Camille Rei Obata (’22) Launches Spiritual Care Practice
Recent MDiv graduate, Camille Rei Obata (’22), is partnering her theological training and gifts in interpersonal care to offer spaces for those in need of spiritual direction and exploration. Her passions and work center women of color and queer folks looking to connect with the divine beyond the scope of traditional religious institutions. The following is a direct expert from their website, which can be accessed here.
“I was raised in an interreligious household, and I feel my spiritual and ethnic/cultural identities are entangled and inseparable.
My spirituality grew out of influences from Christian, Shin Buddhist, and Shinto traditions.
I believe in the universe; I believe in 
SpiritGod and that the divine is Love & Light; I believe in the interdependence of all things, that everything is impermanent, and that life is cyclical.
The practices that keep me grounded and connected to the divine shift and change and right now these include: crafting, painting, reiki, chakra work, breathing meditation, somatic healing, card reading, talking with SpiritGod, prayer, daily exercise/movement, and spending time in flowing water.
I am a certified Spiritual Director and completed my training with Liberated Together. I have a Masters in Divinity with a concentration in Interfaith Leadership.
As a chaplain, I’ve worked at UCSF Medical Center serving a Pediatric, Women’s, and Cancer hospital, as well as at UC San Diego Health with the Outpatient Palliative Care team. I currently work in hospice.
I’ve led a workshop on somatic healing & trauma. I co-created a 5-part roundtable series to strengthen relationships between Black and Asian communities in the East Bay (CA).
I’ve been exploring birth charts since 2018 and reading cards since 2019.”
Obata offers spiritual care through 1:1 readings, spiritual direction, heart-mind alignment, grief support, and group work. They carry fourth the instilled values of liberation, decolonization, ancestral traditions, embodiment, and trauma informed care into their life and ministry.