sacred CEREMONY facilitator program

A 12-week program for those ready to begin their sacred ceremony facilitation journey. Our next intake is March 2024.

It’s an honour to create wider networks of transformative circles and to continue to support others deepening in to connection with self, each other and this sacred earth that we inhabit in a trauma-informed way.

This training is developed from my own experiences of holding space in community settings, Psychotherapy, retreats, yoga classes, sacred circles, and through my individual therapy, bodywork, and plant medicine sessions. I have been blessed to learn and sit amongst some amazing mentors, some from the South American plant medicine lineages, African lineages, Gestalt therapy trainings, yoga trainings and incredible energy healers. This knowledge is ancient and universal, yet timeless and powerful. It is my life’s work and may it continue to hold healing for others as they journey in to this sacred work.

Does this sound like you?

  • Are you looking to improve your skills as a space holder?

  • Are you drawn to embodied transformational work?

  • Would you like to learn to track the subtle and relational expression of your life story?

  • Would you like to understand the nuances of your nervous system and somatic body?

  • Would you like to become embodied in the process that is life and have a toolkit to support you in your physical expression?

  • Would you like to delve deeper in to life’s mysteries and systems?

  • Once these tools are embodied, they will match a certain level of skills to facilitate potent and deep bodywork & holding sacred spaces in a trauma - informed and relational way.

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 If you said YES, commit to your journey and learn…

  • Energy work in group settings

  • Shamanic practices

  • Trauma-informed spaces

  • Indigenous Lineage and the importance of honouring the ancestors

  • The nervous system and self-regulation / co-regulation.

  • Emotional intelligence and Embodiment

  • Shifting energy in a group setting

  • The POWER of a ceremony.

  • Attending to the ceremony of life

  • Safe and deep transformational work

  • Creating space for yourself and others

  • Sit in a ceremonial space with your cohort for 12 weeks online

  • Community created in a private group on Signal app

  • Integrating process and content

  • Working with the moon

  • Intentional living and ritual

  • Working with the seasons and rhythms of nature

the program modules

  • Module 1: INTRODUCTION AND FOUNDATIONS

    “ Through opening our hearts to all possibilities that life has to offer and being willing to stretch our imaginations, we find that there are a wealth of ceremonies we can use to unburden ourselves from past hurts, traumas, and self - sabotaging beliefs, moving us into a place where we feel a deeper relationship with life and why we are here.”
    - Sandra Ingerman in The Book of Ceremonies

    What you will learn in this module:

    We will explore an introduction to the work, foundations to all that will come in the other modules and begin to get to know your cohort by starting in sacred space from day 1.

    ✓ Learn the key principles of Embodiment

    ✓ Learn about sacred practices and what sacredness truly means

    ✓ Sit in sacred circle and learn experientially the tiered process of this style of circle

    ✓ Let yourself be guided through our step-by-step process for earth-based practices and ritual

    ✓ Learn about my 5 tenants to each circle that supports safety and grounding

    ✓ Identify your growth areas for the duration of your training

  • Module 2: Informed Trauma Work

    “Human beings are tender creatures. We are born with our hearts open and sometimes our hearts encounter experiences that shatter us. Sometimes we encounter experiences that so violate our sense of safety, order, predictability and right, that we feel utterly overwhelmed – unable to integrate and simply unable to go on as before. Unable to bear reality. We have come to call these shattering experiences trauma. None of us are immune to them.”
    (Stephen Cope as cited in Emerson & Hopper, 2001, p. xiii)

    What you will learn in this module:

    Trauma work is the field of my expertise and this module will focus on how we are all impacted by trauma in some way or another. It will explore the subtle forms of relational trauma and looks at complex trauma in a sacred space. The focus will be on how to transform trauma to move forward with connection and how to support individuals in this work.

    ✓ Trauma and the nervous system

    ✓ Systemic, cultural, and intergenerational trauma

    ✓ How to regulate your nervous system to support another and the group

    ✓ Vicarious trauma and its impacts on a group

    ✓ Growth following trauma and the positive impact of a community circle

  • Module 3: The Divine Feminine

    Living with the Elements, Seasons, Moon and Cycles of Nature

    At the core of us all is this POTENT Divine Feminine energy that is surging forward in consciousness currently.

