…beyond our common perceptions of understanding and into ones that we may describe as more infinite, at times astounding, or simply connective in a way that feels authentic and deeply validating. Such experiences can be revelatory, as if the fog has lifted and you can see with piercing clarity that which moments before remained hidden. They may initiate profound connection or love with yourself, or with other people, animals, plants, trees, the cosmos, the elements, or the ethereal in any manifestation. It may be a moment of insight or context that allows you to orient, grieve, celebrate, accept, make space, shift existing habits or patterns, or otherwise emerge with greater authority, agency, and faith in yourself and your life. Such experiences cultivate a sense of inner intimacy and strengthen our sense of belonging and purpose. They anchor us to our humanity and to the humanity we share with and bestow upon others.

Ritual and ceremony provide an intentional and reverent container that gently ushers participants into a type of connection and revelation that is simultaneously self-guided and divinely led. The primary medicine is to surrender to such experiences – through our attention and participation, we experience and thus validate our innermost sense of knowing and connection. Ritual and ceremony are never meant to fix or solve, but rather they serve as a way to witness and acknowledge ourselves in the ever-evolving and transforming process that is the human experience. In a society committed and deeply oriented toward the rational, the linear, and the sequential, ritual and ceremony strengthen an authority we long for but is often missing from our daily orientation—an authority grounded in our innermost wisdom, belonging, and faith.

As a ceremonialist, I do not work within a specific lineage or framework. I draw from and am guided by my experience as an interspiritual minister, my own ancestral heritage and spiritual traditions, and whatever lineages you connect with and bring to our time together. I create no-faith, multi-faith, and all-faith experiences as guided by the needs, desires, and ancestry of those I work with. I listen with presence, curiosity, and imagination, and I find what longs to be incubated, birthed, celebrated, or composted.

We all have a different pathway to connection with ourselves, with others, with the ethereal, and to that which is greater than ourselves. We can find our sense of spiritual connection through many channels, varying widely from letters and numbers, song and dance, words and communication, nature and cosmos, ancient religious and spiritual practice, philosophy and science, and the many combinations and expressions in between.

When we work together, we will identify your formal and informal spiritual meaning-making systems (where you find connection), validate them, and explore how to orient yourself alongside them in a way that feels comfortable, connected, and in service to what you are seeking. From there, we will create a ritual and/or ceremony that meets you at whatever stage of life or time of transition you find yourself in. 

Ceremony and ritual do not need to be complex or formal to meet our needs—success is most often grounded in the extent to which it is personal, honest, and intentional. It does not always have to be profound or to feel deeply spiritual. If it feels meaningful, it has done its job. In working together, we will find the path to meaning that is uniquely yours and that you particularly long for in whatever ways you are seeking right now.

When to Seek the Support of Ritual or Ceremony

Ceremony and ritual offer respite, guidance, and resourcing. We can invite it into our lives at any time and for diverse reasons. Sometimes we seek ritual and ceremony during moments of longing that are transitional, joyful, challenging, elusive, or even unnamable. We do not always need to know why we need it when we reach for it. Often the journey of creating a ritual or ceremony reveals and solidifies the need itself.

Other times, we have clearly defined events or transitions that call for witnessing, gathering, or personal or community acknowledgement or processing, such as marriage, baby blessings, miscarriage, death, or other transitions or rites of passage. Ritual and ceremony work as well in times of uncertainty and ambiguity as they do in cases that are “traditional” or easier to define.

Rituals and ceremonies can be small and highly personal for just you or one or two others, or they can involve groups and communities as witnesses and participants. All those present experience an impact from the ceremony, no matter their role.

Here are some examples of common times/events/transitions that people seek ceremony for. That said, these are fluid and emergent. Please reach out with any inquiry, no matter how obscure or indescribable.

• To celebrate a birth or blessing: a new baby, creative project, home, or career

• To mark commitment: to yourself or others, such as marriage or intimate partnership union, collaborations or working partnerships, friendship, adoption of pets or children

• To honor: birthdays, anniversaries, and rites-of-passage, such as coming of age, menarche, pregnancy and birth, menopause, and end of life

• To embody thresholds: to grieve, offer and receive healing, or to honor transitions related to the body, emotions, or spirit

• To commemorate transitions: gender identity, location of residence, and changes to the landscape/ecosystem, as well as relationship transitions, such as intimate partnership separations or other family constellation changes; parenting transitions such as weaning, children leaving the house, and children becoming caretakers to parents; abortion; miscarriage; and deaths of loved ones (including pets)

• To seek the unknown: you feel longing, but you don’t know what it is for yet

• To create new traditions: to honor your unique situation or needs

I offer two types of ceremonial services: one where we co-create and I facilitate, and the other where I help you incubate and craft a ceremony that you or someone else facilitates.

