Rituals for New Life

Rituals for New Life are rituals for welcoming a newly born human being into the world. The first years are important, and so it is our greatest joy to offer meaningful first steps — both for the child and also the people welcoming it: the child’s first community.

This ritual is for you...

…if you would like to welcome your new born or young child into this world

…if you are looking for a non-religious alternative to baptisms and name giving ceremonies

WHAT IS PART OF THE RITUAL?

Each ritual is customized to your needs and desires. We offer a general structure that fits to the theme of the ritual, and will adjust and design specific parts of the ritual so it becomes a unique and personal experience.

Part I: Initiation

Who are the people coming together around the child? The first part initiates the child’s first community.

Part II: Gift/Name-Giving

In the second part the community offers the child a communal gift. Here the child can also receive its offical birth name.

Part III: Welcoming

During the final part the community welcomes the child officially among its people.

Why choose a ritual for new life?

Child friendly

Children seldomly come alone. With our Rituals for New Life we create experiences that are also engaging for children — young and old.

Engaging everyone

Over are the days where few people talk and everyone listens! In our rituals we make sure that all participants can engage with the experience directly.

Unique experience

Each child unique. With our Rituals for New Life you can shape the way you want to welcome the new born into your life.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Choosing to create a ritual or a ceremony for a special moment in your life is an intimate and rich process. It requires trust between all parties to engage with what really matters to you.

That’s why we make sure that you are always on board with the process. We use the following steps for each ritual that we create, adapting it along the way to fully meet your needs.

1) Book a free 30 minute consultation down below. This way we can get to know each other and see if we should go on this journey together.

2) During the Intention-Call we help you find clarity on what this ritual means for you.

3) For the next call, we prepare a draft for your ritual. We get your impressions and take in your feedback.

4) We finalise the the ritual and send you a beautiful script for you to keep. We discuss practicalities for the ritual.

5) The ritual happens! If you wish us to be there, we will come and facilitate the ritual so you can have the best experience possible.

6) Two to three weeks after the ritual, we meet again to debrief your experience.

WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE

Thibault created a personal ritual for me that allowed me to put my everyday life on break and leave my personal habits and behaviour behind for the duration of the ritual. This created a special space for reflection and awareness of what feels meaningful in life. Thibault facilitated a process in which I could explore what I wanted from a ritual and designed it accordingly to my personal context, needs and the narratives that were present with me in my life. I felt well guided in their calm and receptive presence and the way they hold space before, during and after the ritual.

Thibault created a beautiful and very personal ritual for me at a time of significant transition, both geographically, professionally and personally. They took into account everything that I had mentioned in our initial meeting where discuss my intentions, wishes and hopes for the ritual. I was informed of every step of the process and always given a choice to change, add or remove elements of the ritual as needed. They regularly checked in with me prior to the ritual itself. This created a very safe bond for me, which was upheld throughout the ceremony itself. Thibault is wonderful at holding space, as well as guiding gently step-by-step. Their nurturing kindness and the innate care they showed for me and my process was a blessing. I feel very grateful to have had this journey with them.

It wasn’t at all what I expected, but it was a wonderful, transforming experience. And days later I noticed that I could integrate the walking-towards-the-scary-bits part into my life, from confrontations with people to confrontations with thoughts and feelings, and I’m growing stronger and more courageous still.

We had Nina and Thibault make a love ceremony for us. Before the ritual, they spent time with us to find out what we wished for. We decided we did not want to know what would happen during the ritual. What they created was such a beautiful space where friends were leading us to the ritual place and being a big part of the ritual. We had the experience of being included in to a community as a couple - and not excluding ourselves into a two-someness. The balance between the focus on us and letting friends take part in the ritual in different ways was for us so heartwarming and something we have carried with us since the ceremony.

Thibault wonderfully accompanied us in the development and implementation of our ritual. He was open to our desires and inputs, shared his own experiences, and created an incredibly fitting, emotional, and joyful ritual that engaged both us and our audience. We would recommend everyone to create a ritual with Thibault - without any reservations!

Do you wish to give your child a unique welcoming for its beginning journey?

Then book a free first 30 minute meeting now. We look forward to getting to know you and your child!