The Magic of your Medicine
Space Holder Facilitator Training
Empowering you to hold ceremonies space in a safe and sacred way.
Honouring ancestors, lineages and participants vulnerability.
Space Holder Facilitator Training
Options for Online Training or Hybrid-in-Person in Singapore
Upcoming Training: 27 January 2025 - 1 September 2025
About the Program
Holding sacred space is held in high regard, respected and understood as an important responsibility in transforming the world.
This 6 month training is designed to tap into the power of human connection while embodying sacred knowledge, both of which are essential in being an effective space holder.
Over the course of 6 months, you will learn tools to help you better understand and authentically communicate the magic of your medicine.
The goal is for you to confidently share your voice, wisdom and gifts, manage your personal energy, while honouring Cacao, ancient traditions, ancestors and elders.
You will benefit from personal support from Laura, who has over 15 years of experience as a facilitator and sacred space holder, and support from a group of like minded individuals committed to this learning journey
Starting on 27 January 2025
Opening Live Online ceremony: 7pm Singapore time zone
Online Live teachings and embodiment journeys on Mondays and/or Wednesdays between 27 January to 1 Sept 2025, 7pm SGT time zone: Refer to detailed module dates and times below. integration breaks in between modules.
Additional Guest Teachings: Diana Jean Reyes and Wil Kolen will provide us with wonderful additional online teaching modules.
Online videos and content for learning which support and enhance the teachings of the live workshops
Recordings of all Live Workshop teachings,
Recorded audios of Meditations and Journeys for you to embody the teachings and practices into your everyday life with additional 6 months access.
Final Initiation Live Online Ceremony: 7pm Singapore time.
Further support: 10% discount on private consultations and energy healing sessions with Laura during the Training
Additional in person bonuses for those living in Singapore:
Additional Guest experience: Wil Kolen will provide a bonus Sound meditation for those doing in person in Singapore
Receive a 400g bar of Sacred Earth Medicine Ceremonial Cacao
2 x in person gatherings of connection and check in
2 in person Cacao Ceremonies (1 indoor, 1 outdoor)
It is beneficial to attend two of my cacao ceremonies during the training, in order to observe, embody and learn in a ceremonial environment.
Optional add-ons:
I truly believe the power of REAL and RAW human connection is what is missing in modern society today , and so, as I adjust to the changing times of online demands, I really believe the magic happens when we gather in circle in person.
So please consider the following add-ons in order to fully integrate the trainings within your essence
In Singapore: Attend a 4 hour Cacao immersion playshop: honouring the ground to cup process of Ceremonial Cacao (Date TBC)
African Awakening: Get a 10% discount when joining the Retreat in South Africa in April 2025
This Training is for you if:
You are on a spiritual path and wish to deepen your personal practice
You facilitate ceremonies, experiences, retreats, women’s or men's circles
You are a sound healer, drummer, dance, yoga, breathwork teacher, or other type of healing / wellness practitioner
You want to create / enhance the authenticity of the spaces you hold with more confidence, ensuring they are safe and sacred
You are feel drained and exhausted form holding space and you wish to have guidance on managing your own energy.
You want to dive deeper into ancestral knowledge behind ritual and sacred space holding.
You wish to work alongside Cacao with reverence and integrity
Key Takeaways
Connect with the Self
Discover your personal essence of presence and the power of your medicine
Delving into your own Shadow and how you can harness its power
Grounding, Centring and Protecting yourself as a space holder.
Understanding the responsibility of holding space for others and the continuous inner-work on yourself through post-ceremony reflection
Embody wisdom tools and experience to hold safe and transformational spaces
Receive guidance on addressing challenging situations and triggers for participants
Looking after your own energy as a space holder (before, during and after)
Connect with the Sacred
Deepen your personal relationship with your own ancestors and how they can help you in your personal and professional life.
