crossing the threshold
RITES
of
PASSAGE
Ceremonies to honor the life-death-life cycle.
have you paused to honor the threshold you are stepping across?
you might be crossing a threshold if:
You are in a liminal year; perhaps crossing from your teens into your twenties, your twenties into your thirties.
You are in the midst of either one of your Saturn Returns, crossing into adulthood or into middle age.
You are moving through a grieving + death process - a literal death you are mourning, a divorce, or a break-up.
You are celebrating a momentous life event - a wedding, a baby shower, an anniversary, a birthday, retirement - and wish to create space to process and honor the deeper transition around it.
You feel a strong sense that a part of you either has died or is in the process of dying, and a new self is being born.
here is what we can do together
We can co-create the altar of your transformation. Depending on the resources you have available, I can travel to hold space for you or we can create a virtual container where I will help you weave the threshold-crossing your soul is craving. This can, in some cases, incorporate plant medicine (but does not need to). Below, please find a list of offerings.
01 | private threshold retreat
A private retreat, solo or with a group of people who honor your truest self and want to support you across the threshold (or, perhaps, there is a collective threshold for the group wanting to be honored). This will include a ceremony we can dream into together, with or without plant medicine as a guide.
02 | bridal blessing ceremony
A Bridal Blessing can happen in the place of a bachelorette party or bridal shower. This ceremony can be scheduled in the days leading up to your wedding or in a private retreat container in the months leading to your wedding day. I will travel to your destination of choice to facilitate. Leading up to the Blessing, we will meet remotely several times to honor and grieve the maiden phase that you are leaving behind and to welcome the new chapter of self that you are stepping into.
03 | birth blessing ceremony
A Birth Blessing surrounded by your closest friends, where the focal point is on supporting you in the initiation that will be giving birth and bestowing spiritual blessings upon you and your baby. Leading up to this, we will meet remotely to honor and grieve the maiden you are leaving behind and to welcome the mother being born in you.
04 | remote support - threshold crossing
A remote container where, together, we plan a ceremony that will honor the threshold you are currently stepping over. This can incorporate plant medicine and/or take place in nature. I will not be physically present at the ceremony but will help you to build the container and honor you in prayer from afar. This container will take place over three sessions so that I can help you to prepare and to integrate.
05 | Remote support - bridal blessing
A remote consultation (with additional support sessions as needed) to plan a Bridal Blessing for you. We can work together to find the perfect venue and flow. I will not be physically present at the ceremony but will help you to build the container and honor you in prayer from afar. You are welcome to select a friend as Master of Ceremonies for the day of the Blessing to join the consultation with you.
06 | remote support - birth Blessing
A remote consultation (with additional support sessions as needed) to plan a Birth Blessing for you. We can work together to find the perfect venue and flow. I will not be physically present at the ceremony but will be help to build the container and honor you in prayer from afar. You are welcome to select a friend as Master of Ceremonies for the day of the Blessing to join the consultation with you.
Ready to work together?
CLIENT LOVE
“Olivia is a deeply kind, present, and wise facilitator and space-holder.
I had the privilege of working with her recently on a medicine journey and found myself feeling incredibly safe to contact big emotions, prayers, and realizations. Olivia offered a perfect balance of structure and flexibility: allowing me to follow my own desires and intuition, but also guiding me gently toward the things I might have avoided on my own. Besides feeling safe in her gentle presence, I also really appreciated the reiki work she incorporated. As someone who is sensitive to energy, I could tell that Olivia has the skill and intuition to work with reiki in very powerful ways. I recommend her highly as a person of integrity, depth, vision, and loving presence. Though she is very powerful, she is also humble and holds this work with a beautiful sense of humor and lightness. If you have the chance to work with Olivia, I recommend you to move forward wholeheartedly!
- Samantha, Rites of Passage client