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about (Symbolic) Wedding Rituals
I also offer a Personalised Rituals Scripting Service for when you want a unique ritual or a personal take on a ritual.
Unity Rituals
Wedding Red String Rituals
(22/03/2024)Categories: | Wedding Rituals |
Incorporate a Red String Ritual into your marriage ceremony to visually express your belief that you are meant to be... More ...
Wedding Ring Supersitions
(06/01/2024)Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rings | Wedding Rituals |
Dive into the multiple superstitions about wedding ring and old beliefs about what creates both good luck
and bad luck for the marriage ... More ...
Coffee
Unity Ceremony
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| Published Article | Wedding Rituals(21/11/2022)
A detailed how-to article giving directions and advice about how to include this original ritual. Repost of my article published in The Celebrant, Issue 4, June 2020, pp 70-77 ... More
The Rose Ceremony
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony
| Wedding Rituals |(21/02/2022)
The Rose Ceremony is a sweet wedding ritual where roses are exchanged or given as tokens of love and appreciation ... More
Wedding Cake Unity Ritual
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals | Wedding Traditions |(15/07/2020)
A wedding cake unity ritual, where you cut and share your wedding cake during your ceremony, works well, both symbolically and practically, and is a great way to deal with the new COVID-19 restrictions on sharing the cake with guests ... More
Romantic Wedding Ring Ideas
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rings | Wedding Rituals |(21/04/2020)
One of the most emotional (and romantic) high points of your marriage ceremony is the exchange of your wedding rings. Why not make that moment even more romantic by adding something unique to the two of you, something that emphasises that your rings symbolise your love and unity ... More
How to Write a Love Letter
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals|(15/04/2020)
What could possibly be more romantic than receiving a love letter? Writing one! Putting your love in writing is a way to have it endure for ever.... More
May Love Be Your Umbrella: Using Umbrellas and Parasols in Your Wedding Ceremony
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals |(21/02/2020)
Umbrellas present fabulously Instagrammable opportunities for your wedding, including many richly symbolic ways to feature them in the ceremony ... More
Tree Planting Ritual
Categories: | Naming Ceremonies
| Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals
|(19/11/2019)
The planting of a tree during a wedding, naming ceremony, or memorial ceremony is a powerful ritual. ... More
OMG! We forgot the rings ...
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Planning | Wedding Rings | Wedding
Rituals | (24/08/2019)
Forgetting the wedding rings happens. But it doesn't have to if you have strategies in place to avoid this. Worst case scenario? There are multiple creative ways to deal with being ringless on the day... More
Jumping the Broom
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rituals | (17/08/2019)
Jumping the broom is a joyful transition ritual that ends a marriage ceremony on a high note. Hand-in-hand the marrying couple move into married life by jumping over a decorated broom at the beginning of their walk back up the aisle... More
Oathing Stone Wedding Ritual
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals |(26/07/2019)
The oathing stone is an ancient Celtic tradition that can add meaningful symbolism to your wedding ceremony - and can be used as a planned or emergency substitute for wedding rings...More
Sweet Wedding Rituals
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals |(14/07/2019)
Honey and sugar are traditionally used in many cultures to wish a couple a sweet married life. These customs can add a beautifully romantic moment to a contemporary wedding ceremony... More
Coffee Unity Ceremony
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rituals | (11/07/2019)
A coffee unity ceremony can be a variation on the wine ceremony, or a variation on the sand ceremony, depending on whether you use liquid coffee or coffee beans... More
Wine ceremonies for vineyard weddings
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rituals |(19/06/2019)
A wedding in a winery or vineyard offers not only a wide range of settings for your ceremony - both indoors and out, depending on the facilities made available by the particular winery - but also creative inspiration for the ceremony. ... More
Unity Candle Ceremony
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rituals | (27/04/2019)
The Unity Candle Ceremony - what it is and how to prepare for it ... More
Unity Sand Ceremony
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rituals | (25/04/2019)
The Unity Sand Ceremony - what it is and how to prepare for it ... More
Wine Box or First Fight Box?
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rituals |(20/09/2018)
Why an Anniversary Wine Box is a more appropriate ritual for a wedding than a First Fight Box ... More
Rituals
involving others, including guests
Warming of the Rings - a Powerfully Inclusive Ritual
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rings | Wedding Rituals |(28/02/2021)
In the Warming of the Rings ritual your wedding rings are infused with love, energy, strength,
and commitment by friends and loved ones as an expression of their support and good wishes for your marriage. In this blog post I discuss the charm and the challenges of this ritual, one of my favourites, particularly since COVID ... More
Let's Talk About Bubbles in Your Wedding Ceremony
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals |(03/06/2020)
Bubbles of both kinds (champagne and bubbles you blow) can add so much to a ceremony... More
Tossing the Garter – Yes or No??
Categories: Wedding Rituals | Wedding
Traditions |(08/01/2019)
Tossing the Garter is a wedding tradition that a growing number of couples are choosing to skip altogether for various reasons. But skipping the embarrassing bit (the retrieval from the bride's leg) and changing up how it is tossed can add a lot of fun to the occasion while avoiding the things that can be an issue More
Multicultural Fusion Weddings
Categories: Inclusive Weddings | Wedding Ceremony |
Wedding Rituals | Wedding Traditions | Wedding
Planning |(08/01/2018)
If you are an intercultural couple, how do you navigate your ceremony? It is not uncommon to have two ceremonies. But there is a third option - a fusion wedding ceremony that incorporates the traditions of what are important to you both .... More
How to Remember and Honour Deceased Loved Ones in
your Wedding Ceremony
Categories: Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals(09/09/2016)
Memorialising deceased loved ones is something many couples wish to include in their wedding. There are many ways to do this, and many things that need to be considered ... More
Food for
thought about rituals
False Origin Claims about Three Wedding Rituals
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rituals |(24/01/2021)
There is no need to attribute invented traditions to long ago and far away to give them authority. Misattribution is both disrespectful and unnecessary. These ceremony enhancements are enough, as they are. They can stand alone. ... More
Love Locks: a Ritual with Ancient Relevance and
Contemporary Problems
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding
Rituals |(14/08/2020)
The love lock unity ritual is a relatively new ritual inspired by the custom of lovers attaching a padlock to a public structure and throwing away the key. It offers numerous possibilities for meaningful personalisation, but needs to be mindfully prepared and performed on the day ... More
Redesigning Wedding Ceremonies for 2020
Categories: | Wedding Ceremony | Wedding Rituals |(19/07/2020)
While developing my own COVIDSafe plan for the ceremonies I officiate, it became clear that many parts of the ceremony now need a different approach in order to keep everyone safe. The challenge is how to adapt the ceremony to make it safer without compromising the emotion of the occasion ... More
Balloons and Bushfires
Categories: Naming Ceremonies | Wedding
Ceremony | Wedding Rituals | Wedding
Planning | (12/09/2019)
Balloon releases can cause or spread bushfires More
