I invite you to explore with me the sacred art of Ceremony, used throughout human history to live fully, connected to community, rooted to the rhythms of nature and present to however the sacred lives for each of us.

Be it familiar rites like weddings or memorials, or other forms of Ceremony to mark your milestones, I am here to serve you.

You bring your vision and ideas; I bring my training and knowledge. Together we will use the art of Ceremony to create a conscious, personal, and beautiful experience that can resonate throughout your whole life.

Ceremony is a life tool

Ceremony is a very versatile tool, used to mark important transitions in life, from memorials and funerals, to weddings and vow renewals, to other rites of passage and earth-honouring events.

Ceremony can also build community, strengthen ties, create belonging and reflect diversity. In this way, ceremonies support and create change both in an individual life and in service of the whole.

Celebrate a Milestone

“Carrie, I am so very grateful for all you did to make my birthday party such a success. The games were amazing and sooooo very much appreciated and fun! What you contributed and the time it took to do it means a lot and has touched me deeply - thank you so much! The same words keep coming up...grateful, blessed, gift.

You are an amazing person and have so much talent...go spread that around...people would be lucky to have you!”

Barbara Carter
Inspired Choreographer
& Sacred Circle Dance Leader
Ottawa, ON

What else is Ceremony?

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Ceremony is a time and space consciously intended to be apart from ordinary life, in which we create connection to ourselves and to the cycle of Life.

Every culture in the world has ceremonies that acknowledge and incorporate the major life events of those within the community.

Ceremony through Dance

“I was in a course where Ceremony was a key component and an expression of the core teachings of the Celtic Medicine Wheel. Carrie co-created this amazing complex Sacred Circle Dance that embodied those teachings. She patiently showed us the moves in sequences until we were all comfortable, and then the whole dance. Her instructions were crystal clear and her movements graceful and precise. The energy and transformation that I experienced were both wondrous and profound. I highly recommend her as a Ceremonialist.”

Thérèse Bourgeois
Certified Sage-ing Leader
Wakefield, QC

What is a Ceremonialist?

As a Ceremonialist, I see my role as helping you bring the intention of the ancient tradition of ceremony into your modern-day life.

A Celebrant, in my case, is someone who has trained with the Celebrant Foundation and Institute and completed a certification in the creation and performance of wedding ceremonies. I’ve also completed a Funeral Celebrancy training course with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids.

I’m ordained as a Minister with the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry.

In addition to performing weddings and vow renewals, my years of training in the Arts uniquely qualify me to offer other types of ceremonies, including funerals and memorials, divorce ceremonies, baby ceremonies, mother blessings, home blessings, rites of passage, Earth-honouring celebrations, pet funerals, & any other celebration you can imagine!

How come I do this work?

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Simply put, offering Ceremony is a way for me to be of service to others.

I've arrived at being a Ceremonialist, having sought answers about how I'm meant to be living for many years now and having tried many different things in my life.

Through these earlier experiences - in particular with music, dance, language and teaching - I've honed many of the ceremonial tools I now use and have discovered that Ceremony has become their most refined and service-oriented use to date.

*Due to health concerns or simply geographical challenges, we can adapt how we work together to create a ceremony.

Our planning conversations can be by telephone or internet.

We can plan a ceremony done virtually/with the help of the internet.

Elements that we can include in a virtual ceremony might include:

sharing your stories and wishes
praying together (if this is a part of your traditions)
lighting candles
viewing photos
listening to meaningful music
toasting
and more!

Reach out to explore these and more ideas!

Weddings

Other Ceremonies

Funerals