Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner Training
This is an online, self-directed training
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The Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner program is currently under reconstruction. If you would like to be informed once it’s available again, please join our waitlist:
Are you community minded?
Would you like an uplifting qualification?
Can you imagine being part of the key celebrations of life, contributing to the joy in the lives of others?
Qualify as a Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner to perform ceremonies – including weddings and funerals – and be able to provide spiritual support in your own community.
This is an international training qualification and is offered through the Academy of Inner Wisdom, the education platform of the SolePath Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and endorsed by the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry (CIMM), in British Columbia, Canada.
Letter from the Course Creators
As we have moved away from traditional establishments in our secular communities, there has remained a deep yearning for comfort, community and support. For care and assistance from someone who fulfils the role of mentor, celebrant and trusted advisor. Spiritual Practitioners are community-minded, a key part of those important celebrations of life, and provide guidance in their community.
Our Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner qualification was born out of a deep need for training that combines the spiritual and practical aspects of the passages of life. As metaphysical clergy, you will dedicate your life to contributing to the joy in the lives of others, outside of the confines of doctrine. There are no pre-requisites for this course, except a deep desire to be of service and a personal belief that you are ‘more than your physical body’.
We are very proud of the fact that our teachings and courses do not conflict with any traditional religious nor spiritual beliefs, but rather enhance all personal belief systems. This is a qualification for a lifetime, after retirement, or for parents who can set their own schedule. Enjoy the freedom and benefits of being a registered metaphysical clergy.
In joyful service, Dr. Debra Ford MscD
Course Creator
What Qualifications Will I Receive?
WEDDINGS
You will be fully qualified to officiate weddings anywhere in the world. Additionally, in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, you will be government registered and authorized to officiate wedding ceremonies in your home Province.
CIMM obtains registration through the department of Vital Statistics with the provincial government, for you to be authorized to perform weddings. For authorization, outside of these geographic areas, you will need to make application to your local governing authority.
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT
Volunteer opportunities in your own community may include spiritual support in the following settings: health care, hospitals and hospice; penitentiary and prison services; women’s, seniors and youth support services. Students will be encouraged to research local opportunities.
FUNERALS / END OF LIFE CEREMONIES
All students will be qualified to officiate end-of-life ceremonies.
No additional official government registration is required to do this.
COMMISSIONER for OATHS
In most jurisdictions, your clergy qualification allows you to register to study to become a Commissioner of Oaths.
The Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner program is a self-paced program for self-study.
The program is ongoing; you may start immediately.
It is possible to complete the CSP program in as little as 3 to 4 months, or you may take up to a year from your registration date to finish the program.
The Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner program is currently under reconstruction. If you would like to be informed once it’s available again, please join our waitlist:
About This Program
1. Course Overview
Prerequisite: There are no academic pre-requisites for this course. There is only a need to believe in something bigger than yourself.
This program qualifies you as a Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner to perform ceremonies – including weddings and funerals – and be able to provide spiritual support in your own community.
Learners must
- Complete self-study of the learning materials in Part One: Meet Yourself (8 modules);
- Complete self-study of the learning materials in Part Two: Meet Your Calling (19 modules);
- Submit the 3 assignments to receive certification.
Each module is self-guided with audio, video and textbook resources. There are 3 textbooks provided in digital format in this program, written by Dr. Debra Ford Msc.D. (Textbooks can also be purchased on amazon through the links below if you prefer a hard copy.)
- Book I: The SolePath Book of Knowledge, The Essential SolePath Academic Reference
- Book III: SoleNumbers Book of Wisdom, Energetic guide to Purpose
- Daily Pulse, rhythm of the Tao
This training is offered through the Academy of Inner Wisdom, which is the educational platform of the SolePath Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is endorsed by the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry (CIMM), in British Columbia, Canada.
Upon completion of this course, you will be trained to officiate ceremonies, to provide spiritual support in your community and to run a ministry. You will receive a certificate of completion from the Academy of Inner Wisdom in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Format
- This is an online self-paced course. This course consists of online videos and textbook readings. You have 12 months from your registration date to complete.
- Candidates generally take 3-6 months to complete, though you have 1 year to complete your studies.
2. Is this program right for you?
This program qualifies you as a Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner to perform ceremonies – including weddings and funerals – and be able to provide spiritual support in your own community.
