As spiritual educators, personal growth facilitators and thought leaders, ceremonies, rites of passage, and rituals are a powerful tool we can use to help the people we serve step into deep transformation, yet so many of us simply use the same old templates and lack the training to create meaningful, life-changing sacred experiences.
Do you understand how rites and rituals differ? Are you prepared to customize a ceremony that welcomes a new phase of life, brings comfort after a miscarriage, separates a couple united in marriage, or that blesses a new business, home or vehicle for safety, well-being and success? Do you know how to create a ceremony that’s unique and one-of-a-kind, and do you understand the potential a ceremony has to alter the future of its participants (including you)?
If you answered "no" to any of these questions, I invite you to click below and register for Reasons and Seasons. In this six-week course, I’ll use more than 30 years of ceremonial experience to unveil the mysteries of rites and rituals and explain why cultures around the world follow similar patterns and timing for certain life events. I’ll share worksheets and outlines you can use to develop customized sacred ceremonies and discuss everything from creating sacred space to finding inspirational language that will deepen the ceremonial experiences you provide.
This course is open to anyone who is interested in conducting sacred ceremonies but is especially aimed at spiritual teachers, personal growth facilitators and thought leaders.
Reasons and Seasons: Understanding Rites, Rituals, and Ceremonies
Here is a brief look at the program:
Session 1 – Thresholding:
As a facilitator, how do you open the gate of transformation? In this session, Ahriana will teach about sacred thresholds and about the difference between Rites, Rituals and Ceremonies.
Session 2 - Timing:
Ceremony can take place any time – and sometimes are better than others for various kinds of ceremonies. In this session, we’ll explore the sacred seasons of life.
Session 3 – Tools:
What tools are needed for ceremonies, rites and rituals, where do we find them and how do we consecrate them? In Session 2, Ahriana will demonstrate a consecration and explain how to find and care for your tools.
Session 4 – Intake:
What questions should be asked when preparing a ceremony for someone and how do we deepen the conversation about the outcomes desired? In this session, Ahriana addresses the ceremonial needs of the four subtle bodies – mental, physical, spiritual and emotional.
Session 5 – Creation:
It’s time to write your ceremony and plan all the details – but where do you start? In this session, Ahriana will walk you through the parts of a ceremony and how to create it.
Session 6 – Facilitation:
You’ve met, talked about transformation, and created a ceremony. What happens on the day of? In this final session, Ahriana teaches about the five steps of facilitation.
