Are you clear that we are all here on the planet with a purpose? And that part of your purpose is helping others discover and live their purpose? Have you faced your own initiations and emerged out the other side with a deeper knowing of who you are and why you are here, with a greater love for humanity and our planet?

Learning how to guide fellow humans through wilderness rites of passage (otherwise know as the initiatory descent of the soul) may be for you.

This 16-month training program will help you unlock a deeper expression of the medicine you carry so you can be part of the transformation process for others (a ceremonial midwife) and be part of the cultural change happening now.  

Dates for 2025-2026 Training

Each training cycle begins on a Wednesday afternoon at 3p EST and ends on a Sunday at 12p EST, held near Asheville, NC, USA. Except for Session 5, which includes a training quest, and is 9 days long; location TBA. Day One and Day Ten for Session 5 are travel days.

Session 1: October 22-26, 2025 Medicine Wheel Spiritual Technology Session 2: November 19-23, 2025 Death Lodge Ritual Process Healing
Session 3: April 22-26, 2026 Sacred Site Activation, Ancestors and Shamanic Journying
Session 4: June 24-28, 2026 Elemental Ritual Immersion
Session 5: August 20-28, 2026 (Training Quest - Mt. Shasta, CA)
Session 6: September 23-27, 2026 Give-Away & Drum Making with Native Elder Zoey Rockingbear

Session 7 (Optional) Cowry Shell Divination Training Dec. 2-6, 2026 (cost $1000)

2025-2026 Training Program Cost: $6,200
Option1: Pay in full by Aug 13, 2025 = $6000 (save $200)
Option 2: Monthly Payment Plan:
- Pay $500 Non-Refundable deposit by Aug 13, 2025
- 16 monthly payments of $375 on the 1st of each month beginning in July. NOTE: If you wish to reduce your monthly payment amount you may contact us at Hello@RitesofPassageCouncil.org to arrange an early payment start date prior to August. Your total monthly payment amount is reduced by $23 for each month prior to August you begin your payments .
Option 3: Pay Per Session NOTE: If you wish to reduce your per session payment amount you may contact us at Hello@RitesofPassageCouncil.org to arrange an early payment start date prior to July.
- Pay $500 Non-Refundable deposit by Aug 13, 2024
- Pay $1000 on the 1st of each training session month beginning October 1.

PREREQUISITE TO TRAINING: Completion of the 11-Day Village Encampment & Vision Quest Ceremony is a prerequisite to enrollment in the training.

Important Discount Option: If you register for both programs at the same time you will receive $200 discount off of the Training. This does not apply to those that are apprenticing at a vision quest.

Facilitated by: Our Founder Kedar Brown & other ROPC staff TBA