Handfasting Training Course
Personalised Online Training
What is a Handfasting Ceremony?
Handfasting is potentially the oldest wedding ritual; a symbolic and historical custom. Handfasting is a Pagan wedding ritual, but it can also be incorporated into a non-Pagan ceremony. It can also be included into a vow renewal, commitment or anniversary ceremony.
Handfasting involves wrapping ribbons, a braid, or material around the joined hands of those the wedding is for. Vows and words of promises can be said during the ceremony. Handfasting has evolved and its origins and traditions are still upheld within Pagan beliefs. It is the most requested unity ceremony for celebrants, but many are apprehensive about offering handfasting to their clients from lack of confidence or minimal information during training.
Learn about Handfasting
A CPD course for trained celebrants.
We will give you the knowledge and the confidence to create and perform a handfasting ceremony in your chosen style including Pagan, spiritual, gothic, family inclusive or themed.
Taking place through 4 online video call sessions, this is a face to face, one on one course (no videos are included, no group training). Written and taught by handfasting specialist (who is also a Priestess and original alternative celebrant) Ellie Farrell. Ellie has travelled all across the UK to perform handfasting ceremonies, each one bespoke and unique for those they are for. No scripts, no gimmicks; ceremonies with meaning and centred around beliefs, lifestyles and individuals.
This course is filled with information and practical skills to create and perform personalised handfasting ceremonies.
Handfasting Course Includes
- The differences between handfasting and hand tying
- How to write a handfasting ceremony
- How to write handfasting vows
- How to make personalised handfasting ropes or braids (to share with your clients if requested)
- How to wrap and tie handfasting ribbons
- Poems and readings specifically for handfasting ceremonies
- Information and tips on how to market your newly learnt handfasting skills
- How to stand out in a competitive market
- Where to source your materials
- Ceremony pricing suggestions
Included in every handfasting training course is:
- A handfasting colour chart
- A handfasting kit
- 5 blank handfasting certificates to give to your first 5 clients (additional ones can be purchased)
- On going support and advice
- A certificate of completion confirming you are a celebrant or a ceremonialist who is trained and proficient in handfasting ceremonies
Each Pagan handfasting course includes all of the above and information about:
- How to create and hold space
- Jumping the broom
- Cake and ale
- How to include deities
- How to include the elements
Course cost £399
