Wedding Blog

One of the most facinating parts of my trip was visiting with a Shaman named Raven. She performs spiritual weddings for guests of Waterfall Villas and other locations in Costa Rica.

Raven traveled and studied at more than 200 sacred sites around the world. She brings that vast knowledge of customs and ancient traditions into her ceremony.

One beautiful feature of her ceremony is that she builds sacred altars. She like to create a space, fill it with love and celebrate something special, like a marriage in that space.

One of the current ceremonies she uses comes from European/Celtic tradtions. She includes handfasting with spoken promises between the bride and groom. Each colored ribbon symbolizes on of those promises.

The “Blessing Boat” was my favorite part of the ceremony. The couple works together to build a boat out of flowers and leaves and then sends it down the waterfall. The “boat” goes in many directions based on the rocks and the current but it eventually reaches the bottom. This symbolizes releasing the marriage to be whatever it is to be. Life doesn’t always go exactly as we plan it. A good marriage needs to adapt to the many ways we travel through life and througout the couple remains together.

Raven has also done Native American wedding ceremonies and she is currently working on a Christian ceremony.

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Susan