Who We Are

Karen Kelley

Member Relations Coordinator

Karen Kelley is a Labyrinth Facilitator, Spiritual Director, and Healing Touch Practitioner Apprentice.  She was found by the labyrinth in 2000, leading to Veriditas Facilitator training with Lauren Artress in 2007.  Karen has had many transformative experiences on the labyrinth, and enjoys helping others discover their own labyrinth path.  Her varied interests are gathered together under Heart’s Intention, her local service in Houston, TX. 

Karen holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana Lafayette, and worked at IBM on the Space Shuttle Program as a software development contractor for NASA Johnson Space Center.  She is also a student of energy medicine and energy psychology, practices EFT for self-growth, and offers Healing Touch at local health and healing fairs and various other locations.   Karen practices spiritual direction at the Cenacle Retreat House in Houston, TX.  Her labyrinth work has included giving walks at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and the Rothko Chapel in Houston, giving labyrinth retreats in Kayenta and Salt Lake City, Utah, and co-coordinating a Veriditas Qualifying Workshop given by Rev. Dr. Kay Mutert at St. Paul’s.  Karen has also built a long term temporary labyrinth for New Beginnings House of Prayer in Galena Park, TX.  In 2016 she was a local co-chair, with Reginald Adams, of the Labyrinth Society Gathering in Houston.