Entries by Veronika Sophia Robinson

Wedding Celebrant Training

Being an intimate part of any couple’s wedding ceremony is a beautiful experience. I’ve had the pleasure of being a wedding celebrant for 23 years now, and I am still just as excited each time I head off to officiate a ceremony.   It is my joy to teach other people this wonderful vocation, and […]

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Celebrant Training

Heart-led Ceremonies Celebrant Training is recommended by the Association of Independent Celebrants Celebrant training facilitated by Veronika Robinson and Paul Robinson Being a celebrant is a deeply rewarding vocation.  Are you ready for a new career? Comprehensive and in-depth practical training course in creative, heart-led, authentic celebrancy. Learn to create, write and officiate all types […]

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Creative Writing for Celebrants

A Continuing Professional Development Course   This course is suitable for celebrants at any stage of their career.   You’ll learn to enhance your writing style, and not only find, but celebrate, your voice. By learning techniques to free your imagination, your writing will set you apart from other celebrants in terms of style, tone, […]

Reward and Risk

Not a day goes by where we don’t make a lot of choices. Many of them we do without a huge amount of thought: tea or coffee, coat and gloves, radio station, call a friend, and so the list could go on. Perhaps these countless choices are the foundation we need for the tougher choices […]

Uneven Ground

One of my favourite places to run is through woodland. To be surrounded by nature in all her exuberant, unapologetic beauty – whether that be silent trees reaching on tiptoes in reverence to the infinite sky above, the babble of a brook giddy with the journey ahead, incessant Spring birdsong, cushiony moss clad to trees […]

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The Hands of Love

    Hands. Love. How often do you consciously put those two words together?   As a celebrant, they’re both at the heart of my work. My wedding couples place rings on each other’s fourth finger of the left hand, for the ancients believed the Vena Amoris (Latin for the ‘vein of love’) flowed from […]

Naked and Natural

  Bury me deep. Wrap me in natural cloth. It’s a simple request, and I trust that any loved one who survives me will honour my choice to be laid to rest in the womb of Mother Earth’s cool, dark soil. Naked. Natural. Simple.   As people start to become aware of the choices available […]

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YES

        Sometimes the smallest words, like ‘yes’ and ‘love’, have the biggest, most life-changing meanings.   Yes is an open door. It says “I’m going through”, unlike no which says “Go no further. No exit. Stop. No entry. THE END.”   Such different energies. Such different life paths.     Every day […]