
CONTEMPORARY WEDDING and VOW RENEWAL CEREMONIES
accompanied by Crystal Singing Bowls
I offer elegant, authentic, spiritual ceremonies for modern couples. After the bridal party processional and opening introduction, you and your guests will be invited to "journey to your hearts" with a beautiful, short meditation accompanied by Crystal Singing Bowls which will set the tone for heartfelt community connection as they celebrate your marriage with loving support.
I will customize the nature-based ceremony of "The Seven Sacred Directions" representing; The North: place of the physical nourishment, attributes of home, health, prosperity and security in your marriage, The East: communication, new beginnings, and the imaginative aspects of your union, The South: maintaining fire, creativity and passion in your life together, The West: accepting the emotional tides of change, cycles, and flow. Ride the wave of bliss together! Mother Earth Below sustaining and nourishing you with her patience and Father Sky Above watching over you both, who stand in The Center amidst all of creation.
Of course, your vows exchange will personalize the ceremony. And you are welcome to invite family members to contribute and/or select readings you would like to include or would like me to read. I enjoy working with you to honor your family traditions, rituals or spirituality.
Wedding Ceremony, Planning, and Rehearsal: Collaboration to customize your ceremony via email and phone calls, Wedding Rehearsal, and Wedding Ceremony of the Seven Sacred Directions with Heart Meditation, Organic ylang ylang (the flower of love) misting of wedding couple and Crystal Singing Bowls.
$500usd.
Wedding Package: Wedding Ceremony, Rehearsal and Pre-Wedding Meditation Journey: Customized consultations via email and telephone, and a wedding ceremony. Also includes a 1.25 hour Pre-Wedding Yoga Nidra Meditation Journey with Crystal Bowl Sound Healing before the big day. Choose to enjoy a relaxing and bonding Yoga Nidra Meditation Journey for only the Bride and Groom ~ or invite up to 8 guests to join you at my fully-equipped San Miguel Home Studio with a fabulous view. $650usd.
Elopement Ceremony: Consultation via telephone and email to personalize your ceremony. I will provide information about your County Clerk office for how to procure a US Marriage License. Ceremony of the Seven Sacred Directions,Heart Meditation and ylang ylang misting at the San Miguel location of your choice. $450usd
Wedding Vow Renewal Ceremony: Consultation via telephone and email to personalize your ceremony, and perhaps, include family members offering readings as part of the celebration. Ceremony of the Seven Sacred Directions and Heart Meditation to invite everyone to celebrate love with you.
I am an ordained Marriage Minister and can sign off on your USA marriage license if you provide the paperwork and return it when you return home. Most people choose to be legally married at their local County Court before coming to Mexico for their Wedding Celebration and I will happily provide you with your local information. $450usd
NOTE: I am an Ordained, Legal Marriage Minister for Citizens of USA and I can sign off on your US Marriage License. You will need to bring the document with you and return it to the County Clerk Office where you live. Many couples who marry in Mexico choose to file the legal paperwork at the Courthouse and just do the ceremony and celebration in Mexico.
$500usd.
Wedding Package: Wedding Ceremony, Rehearsal and Pre-Wedding Meditation Journey: Customized consultations via email and telephone, and a wedding ceremony. Also includes a 1.25 hour Pre-Wedding Yoga Nidra Meditation Journey with Crystal Bowl Sound Healing before the big day. Choose to enjoy a relaxing and bonding Yoga Nidra Meditation Journey for only the Bride and Groom ~ or invite up to 8 guests to join you at my fully-equipped San Miguel Home Studio with a fabulous view. $650usd.
Elopement Ceremony: Consultation via telephone and email to personalize your ceremony. I will provide information about your County Clerk office for how to procure a US Marriage License. Ceremony of the Seven Sacred Directions,Heart Meditation and ylang ylang misting at the San Miguel location of your choice. $450usd
Wedding Vow Renewal Ceremony: Consultation via telephone and email to personalize your ceremony, and perhaps, include family members offering readings as part of the celebration. Ceremony of the Seven Sacred Directions and Heart Meditation to invite everyone to celebrate love with you.
I am an ordained Marriage Minister and can sign off on your USA marriage license if you provide the paperwork and return it when you return home. Most people choose to be legally married at their local County Court before coming to Mexico for their Wedding Celebration and I will happily provide you with your local information. $450usd
NOTE: I am an Ordained, Legal Marriage Minister for Citizens of USA and I can sign off on your US Marriage License. You will need to bring the document with you and return it to the County Clerk Office where you live. Many couples who marry in Mexico choose to file the legal paperwork at the Courthouse and just do the ceremony and celebration in Mexico.
