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Imagine your perfect ceremony...
​now let's make it happen
 

AVALONIAN OR TRADITIONAL CELTIC
​Handfasting Ceremony for Wedding or Vow Renewal 

Including the following:
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In-depth consultations by zoom and/or in person with your sacred celebrant, plus site visit if possible.
●  Ceremonial assistant for the special day.
●  Bespoke ceremony created and held for you (Approximately 1 to 1.5 hours).
●  Ceremonial circle, with ivy, flowers and rose petals.
●  Air, Fire, Water and Earth blessing rituals
●  Water from the Chalice Well, both Red and White Springs for the water blessings.
●  Ceremonial chalice/goblet (for you to keep)
●  Sacred Celebrant’s Candle, lit from the eternal flame of Avalon, to light your handfasting candle in the fire ritual (for you to keep)
●  Jumping of the Broom ritual*
●  Organic, locally made Mead and Cake Ceremony (see optional extras)
●  “Tying the Knot” with sacred Wand and Hoop (for you to decorate and keep)
●  Handfasting ribbons
●  Blessing ribbons for guests
●  Handfasting candle decorated with herbs, ribbons and charms (for you to keep)
●  Drums, wind chimes and Tibetan bowls during ceremony
●  Parchment scrolls with vows and readings
●  Handfasting certificate
●  ​Rustic crate for your keepsakes

*The “Jumping of the Broom” is included and held to mark the end of the ceremony and symbolises leaping forward across the threshold into your new life together. It is lots of fun for everyone and a great photo opportunity! You can use my own besom or decorate and bring your own.
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Cost for Traditional Celtic or Avalonian Handfasting Ceremony for wedding or vow renewal at location of your choice: £695
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If you are having the ceremony at The Yurt Sanctuary, this price includes the use of the ceremonial space, both in the meadow and Willow Yurt. If you are having the ceremony somewhere else, please remember that there will be the additional venue hire costs to consider. If you are interested in the Yurt Sanctuary Luxury Weekend Wedding Package, please see below for further details.

Please also note that under current regulations in England, to be legally married, you will also need to sign a document with a registrar, prior to/after your wedding celebration.
​Optional Extras:
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Cake and Mead Ceremony

If you would like this traditional ritual included, it comes after the ceremony and the jumping of the broom. Organic Somerset Mead from Avalon Vineyards will be provided for you and your guests during the ceremony (organic local apple juice for those guests not wishing to have alcohol). You may provide your own cake if you wish. Price for this ceremony is number dependent, approximate cost £40-£80

Sacred Couple’s Incense Blending Ceremony and Sound Bath
The day/evening before your handfasting wedding/vow renewal, you can enjoy this wonderful ceremony, which lasts approximately an hour. During this elemental bonding ritual (created by the High Priestess of the famous Goddess Temple on the Isle of Avalon), you will create together your own special pot of incense, to then be used during the element of “AIR” blessings at your handfasting. This will be yours to keep and whenever you light it, you will be taken back to your magical ceremony. The ritual is followed by a gentle relaxing sound bath, during which you will lie or sit in the floral representation of the Vesica Pisces symbol, as seen at the head of the Chalice Well in Glastonbury. Cost £120
 

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BESPOKE LUXURY
Weekend Wedding Package at The Yurt Sanctuary

CEREMONY FOR UP TO 30 GUESTS
​The Yurt Sanctuary (including yurts, barn and meadow) will be your personal paradise for the weekend of your ceremony.
(Friday 3pm - Sunday 3pm)
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​WILDWOOD AND LITTLE OAK YURTS available for accommodation, including private use of the wood-fired hot tubs. Little Oak sleeps one couple and up to 2 children. Wildwood sleeps one couple and up to 3 children. (Dogs allowed in Wildwood). Up to 6 guests can “camp” in Willow yurt on the Saturday night only. Prosecco and chocolates in the chosen “Wedding Yurt”.
“Sacred Couple’s Incense Blending and Sound Bath” ceremony on the Friday Eve (One hour, usually £120 extra).
Handfasting/Wedding/Vow Renewal Ceremony on Saturday, late morning (See ceremony details above). If the weather is inclement, we will make use of gazebos and Willow Yurt.
After the ceremony, relax and picnic in the meadow or move to your chosen afternoon/evening reception venue close by.
Saturday night, relax around the campfire and retire to the comfortable bed in your luxury yurt.
​Sunday morning: Coffee/tea, fresh orange juice and croissants/pastries provided in the barn for yurt guests. Enjoy a relaxing time at the sanctuary, feed the pygmy goats and collect eggs from the free-range hens to take home with you, before setting off by 3pm.
​Visit the Yurt Sanctuary website.
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Costs for Bespoke Luxury Weekend Wedding Package at the Yurt Sanctuary:

