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Jewish Ritual & Ceremony

Ma’ayan Spiritual Arts offers Jewish ritual, ceremony and workshops which honor the Earth, uplift the Divine Feminine and celebrate the un-gendered Divine Mystery.

Gather with community for juicy, embodied, Earth-based, Jewish ritual to draw from the Source and connect to self, Spirit and nature. Having a ceremony or rite of passage? Think of me as your spiritual doula. Let me help deepen the experience through personalized rituals where I help you manifest your vision and deepen the meaning making and experience.

Ma’ayan Spiritual Arts uses chant, elemental connection, art and deep skill in creating and facilitating ritual space. I use feminized or un-gendered Hebrew and English prayer language and lean towards centering the Divine Feminine – Shekinah – but all rituals are gender inclusive and expansive.

McKenzie, You are a spiritual artist!

What a beautiful ritual you shaped for Amy’s conversion… it had beauty, heart and LOVE. It was a pleasure to collaborate with you! Yishar kokhech!
Rabbi Dayle Friedman, she/her
Interim Rabbi, Congregation Bet Haverim

McKenzie's magic is in her creativity

and how she holds space for everyone to participate in their own way. She thought of every little detail to make the event special ... Everyone left the evening feeling grounded and part of something greater than themselves, and my daughter felt extraordinarily loved and supported.
Ariela F.
from a Red Thread Ceremony for her daughter

I will never forget the power of my conversion, thanks to McKenzie’s skills.

Her intuitive, artistic way of creating, together with her deep understanding of Jewish ritual and tradition, birthed an experience far beyond what I could have imagined. McKenzie saw the inherent majesty and meaning in the conversion process, and made it not only visible, but embodied. We became an ecstatic bunch of women, singing and laughing together in such a simcha!
Amy L.
from a Conversion to Judaism ceremony

McKenzie guided our group powerfully

embodying her deep commitments to connection, gratitude, justice, the earth and all of its inhabitants. She breaks through daily existence patterns and breathes fresh fiery love into each moment. Throughout the planning and the ritual she listened deeply to the possibilities and needs of the moment. A thunderstorm arrived in the middle of our outdoor ritual and she wove it in with grace so that it made the moment even more meaningful. Her powerful vulnerability and full presence is a gift to be inspired by.
Sara G.
from a Birth Blessing Ritual