Pre-Wedding Yoga, Guided Sound Healing Journeys and Goddess Celebrations
accompanied by Crystal Singing Bowls
accompanied by Crystal Singing Bowls

Meditation Journey and Sound Healing with Crystal Bowls
Deep Relaxation, Restoration, Connection and Renewal for You and Your Guests before the big day at a fraction of the cost of massages for everyone.
Treat Yourself and your guests to a deliciously stress-reducing experience to refresh and renew before the wedding. Simply lie down and be guided on a juicy, joyful journey to your heart's desire, your inner sanctuary, balanced emotions, peace of mind and equanimity. No yoga experience is necessary!
BRIDAL GROUP: 1.5 hours of relaxation and renewal for your bridal group. Up to 8 participants at my San Miguel Home Studio or hire me to come to your location.
$50usd per person. Fee is negotiable based on the size of group and location.
Note: Crystal Bowl Sound Healing Session is Included at a discount in Wedding Package for Bride and Groom, otherwise is $200usd if you are using another Wedding Officiant.
Deep Relaxation, Restoration, Connection and Renewal for You and Your Guests before the big day at a fraction of the cost of massages for everyone.
Treat Yourself and your guests to a deliciously stress-reducing experience to refresh and renew before the wedding. Simply lie down and be guided on a juicy, joyful journey to your heart's desire, your inner sanctuary, balanced emotions, peace of mind and equanimity. No yoga experience is necessary!
BRIDAL GROUP: 1.5 hours of relaxation and renewal for your bridal group. Up to 8 participants at my San Miguel Home Studio or hire me to come to your location.
$50usd per person. Fee is negotiable based on the size of group and location.
Note: Crystal Bowl Sound Healing Session is Included at a discount in Wedding Package for Bride and Groom, otherwise is $200usd if you are using another Wedding Officiant.

Private Meditation Journey and Sound Healing for Bride and Groom before your wedding day.
Crystal bowls, chimes and ylang ylang aromatherapy misting and as you are guided to deep relaxation and stress release after all of the planning and travel.
We will create an Inner Sanctuary based on a fond memory you both share, which will serve you in your marriage. It is a beautiful way to connect and fully arrive to be present for your big day ahead.
See the rave reviews from Brides and Grooms below! Note: Included at a discount in Wedding Package. $200usd

Bachelorette Goddess Card Readings and Meditation Journey to Your Divine Feminine
accompanied by Crystal Singing Bowls
San Miguel de Allende's environment pulses with creative, intuitive and healing energy. It is an ideal setting in which to celebrate your Inner Goddess with Your Galfriends before the Wedding! Connect with your friends and family and your intuitive feminine wisdom. The extravagant sunsets, big sky, and rounded mountains all enhance awareness of the natural elements surrounding us and within us.
This fun and relaxing session includes a Meditation Journey to Your Inner Goddess with Crystal Singing bowls and an intuitive Goddess Card selection for you, and each of your guests. Perfect for Pre-Wedding Bachelorette Party!
Explore your joyful, juicy, wise, powerful, sexy, intuitive, and perhaps, neglected Goddesses within.
Limited to 10 people so we have time to select a Personal Goddess Card for each guest. I will travel to your resort or home. 3 hours. $400US.
BRIDAL REVIEWS

The Perfect Wedding Officiant and Meditation Guide
My husband and I are truly blessed to have had Carmela officiate our wedding. From the moment we met her, she was organized, insightful, and the perfect guide.
On the day of the wedding, Carmela came to where we were staying and led us through an hour of Yoga Nidra Guided Meditation, with organic chocolates and played her crystal bowls. I think everyone should do this meditation journey before they get married. The meditation gave my husband and I time to connect with our hearts, on a very hectic, surreal day, which made the whole event even more powerful.
The ceremony Carmela officiated was my favorite part of the wedding. She had an amazing energy and she really drew everyone into that moment. It was really special and something I’ll never forget.
Amy Doidge, (Mrs. Amburguey) New York City, N.Y. April, 2016.
Refreshing, Uplifting, Inspiring
Nathan and I want to thank you SO much for being a part of our day! The ceremony was amazing and perfectly "us". Our friends and family were so refreshed by something different than the typical ceremony most are used to! Some even asked for copies of it so they could read it again and again! Your presence was so comforting and inviting, we couldn't have imagined it any more perfectly. We're so grateful to have connected with you! Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of our hearts, you truly helped make it a day we'll never forget. Jen & Nathan Mills, North Carolina, May, 2017 |
Scott and Kimsa enjoyed a deeply relaxing "time out" with a Yoga Nidra Meditation Journey the day before their wedding.
