The Ceremony School
Learn the art of ritual and ceremony — so you can mark what matters, for yourself and for others.
Why learn ceremony?
Ritual is one of the oldest human practices — how we've always made sense of change, marked thresholds, and held each other through joy and grief. But as more of us live outside religious tradition, we've lost many of the shared structures that once carried us through life's transitions. The Ceremony School exists to restore that ritual literacy: teaching you how to create meaningful, personal ceremonies without needing a script, a religion, or permission.
Whether you're marking your own milestones, supporting someone through loss, or building a ceremonial practice to share with others, our school gives you the tools, frameworks, and community to do it with confidence.
What the school entails
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.
What's coming up
Event · In-Person
Reimagining Ritual: A Fireside Chat with Megan Sheldon and Chloe Hunter
Thursday, August 13, 2026 · Doors 6:30pm, begins 6:45pm PT · Rivendell Retreat Centre, Bowen Island
Course · Virtual
Ceremonial Training: The Elements of Ritual
Sundays 10am–12pm PT · Sept 13 – Oct 18, 2026 (6 weeks)
Workshop · Virtual
Rituals for Grief & Loss ~ A Masterclass with EOLDAC
September 26, 2026
How you can interact with the material
Learn in the way that fits your life. Join live for connection, questions, and shared experience. Move at your own pace with self-guided recordings. Gather with community at one of our events. Or step away from the everyday entirely and immerse yourself at an in-person retreat. Members of the Be Ceremonial app also unlock our Learning Environment — pre-recorded workshops and ceremony interviews included with membership. Scholarships and sliding-scale tuition are available across all of our offerings.
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 the less visible moments of change and transition.
Not sure where to start
Workshops are single sessions on one theme. Courses go deeper over several weeks.