May-September : £1500
October : £1200
Nov/Dec* : £1000
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*Please note that only “Little Oak” Yurt is available for accommodation for Nov/Dec.
​Optional Extras in the healing yurt 'Willow':
​● Swedish/Sports massage with Dan from “Bentley Bodyworks” - £55 (1hr)
● Crystal healing, Aura Clearing and Chakra balancing session (Including Wild Oak Alchemy Spray to keep) - £55 (Approx. 1.5 hrs)
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● Flower and Vibrational Essence session (Including a bottle of specially created essences for you to take away) - £55 (Approx. 1.5 hrs)
 

A UNIQUE AND PERSONAL FAREWELL
Passing Over Ceremony

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL “Rite of Passage Ceremony,” to honour the passing of your loved one, and send them onto their next soul adventure with your blessing. It was created by priestesses of the Goddess Temple in Glastonbury and can be held either prior to or after a formal funeral, even many years after their passing. We hold this ceremony in our healing yurt “Willow”, which is set in the wildflower meadow at The Yurt Sanctuary in Somerset. If there is a special place you would like to do this instead, that is also possible. (Please note that this is usually an indoor ceremony, unless there is seating and rain cover available at your outside venue of choice)
We use the elements of air, fire, water and earth to help you say the goodbye that either you didn’t get the chance to at the time or maybe it was not exactly in the way you would have liked.
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This heart-felt ceremony gives the opportunity to all present to contribute and feel part of the celebration of the departed. You may want to tell stories about your life with them, or just communicate quietly, directly from your soul. It can be as respectful, peaceful or joyful as you would like, with your own choices of music.
The ceremony ends with a gentle sound bath meditation, where you will journey with your beloved as a group and say your final farewells.
To allow all present to be fully involved, this ceremony has a maximum of 12 participants. It will last from 1-2 hours. Please do feel free to bring anything meaningful to place on the altar during the ceremony.
Costs for the Passing Over Ceremony
​The Passing over ceremony can be held either in the daytime or the evening (by candlelight). This is an intimate ceremony in which everyone takes part, so numbers are limited.
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Ceremony in Willow Yurt (for up to 12 people) 1.5-2hrs: £200

Ceremony at location of your choice (must be seating and covered area available) 1.5-2hrs:  £250
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Intimate ceremony for 1 or 2 people at a location of your choice - 1hr: £130, (to include travel up to 15 miles from BA3 4SA)
 

GATHER AND CELEBRATE
Baby Naming Ceremony

​A WONDERFUL WAY to celebrate your child, (or as an alternative/addition to a traditional christening), this ceremony can be created for children of any age. You may want to reveal your baby’s name officially to friends and family or take the opportunity to mark a special birthday for an older child. It is a beautiful way to gather and celebrate, using nature, the elements, music (and bubbles!), plus the ceremony involves plenty for the younger guests to do. As with all our ceremonies, this will be completely bespoke and created entirely for you. It can also be part of a weekend stay at the Yurt Sanctuary… if you have booked both yurts, you will have the whole place to yourselves, with plenty for adults, children (and dogs!) to enjoy and explore.
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Costs for the Baby Naming Ceremony

​Baby Naming/Child Celebrating Ceremony at location of your choice: £350
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Baby naming/Child Celebrating Ceremony at the Yurt Sanctuary (as part of weekend accommodation booking): £300
 

AN UPLIFTING AFFIRMATION
Adult Naming Ceremony

THIS IS AN EMPOWERING CEREMONY to help you step confidently into the future, proudly declaring who you are. Whether you are claiming a different name for a fresh start, reclaiming one that had been lost or simply saying out loud the name you want to be known as from this point onward, together with the help of the elements. I will create a beautiful and uplifting elemental ceremony for you and your guests to celebrate you “standing in your sovereignty”. This can include, readings, poems, songs, music… whatever helps you connect strongly with the essence of who you truly are!
Costs for the Adult Naming Ceremony

​Adult Naming Ceremony at the Yurt Sanctuary (with up to 20 guests): £300

Adult Naming Ceremony at location of your choice: £350
Feel free to get in touch
If you would like to have a chat about your ideas, or provisionally book a weekend for your celebration, please call Michele on 07971 910769

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