Ceremonies
I am a Shamanic interfaith celebrant and I create bespoke ceremonies for people regardless of faith. I have many years experience at holding space and helping people to create a ceremony which matches the occasion. We talk through all that you would like to achieve in your ceremony to mark any kind of significant occasion. With your guidance I can create and hold/lead a ceremony which is transformative, uplifting, celebratory, life-affirming. See below for more info or please contact me to discuss. 07866642549
Ceremonies are an ancient and powerful form of meaningful gathering and can be used to celebrate all occasions and transitions in life: marriage, naming days, death, rites of passage, hand-fastings, to harmonise differences (conflict resolution); for healing of self in relationship with nature and other people; to invoke the help of mother earth in new ventures; to come into right relationship and clear the way for new directions. There are many elements which can be included in your ceremony depending upon what your vision is.
Some examples of Ceremonies I facilitate
Wedding Celebration - weaving in the vision of the couple with the well wishing of the guests.
Menarche Rite of Passage for 7 girls and their mothers.
River Blessings - creating and leading public ceremonies to honour and celebrate rivers.
Moving on - holding space for saying goodbye and moving on from relationship and marital home
Bereavement - creating a 'living prayer' to honour the deceased and bring solace to loved ones
Book launch - creating a nature prayer for Monica Feria-Tinta at the launch of her book 'A Barrister for the Earth' and creating space for her to speak from her tradition in Middle Temple Hall, London
End of Training Ceremony - creating and holding space for Maria Arpa and students to reflect upon the Dialogue Road Map training at the Centre for Peaceful Studies.
Public Full Moon Fire Ceremonies
Calling in prayers for growth of work: Despacho for Polly Higgins when Ecocide Law expanded to become a global concern
Eco-Activism: despachos for XR, Shell 7, Stonehenge Alliance
Cudatrix - opening ceremony for Neo-Ancients Festival
Ceremonies
Traditional roots - contemporary relevance
Beautiful Offerings to Spirit
There are infinite possibilities when it comes to creating a meaningful ceremony which pays attention to the occasion which you want to mark. As a Shamanic practitioner I incorporate gratitude to nature and the land and waters where we live as without these we are nothing. Beyond this I am very comfortable with co-creating with all faiths and none, with weaving together an event which honours you and your needs/desires/interests as well as your culture and faith.
Sacred Space
Held in Sacred Space, fueled by your intent, guided by me, and with the participation of all guests, I can guide you to find a deeply nourishing focus for ceremonies to mark any type of life change at any stage of life: puberty, menarche, menopause, marriage, childbirth, naming ceremony, retirement, moving home or job, divorce, death rites, birthdays and any other transitions or crossroads in life. And the ingredients can be whatever is aligned with your path - song, poems, story, despacho, nature prayer, plant wisdom, religious texts, guided meditation, drumming...the list is endless!
Healing & Celebration
Ceremony is often a healing process as well as a time of celebration. It honours where you are in your life and in relation to spirit. Typically a ceremony brings you into right relationship as you move into the next stage of your life. Ceremony can be created for many purposes : marriage, birth, death, naming, new job, dreaming into new ventures, personal healing, all types of personal transition, sacred activism, conflict resolution, new threshold, harmonising energies.
Tailor-made
Ceremonies are tailor-made to your individual requirements, incorporating your own spiritual path as well as honouring sacred space. If you choose a despacho, these are made up with flowers, food, candles, sweets, incense, objects representing all of creation, and objects representing that which you want to release and/or invite into your life as well as that which you want to celebrate, honour and express gratitude for. At every stage of the preparation we can co-create a beautiful ceremony to suit the occasion. It could be hand-fasting, ritual, prayer, humour, song, anything which resonates for you and leads to a connecting and transformative experience for all concerned, with or without despacho.