This course is the primary program for those who are intending to evolve their services towards the disciplines that are related to Ministry.
Our Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner qualification was born out of a deep need for training that combines the spiritual and practical aspects of the passages of life. As metaphysical clergy, you will dedicate your life to contributing to the joy in the lives of others, outside of the confines of doctrine. There are no pre-requisites for this course, except a deep desire to be of service and a personal belief that you are ‘more than your physical body’.
We are very proud of the fact that our teachings and courses do not conflict with any traditional religious nor spiritual beliefs, but rather enhance all personal belief systems. This is a qualification for a lifetime, after retirement, or for parents who can set their own schedule. Enjoy the freedom and benefits of being a registered metaphysical clergy.
This training is offered through the Academy of Inner Wisdom, which is the educational platform of the SolePath Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is endorsed by the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry (CIMM), in British Columbia, Canada.
Upon completion of this course, you will be trained to officiate ceremonies, to provide spiritual support in your community and to run a ministry. You will receive a certificate of completion from the Academy of Inner Wisdom in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Being a religious marriage Officiant
As Metaphysical Ministers, our belief is in service, and that people express their faith in multiple ways.
CIMM clergy are religious marriage Officiants and are registered to perform religious ceremonies. The religion is metaphysics.
As an ordained CIMM Minister, you are an individual who has been vested or ordained with a religious authority to solemnize marriage in accordance with the “rites and usages” of your religious body (CIMM) therefore you meet the definition of a “religious representative” under the Marriage Act.
Qualification
To be ordained through CIMM there are a number of criteria.
- Certificate of study with ministry qualification from an approved metaphysical training facility (Academy of Inner Wisdom)
- Swear the CIMM oath
- 2 letters of reference
- Criminal records check including vulnerable sector work
- Membership dues range from CAD 100-450 depending on the membership level
This Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner program IS...
- Recommended for those who are community minded. Individuals who are interested in being part of the key celebrations of life, contributing to the joy in the lives of others. Those who wish to be a spiritual support for those going through experiences of growth and challenge in life.
- To receive Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner certification, you must submit all the assignments. You may use these tools professionally to work with others in enhancing your offerings in service.
3. Learning Outcomes
Ceremonies and Spiritual Support:
An international training qualification. Graduate as clergy with the Reverend designation. Study the process of writing, and performing meaningful ceremonies - including weddings and funerals.
The Academy of Inner Wisdom is the only Canadian academic institution that qualifies those who wish to facilitate ceremonies and provide spiritual support in their community.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Write and perform ceremonies including weddings and funerals;
- Confidently work with the energetics of the Tao;
- Confidently work with the Tao vocabulary;
- Facilitate group study of the Daily Pulse;
- Offer spiritual support;
- Refer clients to appropriate professionals for practice that may be out of your scope;
- Set intentions based on the natural energies of the Tao;
- Create a personal belief statement;
- Create an energetic business profile;
- Research the best tools for the practical applications needed in your ministry practice;
- Implement ceremonies that incorporate the connection, balance and flow of the Tao, and build your ministry.
Meet Your Course Creator
Reverend Dr. Debra Ford MSc.D
Founder and Creator of SolePath, Founder and Faculty at the Academy of Inner Wisdom
Dr. Debra’s SolePath is Inspirational Teacher and Spiritual Mystic. It is this SolePath that allows her to connect, create and communicate the original SolePath body of work, and her unique teachings about the Tao. Her core values and core energy are spirituality and connection, inspiration and communication.
Dr. Debra is the course creator for the programs at the Academy of Inner Wisdom, including the Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner training, and SolePath Metaphysical Philosopher training.
Dr. Debra is one of the world’s foremost experts in metaphysical energy. She has a doctorate in metaphysical science and is a metaphysical philosophy teacher. Dr. Debra is an ordained minister and a member of the American Metaphysical Doctors Association and a Board member of the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry. Dr. Debra is the author of many spiritual books, and children’s books, and is a popular meditation teacher on the Insight Timer meditation app, with over 150,000 listens to her comforting and insightful meditations.
Books and Resources by Dr. Debra Ford
SolePath: the path to purpose and a beautiful life (2013)
Daily Pulse: the rhythm of the Tao (2018)
Debra's daily meditations and more on Insight Timer
Emilia Rose and the rainbow adventure (2019)
In the Feng Shui Zone - Good Health, Great Relationships, Abundant Prosperity (2007)
The Curious Cousins and the African Elephant Expedition (2023)
The Tao and SolePath, the Foundation for your Life (2023)
Who is This Training For?
The Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner qualification will appeal to you if you are community minded and called to be of service to others, in a spiritual capacity. This training has two objectives. Firstly, it is about coming to a deeper understanding of self, so you can live more joyfully. Secondly, It will guide you to be of service to others and to be able to provide ceremony in an authentic and meaningful way.
In the seasons of life, there are many opportunities to discover and re-discover purposeful service that aligns with your own inner compass. This is a qualification for a lifetime, after retirement, or for parents who can set their own schedule. Enjoy the freedom and benefits of being a registered metaphysical clergy.
Retired and looking for Personal Fulfilment?
This is the opportunity to guide and assist others through important life celebrations and transformations, while creating memories for them to carry for a lifetime. You can and you will make a difference to yourself and others with this qualification. Step into a life of meaning.
This is an opportunity to fill the yearning that you have had over the course of your work life, to be part of something important and worthwhile.
Are you a Parent exploring opportunities customized to your needs and schedule?
Walking your path through the life and lens of a full-time parent may have opened your heart and mind to new desires for opportunities and options.
Perhaps you are truly called to service and work that speaks from your heart. Participate meaningfully in life, witness the important milestones of others, you already know how this will fill you up.
Are you a Professional or Entrepreneur looking to expand your credentials?
Mentors, coaches and teachers who have incorporated these metaphysical understandings into their life and work have found their current career to have expanded in a more joyful and meaningful capacity.
This training creates an enhanced connection with self and others, and is a wonderful ceremonial layer to an existing qualification and practice.
Are you called to Compassionate Service and Spiritual Support?
During times of powerful life transformation, spiritual inquiry can be deeply rooted in understanding self and life. There are potential opportunities in your own community that may include spiritual support in the following settings: health care, hospitals and hospice; penitentiary and prison services; women’s, seniors and youth support services.
Look to your community, if you feel called to be a purposeful and powerful community resource for those in need of spiritual guidance; for those who are interested in spiritual support and exploring spiritual understandings.
Jump into a DISCOVERY of SELF and SERVICE.
Online study is self-paced with
instructional videos, textbooks, and downloadable teaching materials.
What’s Included?
You will receive lifetime access to all online learning resources,
to return to for deeper insight and understanding as you continue to evolve
as a Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner.
Online Video Modules
Program Textbooks
Lifetime access to the CSP Program of Learning Resources
Read the syllabus before registering.
Access to course materials will be granted within 48 hours after registration and payment of fees.
Payment plans: we can offer a single payment, or 2 payments within 2 weeks of registration
The Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner program is currently under reconstruction. If you would like to be informed once it’s available again, please join our waitlist:
PART ONE:
MEET YOURSELF
Self-Awareness and Identity
Though the primary understanding of this material is focused on self, you will study all the metaphysical materials related to self-analysis so you can become a stronger more purposeful Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner.
PART TWO:
MEET YOUR CALLING
Metaphysics and Practical Applications
Each section of the Metaphysics and Practical Application materials builds cumulatively. You will study the energetic aspect then move directly to a practical application of that material before moving onto the next module.
Course BONUSES
Ready to Enrol?
Read the syllabus before registering. Access to the course materials will be granted within 48 hours after registration and payment of fees.
CSP Program Fee
Total program cost is CAD 990 + GST
Payment plan is available.
Course and Curriculum Summary
PART ONE
Meet Yourself
Development of self-awareness and identity to facilitate effective spiritual and pastoral care. It is understood that to assist others with the challenges of their life, one must first gain a pure and deep understanding of self.
Learning outcomes
Your Personality Profile
Self-awareness
Awareness and understanding of others
Spiritual modelling of behaviour
Language for better communication
Summary
Everyone is born with a SolePath. It is your unique individual energetic personality profile. ‘Sole’ because it is solely about you. ‘Path’ because it guides you on your life journey. SolePath is energetic personality profiling giving the gift of deep self-awareness.
When you know your SolePath you can be who you dreamed you’d be and who the world needs you to be.
SolePath guides you to being happier. Through self-awareness, SolePath helps you with finding purpose, creating positive change in your life, being a better parent, enjoying happier relationships, acquiring the best career and more.
