Certification Training

CERTIFICATION AS PRACTITIONER

Practitioners of Ritual Postures utilize methods developed by the Cuyamungue Institute to facilitate small informal groups to share ritual postures and to participate in research about ritual postures.

The process for becoming certified as a practitioner:

1. Send a letter of application addressed to:
   
   Jackie Haworth
   Cuyamungue Institute Certification Committee
   3131 Walden Ravines
   Columbus, OH 43220
   
   The letter should include the following information:
   1. current level of experience with Ecstatic Body Postures;
   2. related experience with non-ordinary states of consciousness;
   3. why certification as a practitioner is being sought.
   
   
2. When accepted, the trainee is assigned a mentor to guide the training process
3. The trainee will attend a minimum of two introductory workshops.
4. The trainee will submit to the mentor a case study tracking five ecstatic trance experiences using ritual postures to explore a specific issue or question.
5. The trainee will provide the mentor with a tape demonstrating the trainee's ability to rattle for a 15 minute trance session.
6. The trainee will facilitate three informal individual or small group sessions using ritual postures for ecstatic trance.
7. When both the trainee and the mentor agree that certification requirements have been successfully met, the mentor will submit a letter of recommendation to the Cuyamungue Institute Board of Directors who will review and approve certification.

CERTIFICATION AS INSTRUCTOR

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR INSTRUCTORS

Instructors teach the methods and insights developed through the Institute and contribute data that supports the research and the Institute.

To qualify as an Instructor who teaches Ecstatic Trance, the applicant must have

• extensive experience and knowledge of the work of the Cuyamungue Institute
• good communication skills.
• ability and experience in handling groups.
• a dynamic and empathetic personality.

1. Send a letter of application addressed to:
   
   Jackie Haworth
   Cuyamungue Institute Certification Committee
   3131 Walden Ravines
   Columbus, OH 43220
   
   The letter should include the following information:
   1. current level of experience with the postures
   2. related experience with non-ordinary states of consciousness.
   3. why certification is being sought.
2. When accepted, the trainee is assigned a mentor to guide the training process
3. The trainee will attend a minimum of two introductory workshops.
4. The trainee will submit a case study tracking five ecstatic trance experiences using ritual postures to explore a specific issue or question.
5. The trainee will provide the mentor with a tape demonstrating the trainee's ability to rattle for a 15 minute trance session.
6. The trainee will facilitate three informal individual or small group sessions using ritual postures for ecstatic trance.
7. At this point in the process, the trainee will attend a five-day workshop taught by an instructor certified by the Cuyamungue Institute to learn how to teach workshops using ritual postures for ecstatic trance.
8. Then the trainee will assist any certified instructors in facilitating three workshops. The trainee is not responsible for paying to attend the workshop but is not compensated for assisting and is responsible for transportation and accommodation expenses, if any.
9. Following the completion of 1-8, the trainee will attend a second five-day workshop taught by an instructor certified by the Cuyamungue Institute to learn advanced information and methods for teaching categories of ritual postures.
10. When both the trainee and the mentor agree that certification requirements have been successfully met, the mentor will submit a letter of recommendation to the Cuyamungue Institute Board of Directors who will review and approve certification.

• to teach the material and methods developed by the Cuyamungue Institute.
• to provide the Director of the Cuyamungue Institute with a list of the names and contact information for all participants in your workshops.
• to participate in any additional training that may be required as a result of new research findings.
• to be a paid up to date member of Cuyamungue Institute at all times.

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