weaving together sacred space, sound, and somatics for safe, trauma-informed ceremony experiences ∞

my intention

My intention with my ceremony work is to create a space where you can go within for answers, be supported in sitting with discomfort, process and integrate challenging experiences, and celebrate life's joys and gifts.

This work is rooted in my values of presence, integrity, compassion, reciprocity and benefit sharing, authenticity, responsibility, creativity, and collaboration.

During my ceremonies, I work with the following healing practices and tools:

  • rituals, songs, and healing practices from my ancestry and from my teachers

  • plant medicines and herbal remedies

  • live medicine music sung and played on many different instruments

  • soothing, restorative sound baths

  • sharing circles

  • meditation and visualization

  • somatic embodiment practices

  • energetic processing and clearing

  • breathwork

  • vocal toning and chanting

  • writing exercises

  • free-form movement

To journey

To be in ritual, in prayer,

the present moment

A safe and sacred space

To breathe in

To breathe out

To feel the body

To know the heart

To listen

To make space

Endings

And beginnings

To sit with the magic of the mystery, surrender to the unknown

To cry tears like rivers, spilling over with sorrow and grief

To dance with joy and laugh with bright beams of celebration

To fill the belly with wisdom, truth, and clarity

To feel the earth’s inhale and exhale

To remember your intrinsic, cyclical, seasonal nature, to see it mirrored by the nature around you

To sing the ancient songs

To put back together all the parts of the self that have been lost

To weave the webs of forever, connecting with far-off realms and deep insides

Forging a new path forward

group ceremony

I co-facilitate small group ceremonies throughout the year with Renee Sirulnik in Virginia and Maryland (we are also available to travel for ceremony by request). Group ceremony offers an opportunity to connect with community in a safe and sacred space, to be seen and heard in your wholeness, and to heal together.

1:1 ceremony

  • We will connect over Zoom for a consultation session. We’ll discuss your intentions for ceremony and go over any questions you have.

    After our consultation if you’d like to move forward you’ll be asked to complete the intake form.

  • We will gather virtually on Zoom for a required preparation session before ceremony. We’ll explore your intentions and I’ll guide you in ritual and somatic practices to begin opening the ceremony portal.

    Preparation sessions are 50 minutes long. One preparation session is included and additional preparation sessions can be booked for an extra fee.

  • Ceremonies take place in your home or private space. If you do not want the ceremony to take place in your home you can rent an Airbnb or another private space of your choice.

    If you would like your ceremony to take place outside of the Charlottesville, VA area, please let me know at our consultation session.

    The ceremony lasts around 6 to 8 hours though this can vary depending on the participant and their process.

  • We will gather virtually on Zoom for a required integration session after your ceremony. This creates space to unpack and examine your ceremony experience. To witness the wisdom and insights that arose. To glean the gems of healing that occurred.

    I will also offer suggestions for somatic and spiritual tools, practices, and resources that can support you in weaving your ceremony experience into everyday life.

    Integration sessions are 50 minutes long and your session will happen within a week after your ceremony. One integration session is included and additional integration sessions can be booked for an extra fee.

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About Me & MY training

I understand the complexity of being a white woman in relationship with ceremony which has been stewarded by indigenous peoples for time immemorial. I’m consistently exploring this complexity and am doing the following to be in right relationship with ceremony. I’m a member of the Native American Church and regularly attend indigenous-led Lakota inipi ceremonies (sweatlodges) and have sat in indigenous-led ceremonies, most recently with indigenous elders from the Huni Kuni peoples of the Brazilian Amazon. I’m currently participating in a 1:1 mentorship, study, and healing journey with indigenous medicine woman, Azalea Montaño-Kemp. I’m also a graduate of Linda Thai’s Certificate in Somatic Embodiment and Regulation Strategies and Charlotte James’s Liberation Training program focused on decolonization and collective liberation.

A large focus of my ceremony is weaving in songs, rituals, and healing practices from ancestry, primarily from my Italian lineage.

I donate a minimum of 10% of all ceremony proceeds to the Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund.

Learn more about me and my training and read testimonials and personal reflections from my clients.

If you are interested in traveling outside of the States for ceremony, I’d love to connect you with indigenous facilitators in Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, and Peru that I know and trust.

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  • "Waverly and Renee created the most magical medicine ceremony. The setting was beautiful - remote, surrounded by beautiful nature, with private rooms, a public ceremony space, and lots of amenities. I found the facility to be perfect for the ceremony, especially the communal space in which the ceremony was held. I thought Waverly and Renee were incredibly thorough, kind, thoughtful, and intentional guides for this experience. We had a lot of personal agency to choose our own personal path on the medicine journey, but they were present, supportive, and attentive to each individual throughout the process. They laid excellent groundwork for the safety of the whole group. I loved how the helped the group come together through sharing and group activities to start the evening. I loved the way they held space and guided us with music and song throughout the beginning of the medicinal ceremony. I also loved the chance to spend time outside with other ceremony participants later in the evening. It was a very significant, impactful, singular experience for me but also felt really supportive to be part of a larger group. Waverly and Renee were present and solid as guides throughout the whole night. The next morning, we all came back together for a meal, processing, and integration, which was also lovely, supportive, and a really beautiful way to close the ceremony. I would wholeheartedly recommend this ceremony with Waverly and Renee to anyone interested in exploring plant medicine."

    - Past Ceremony Participant

  • "I had such a beautiful experience sitting in ceremony with Waverly and Renee! We enjoyed a beautiful musical experience, danced, stargazed, and connected over deep truths. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to share such a sacred experience with an amazing group and will forever hold this journey in my heart as one of the most special evenings. I look forward to sitting in ceremony with Waverly and Renee in the future!"

    - Past Ceremony Participant

  • "Waverly and Renee created an amazing environment and were incredibly attentive to our individual needs. They knew how to give each person the perfect ratio of space and support to aid in our inner journeys."

    - Past Ceremony Participant

  • “Renee and Waverly created an incredibly safe ceremony container. I felt held by their deep, studied knowledge of how to work with the plants. I felt how deeply they honor the wisdom of the lineages they have studied with, of the wisdom on the earth, of the wisdom of spirit. The depth and breadth of sound they coaxed from an incredible variety of instruments and their own beautiful voices courted the medicine to move through me and the room in such rich and deep ways. I would highly recommend working with Renee and Waverly. They are gentle and grounded leaders who know how to hold, clear, coax, support, and protect.”

    - Past Ceremony Participant

  • “Waverly and Renee, deep gratitude for the work that you are both in service of. These women make a divine pair together as they hold space for each of us to show up for our own healing. The ceremony was all that I’d hoped for and more… a perfect balance of ‘professional’ as well as intimate, heartfelt and genuine. I can only hope to work with them more and I feel so lucky that they are in my area of the world!”

    - Past Ceremony Participant

  • “Waverly & Renee have an amazing ability to hold space for this transformational journey. I felt so incredibly safe and supported throughout the whole ceremony process. They were welcoming, present, and so knowledgeable. The music they created together was truly so special. Witnessing them doing this sacred work was something that will stay with me for lifetimes. I felt so seen and held in this experience and made beautiful connections with the other participants. What a gift it was to be part of this healing journey. I look forward to sitting with Waverly & Renee in ceremony in the future!”

    - Past Ceremony Participant