I came to their ocean front suite to play the crystal bowls and guided them to a loving shared memory, a place of deep relaxation and peace for them. We co-created an " Inner Sanctuary" to which they may journey together in their future life together. "Thank you Carmela! You truly set our minds at ease." Mr. and Mrs. Slayton Santa Monica, California, 2017 |
Everyone was tearful . . . in a good, way! I can't say enough about Carmela. Throughout the entire process she was professional and caring. She held us through each phase of our planning, rehearsal, and the moving ceremony . Wow! It was better than I could have ever imagined. She had everyone in tears! Everyone afterwards was asking where in the world did I find her and how perfect she was for us. This is not only a day we will never forget, this was a joyful experience she took all of our wedding guests through that they will treasure forever. We are so grateful. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Cardiff, CA. April, 2018 |
Gracias Carmela, for a truly unique, spiritual, fun and beautiful Wedding Ceremony customized with ritual and a beach mandala for Ewa & Justin! Andrea Villarrubia, Owner, Sayulita Dream Weddings, 2017.
Pre-Wedding Sound Healing Meditation Journey Saved Me!
Thank you so much for everything Carmela. It really was perfect! It was everything and more, I'm still beaming from every precious moment. Thank You for encouraging us with our vows. I heard almost everyone shed a tear, not only Hyphy and me. It was a touching ceremony.
That Meditation Session with the Crystal Bowls saved me! I felt so much better after it ~ calmer and less emotional. My mother loved it and so did my friends. Thank you again so much for your blessings and I hope we meet again. Veronica Reyes-Blas, San Francisco, CA January, 2018
Fun Laughter Yoga Session for My Engagement Party
Thank you, Carmela for creating a really fun session for my gal friends and me to celebrate my engagement! We not only got to practice some beautiful yoga with you and the crystal bowls, we also were delighted to do Laughter Yoga together!
I think it would be a fun activity as part of my upcoming wedding celebration in Napa Valley!
Robie Evangelista, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Couple's Journey: Gift for the body, mind and soul
My partner and I joined Carmela for a private Yoga Nidra Journey before our friends' wedding, and we are still feeling the benefits of holding that space with her. Beyond Carmela's soothing voice and calming environment, she gently shares a very deep wisdom. We felt seen, heard and guided. Carmela created an experience that was easy to understand and gave us a platform to continue doing work in our relationship. The delicate touches of sound and aroma, mixed with her obvious dedication to her dharma made this an experience that we will continue to come back for. Sayulita is blessed to have this gem of a human serving up the sacred. Thank you Carmela, your heart's path is illuminating the way.
Jessie Carlson, Wenatchee, Washington, USA, November, 2016.
Couple's Date Night with This Goddess!
I am so happy that I booked a private session with Carmela for "date night" with my husband. We have been traveling and working non-stop and naturally became a bit disconnected. I take Carmela's Tuesday and Thursday night yoga classes whenever possible and they've always worked magic on my body and soul. When thinking of something creative to do with my husband, I went out on a limb and booked Carmela.
She welcomed us into her beautiful home studio and treated us to the most enlightening and relaxing time. We started with discussion and organically transitioned into a gentle, yet powerful journey of yoga nidra, sound healing and meditation.
My husband and I both emerged from our cocoons feeling safe, supported, heard, relaxed, and healed both individually and as a couple. I cannot say enough good things about Carmela's ability to guide you into this space. It was so wonderful that we returned for a few more "date nights" journeying with this Goddess. I highly recommend treating yourself to a session with her!
Mandy Burstein, La Jolla, CA, February, 2017.
Truly Life-Changing Couple Experience
:I am a yoga teacher and had heard of Carmela from another yoga teacher. I was able to talk my husband into taking the Couples' Yoga Nidra Meditation Journey with Carmela after getting his feet wet in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction class at home. I quickly learned that not only was he in for a treat, but so was I. In very short order, Carmela was able to unearth and cultivate individual journeys for each of us based on perfectly crafted questions. Her years of experience in psychotherapy, yoga, meditation, and life made the whole experience, though deep and raw, very comfortable, warm, and safe. The meditation with singing bowls was, for lack of better words, true bliss. In this space, my husband and I found a new sacred space in which we really bonded at a level that we hadn't in years. It was truly magical. I would highly recommend this practice to anyone visiting Sayulita.
Sami, Anchorage Alaska, November 2017
Meditation Journey for Anxious Bride and Galfriends
I recommend Carmela to anyone having a wedding ---- or just vacationing in Sayulita. Try this incredible Meditation Journey! It relaxes calms and takes you to the most euphoric place you can imagine. If I lived in Sayulita I would be practicing and taken these classes. She is amazing and iRest Yoga Nidra is a life changer, especially for high-strung people with severe anxiety, whether you are a bride, or not!
I hired Carmela to lead a Journey for my Bridal Party and everyone loved it. We enjoyed sharing our "Inner Sanctuaries" with each other and it was a beautiful way to bond with new family members and old friends.
SoThen, for our one-year wedding anniversary, my husband and I came back Sayulita, and to Carmela, for a journey for the two of us. I highly recommend this practice for the bride and her party and/or the bride and her husband too!
Darla Abel, Kansas City, Missouri USA, May 2015.
Thank you so much for everything Carmela. It really was perfect! It was everything and more, I'm still beaming from every precious moment. Thank You for encouraging us with our vows. I heard almost everyone shed a tear, not only Hyphy and me. It was a touching ceremony.
That Meditation Session with the Crystal Bowls saved me! I felt so much better after it ~ calmer and less emotional. My mother loved it and so did my friends. Thank you again so much for your blessings and I hope we meet again. Veronica Reyes-Blas, San Francisco, CA January, 2018
Fun Laughter Yoga Session for My Engagement Party
Thank you, Carmela for creating a really fun session for my gal friends and me to celebrate my engagement! We not only got to practice some beautiful yoga with you and the crystal bowls, we also were delighted to do Laughter Yoga together!
I think it would be a fun activity as part of my upcoming wedding celebration in Napa Valley!
Robie Evangelista, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Couple's Journey: Gift for the body, mind and soul
My partner and I joined Carmela for a private Yoga Nidra Journey before our friends' wedding, and we are still feeling the benefits of holding that space with her. Beyond Carmela's soothing voice and calming environment, she gently shares a very deep wisdom. We felt seen, heard and guided. Carmela created an experience that was easy to understand and gave us a platform to continue doing work in our relationship. The delicate touches of sound and aroma, mixed with her obvious dedication to her dharma made this an experience that we will continue to come back for. Sayulita is blessed to have this gem of a human serving up the sacred. Thank you Carmela, your heart's path is illuminating the way.
Jessie Carlson, Wenatchee, Washington, USA, November, 2016.
Couple's Date Night with This Goddess!
I am so happy that I booked a private session with Carmela for "date night" with my husband. We have been traveling and working non-stop and naturally became a bit disconnected. I take Carmela's Tuesday and Thursday night yoga classes whenever possible and they've always worked magic on my body and soul. When thinking of something creative to do with my husband, I went out on a limb and booked Carmela.
She welcomed us into her beautiful home studio and treated us to the most enlightening and relaxing time. We started with discussion and organically transitioned into a gentle, yet powerful journey of yoga nidra, sound healing and meditation.
My husband and I both emerged from our cocoons feeling safe, supported, heard, relaxed, and healed both individually and as a couple. I cannot say enough good things about Carmela's ability to guide you into this space. It was so wonderful that we returned for a few more "date nights" journeying with this Goddess. I highly recommend treating yourself to a session with her!
Mandy Burstein, La Jolla, CA, February, 2017.
Truly Life-Changing Couple Experience
:I am a yoga teacher and had heard of Carmela from another yoga teacher. I was able to talk my husband into taking the Couples' Yoga Nidra Meditation Journey with Carmela after getting his feet wet in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction class at home. I quickly learned that not only was he in for a treat, but so was I. In very short order, Carmela was able to unearth and cultivate individual journeys for each of us based on perfectly crafted questions. Her years of experience in psychotherapy, yoga, meditation, and life made the whole experience, though deep and raw, very comfortable, warm, and safe. The meditation with singing bowls was, for lack of better words, true bliss. In this space, my husband and I found a new sacred space in which we really bonded at a level that we hadn't in years. It was truly magical. I would highly recommend this practice to anyone visiting Sayulita.
Sami, Anchorage Alaska, November 2017
Meditation Journey for Anxious Bride and Galfriends
I recommend Carmela to anyone having a wedding ---- or just vacationing in Sayulita. Try this incredible Meditation Journey! It relaxes calms and takes you to the most euphoric place you can imagine. If I lived in Sayulita I would be practicing and taken these classes. She is amazing and iRest Yoga Nidra is a life changer, especially for high-strung people with severe anxiety, whether you are a bride, or not!
I hired Carmela to lead a Journey for my Bridal Party and everyone loved it. We enjoyed sharing our "Inner Sanctuaries" with each other and it was a beautiful way to bond with new family members and old friends.
SoThen, for our one-year wedding anniversary, my husband and I came back Sayulita, and to Carmela, for a journey for the two of us. I highly recommend this practice for the bride and her party and/or the bride and her husband too!
Darla Abel, Kansas City, Missouri USA, May 2015.