mediumship and Reiki. Each page explains what a practice is, where it comes from, how it is practised here, and what safe, ethical practice looks like. Every fact is drawn from a published source and cited on the page, so you can check it for yourself.
New to these practices?
Perhaps you are curious about a practice, thinking about booking a session, or supporting someone who is. Spiritfold answers the questions people most often have, in plain English:
- What is it, and what usually happens in a session?
- Where does it come from, and how has it developed in Australia?
- What is it not, and what are its limits?
- What does good, safe practice look like, so you know what to expect from a practitioner?
Spiritfold doesn't sell anything, rank practitioners or make health claims. It gives you clear, balanced information so you can make your own informed decisions.
For practitioners and teachers
- A trusted description of your practice to share with clients, students and anyone who asks what you do.
- A ready-made teaching resource. Pages cover history, traditions, Australian context, and safety and good practice, and every page can be printed or saved as a PDF for a class, workshop or circle.
- Free to share for teaching. Spiritfold text can be copied and adapted for non-commercial use, with credit, under its Creative Commons licence.
- A say in how your practice is described. Log in with your ASA Account to suggest improvements or propose a new modality.
Why Spiritfold matters
Australia's spiritual and natural health community is wonderfully diverse. Practitioners draw on many traditions and lineages, and the same practice can be described in many different ways. Without a shared, reliable reference, it is hard for newcomers to know what to expect, and hard for practitioners to show the care and standards behind their work.
Spiritfold sets out that shared understanding, openly and for everyone. Clear, honest information helps people choose safely, helps practitioners work ethically, and builds respect between traditions.
Information you can trust
- Sourced. Every fact comes from an identified published source, cited where it is used.
- Checked. Before a page is approved it is checked against five tests: Australian context, the rules on advertising therapeutic goods, child safety, work health and safety, and sources and copyright.
- Independent. Spiritfold describes practices; it does not endorse them, promote businesses or make health claims. Approving a page means its description has been checked.
- Respectful. Each practice is described in terms its own practitioners would recognise. Pages about the ceremonies of Indigenous peoples carry a clear notice and are never guides to performing them.
- Transparent. Where a page offers the view of an experienced Spiritualist teacher, it is clearly labelled as a perspective, separate from the sourced facts.
Help build Spiritfold
Spiritfold is built with the community. Anyone can read it, and anyone with an ASA Account can log in to take part:
- Propose a new modality or an improvement to a page.
- Draft and refine the description, with sources.
- Discuss it, with different traditions and points of view welcomed.
- Approve – an approver appointed by the Alliance checks the page against the five tests and approves the version readers see.
New pages are visible straight away, clearly marked as drafts until they are approved. To get started, see Adding a modality. All contributions are made in the spirit of the Alliance's Code of Conduct.
Questions about Spiritfold? Email info@spiritual.org.au.
Also on Spiritfold
- Modalities
- Every modality, grouped by type, from acupuncture to yoga.
- Insurance
- The modalities that appear on our insurance partner's quote form.
About the Australian Spiritual Alliance
The Australian Spiritual Alliance is a national not-for-profit network that recognises, supports and advocates for genuine spiritual, inspired and natural health practitioners across Australia. Spiritfold is one of the ways the Alliance shares knowledge with the whole community. Find out about membership.