SOUL TATTOO®

APPRENTICESHIP

Ceremonial Tattooing is a powerful healing modality

An ancient tool for transformation
A gift to heal yourself and others
A Reclamation of your innate magic

It is a healing art form

a catalyst for collective change and expansion

Do you feel the call to weave this medicine of soul on body form?

Ashley’s Soul Tattoo® certification apprenticeship program is a bespoke initiatory journey of anchoring your own medicine as a ceremonial Soul Tattoo artist.

Equal parts traditional hand-poked tattoo apprenticeship and shamanic journey of remembrance and initiation into your soul medicine, Ashley’s apprenticeship container is a portal to uncover and unleash your innate healing magic using the unique modality of Soul Tattooing.

WHAT’s INCLUDED

  • Experience a bespoke 1:1 training with Ashley curated to your unique individual needs and desires as you step into this sacred work.

  • Learn the art of hand-weaving sacred markings onto skin, including safe, sustainable, and conscious tattooing practices that support the earth and your clients, as well as traditional tattoo apprenticeship teachings to learn how to practice in alignment with your state regulations.

  • Learn the art of ceremony and ancient feminine practices to hold space for deep transformation for your clients.

  • Strengthen your skills as a channel for your unique soul language to stream through you in your art, as well as learn to read your client’s energy field and soul records.

  • Learn the powerful wisdom of using the body as a divination tool in your work to align sacred markings with the most resonant place on the body, as well as how to read the body when tattooing.

  • Receive guidance and tools for creative alignment, financial and health sovereignty, and maintaining internal resourcing as a soul-led artist and healer in your business

  • Upon completion of your apprenticeship journey, receive certification to practice under Ashley’s trademarked Soul Tattoo modality as a certified trained practitioner and be listed on her website as a certified Soul Tattoo Artist upon completion of your journey together (using the modality name in your practice is not necessary, but this training allows you to use it following contract guidelines)

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED

  • You will need to take your blood-born pathogen course training/certification with your state/city board. This must be taken in order to become a licensed tattoo artist and must be obtained prior to our apprenticeship or at the beginning of our work together.

  • A certified tattoo license to practice legally in your state is not covered by this apprenticeship, though Ashley can guide you in this process of obtaining your licensing.

  • If not already a licensed tattoo artist, you will have to pay any fees associated with obtaining your tattoo license in your state (Typically anywhere from $100-$1,000, depending on your county/state government)

CHOOSE YOUR JOURNEY

  • IN-PERSON TRAINING

    For those who are near or desire to travel for in-person apprenticing.

    PRICING: $1,100-$2200/month

    This is the most intimate and in-depth training Ashley offers in devotion to you and your unique needs as a tattoo mentee. In this training, you will meet for 2-4 days/month for 4 hours each day (price dependent on the desired schedule) for private in-person immersions in Los Angeles. Each month is curated based on the individual apprentice’s specific learning needs and desires to support you in blooming into your practice as a Soul Tattoo artist.

  • ONLINE + IN-PERSON

    For those who can only travel to meet in person once a season.

    PRICING: $700-$1,400/month.

    In this training, you will meet once a season (4 times a year) in person for a 2-day (4 hours/day) immersion in Los Angeles, with 1-2 monthly 2-hour Zoom training calls in between.

  • FULLY ONLINE TRAINING

    For those who wish to work together virtually.

    PRICING: $700/month

    For this training, you must have some prior tattooing experience/knowledge/a valid tattoo license or a traditional tattoo apprenticeship to do alongside this apprenticeship. We meet over Zoom for 1.5 hours twice a month.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

  • This training offers a minimum of 3 months commitment and a maximum of 24 months commitment (depending on schedule) and is set up like a traditional shamanic apprentice, meaning when you feel complete, or Ashley feels you are complete, you may choose to move on without set commitment as long as clear communication is offered. Ashley works with each apprentice to craft a schedule that works well for them in accordance with their needs and honors the ever-flowing feminine nature of life and creation, from which this modality is founded upon.

  • Each immersion is as much of a self-healing retreat and initiation into your medicine song as it is a more traditional tattoo apprenticeship training.

  • You will receive ongoing support via a WhatsApp text thread for questions, feedback, and shares in between meetings.

  • Training can be paused (and resumed) at any month as long as there is a 30-day notice, as Ashley does all her scheduling in advance (if an integration break is needed or if travels/life circumstances ask you to step away for a month, we honor this together. Flexibility is offered, though commitment and communication is required)

  • If you are not already a licensed tattoo artist with experience in tattooing bodies, whether machine or hand-poked, do not choose the fully virtual option, as Ashley cannot fully teach hand tattoo techniques over Zoom alone.

BECOME AN APPRENTICE

Interested in becoming a Soul Tattoo Apprentice and taking the soul-led leap into ceremonial tattoo magic? Fill out the application below!

HAND-POKED TATTOO TRAINING

Ashley also offers 3-4 day hand-poked tattoo training immersions separate from her long-term apprenticeship! Depending on the season, these trainings may be private or with 1-3 other trainees. These trainings focus on the technique of hand weaving sacred markings and body placement/body divination, and you MUST have some prior tattoo knowledge or be a licensed machine tattoo artist. These immersions are held for 4-5 hours a day. No certification, licensing, or ongoing support is included, and you must complete your blood-borne disease exam with your local government before training begins. The cost of this training is $3,600 for private training and $2,000 for small group training.