© Written by Veronika Sophia Robinson One of the quickest ways to improve the overall nature of your celebrant practice is to include a daily walk (and I don’t mean the one from the car park to the crematorium-chapel door or a wedding venue’s ceremonial space or the steps which quickly add up when you […]
© Written by Veronika Sophia Robinson In my last blog post, I wrote about what it means to be an integrated celebrant. Closely related to this is presence. Although we might talk about presenting ceremonies, and our presence at a ceremony, there’s an elevated experience of presence that is the akin to celebrant gold. This […]
© Written by Veronika Sophia Robinson There are so many aspects to celebrancy that having a strong sense of self will stand you in good stead during the ever-winding path of your career. The only thing we ever have control over is how we react to things (and people, and places). One of the reasons […]
© Written by Veronika Robinson One of the most important things I’d love all Heart-led Celebrants to understand and practise within their practice, is about how their consciousness shapes every aspect of their work. When I wrote my mind-body-soul booklet, The Successful Celebrant, and published it for the general public, I was aware that only […]
© by Veronika Robinson While it has been said that ‘imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’, there is a point for arguing, certainly in the celebrant industry, that it’s just plain theft. For reference, the quote in full is: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flatterythat mediocrity can pay to greatness.”― Oscar Wilde We […]
When training celebrants, one of the essentials they learn in creating Earth-based ceremonies is Calling in the Directions. Many celebrants call in four directions: East, South, West and North. My practice is to call in Six Sacred Directions or Seven Consecrated Spaces. Each celebrant must find their own way, of course, and do what […]
There are various fears that some people have about the role of celebrancy, and one of them is public speaking. Did you know that fear of public speaking is often ranked as the number one phobia? Let’s have a look at what we bring to public speaking and how you can fully connect with this […]
There’s the standard way of doing business in this world, which is all push, drive, hustle, and then there’s the Heart-led way. Being the creative soul-led CEO of your celebrant business means recognising that the patriarchal work model is not best suited to our offerings. I like to think being a Heart-led Celebrant models […]
A celebrant recently asked me a question along the lines of “How do you (as a celebrant) learn to create a ‘smooth’ performance?” The short answer is practise, practise, practise. The long(er) answer is below. We were reflecting on what a ceremony of mine might look like (after thirty years in the job) compared to […]
Two things that may come up during your celebrant life are the questions of: What type of ceremonialist am I?Do I have a speciality area? Over the course of more than thirty years as a Heart-led Celebrant (just call me the OG!), I’ve had the privilege of officiating across a wide variety of rites […]