    As humans, we have been taught to believe that we are disconnected from this source and yet, it is our time to remember that we are so inherently connected to our environment and our emotional patterns that flow with Nature and Astrological patterns.

    Each season has a different momentum and when we are truly embodied with this. We can live our lives in a way that is full of contentment and complete acceptance of self.

    We hold the power to protect Mother Nature and each other by living in accordance with these truths.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ The Divine Feminine Rising

    ✓ Seasonal information to support well-being and support others

    ✓ The Power of the Elements

  • Module 4: Building Sacred Internal Boundaries

    Boundaries are an incredibly powerful tool to support individuals to move in the world. They start with our intent and direction and are relational in nature.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ How boundaries are relational in nature

    ✓ Embodied Boundaries and Embodied beings

    ✓ Embodied relating and language

    ✓ How to use your boundaries in a sacred circle to move more deeply into trust and the energetic field

    ✓ Creating sacred boundaries to move with more flow in life

  • Module 5: Shadow Work

    Working with our shadow and light

    Our Shadow side is the seed that can also set us free. We all have aspects of self that remain out of awareness and by learning about them we can come to a deeper place of acceptance and unconditional love for self. We can remain soft and sensitive in the world, yet light, playful and fierce in our potency. Shadow work allows us to remain in the light. It is also an important part to be aware of when holding any sacred space.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ Working with your own shadow in a safe and contained environment with a qualified facilitator

    ✓ Transforming shadow to light for self and therefore, others

    ✓ Clarity and direction from shadow work

    ✓ Lightness within the darkness

    ✓ How to change the energy in a group when the shadow becomes the theme

    ✓ Learn how to communicate your needs with grace

  • Module 6: Creating and Holding Sacred Space

    The Art and Science from ancient and therapeutic lines

    Learn the art of creating a sacred space - starting at home and entering in to circle. A sacred space does not need to look a particular way but rather hold a resonance for you as a facilitator. We will explore what this looks like for each of you.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ The chakra system and how to use this for creating a sacred space

    ✓ Foundations and resonance of what a sacred space looks like for you

    ✓ How to trust the process of the sacred circle you have created

    ✓ Holding sacred space for others in relationships and family

    ✓ Holding sacred space in a circle

  • Module 7: Embodied Practices

    Self-regulation is an important part of any healing work. It supports the other to also self-regulate and this is the place where we can meet in connection. Embodied processes can be used to support trauma and everyday situations. They are particularly useful in sacred circles for the energy of the group to ‘drop in’.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ What are embodied and creative processes

    ✓ Learn how to use simple processes for the circles / ceremonies

    ✓ Creative explorations for opening up the healing process.

    ✓ Leaning into your individual and unique talents to find what works for you.

    ✓ Emotional expression for embodiment

  • Module 8: Healing in Community

    We are all in this together.

    Community is a big pillar of Gestalt and many different indigenous tribes. In our western culture, we have moved away from the essence of community and true connection to self, others and the greater environment. When we connect in, we are better to others and Mother Earth. We cannot do things alone and need each other to thrive.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ You will learn to connect to yourself and others

    ✓ The power of healing in community

    ✓ How to support the group to connect through ritual and intentions

    ✓ Learn how to co-regulate the group and support greater healing

    ✓ The art of holding space for yourself and others

    ✓ How to facilitate and remove yourself as the leader whilst still leading.

  • Module 9 & 10 Living with Intention and Ritual

    Rituals are a foundation of many religions and spiritual circles around the world. They can be large rituals or small everyday rituals that can support our greater healing. They can be used to mark changes in a person’s life. Intentions open the door into invisible realms and are also used in many indigenous cultures around the world. Rituals and intentions are powerful tools that create a successful ceremony.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ Intentional living

    ✓ Bringing intentions into your daily experience

    ✓ The grace of living within ritual

    ✓ Combining the potent force of Ritual and Intention

  • Module 11: Honouring Indigenous lineages

    We would like to honour the traditional custodians of the land we walk on. Those that have come before us, past, present and future ancestors. It will and always will be their land. I give thanks to the Dreamtime, song lines and ancient weavings that continue to flow through our lands.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ Custodianship of the land

    ✓ Honouring the sacred Indigenous lineages of practices and rituals

    ✓ Finding a balanced and open view to healing

    ✓ Honouring your own indigenous ancestors

    ✓ Shared leadership and relationship to country

  • Module 12: Emotion, Embodiment and Energy

    The Power of 3

    This is the last module of the Sacred Ceremony Facilitator training and an introduction to the Shamanic Bodyworker Program.

