Heart-led Ceremonies Celebrant Training
Integrity Acceptance Creativity
When only the best training will do
When only the best training will do
Heart-led Celebrants is a dynamic, worldwide movement
of autonomous independent celebrants
who have been certified to the highest standards
by Heart-led Ceremonies Celebrant Training.
In order to exemplify best-practice celebrancy,
we certify based on aptitude not attendance.
Heart-led Ceremonies Celebrant Training is creative, practical, inspiring and thought-provoking (and for some people, completely life changing), but it also involves a huge level of commitment from the celebrant-in-training not only during the face-to-face training but afterwards with ongoing tuition.
Unlike some training organisations, our certificates are issued on aptitude not attendance. This guarantees that our graduates become working celebrants of the highest professional standard in the industry. We make no apologies for our high standards as we take the role of celebrancy seriously, and we honour the fact that grieving families are vulnerable, and that all ceremonies will be remembered by the client.
Regardless of the type of ceremony you wish to create and officiate, we expect a high level of professionalism from all our graduates. This begins with the commitment they bring to their training.
Veronika Robinson is a highly experienced working celebrant with 30 years of experience. She has had the privilege of officiating in New Zealand, Australia and across the UK where she has written and led all manner of ceremonies, including weddings, handfastings, blessingways, namings, divorce healing, miscarriage memorial, conscious conception, funerals, memorials, interment of ashes, sagesse, menarche, and house blessings.
Veronika has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing, and is an author (fiction and non-fiction), journalist, public speaker, workshop leader, mentor, retreat host, community interfaith minister, and metaphysician.
She is honoured to be a celebrant for Gift of a Wedding, a charity which provides weddings for couples where one of them is terminally ill. Veronika is the founder/facilitator of Penrith’s first Death Café which seeks to open up honest discussion around death and dying.
Veronika edited and published The Celebrant magazine (issues 1 to 13), an international publication to educate and inspire celebrants of all types and at all stages in their career. thecelebrantmagazine.co.uk
Paul Robinson’s whole career has been centred around his voice, and other people’s. He is highly experienced as a celebrant, trained actor, drama coach, voiceover artist, singer, broadcaster, compère, and ventriloquist. Paul is an excellent communicator and teacher, and has a sixth sense about how to relate to individuals, groups and audiences.
On our course, Paul shares insights and techniques on how to make the best of your personality, how to build your self-confidence, control any nerves you may have… and of course, your voice, your presentation skills and body language.
He will also look at how to engage with clients before a ceremony – and how to be the glue that holds any ceremony together. www.paulrobinsonvoicecoaching.co.uk
Certificate in Celebrancy
£1550
Diploma in Advanced Celebrancy and Ritual
£2,550
The differences between the two courses are similar to the differences between a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree.
(weddings, namings, funerals)
Starts with THREE days of one-to-one sessions
This is followed by 12 weeks of independent study
and completion of written and practical portfolios.
(This is our signature course and covers all rites of passage/human transitions)
Starts with FIVE days
This is followed by 18 weeks of independent study
and completion of written and practical portfolios.
One-to-one tutorials with celebrant trainer Veronika Robinson
One-to-one tutorials with voice and presentation coach Paul Robinson
Written assignments based on the modules of the chosen course
Monthly CPD on various aspects of heart-led celebrancy*
*Monthly group CPD with other Heart-led Celebrants (2 hours).
These are optional, but included in the support offered
There are five one-hour sessions of vocal/performance.
A ceremony is where you bring all your learning and preparation into focus. It’s a moment of truth. Working with Paul – the voice and presentation coach – you’ll learn how to make the most of your voice as it is now, and how you can improve it. If you sound easy on the ear, you’ll connect with your clients and the people attending your ceremonies better than if it’s not. It’s a rare skill!
Even more importantly, you’ll find out how to communicate in a natural and meaningful way – from one to one, to a group of people. Without this ability, your other celebrant skills can’t flourish.
Paul will also guide you through what he calls the increments. These are the little things that aren’t hugely significant on their own, but when added will improve your presentation – online and in person. His aim is to help you be the best you can possibly be.
The Certificate in Celebrancy training will show you how to create, write and officiate weddings (including offering a handtying and other rituals; and vow renewals); funerals, memorials and interment of ashes; and namings for babies, children and adults.
The role of the Heart-led Celebrant
Code of conduct
Understanding ceremony structure
Recognising the skills and qualities necessary for personalised and professional, heart-led celebrancy
Funerals, Memorials and Interment of Ashes
Weddings and Vow Renewals
Naming Ceremonies
You will learn:
The learning outcomes for this course are as for the Certificate in Celebrancy above, and also include any and all rites of passage, such as menarche, conscious conception ceremony, blessingways, miscarriage memorial, sagesse (wise crone), new business, divorce healing, parting of the ways, coming of age, inner child, and more.
The ability to create, write and officiate ceremonies for ANY rite of passage
Creative Writing
Word Medicine
Storytelling
Archetypes in Storytelling
Symbols, Rituals and Altars
Ceremonial Herbs
Developing a higher-vibrational heart frequency
Enhancing Intuition
Sacred Connections with Clients
Metaphysical Marketing
The Four Sacred Archetypes of Building Your Celebrancy Brand
Upon certification, Heart-led Celebrants can join our closed Facebook group and also take part in monthly group CPD sessions via Zoom with fellow Heart-led Celebrants.
We offer guaranteed LIFETIME SUPPORT. Certified celebrants have seven-days-a-week access to tutors throughout their celebrant career.
Applications are invited from people who are committed to developing awareness of self and others, willing to train to an excellent level, are creative, independent, inspirational, authentic and courageous, and wish to consciously create beautiful ceremonies in their community.
Unlike any other training course in England, this course is focused on the importance of ongoing personal development, and takes a mind, body and soul approach to celebrancy and ceremonies. We recognise the importance of ongoing skill building.
The foundation of this celebrant training, and the life of a Heart-led Celebrant, is based on integrity and self-awareness, acceptance and creativity.
Before committing to this course, please ensure that you have the time and availability to dedicate to your training.
Successful training requires active collaboration between the trainers and celebrant-in-training.
We understand that training together is a partnership; that is, it is a results-oriented and learning journey in which we, Veronika and Paul, as your teachers, facilitate the enhancement of your celebrant-career foundation and performance, self-directed learning, and personal & professional development.
Throughout our working relationship, you can be assured that we will engage in direct, personal and sometimes challenging conversation to help you be the best celebrant you can be. We do this for you and for your future clients.
What we ask of you is that the celebrant-in-training agrees to disclose details of past and present psychological or psychiatric treatment from the outset if it is likely to impact the desired outcomes of the training. All information about the trainer/celebrant-in-training relationship, will remain completely confidential.
As teachers/trainers, we are facilitators of your career change. It is your responsibility, as the celebrant-in-training, to enact change.
As trainers, we will:
As a celebrant-in-training, we ask that you:
The celebrant-in-training is responsible for creating and implementing their own physical, mental and emotional well-being, through their decisions, choices, actions, and results.
I practise discrimination-free celebrancy.
This means that I will not discriminate (or associate with those who discriminate) against you on the grounds of religion or other beliefs, disability, mental health, race, culture, gender, gender reassignment, age, marital or parental status. I honour the right of each human being to celebrate their life.
You have my assurance that I will accord you the respect you deserve.
~ Veronika Robinson