Ritual and Ceremony Incubation

Crafting ritual and ceremony is a co-creative process that involves connecting to yourself and your web of spiritual belonging, whatever it may be. It is a synergy between the intention of the gathering and the larger systems of meaning-making to which we belong.  

Crafting ceremony or ritual requires that we get in touch with all aspects of this synergy:

• What are your spiritual meaning-making systems?

• What helps you feel connected, authentic, alive, and connected to your inner authority?

• What is the purpose or intention of this ceremony?

• What is the longing from which this ceremony was born?

From there, we explore symbols, traditions, and other ceremonial and ritual elements that might be a good fit for you. We discuss how to weave them together to build meaning and initiate an experience in alignment with your comfort, needs and intention.

I am always happy to share stories and experiences from my own role as a ceremonialist and share ideas based on your spiritual traditions, as well as simply follow the threads of meaning in your own life.

Depending on what we identify in our work together, ritual and ceremony incubation can successfully occur in one to three sessions.

Ritual and Ceremony Facilitation

In this arrangement, we co-create your unique ritual or ceremony, and I facilitate it. Whether it is a wedding, rite of passage, healing ceremony, separation, career transition, death, or other threshold to be acknowledged and honored, we work together to determine the need for your occasion, the spiritual direction, and approach, and to create and orchestrate all aspects of your vision and purpose.

Rituals and ceremonies often require a team to put together. We will work together on the vision, purpose, intention, ceremonial structure, and content. I will craft and facilitate the ceremony, while family or friend(s) may carry out the logistics and take on hosting roles and organizational responsibilities, such as sending out invitations and managing RSVPS, organizing food or other offerings, coordinating the location, and orchestrating set-up and clean-up. As a ceremonial officiant, I take all responsibility for creating, setting up and facilitating the ceremony or ritual itself, I do not take on logistical or hosting roles, such as sending invitations, communicating with invitees, or decorating/cleaning up the event space.

Depending on the nature of your ceremony or ritual, we will need to meet for two to five sessions to envision and prepare the event. Pricing is determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on the nature of your ceremony. 

I have limited availability to facilitate ceremonies, but I am always happy to consider your needs and date(s).

Please contact me with inquiries—I look forward to hearing from you!

In their own words…

“Brittany held a healing ceremony for me in the days before I was scheduled to undergo major surgery as treatment for a Stage 2 cancer diagnosis.”

“The procedure would render me unable to bear another child, and I imagined the ceremony would be a space to hold and support me in a time of acute grief: a place to shed tears, voice anxieties, and receive support and affirmation from loved ones.

“It was all of those things, and so much more. Years of personal and intergenerational healing took place during those four hours as Brittany gently invited and intuitively guided me to unearth and release other parts of my story and past experiences that were deeply woven in with all that I was holding around my diagnosis and surgery. It was one of the most profound and transformational experiences of my life, and to this day the healing continues to unfold in ways I could have never imagined.

“Brittany, thank you for crafting and leading such a beautiful ceremony for me in my time of immense sorrow. Every detail was choreographed thoughtfully and with love. The various elements were simple in nature yet deeply personal to me and ripe with meaning and symbolism. 

“Your skill and capacity to hold sacred space, to organize and lead a group within that space, and to intuitively adapt to and accompany someone through their emergent healing process created the perfect container into which I was able to fully surrender and release many layers of grief—all while being witnessed and held by my village. It was a true rite-of-passage moment, and I can’t think of anyone I’d rather have as a guide, witness, companion, and ceremonial leader.”

—Sarah

“Our wedding was one of the most significant days of our lives, and the intention imbued in our ceremony built a foundation that continues to guide us.”

“It was an absolute honor and a joy to work with Brittany as the ceremonial officiant for our wedding. Her approach was highly personal and individualized to us, while seamlessly incorporating her expertise in ritual and ceremony alongside her creative intuition. She was attentive and curious about our individual and shared values, our love, and what getting married meant to us. She then skillfully inspired us to envision how our reflections on these things could translate into elements of our ceremony. Brittany helped us to discover the perfect blend of tradition, creativity, and originality, resulting in a ceremony that was authentic to our style, spirituality, and life experiences. Our collaboration was an incredibly satisfying and meaningful experience, and we are so proud of the ceremony we ended up with.

