Über mich

ABOUT

Rituals widen our perception and deepen our emotions.

I love drafting and conducting ceremonies – be it for a single person, a small group or a larger circle – on top of a mountain, in your home, in a hired church hall...

Besides the more frequent events outlined above, such as funerals, handfastings or naming ceremonies, I have received requests to bless a plot of land where a home was to be built, to cleanse a house after a painful break up had happened, to reassure a young person going on a long trip – a ceremony can help to reassure and mark such moments.

I was raised in Switzerland and later studied Cultural Anthropology and History in Zurich, Berlin and Mexico. In my work I was lucky enough to travel and learn about different cultures and their ceremonies and celebrations. I worked in Asia and Africa for international aid agencies and in Production Management for documentaries in the UK where I lived for twelve years in Bristol.

I was always interested in the way people mark transitions - whether in a traditional religious context or in more open, inclusive forms of spirituality or even in a completely secular way. I completed the training courses with River Jones, Celebrating Life, on family celebrations, and Serving the Living and the Dead – conducting funeral ceremonies (https://www.celebrantforyourceremony.com/). I also owe a lot to Kristoffer Hughes' inspiring lectures and his work on ‘Dignity in Death and Death Midwifery’.

Today I live back in Switzerland.

I am a member of the Swiss Celebrants' Association, Ritualverband Schweiz.