Ceremony helps us to bring attention and intention to our experience. We can create ceremonies to help us understand who we've been, who we are, and who we are becoming. Rite-of-passage experiences, especially in the incredible transition from girl to woman, can be very powerful and transform us in ways we could not have imagined, including those supporting youth in their unfolding.
Love Your Nature ceremonies help connect girls to 3 essential themes:
Ceremonies specific to girls in their coming-of-age process can look really different depending on the girl and what's being honored. Offerings have have been as simple as a facilitated intimate gathering of friends and family, or complex as a a half day or overnight ceremonial marking with advanced preparations. We've also created events for groups of girls and their families that acknowledge and make visible the community essential to create thriving coming-of-age experiences.
Experiences like this can stand alone, like an evening fire ceremony, or help imbue another level of creativity and meaning when connected to other types of more traditional celebrations, like a crafted day leading up to a 'Sweet 16', or a follow up to a bat mitzvah.
Though every experience is different, here is an idea of how it might look, as you begin your process:
We generally only offer ceremonies to girls enrolled in our groups/circles, but occasionally are available to offer some magic to families outside our long term program. Please fill out our Contact Form and let us know a little more about what you're looking for!
Love Your Nature ceremonies help connect girls to 3 essential themes:
- the natural world
- their own nature
- the nature of life
Ceremonies specific to girls in their coming-of-age process can look really different depending on the girl and what's being honored. Offerings have have been as simple as a facilitated intimate gathering of friends and family, or complex as a a half day or overnight ceremonial marking with advanced preparations. We've also created events for groups of girls and their families that acknowledge and make visible the community essential to create thriving coming-of-age experiences.
Experiences like this can stand alone, like an evening fire ceremony, or help imbue another level of creativity and meaning when connected to other types of more traditional celebrations, like a crafted day leading up to a 'Sweet 16', or a follow up to a bat mitzvah.
Though every experience is different, here is an idea of how it might look, as you begin your process:
- 1:1 session with your daughter to get to know each other + collaborative space to dream into the practical (what she wants to do) and meaning (what this all represents).
- Follow up call/session to review and plan the details; your roles, siblings or friends' roles.
- 1/2 day or overnight experience
- Post-ceremony follow up to help integrate the experience.
We generally only offer ceremonies to girls enrolled in our groups/circles, but occasionally are available to offer some magic to families outside our long term program. Please fill out our Contact Form and let us know a little more about what you're looking for!
