Trusted Spiritual Travel Experts
Spirit Tours is a boutique, group travel company, committed to conscious, sacred, and sustainable travel. For over 20 years, Spirit Tours has led small group travel experiences that go far beyond ordinary tourism, exploring spiritual travel with intention and purpose. We guide travelers into sacred sites with exclusive access, awe-inspiring natural wonders, and spiritually rich cultures that awaken the soul.

The Co-Owners are Rev Karen Fry and Rev Dr Petra Weldes. As trusted spiritual travel experts with decades of ministry and global travel experience, they have journeyed across continents and personally led dozens of sacred tours. Their wisdom and lived experience shape every itinerary, ensuring each journey is meaningful and transformative.
Karen and Petra are thrilled to offer unique spiritual travel experiences infused with depth and meaning. Every detail of your journey is handled with personal care, so you can travel with peace of mind. Spirit Tours provides first-class service for all travelers — from first-time explorers to seasoned globetrotters. Each trip invites you to see the world with conscious openness and through the “Lens of Love.”
Sacred Journeys, Crafted With Care
Spirit Tours partners with trusted local guides, hotels, and tour companies, creating authentic, one-of-a-kind experiences rooted in local wisdom and hospitality. Guests enjoy premium accommodations selected to match both comfort and the sacred setting.
Each itinerary is thoughtfully curated with rewarding activities. For example, expect exclusive access to sacred temples and rare wildlife encounters like gorilla trekking in Uganda. In addition, Spirit Tours also collaborates with leaders to design new journeys with a sacred focus in extraordinary locations. Explore our upcoming spiritual journeys and sacred destinations to discover where your next adventure of the soul might lead.
Spirit Tours was founded in 2001 by Jim Cramer, an experienced travel industry professional and veteran traveler. Karen and Petra traveled with Spirit Tours for over 15 years. Then, in the summer of 2022, they purchased the company from Jim.
Karen and Petra share Jim’s core belief: all life is interconnected and sacred. One divine Presence lives within every being. Spirit Tours was born out of Jim’s desire to share that Oneness through spiritual journeys. From its beginnings in Bali, Spirit Tours has since guided travelers to destinations such as Egypt, Bhutan, Ireland, Japan, Machu Picchu, and beyond, often alongside respected New Thought Ministers, Yoga Teachers, and Buddhist Masters.
Discover how this vision comes to life through our travelers’ experiences—read Spirit Tours reviews & traveler testimonials from those who’ve journeyed with us and felt the spirit of transformation firsthand.
Meet the Co-Owners
Rev Karen Fry — CEO and Spiritual Leader

Rev Karen Fry is the CEO and Spiritual Leader. A true global citizen, she radiates a genuine love for all life.
Her enthusiasm is contagious and her passion for travel undeniable. Above all, her purpose is to embody and share pure LOVE.
Her deep love of international travel and wildlife photography invites you to see and experience the world through the Lens of Love.
She has personally led Spirit Tours across Bali, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ireland, Japan, Peru, South Africa, Uganda, and many more sacred destinations.
Rev Karen served as the Co-Spiritual Director at CSLDallas for 8 years before releasing this position after purchasing Spirit Tours. She received Ordination in 2016 and became a licensed minister for Centers for Spiritual Living (CSL) in 2013. She served in the elected leadership of CSL for 16 consecutive years (UCSL CORE Council, CSL Nominating Council Chair, CSL Minister Council Co-Chair).
Before ministry, Rev Karen spent 23 years in executive leadership, generating more than $30 million in growth for a medical device company in under five years. Her business acumen now underpins Spirit Tours, ensuring the company’s financial stability and professional excellence as it creates transformative travel experiences.
Rev Dr Petra Weldes — Spiritual Leader
Since 1998, Rev Dr Petra Weldes has led CSLDallas as a gifted speaker and teacher, creating a dynamic community that transforms lives. For more than 40 years in ministry, her purpose has been transformation. Her mission is to grow people, communities, and ideas that spark spiritual awakening.

A highly regarded, deeply admired teacher, Dr Petra engages students with her interactive style. Additionally, she’s adept at providing a safe, sacred environment for personal growth and exploration. Her wisdom, wealth of knowledge, humility, and humor guide students into awakening their unique expression, creative joy and potential.
As a speaker, she turns complex issues into clear, inspiring messages that spark inner change and deepen spiritual engagement.
She has co-led tours to Costa Rica, Bali, New Zealand/Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Uganda, and developed our New England, New Thought Roots Tour.
Some of Our Guest Tour Leaders
Cynthia James
Cynthia James is a transformational specialist and one of today’s most beloved spiritual teachers. She has guided thousands worldwide through deep, lasting healing and growth.
Whether coaching, speaking, or teaching, she invites participants into Inquiry, Introspection, and Integration.
She holds two Master’s degrees: one in Consciousness Studies from Holmes Institute and another in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Cynthia blends creative arts with therapeutic techniques to inspire growth across all ages and cultures. She also shares her message through bestselling books, including “What Will Set You Free”, “Revealing Your Extraordinary Essence”, and “I Choose Me”.
Jim Cramer
More than 20 years ago, Jim Cramer founded Spirit Tours, inspired by his years in Bali and a vision sparked by Dr Edward Viljoen: a sacred pilgrimage to the island.
With support from his wife and children, Jim Cramer grew Spirit Tours into a family business serving CSL, Unity, and yoga communities worldwide. What began as one family’s vision has blossomed into decades of journeys filled with spiritual deepening and shared memories.
Dr Tracy Brown, RScP (LHD)
Guided by Spirit. Groomed to serve. Glazed in the fire of business. Generous with her time and talents. Grown through prayer. This is Tracy Brown.
Tracy is an author, speaker, and popular teacher throughout the New Thought Movement. Her books include “Stained Glass Spirit: Becoming a Spiritual Community Where Oneness Does Not Require Sameness” and “I Turn to Prayer.”
Based in Dallas, Texas, Tracy is actively involved as a teacher and leader at CSLDallas. She serves as President of Intentional Inclusion Inc. and is recognized nationally as a leading expert on diversity and inclusion. She studies cultural change and has traveled widely: throughout the United States, plus Senegal, The Gambia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Canada, and Jamaica.
Rev Dr Kathy Hearn
Dr Kathy Hearn is an international speaker, consultant, counselor and facilitator. In 2012, she completed 10 years as Community Spiritual Leader of United Centers for Spiritual Living, playing a pivotal role in the integration of International and United Centers for Spiritual Living.
Currently, Dr. Kathy serves as Dean of the Centers for Spiritual Living School of Spiritual Leadership – San Diego Regional Center. She serves on the Cultural Integrity and Evolution team, the Growth and Development Committee, and the Board of Governors for Spiritual Living Archives. In addition, she serves on the Leadership Council of the Association for Global New Thought and appeared in the film “The Heart to Lead.”
Jessica Kolbe
Jessica Kolbe is an educator in the Health and Wellness field. She is a Level 3 certified Tai Chi and Qigong instructor, one of only six Senior Teacher Trainers for The Institute of Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC).