The Ceremony School
Learn the art of ritual and ceremony — so you can mark what matters, for yourself and for others.
What's coming up
Workshop · Virtual
Head & Heart: End of Life Planning ~ A Day of Learning and Reflection
Sunday, 22 November 2026 · 10am to 2pm PCT (BC's new time zone)
Workshop · Virtual
Closing the Year Ceremony
Wednesday, December 30, 2026 · 4:00 to 5:30pm PCT (BC's new time zone)
Course · Virtual
A Year of Seasonal Ceremony
Eight Gatherings Across 2027 · Held on Saturdays 10am–12pm PT
What the school offers
Workshops
Single-session virtual gatherings on one theme — live with community, or self-guided on your own timing.
Courses
Multi-week cohort learning that goes deep — from Ceremonial Training to End of Life Planning.
Retreats
In-person immersions weaving ritual, rest, story, and ceremony — single-day and multi-day.
Events
Community gatherings, virtual and in person — open circles where we come together around ritual and story.
Meet your guide
The Ceremony School is led by Megan Sheldon — ceremony guide, ritual designer, and co-founder of Be Ceremonial. Many of our courses also welcome co-hosts and guest teachers who join Megan to deepen our shared learning, bringing their own practices and perspectives into the circle.
Megan Sheldon
Megan Sheldon (she/her) is a cultural mythologist, humanist celebrant, end-of-life doula, and co-founder of Be Ceremonial, the world's first guided ritual and ceremony platform. She is the author of Ritual Without Religion: A Humanist Guide to Creating Secular Ceremonies, and has spent years crafting ceremonies across the life cycle, with a focus on grief and loss. Her passion is helping people cross the silent thresholds and mark those seemingly invisible moments of change with meaning. She offers workshops, courses and in-person retreats near her home in North Vancouver, BC.