Learn and embody the humble power of working with Spirit to hold ceremony
Commune with Nature gaining greater trust in your calling
Gain a deep understanding of the sacredness of the medicine of ixCacao, and build your personal relationship with her medicine
Intuitive incorporation of various facets of energy work practice for an enhanced experience of mental, emotional and physical strengthening of the participants
Understand the importance of working alongside Cacao with reverence and integrity
Connect with Space
Cultural appropriation and authenticity - ancestral knowledge from lineages
Dive into the wisdom of the Medicine wheel, the Elemental cardinal directions, and other ancient, ancestral and practices for space holding.
Understanding the need for Sacred Smoke and how to use it effectively
Creating a ceremonial altar and understanding the profound effect of alters as part of the greater cosmos.
Resources to support your learning journey
The training is for 6 months, but the learning goes on beyond the program.
A comprehensive Training Manual which includes resources and tools to guide you with:
Working on your Self. From inner work reflections to tips on shadow work and prompts, working on yourself ensures you are showing up in the best state to download sacred knowledge and be a responsible space holder.
Understanding Sacred Knowledge. This includes wisdom shared from Laura’s own research and training, ancestral insights, history and learnings from ancient lineages of Pagan England, Peru, India and South Africa.
Practicing responsible Space Holding. This includes checklists, ideas and scripts on leading ceremonies, circles and spaces.
This guide will be a useful reference to support your ongoing journey, as you grow as a practitioner.
Online videos and content for learning which support and enhance the teachings of the live workshops
Recordings of all Live Workshop teachings, It is encouraged to attend all live classes, however, I know life gets busy so if there are some dates that you cannot attend, the live teachings will be recorded.
Recorded audios of Meditations and Journeys for you to embody the teachings and practices into your everyday life with 6 months access.
Further support: 10% discount on private consultations and energy healing sessions with Laura during the Training
At the end of 6 months, you will also receive a Facilitator Training Certificate of Completion
Because I work in a divine feminine way and am guided by the Spirit of Nature, the list of teachings in each module is not exhaustive.
Some of the detail in these modules may be be get swapped around between modules, but rest assured, all will be covered and all will flow exactly as it should.
Modules
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Opening ceremony
Building our circle of Trust
Anchoring the agreements for the training
Setting up your alter for the training
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The time is now: Rising Consciousness
Andean cosmology - The Three Worlds
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Introduction to the Medicine Wheel and the Spiral
The Magic of the Elemental forces
Embodiment practice: You are the Elements
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The Wheel of the Year
Honouring your seasons
Harmonising Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine Energies
Practice Deep Listening from Nature
Embodiment practice: honouring your seasons
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Essence of nature - learning from nature , our biggest connection
Communing with Father Sun, Grandmother Moon, Mother Earth and Guardians of land
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4 Andean Essences
First Cosmic law
Working with and honouring your Ancestors
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The history of Cacao in Ceremony
Understanding traditions, tribal and ancestral lineages
Understanding the purpose of cacao in ceremony and the desire for our connection to Cacao
Deepening your relationship with the Spirit of Cacao
Learn how to incorporate the magic of Cacao into your daily life
Embodiment: Meeting the Goddess iXCacao
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Understanding the growing, harvesting and production methods of Cacao
Understanding the effects of heating and preparing the Cacao in different ways
Understanding Ceremonial Cacao and how is it different from other Cacao Paste and Cacao Powder
Discover the symbolism of tools used for cacao preparation
Honouring the Four Elements in the Cacao process
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Understand our different communication preferences and the nature of behaviour
The key question we will answer: "How can we use the framework of the four elements to build awareness, acceptance and adaptation in order to host transformation circles?"
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What is Transformation?
