The world is changing at a rapid rate, and that includes the celebrant world. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my life as a celebrant which started before the use of the internet, the ownership of a celebrant website, and the need to be social-media savvy. When I started out, it was just me […]
With so many celebrant-training schools (organisations, companies and tutors) appearing quicker than mushrooms sprouting up in Autumn, it can be hard to decipher the best choice. It’s all so confusing! But, even William Shakespeare warned: “All that glitters is not gold.” Words can sound grand and imposing (when celebrant trainers are trying […]
“Wow. What a beautiful book.” ~ Lianne Downey, The Social Celebrant Funerals For Children is a heart-felt offering to those celebrants and ministers working with grieving families. This book is an exploration of spaces: the spaces we, as celebrants, hold for others; the myriad spaces that a person inhabits when they experience the death […]
We have an exciting publishing programme for 2024 with our Celebrant Collection. The first of this year’s publications include A Celebrant’s Guide to The Five Elements which is being published at the end of January 2024. All the books in the Celebrant Collection, an imprint of Starflower Press, are written by Veronika Sophia Robinson, co-tutor […]
Our core ethos at Heart-led Celebrants is acceptance. To this end, we work with our celebrants-in-training to not only create inclusive ceremonies where every single person is welcomed and respected but to consider their whole celebrant practice as a place of personal and professional development by unravelling their prejudices and biases. This is lifelong work. […]
Although we run monthly group CPD sessions for our certified Heart-led Celebrants and celebrants-in-training, I also offer celebrant CPD by Zoom to any celebrant, worldwide, regardless of whether they’ve trained with us at Heart-led Celebrants or not. Celebrant Masterclasses are based on an initial 1.5 hour Zoom session where I will analyse, assess and advise on […]
Many celebrants (and other people) use the words ‘ritual’ and ‘ceremony’ interchangeably. They’re two different things. One example is when celebrants talk about a sand ceremony. It’s a ritual. The ceremony is the wedding or naming service. The ritual is the symbolic act of pouring sand. So, to be clear, the ceremony is the overarching […]
By Veronika Sophia Robinson The world of celebrancy is filled with variables: changes of venueconstantly new clientsnew scripts to writenew languagenew CPDnew, new, new. What can be particularly helpful is having a place of consistency in our ever-changing work. One such place is having the foundation of tutors you’re familiar with and can come […]
If you’ve been planning to train as a celebrant, the great news with our training is that our celebrant-training dates are available at mutually convenient times. We aim to be flexible to your needs so if you prefer weekends, or school holidays, we can work to that (depending on what dates we have remaining). Sometimes […]
If you’ve been thinking of training to be a celebrant, we’re so thrilled you’ve found us. Our training courses are unlike any other that you’ll find. Why? There are many answers to that question but first and foremost is that you’re not just another number/delegate. You are a person and we respect and value the […]