Religions have long recognized the value of marking important events and transitions in our lives, such as weddings, bar mitzvahs, and funerals. But what about the other significant beginnings and endings we experience throughout our lives? There are so many rites of passage that go unacknowledged in our culture. Diana will work with you to co-create a ceremony for any important event or transition in your life that you hold sacred.  

Beginnings
Diana can facilitate any new beginning in your life by co-creating a ceremony with you that is personal, expresses your values, and suits you and your family. Examples of customized ceremonies to commemorate beginnings include:

• Wedding or recommitment ceremony
• Opening a business
• Starting a new job
• Purchasing a home or moving to a new city
• Welcoming a baby
• Bringing a pet into the family
• Celebrating another year

Breaking up is hard to do
Diana has years of experience helping people through the phases of transition. Symbolically death takes many forms in our daily lives. If there's a relationship from your present or past that isn't resolved in your heart, Diana can

work with you to create a ceremony to help move you forward. Some of the many major life transitions are:

• The end of a relationship
• Facing the death of a loved one
• Healing difficult relationships
• Forgiving oneself and others
• Leaving a job

Creating your personalized ceremony
Ritual involves an intention, cleansing the space, creating sacred space, and bringing people together as a group. It may include a circle or fire outdoors, and often includes candles, incense, and sound in the form of music, chanting or simple musical instruments. We ask for blessings and then acknowledge the rite of passage in a sacred way. It can be simple, complex, small or involve a large group, as long as it satisfies what you want to share.

If you want to create a personalized ceremony, we will meet to discuss what you want to have happen and to clarify your intention. We then agree on the process and create a ritual. I then facilitate and/or witness the event. What is most important is that it is significant to you and that you feel good sharing, if it is to occur in front of a community of family and friends.

Pricing is based on the time involved in the preparation, travel and how elaborate you want it to be.