“Brittany’s approach was well-paced and kept us grounded in heart and spirit throughout the wedding-planning process. Similarly, during the ceremony—amidst nerves and great vulnerability—we felt so well cared for and steadied. Her warm, uplifting presence and the beautiful words she blessed us with meant so much to us and resonated deeply with our loved ones. 

“If you have the opportunity to work with Brittany on any ritual or ceremony, we wholeheartedly encourage you to take it—and to savor the experience!”

—Vanessa and Josh

“Brittany is a true magician, story teller, weaver or worlds and words, and creates glorious individually curated ceremonies and rituals that I am so grateful to have in my life.”

“Brittany has led us through ceremony for all of our family’s major thresholds over the past 5 years: a blessing circle for me prior to the birth of our first child, a naming ceremony for our baby after birth, a Mikva for me before our wedding, and our wedding ceremony. These ceremonies and events ranged in formality and intimacy, but she held the container exactly how it needed to be for each one of them and helped make them the most transcendent, grounding, creative, and meaningful events in my life.

“For each ceremony, Brittany met us and our capacity with grace – at times taking the lead from just a small amount of input and at other times investing hours into our process – helping us create ceremony that reflected our relationship, our parenting, our community and our diverse ancestral backgrounds. Each offering prepared, held, and nourished me and our family in ways that I knew we needed, and in some that I didn’t.

“Our wedding ceremony brought together so many disjointed values, ideas, goals, and whims in the most beautiful and meaningful way I could ever have imagined, all because of Brittany’s patience, talent, creativity, and investment in building a truly powerful, cohesive, and deeply meaningful ceremony. She met us with so much ease no matter what came up and she always found creative ways to draw out our vision when we weren’t clear about it. Perhaps most importantly, as people who were nervous to be witnessed in front of 175 people, she never overlooked or forgot to integrate what we needed to be present during our ceremony – she managed to keep us and the ceremony centered on our intimacy and intentions while simultaneously engaging and captivating our community. 

“From the vast range of experiences I have had working with Brittany, I can say with complete confidence that she is able to create whatever you want and need!”

—R.C.

“Working with Brittany to create my daughter’s menarche ceremony was an incredibly moving experience.”

“While she did not facilitate the ceremony, she was critical in the creation of the day. Her guidance provided me with affirmation and levity during a powerfully tender time, supporting me in the creation of an event that ushered my daughter into young womanhood in a way that left her feeling autonomous, witnessed, fully supported, and deeply loved.

“Brittany leaned on her own sharp intuition, well-honed listening skills, and breadth of experience to help us all weave a lasting memory that will feed the generations to come. Thank you, Brittany, for helping us to remember the importance of marking these life transitions in community. Your leadership in crafting ceremony and reclaiming tradition is a gift.”

—Tamara

Scheduling, Logistics, and Payment

I offer one-hour sessions for all ritual and ceremony work. Sessions take place in person in Conway, MA, or over the phone.

My in-person location involves a short walk through the yard (with a mild incline) and a flight of three stairs. Please contact me with questions or concerns about accessibility.

For remote/phone sessions, I will call you at the number provided at the time of the session. I occasionally run one to three minutes late.

A nonrefundable $50 deposit is required via PayPal at the time of scheduling. If you cancel/reschedule your appointment with more than 24 hours’ notice, you may transfer your deposit to a future booking. The remainder of the fee is due following the session, and you will receive payment instructions via email afterward.

One-hour session: $145 (or read about my sliding scale below).

For most ritual and ceremony facilitation, I charge a fixed fee for service rather than hourly, we will discuss your project and your needs individually. If you are interested in working together for ceremony facilitation please reach out.

Sliding Scale Rate:

One-hour: $95–$195

The cost of the session is listed above. For those who can afford it, please consider paying on the higher end of the sliding scale—your offering directly impacts my ability to offer reduced rates to those who are not able to pay the full fee. If you have to choose between services such as these and paying for food, housing, or other living expenses as a result of systemic oppression, please pay on the lower end of the sliding scale. I reserve space in my schedule each month to accommodate further reduced rates, so please contact me to make arrangements.