Spiritual Coaching and Essential Energy Healing Clients:

"My work with Reverend Dina Gardner over the past four years has been truly enriching on an emotional, mental and spiritual level. We met both formally and informally over the years for spiritual direction sessions, prayer, yoga, meditation and reflection. She has always been a willing and wise guide in my life whose keen insight into that place where the human and divine meet has helped me to understand my own life and person better, as well as the more nimble ways God (or whatever your spiritual source may be) can work in the world.

One of Dina's most comforting graces is that she is honest yet non-judgmental. This allowed me to trust her as a confidant and a source of counsel, and share sensitivities with her without fear of reproach. She has walked with me as a true companion and woman friend on my spiritual Path, and I have been eternally grateful for her guidance."

- Elizabeth, San Francisco, CA

"Dina has been a great help over the past couple of years and has helped me immensely with her genuine kindness and guidance. Thanks to her clear, no nonsense approach, I came to terms with my problematic drinking patterns and now live a healthy and content life. She has been instrumental in my spiritual development and I look forward to her continuing friendship and support. I highly recommend her to anybody who wants to sort out their life."

- P.S., Hong Kong

"Dina has been an invaluable life coach, spiritual advisor, and intuition energy consultant for me.  I began regular sessions with Dina last year and discovered that, whatever my need—be it professional/life coaching, spiritual direction, or energy medicine advising—she invariably zeroed into my state of being and taught me helpful tools to advance to a more informed self with an increased sense of well-being.  I perceive her as an artist whose palette is language.  During every session, she poetically reflects back to me aspects of my self that I, then, am able to ponder, change if needed, or simply appreciate.  I believe that my sessions with Dina transcend my former therapy sessions in value, as Dina’s expertise is wholistic and versatile, incorporating my whole self (body, mind, and spirit), rather than merely a singular aspect of my self. 

Recently, I have recommended Dina’s services to two colleagues, both of whom have met with Dina and have found her services to be “amazing” (both their words!) and extremely relevant to their lives.  I am deeply thankful for Dina’s professional presence in my life and know that I am moving forward along my spiritual path due to her practical and effective guidance."

- Gini, Alameda, Ca

"Dina is the perfect blend of earthy and divine. She is a talented, acutely perceptive and clear channel. Her training as a minister/counselor makes her a loving and comforting guide - offering full support, with an unshakable grounding in reality. As all is revealed to her, your next steps unfold in ways you always knew to be true, but weren't yet able to access. Working with Dina has helped me to move more easily through the break up of a 32-year relationship. I jump at each opportunity to meet Dina for a joyful, enlightening energy medicine session."

- Lynn, San Rafael, CA

"To quote Reverend Dina Gardner, 'everyone should have someone to bear witness to what they are dealing with at various times in their life.' Dina has made me realize that dealing with certain aspects of the human condition in isolation is unnecessary and at times, ill-advised.  The problem, as many people know is finding a person qualified to be that 'someone.' Sincerity and compassion are simply not enough. The world is full of compassionate people who want to help but simply don't have what it takes to make a meaningful difference, fast enough. Reverend Gardner possesses an uncanny ability to mine the core issues from the noise and help to put things in proper perspective. The rest is really up to you, but of course, she won't say that. She will guide you and coach you using her comprehensive insight into the various, common afflictions affecting the mental well being of many young and middle aged people in our western society, as well as her experience in helping people deal with the many life-events, which most of us will have to deal with at some point in our lives by virtue of the fact that we are human.

I would describe Dina’s approach as very hands-on, practical and compassionate. You don't have to be committed to organized religion to benefit from Dina. She will soon learn where you fit in with respect to your religious inclinations / spiritual maturity and guide accordingly. You won't even notice this process.  Reverend Gardner is a superb life coach."

- Mike, Hong Kong

Pre-marital Counseling and Wedding Ceremony Clients:

"We were fortunate to have Dina Gardner marry my husband and I on June 27th 2004.  Her counseling sessions beforehand were remarkably inspirational and thought provoking.  She has the gift of bringing out interesting nuances and positive aspects of relationships.  She is truly concerned about issues that may affect a pending marriage and works tirelessly at resolving these to aid couples be prepared for this big life step. 

