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Rites and rituals we offer

• Pregnancy blessings

• Baby dedications / blessings

• Foster parenting dedications

• Naming of "Godparents"  

• Adoption blessings / celebrations 

• Weddings / hand fastings / unions / relationship commitments for partnerships of all kinds

• Hand unfastings / uncouplings 

• Honoring of grief and loss and ritual around miscarriage and perinatal death

• Tributes and memorial services

• Marking transitions of all kinds (from gender transition to moving to vocational changes)

• Home or office blessings

Coming soon: Birth doula coaching for people of all genders and families of all configurations.

• helping someone prepare for death emotionally and spiritually

 

• helping people navigate the world of funeral homes, coroners, cemeteries, crematoriums, etc

 

• sitting vigil as someone is close to their end time

 

• supporting families in arranging a home funeral

 

• providing resources and practical assistance at all stages of the process

 

• helping explore green burial options and numerous creative, eco-friendly opportunities for "final disposition" and memorials

 

• helping choose, plan, construct and hold creative, personalized memorial services and tributes

 

• support with the death of pets

Death Midwifery

Death Midwifery can include any / all of the following:

 

• providing information and resources about the documents needed to communicate end-of-life wishes

 

• helping someone consider the options, and make plans for the dying and after death arrangements that best suit them and their and their family's needs, values, and sensibilities

For more about our thoughts on death and Death Midwifery, see our Guiding Affirmations page.

• Consecration or dedication of tools, gear, equipment or vehicles 

• Blessings of trips, new projects or undertakings

• Rituals for endings; honoring feelings around choices about termination of pregnancy, D&C

• Growth and life milestone celebrations / coming of age observances (age of reason, young adulthood, launching into independence, retirement, moving into wisdom years, etc.)

• Setting apart times of discernment or decision or dedication

• Honoring the fact and experience of having needs, in general and in particular

• Locating and naming shame; releasing shame

• Inviting healing after trauma; celebrating resilience

 

This is not an exhaustive list.  We would be glad to work with you on finding ways to honor or mark or bring ritual to the moments in your life that need it.

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