Celebrancy Honouring and Witnessing
Ceremonies Rites of Passage and Moments to be Honoured. Prayer invocation intention and compassion in its many versions
The true meaning of ritual can often be lost in modern society. This can be as a Rite of Passage for an individual or group – or for celebrating a particular phase of the year or moon cycle, doing this we hold the landscapes sacred again honouring as our forgotten ancestors did before we can imagine.
Ceremony involves the effective and safe creation of a holding space or circle, which allows the unfolding of whatever needs to emerge, to do so.
The space holding and witnessing is precious here as it calls for gentle, strength and allowing of what is needed in the moment to flow fully into being.
In what might be termed a magical space; in the sense that it stems from the imagination.
Ceremony performs the function of uniting individuals in community and connecting us all to that which sustains and inspires. In that sense it is very nurturing and healing: A crucial element to the wellbeing of a culture or society, a re-embering.
Rites of Passage
For so long we have been guided to reject our past the linage of land scape. Through misdirected media and his-story and in that the landscape of our own humanity. Through fear of rejection and admonishment.
Yet there is magic to be found in those who love you because you have brought your true and real self into presence.
They see you showing up with grief and joys and the return to non-ness all phases of arriving and being received.
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Handfastings are a truly beautiful and magical way of marking a union – or sometimes – of re-affirming vows.
Typically I work with a couple to co-create a ceremony which fully reflects and embodies their beliefs, and most importantly, captures their love for each other. ‘Tying the knot’ is an ancient and yet very modern way of marriage: A powerful symbol of pledging one’s love to another.
I have offered literally dozens and dozens of services over the course of nearly twenty five years. Each one is unique and subtely different, yet similar, in that it connects with the magical source of love.
Where possible I love to work outdoors in nature; however I have conducted many ceremonies in equally beautiful indoor settings. I have worked with people from all strata of society and across all belief systems.
I regard it a great privilege to work together to create a magical and yet fully grounded ceremony.
It is a beautiful thing to share.
Grief Tending Circles and Ceremony
Since people have been on this earth, they have gathered in circles. Our ancestors sat with a fire at the centre, and the crackle of logs, the scent of smoke. People all over the world and throughout time gathered to find warmth, tell stories, sing songs and speak from the heart. In places and organisations where we depend on plastic chairs, and electric light, rather than the glow of a fire, we may long to return to the practice of gathering in circle in nature. Despite modern environments, grief circles continue to be meaningful to participate in.
In Grief Tending we include embodiment, creativity and ritual in our events, and the way in which we bring a grief circle. When we practice Grief Tending, we often use a grief circle as the central part of the event. When we meet face to face, we use a variety of central practices to express feelings.
Honouring Those who have Departed.
I strive to construct a ceremony reflecting and honouring the true essence of the individual whose life we are celebrating together.
I do this by working sensitively and respectfully with relatives and loved ones, to draw out the essence and qualities of the departed.
Whilst fully honouring and marking grief, it is a wonderful opportunity to fully celebrate a life. I have conducted numerous ceremonies marking death – both indoors in conventional settings and outdoors in less formal surroundings.
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