I was also very impressed with her ability to listen and create a beautiful ceremony  from our sessions, capturing the essence of our relationship.  From Dina's calm demeanor during a rather hectic rehearsal to her lovely ceremony, we feel honored to have had her perform our marriage."

- Gwen and Mark, San Rafael, CA

"Reverend Gardner met with us before our wedding to help us map out our lives together and discuss sensitive issues that may have been pushed aside during the planning of our wedding.  She was extremely professional, prepared, caring and provided a safe and confidential atmosphere for us to communicate.  She helped us establish a solid foundation which will support us the rest of our lives together. 

The most wonderful part is Reverend Gardner then officiated our wedding.  We can't imagine having had anyone else oversee our ceremony.  She was so personal and gave a lovely tribute to our union.  Our friends and family felt incredibly welcomed.  Reverend Gardner made one of the best moments in our lives that much more memorable."

- Lynn and Damien, San Rafael, CA

"My husband Dave and I got married in August of 2006, at B.R. Cohn Winery in Sonoma.  We had such an incredible and amazing day, surrounded by so many friends and family. One of the biggest parts of our joyful day was the fact that Rev. Dina Gardner performed the ceremony.  We met with Dina several times before the ceremony, where she asked us many thoughtful questions about our relationship, our expectations, our hopes and fears. She wove our own comments into the service, creating a highly personal and meaningful ceremony.

She was also invaluable in offering her insights and suggestions in organizing the format and content of the program. It is easy to get so wrapped up in the numerous details of planning a wedding that one can overlook THE MOST important and central aspect of the day: the ceremony itself! We felt extremely fortunate to have someone so articulate, eloquent, supportive, and kind speak on our behalf and guide us through our vows. 

Many, many people told us afterwards that it was the best wedding ceremony they had ever heard.  (Of course, we couldn’t agree more!)  The fact that Dina meets with couples in pre-marital consultations is a testament to her integrity and high standards. By taking the time to learn about a couple and their relationship, she ensures a personalized and meaningful ceremony that is truly memorable.  I highly and enthusiastically recommend her!"

- Lauren, San Francisco, CA

Welcoming Ceremony and Baptism Ceremony Clients:

"As our daughter approaches her second birthday this week and I envision friends and family celebrating together, I'm reminded of the wonderful welcoming ceremony Dina led in our little apartment.  We managed to squeeze everyone into our living room, and Dina helped us pause for a moment to truly embrace and invite this new being into our circle of family and friends.  We passed our daughter around the circle, where each family member and friend paused to look in her eyes, kiss her forehead, feel her weight, and welcome her presence.  We had collected water from the ocean for a blessing, a candle for fire, we made prints of her tiny feet, and we sang a song of love.  Dina created a space where everyone was invited to simply behold and love this new life.  She gave the ceremony the weight it deserved while encouraging hope, love, and wonder."

- Tamsen, Mill Valley, CA

"From our own experience, we would state that Dina has an amazing ability to connect with people. As we grew our family and welcomed our two beautiful girls into the world, we called on Dina to conduct each of their baptisms. And in that regard, what I love about Dina is she doesn’t do cookie cutter. She worked hard to understand the spiritual foundation that supports my wife and I as individuals, as well as collectively, and engaged us in a way that resulted in our bringing together our families and friends in services that uniquely welcomed each of our girls into our spiritual community. The beauty of the personal. We love Dina."

- Brian and Renata, Burlingame, CA

Spiritual Memorial Services:

"Dina has this kind, loving and wonderful essence about her.  She connects with people exactly where they are in their path of life; That path, may in fact, be grief and her energy will provide a very healing, loving and kind solace which will be  a respite from the storm.  I find her to be a very dynamic spirit that can connect with people on all paths of life with nothing but pure kindness and love." 

- Elisa Brooks, Counselor at Fernwood Cemetery, Mill Valley, California

Couples Coaching Clients:

"With just a couple sessions under our belts, we can already see Dina’s work in action within our marriage. Our communication is getting back on track so quickly! We love that Dina really listens to our individual personalities and finds simple ways to integrate them together."

- Amanda and Steve, Fairfax, CA