Communing with Animal allies: Serpent
Embodiment Practice: Kundalini and Kausay Serpent Energy
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Shadow Work: Deepening your relationship with your Shadow and how you can harness it’s power to for greater good
Communing with Animal allies: Puma/Jaguar
Embodiment Practice: Dancing with our Shadows
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Your aura and your luminous field
Epigenetics and ancestry
Understanding Light and Heavy Energy and how to transform it
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Communing with Animal allies: Hummingbird
Discovering your “true North” Passion vs Purpose
Embodiment Practice: Shamanic Journey
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Communing with Animal allies: Condor/ Eagle
Discovering the Magic of your medicine
Embodiment Practice: Shamanic Journey
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Your Life as the alter and the medicine wheel
Understanding the profound effect of alters as part of the greater cosmos
Creating Ceremonial Alters
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The responsibility and integrity of working with Ceremonial Cacao
Science behind Cacao as medicine
Embodiment: Journey with Cacao
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What does it mean to Hold Space
What makes something Sacred
Your are always learning: Ceremony preparation and post ceremony reflection.
Understanding Energy in order to create a “bubble of safety” in ceremony
Your responsibility as a space holder: including opening and closing Sacred Space correctly
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Receive practical insights in Wil’s approach to facilitation that are of importance for every practitioner, regardless of modality, to hold space for group- and private sessions.
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Ceremonial objects, instruments and oracle cards
Understanding the need for Sacred Smoke and how to use it effectively
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Full presence and awareness
The art and discretion of touch
People in process
What is your responsibility and what is not.
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Grounding, centring and energising yourself as a facilitator
Maintaining and restoring your own energy when holding space
Understanding Energetic boundaries
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Understanding the impact of Music in ceremony
Ceremony flow can make or break a session
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Mindfulness meditation basics
Understanding Shamanic Journeying
Techniques for channelled meditations.
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Dancing the Medicine Wheel
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Sharing the Magic of your medicine in a Group Ceremony
Still have Questions?
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SGD 2800
(approx USD 2130 depending on exchange rate)
SGD 2200
(approx USD 1674 depending on exchange rate)
5% of the proceeds of this training will be donated to saving the Monte Grande temple and preserving cacao culture in Northern Peru
About Laura’s training and lineages
The ability to share sacred wisdom comes in 3 stages. We learn through knowledge, we gain wisdom through personal experience and embodying the knowledge, we then remember that this wisdom has been within us all along.
Born and raised in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, I have always embodied the importance of honouring ancestral lineages, and practiced earth based rituals. The deep inner knowing and intuition that guides me comes from a combination of my communing with Cacao in my personal life, my sacred relationship with Nature and Spirit as well as extensive training with experienced practitioners and elders around the world.
As a teacher and student of somatic dance (Nia Technique), Yoga and Mindfulness meditation, and a Master reiki practitioner, Laura has held safe space, ceremony and retreats for students for 15+ years.
Over the past 6 years she has been holding Cacao Ceremonies and has been in deep shamanic initiations and has trained with shamanic wisdom keepers around the world, including but not limited to;
Humpiq Nusta: Andean Medicine Woman apprentiship with Maestro Puma and Maestra Jemmita, the lineage of the Seven Rays.
Cacao facilitator training by Lisa Davis, initiated as a Sacred Andean Paqo, South Africa. Shamanic Breathwork Training with Q’ero initiated Johnson Chong, Australia.
Despacho and Amaru Muru initiations with Maestro Edgar Kumara Caceras, Peru. Munay-ki rites initiated by DJ Reyes, Initiated Inkan Priestess and Shamanic Practitioner.
History and Science of Cacao Training with Seleno Health and Mayan Cacao workshops with The Mayan Wisdom Project.
I have had the honour to hold Cacao Ceremonies and Facilitated sessions throughout the world, including the scared lands of South Africa, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Sweden, UK and Peru.
I have deep passion for holding sacred ceremony and a fierce protection over holding space and using Cacao with integrity and respect for lineages.
My intention behind holding these trainings is to ensure participants attend ceremonial spaces are held in a safe and supportive manner, that indigenous medicine men and women, ancestors and elders are respected for their wisdom, that ixCacao receives the honour she deserves and that facilitators are able to continue their service embodied, empowered and energised with a deep wisdom and understanding of their path of service.
I honour and thank the guardians of the lands of my ancestors, wisdom teachers, the lands that have taught me and the land of Singapore which I currently call home.
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