ART AND SOUL CEREMONIES - Lighting the path
Ellen Michel - Celebrant. The art of making ceremony with meaning is something Ellen's ispassionate about. Ceremony is an important way to punctuate significantlife cycle stages. Ellen works with you to create a life cycletransitional ceremony into which your personal symbols, experiences etcare woven and thus authenticate your life as it was and as it will bein its new stage.

- Acknowledge your new state of being with an appropriate ceremony for you or your loved ones.
- A ceremony created and tailored for your distinctive nature.
- NamingCeremonies. This provides a space to celebrate and givethanks for the new baby or child and is an opportunity to introduce himor her to the wider world of the family and extended family.
- Ritesof Passage (Puberty, Adulthood, Motherhood, Fatherhood) These are particularly poignant rituals becausethey mark corner stones of our lives and they often without recognition of their profound importance to thepsychological and physical well being of the individual.
- MidlifeTransition Honoring the midway with respect and reverencehelps to distinguish that person as a figure of wisdom.
- HouseDedication Blessing the sacred space of the home now andinto the future will have a lasting effect on how we view thisspace.
- Loss and Grief A very important aspect of loss and grief isto give form to it and in so doing honour the loss and griefwe feel and transform it into a rich posiative energyour lives aftersuch a tragedy.
- RelationshipTransition from Divorce. Often this change ofstatus is poorly honoured but it is important to mark it in order tomoveby validating new status.
- FuneralCeremonies. Funeral services provide a verypersonal and heartfelt message about our loved one and are acelebration of a life lived. The importance in providingmeaning is paramount.
All ceremony costs are $350 including consultation and writing ofceremony to your satisfaction. To Contact Ellen Michel click here to fillin enquiry form. Alternately call Ellen Michel's studio on (03) 9457 7027