Outline
This qualification is a journey of self-awareness, a deep understanding of your own personal unique SolePath, LightPaths, DarkPath, and Governing SoleNumber.
You will know more about yourself and how to navigate your light and dark, and how to support others as they find their way in life.
This qualification gives you an opportunity to explore metaphysical concepts – for you and your personal soul evolution, for your understanding of how others ‘tick’ and how best to communicate with them.
PART TWO: Meet Your Calling
Understanding of Metaphysics
Participants will create a personal belief statement of being. A statement that defines personal values, ethics and morals; and guides their spiritual care work. Students will understand the gravitas of becoming clergy with the title of Reverend.
Learning outcomes
Spirituality
Meditation
Journaling
Intentions
Affirmations
Breath Prayers
Gemstones
Summary
The Daily Pulse is a daily spiritual practice that brings ritual to life, a precious ordinary experience that reawakens you to the beauty of a single moment.
A daily ritual that is a guided process of self-awareness and a way to get connected to Higher Self and Source Energy to receive inspiration and guidance.
The Daily Pulse puts you in sync with the Tao, the heartbeat of nature. The Tao is the essential rhythm of nature, the fundamental pulse of our world.
The Daily Pulse reminds you that personal change happens in small steady steps each day. That transformation of how you feel, happens in the gift of time spent alone, in the ritual of an inner process.
Outline
The Daily Pulse is a daily ritual; small steps towards life transformation and happiness. These teachings are a combination of meditation and journaling and are based on Dr. Debra’s book Daily Pulse, rhythm of the Tao.
This Daily Pulse course is experiential and transformational. Each video lesson includes a guided meditation on the trigram of the Tao; a reading by Dr. Debra from her book; as well as journaling exercises. Each daily spiritual ritual includes an Intention, Breath Prayer and Affirmation.
The benefits of meditation are very well researched. Meditation reduces stress and helps control anxiety. Meditation promotes emotional health and enhances self-awareness. In our uncertain world, meditation seems as vital as breathing.
The benefits of journaling may not be so readily known. Journaling engages the left, creative or emotional side of the brain. Because of this, it soothes emotional unease and helps with all negative feelings.
Meditation and journaling are a spiritual practice during which you can connect with your higher self, your angels, your guides, your God. A way to receive inspiration and wisdom.
The Daily Pulse is the ritual of doing something uplifting and positive for yourself every day.
PART TWO: Meet Your Calling
Practical Application Of Learning
You will understand the role of a spiritual celebrant and provide support in your community. You will learn to provide moral spiritual support using a person-centered approach.
Learning outcomes
Spiritual support
Wedding ceremonies
Funeral ceremonies
Summary
Qualifying to be a Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner gives you the opportunity to have a profound effect on yourself and on the lives of others. Spiritual support and ceremonies that go from birth to end-of-life, affect emotional and mental well-being. You will be a witness to life, a guide and advisor.
Outline
This course will teach you how to build an energetic business framework using the perfect balance of the Tao. You will learn about weddings and funerals that are uniquely designed for each person and each situation and include the perfection of the Tao. Opportunities for spiritual care will be discussed, giving students the inspiration for discovering prospects in their own communities. Areas of exploration include health care, hospice, seniors care, schools, corrections, and education.
Through the lens of the Tao you will be given the opportunity to work on all parts of your spiritual growth: study and personal image; confidence and self-esteem; expression and ideas; creating nourishing relationships and order; support and perspective; purpose; learning and wisdom; money and good fortune; balance.
When You Enrol, You Will Receive…
Lifetime access to all training materials through the
Academy of Inner Wisdom Portal
Bonuses!
BONUS 1
Your SolePath Energy
Analysis
Discover your unique, individual Energetic Personality Profile.
Everyone is born with a SolePath. ‘Sole’ because it is solely about you. ‘Path’ because it guides you on your life’s journey.
BONUS 2
Lifetime access to the
CSP materials
Have the ability to reference your course materials as your work as a Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner develops and grows.
BONUS 3
Your downright Amazing SoleNumber
Your FastTrack to Purpose. You will receive your Governing SoleNumber report and ‘Find Your Wings’, this 20 page document is filled with insights specifically about you and what you are here to do.
The Celebrant and Spiritual Practitioner program is currently under reconstruction. If you would like to be informed once it’s available again, please join our waitlist: