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Prayer Flags for a Wedding Ceremony
Posted in Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Nature Based, Prayer Flags, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Weddings
Tagged buddhist ceremony, ct podcast, CT wedding officiant, ct weddings, customized wedding rituals, DIY ritual, outdoor wedding, prayer flags, ritual recipes podcast, saint clements castle, weddings, Zita Christian
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Episode 5 – Spirit Spoons and Garden Gifts Rituals
Do you need protection? Eat basil. Do you seek abundance? Have some mint. Do you want to help your family find peace? Serve coriander. Herbs and spices are full of magical properties and lend themselves to rituals. Spirit Spoons I … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Uncategorized, Weddings
Tagged Garden Gifts, kitchen ritual, spirit spoon, stir up the sun
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Episode 4 – Oathing Stones and Ritual Rocks for Personal Goals and Wedding Vows
Layered, piled, buried, jutting up from the ground, stones weave the tapestry of the earth. They symbolize the old, the everlasting…the ancestors. What does it mean to make a oath on a stone connected to the realm of the departed? … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Marriage Equality, Oathing Stones, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Wedding Vows, Weddings
Tagged celtic wedding, first look, lotus, oathing stone, vineyard wedding, vows on stone, wedding ceremony, wedding ritual
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Episode 2 – Imbolc Rituals with the Celtic Goddess Brigid and Root Vegetables
What do root vegetables, horseshoes, the groundhog and the Celtic Goddess Brigid have in common? They’re the ingredients of two mid-winter rituals I want to share with you. I live in Connecticut. Winters are long and cold. In early February, … Continue reading
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Ritual Recipes Podcast, Seasonal
Tagged blacksmith, Brigid, Celtic, forge, Goddess, horseshoes, Imbolc, kitchen ritual, root vegetables, winter ceremony
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A Holiday Dinner Ritual – Give These 4 Gifts from Your Heart
The holiday season is known for both generosity and commercialism. As you gather around a dinner table with friends and family, here’s a simple ritual you can use to share gifts from the heart with those you love.
Posted in Ceremony Ideas, Friendship, Life in General, Seasonal
Tagged bowls of abundance ritual, Christmas dinner, gifts from the heart, holiday dinner ritual, spiritual gifts for guests
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Want a meaningful way to celebrate the holiday season?
It’s early-December. Here in the northern hemisphere, the days shrink as darkness, unstoppable since the Summer Solstice last June, relentlessly nibbles the light. This battle between night and day is as old as time. And things are about to change.
Posted in Celtic, Ceremony Ideas, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Seasonal
Tagged candles, Christmas, darkest night, December holidays, evergreens, gift giving, here comes the sun, Janus, new year's resolutions, ritual, seasonal rituals, simple rituals, snow, Summer Solstice, winter solstice, wreaths, Yule
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Facing My Worst Wedding Fear
This past weekend, I faced my worst wedding nightmare and it couldn’t have turned out better. On Friday, I ran the rehearsal for Sarah and Mike at the Mystic Arts Center. It went fine. On Saturday, I woke up … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony Ideas, Friendship, Life in General, Weddings
Tagged A Creative Photography, Authentic Ceremonies, East Coast Image, first look, Ivy's Simply Homemade, Mystic Arts Center, outdoor wedding, Victoria Burdick, waterfront wedding, wedding nightmare
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Imbolc, Brigid, and the Groundhog
Earlier this week, I celebrated the solar festival of Imbolc, the feast of the Goddess Brigid, at Meg’s Inspirations, a local spiritual boutique in Manchester, CT. Imbolc is an old, old Celtic solar festival that celebrates the fulfillment of the … Continue reading
Ritual: GARDEN GIFTS by Zita Christian
Many believe that eating basil will protect you and give you courage. And eating orange peel will make you fertile. True. My daughter Laurie Neronha and I love to cook. Despite the aggression implied in the language of the kitchen … Continue reading
Posted in Business Blessings, Cultural Traditions, Friendship, Life in General, Marriage Equality, Weddings
Tagged basil, Connecticut JP, cultural heritage, customized wedding rituals, ethnic heritage, Garden Gifts, herbs, Justice of the Peace, Laurie Neronha, magical plants, Moon River Rituals, officiant, orange peel, plants, Ritual Writer, rosemary, tarragon, wedding, Zita Christian
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Say Yes to a Friend
My first television show came about because a friend, Bea Sheftel, asked me to do her a favor. The fact that I knew nothing about television didn’t matter to her. She said we’d make a good team. I was willing … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Funerals, Life in General
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