Online Rites of Passage Guide Training
Registration is Open
Hello Women with Deep Passion and Sacred Visions for Life,
Thank you for hearing the call to walk in this world as an initiated adult and to offer Rites of Passage ceremonies for the young women in your life, your community and beyond.
When I was 20 years old and was sitting up on a mountain in the verdant “Valley of the Gods” in Kalalau, Kauai, HI for four days on a Vision Quest and fast, I was clearly given a vision for my life: hold young women’s Rites of Passage.
Certainly Spirit must have had the wrong number, how was I- a young woman myself, very much still walking through my own coming of age and womanhood hold a space to initiate and support others? The directive was further shared, keep walking forward all the support needed will be there. And it has been.
This summer we will gather for our 16th year of a 5 day Rites of Passage Ritual called Growing Goddess (ages 11-14) and Moon Mystics (ages 15-18.) I stand tall and feel humbled and grateful to be a “Thresholder.” This term came to me recently as I realized that- time and time again I find myself helping to anchor down and celebrate these essential transitions and alchemical opportunities in the arc of a human life. I am here holding the thresholds. Sound familiar to you?
It’s clear to me how necessary Rites of Passages for Young Women is for the health of the Earth and the upliftment of the heart of humanity and how poignant that I share my wisdom around facilitating Rites of Passage ceremonies for young women. We as women are the continuation of our species on Earth, we alone hold the ability to bring life. Our creative birthing be that to children and/or to our visions/callings~ bring the healing, the life, the change that is needed to bring peace, justice and beauty on Earth. I have been called to share everything I’ve learned in the past 15 years of being a Rites of Passage Guide. I am offering a skillful giveaway, teachings, invitations and a set of gifts to support you into fully embodying the mentor, the Village Auntie, the Rites of Passage Guide that you feel called to know.
This is a path of holding, orienting, celebrating and feeding all of life as you tend to the Threshold of Womanhood. I honor your deep knowing for being here, this Earth-based and ancient solution for regenerating our culture and coming into right relationship and balance with creation is dreaming up through many of us right now. I want to offer you a strong foundation of skills and tools, to support your yearnings and callings from the Earth/Spirit to serve as a Rites of Passage Guide for girls and young women.
I see and feel a world where when a girl is blossoming into her womanhood- there is a place she can go (no matter where she lives) to find deep and meaningful connection to herself, to her intuition and to her glimmering authenticity as she comes in touch with her gifts for the world.
In the non-profit I founded and direct Earth Path Education, we cultivate an annual ceremony where girls and young women come together with Indigenous Grandmothers, Village Aunties, and Wise Women Mentors to make true friends with peers and lasting mentoring relationships with adults and elders they trust. Rites of Passage is an Earth-based ritual, it is cross cultural, it is not dead, it lives in the soil, in the waters, in the fire, in the vast blue sky, in the prayers of the ones who came before- to carry us home. When we sing, dance and pray, when we show up to the majesty and mystery of the Earth, transformation-deep initiation is possible.
This Rites of Passage Guide training is an intensive 12-month journey.
We will follow the flow of the medicine wheel, also known as the 8 Shields Model.
Each solstice, equinox and cross quarter days you will receive access to a main section starting and ending in the Northeast, within each main section are 8 sub-sections (also mirroring the medicine wheel.) This training will take 1 full year to complete.
(If you know nothing about the 8 shields model or the medicine wheel, that’s OK- you will learn. Using this ancient model is extremely effective because it mirrors the natural flow of life, of learning, of the seasons, it makes sense. Think of this model as a set of ancient bones that offers us life giving structure.)
Each main section includes extensive video teachings, some written material and invitations for your own growth, skill building, and integration. The sections will leave you with rituals, songs, games, teachings, and more- that can be integrated into your Rites of Passage offerings. There is some theory, and the bulk of what is offered here is practical teaching through doing, and sharing through stories and experiences.
This is not meant to be a sampler plate, it is an in depth training, designed to offer you what you need to start offering Rites of Passage for young women in your life, community and beyond. This is not a spectator sport, it’s participatory.
I recommend allowing for 6 to18 hours per month, for each main section. 1.5 to 4.5 hours a week. As with most of life, you will receive what you put into this journey.
The content is full and beautiful and is coming from a yearning to serve young women and our planet by skilling up Rites of Passage Guides. That’s you!
Join me.
Rites of Passage Guide Training Schedule
Registration is OPEN and ONGOING
New Moon Zoom Councils and Teachings, with our Soul Group of Budding Rites of Passage Guides from around the world. 5-7pm EST
Sacred Reciprocity
$1,400 for the Rites of Passage Guide Training
To read more about our reimbursement policy, please click here: Reimbursement Policy
we are Currently accepting applications
Upon completion of the training you will be invited to join our Thresholders Collective. This is a group of folks tending to Rites of Passage in the myriad of forms Death Doulas, Midwives, Youth Rites of Passage Guides, and more. This is a place for those of us who do this work in our communities to share best practices with one-another and to elevate our service together through connection and teaching one another.
Each month you will receive:
Video Teachings by Indigenous Elders and Seasoned Rites of Passage Guides
A Newsletter Highlighting Inspiring things happening in the Community
Continued Mentorship from me and the community
A place to support one another and these ceremonies
Monthly delivery of Rites of Passage songs
“For a mentor with such a wide array of skills and experience to meticulously lay her offerings out for others to learn from is an immense gift. Lena weaves the big ideas of the medicine wheel, earth-based spirituality and permaculture with tangible practices and activities that have been a perfect fit for the direction I am headed as a mentor. From the start of our year-long journey, I have been able to integrate meaningful practices from the Rites of Passage Guide Training into my own life and my work with students. I feel more grounded, resourced and inspired. I have been able to seamlessly weave into my teaching practice many methods covered in the training, such as council, sit spot, ceremony, songs, games and life skills. Perhaps the greatest treasure of this mentorship has been my own empowerment to step into my gifts more fully and share them with the youth who are fed by them. The way Lena shows up in full authenticity as a mentor has empowered me to do the same, whereas in the past I was holding back my whole self. I am astounded at the quantity and quality of her offerings for the price, from the detailed video instruction to our intimate monthly gatherings to reflect and share. I said yes to this journey willing to pay for this immense gift, but just as many other facets of life have aligned for me since stepping into this work, I was delighted to discover I could fund most of this training as professional development through my employer! Embarking on the Rites of Passage Guide journey was just the spark I needed to enliven my teaching practices. Thank you Lena!”