TESTIMONIALS

“When we decided to get married with a handfasting ceremony at our home, we thought who better to ask to hold space for such a ceremony than the wonderful Eva. Eva has held space and ceremonies for us before and the natural gift she has to make everyone present feel connected and involved.

We gathered our family and friends for the weekend just before Summer Solstice and went to work planning. We had a few meetings with Eva beforehand, where she asked us what we wanted to include in the ceremony, she offered ideas and ways of doing things, she’d been doing lots of her own research specifically on handfasting. We then in another meeting went through the running order of the ceremony, she provided us with that also so we could tweak and work together to make sure it was just what we wanted. I have to say though, we also just put our trust in her with much of the words that would be spoken, knowing that it would be just perfect. We were slightly conscious that some of the wedding guests would never have experienced a wedding ceremony like that, but feedback was that they too absolutely loved it.

Eva opened by creating sacred space, calling in the directions, the elements, the ancestors and guides to support our union and partnership. She spoke so eloquently and shared more on the history of the ceremony for those not as familiar which was lovely. We moved into some poems read by family members and then into a candle lighting ritual, where the matriarchs from the family lines merging join the family flames, and then into our elemental style handfasting. Officially tying the knot. 

We could not be more grateful to Eva for holding space for us on one of the most special days of our lives. She is a gifted healer and space holder. She balances perfectly the reverence and honour needed on days like this, with such a warm and grounded realness. Thank you Eva!”

“I asked Eva if she would support me in my transition into self-employment. I had been an academic for 25 years and I was ready to move on to another stage in my professional life. This felt like a momentous transition as so much of my identity had been associated with this job and I was already experiencing a sense of grief, as well as excitement for what was to come. I knew Eva was a soul doula and was experienced in supporting people in life transitions, and I also loved her presence in the ceremonies I had attended with her. When I asked her if she was up for a public event in a theatre that would take the shape of a performance-ritual... she said yes. What unfolded from then on is definitely in my list of my most precious life memories. We embarked in a process of creating a ceremony that celebrated and honoured both the job I was leaving and the new career venture I was starting. In this process Eva was so incredibly supportive, always ready to go deep into what was going on emotionally for me, always her true and authentic self, always there to listen to my needs, my ideas. She held space for me in the process of creating the piece and the day of the performance itself in the most beautiful and generous way. I knew that through the process I could always lean on her grounding and caring presence. The performance-ritual included smudging, ceremonial drumming, a mini-sound bath, a gratitude ritual, and many gorgeous moments in which I felt I was so beautifully held in the transition from one stage of my life to another. I would thoroughly recommend Eva's work. You will feel held, heard, cared for and honoured in all that you are. What we created was truly magic and I cannot imagine having done it with anyone else.” 

“When I was preparing to bring my baby earthside, we had already had the joy and pleasure of having Eva hold space for us and our friends and family in a wonderful mothers blessing ceremony. As the days towards to birth drew closer, I knew I wanted something extra, just for me and my baby and for the birthing space we were preparing for at home. I approached Eva and asked if she would consider coming to facilitate something like this- we discussed  gorgeous flow and plan. That she would be able to come and travel out to my home. We would sit in on the ceremony and she would clear and cleanse but also infuse the birth space with reiki energy to support me and my baby through the birthing portal. Then move on to a reiki and sound healing for us both. It was an absolutely beautiful experience, to feel so held at such a vulnerable and open time. And to be able to feel her presence and the energy she created in the room as the days moved on and towards the birth. An experience that I will always cherish.

Eva then also came out to visit us in our post-natal nest rest bed to share more reiki healing after the birth, it just felt so right that she was there. And again knowing that that energy and that level of holding was there in those delicate and hazy days post birth was just magical.”