    This incredible and powerful module leads an individual and group into a space of Embodied vitality. A way of living in the world that sets people in a space of High Vibrational Living and Embodiment.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ Emotional intelligence

    ✓ Embodied power

    ✓ Energetic vitality

  • Retreat

    Switch in to the facilitator role at the retreats.

    Bringing it all together to hold sacred space in a supported way. This retreat will allow you to meet past facilitators from the first enrolment and get the opportunity to facilitate your sacred ceremonies in a safe and supported way.

    What you will learn in this module:

    ✓ Practical feedback and support

    ✓ Learning and meeting past facilitators

    ✓ Meeting your cohort and sitting in a physical circle together

    ✓ Meet other 12-week training groups and learn from them.

    ✓ The opportunity to apply your knowledge and learn from the Land.

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Testimonials

  • Sigrid Boyle

    I’ve held women’s circles, healing spaces and ceremonies the past few years. I felt that there was a way I could learn to hold space to facilitate deeper healings and transformation for participants.

    Kate’s course, Sacred Ceremony Facilitator Training, was exactly that. Through weekly ceremonies, embodiment practices, self- reflection, informed trauma work, exploring the seasons of the Divine Feminine and more I travelled to the heart of what it is to hold space as a facilitator. I travelled to my vulnerable edges of growth and with Kate’s loving guidance and presence gave myself permission to bring myself into the space. I realized that my desire to not put myself in the space and to led from outside, was not opening me to the true power of vulnerability in a group.

    An integral part of facilitation is regulation, in sharing vulnerably and with safety the group begins to co-regulate and soothe and soften. Like a starfish with each finger being a participant, emotions and waves of healing and understanding come about through coherence at the centre. Moving forward I feel that my foundations in holding sacred circles have been strengthened with a new perspective and the creative magic of ceremony space has been deepened.

    My whole- hearted gratitude to Kate. She is a phenomenal healer and teacher. Her ability to bring true authentic relating and create a safe container for learning about self with other is amazing. I recommend this course to new facilitators and current facilitators wishing to hold trauma informed sacred circles and expand their own growth and healing.

  • Amy Sadgrove

    I’m not really sure where to start. So many times I have tried to shape a testimonial around my experience and each time it has seemed too hard a task!

    So what I will share is my experience of holding a closed group sacred circle over 6 months. The calling came after completing the facilitator training - after feeling profound shifts and the benefits of moving slowly as a group over time. This is something I wanted to ripple out into my own local community. Inviting women to come and sit and process month after month with the new moon.

    Little did I know, our first in-person circle would swiftly move online for the coming 4 months, only to come back in-person for the final circle.

    The sacred circle facilitator training Kate created really shone through as did the relationships we formed along the way.

    Because of this divine training, I was resourced and equipped to move flexibly with lockdown restrictions, I had confidence and felt trauma-informed in my approach and knew there was a loving network of women to support me in this dive into closed-group circle work.

    The training was gentle and subtle and moving and powerful. At this moment in time, I send my deepest most humblest bow to Kate and her lineage for bringing forth this work into the world. It is not lost on me and each day I strive to remember that strong connection to Spirit that is ever-present.

  • Natasa Colo

    Kate’s course is something so sacred and pure for my body to have had the absolute blessing to experience. She is an absolute sage when it comes to space holding and a complete natural in how she turns up in this world. I walked away being an absolute Phoenix raising from my own ashes from within that I thought were buried. Kate is the perfect blend of elegance's goddess of being both intellectually and emotionally. Her professionalism and wisdom in her awareness when she is working with you raises you exponentially. Even in the most subtle ways, it is absolutely felt how she weaves spirit with your entire wisdom. She hosts such a sacred space to welcome self to tap to the purest gold within. My connection to spirit has blossomed and my journey feels it has had a rebirth. I cannot recommend working with her and her courses enough. It is an absolute honour to be welcomed in her space as she guides you in your teachings. A powerhouse in a league of her own.

  • Naomi Mcgowan

    It’s wonderful how magic finds you just at the right time!

    For me, magic this year came in the form of Sacred Circle Facilitation Training with Kate Schubert and a small circle of incredible women. During this program, Kate guided each of us through our journeys of self-healing and transformation. I was empowered to stand in my truth, to feel into my body, to trust my experience and intuition with gentleness and courage; to honour my connection with my heart, the Earth and ancestors.

    At the heart of this offering is Kate’s personal integrity and pure intention to guide others to stand in their light. In this course, the foundations were laid working on our personal journey then the focus shifted in a subtle but powerful way to holding space for others. I experienced as both a participant and facilitator how parts ready to be seen can arise in many different ways in the space of Sacred Circle. I learnt the power of subtle indicators of this process and the imperative of trust, deep listening and remaining present in holding space and facilitating others on their personal journey.

    Learning the practicalities of holding space in sacred circles was wonderful and insightful, however, what was infused into my being was the imperative of living my life with authenticity, trust and joy. This can only be learnt from a teacher who walks this path. Thank you Kate for inspiring me, reminding me of what I already know, for trusting me, and for seeing me, just as I am.

    I highly recommend this program to anyone curious about holding space for yourself and others from a place of authenticity and integrity that can only come from experiential learning under the guidance of an experienced, authentic, humble teacher.

  • Dr Kirstie Missendon

    Kate is a beautiful space holder, who allows for a deep sense of safety and trust, fostering not only the learning of skills and knowledge on her courses, but also personal growth and healing. She is a Master De-shamer of the human condition, modelling deep, unshakeable compassion and a reverence and joy for life that is infectious, and allows connection and community to flourish, creating a container for both tears and laughter. I recently returned from the concluding retreat on the Shamanic Body Worker training, and having previously considered that I wouldn’t apply these skills directly (I am a Psychologist), I’ve returned with a conviction (and personal experience) in the power of trauma informed body work, as taught by Kate. I can’t recommend Kate’s courses and mentoring enough.

  • Irene Valis

    “Kate has been an instrumental support to my healing process.

    Through our work together, Kate helped me connect to a heathy middle-ground in my black & white thinking and functioning. It was from this warmth of grey that I began to view life in all its vivid colours.

    Thank you Kate for holding a safe and non-judgemental container for me to discover strength in my sensitivity, wisdom from my wounds and inspiration to transform pain to purpose.

    Eternal gratitude ,

  • Jenny Pryce

    Thank you Kate - you put your heart and soul in to this course and in to the weekend we had together. I feel so much more grounded in my body. My spirit feels lighter and I have direction now.

    It has been such an honour to have been a part of this course and to have been invited on to your lands.

Frequently asked questions

If you have any questions that have not been answered here, please get in touch.

 

  • It’s a 12-week program.

  • The 12 week course will support participants to feel comfortable facilitating Sacred circles in yoga studios, privately, in co-facilitation with another at the end of the training or as an add on to their trainings in working with groups.

  • We will meet every week on a Wednesday night.

    6pm -9:00pm

    and the ceremonies will be run by 3 main facilitators and other specialised facilitators.

  • Each ceremony will run for 3 hours depending on the process occurring within each ceremony. Each ceremony is recorded for 2 weeks after the ceremony has passed.

  • Mostly the content is all online and self - paced. We do weave some teachings with the processes occurring within the ceremonies.

  • There is a 3-day retreat weaved into the course. Friday afternoon to Sunday midday, for those travelling. The retreat price is included in the content of the training with food, drinks, workshops, etc.

    Your own tents are required for this retreat. We also encourage reciprocity and bringing along food to share with others.

    The retreat will be in November 2024. Dates TBC.

Are you ready to begin your journey?

Our next intake is March 2024. We would love you to join us.