Baby Blessing/Naming
What a blessing and a gift the arrival of a new baby is. When you think of the whole process involved which
culminates in that magical moment of holding a new born child, it's nothing short of a miracle.
 Most families want to mark this incredible occasion in some
way and many will of course opt for a traditional welcome linked with their own faith or tradition.
However, and increasingly in today's society, many couples are not aligned with a particular faith but equally
they feel a spiritual connection with a higher source.
As an Interfaith Minister, I will work with
you to create a joyous celebration that welcomes your baby into your family and which embraces your own beliefs. It
may be that you are in a mixed faith relationship and want to honour both traditions. The key of Interfaith is
respect, integration and flexibility.
If you have other children already, it's lovely to involve them in the welcoming ceremony too and is a very good
way of encouraging deeper bonding.
A blessing ceremony is also a wonderful way to welcome an adopted child - no matter what age.
A wise sage once said:
"A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
Never will the time come
when the most marvellous recent invention
is as marvellous as a newborn baby"
A Selection of Testimonials
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Hello Akasha, the dust has settled now following xxxxxxxx's "blessing" and we
had a fabulous day. In terms of the ceremony, it went just how we wanted it to go and you
were absolutely right when it came to the blessing, xxxxxxx was completely mesmerised - many
people noticed this in the room and were amazed that the lollipop came out and went back in
again on cue (as if a sign of respect).
With your guidance and support, we really did have the occasion we were
looking for. Many of our friends and family have said what a lovely "service" it was, and
that you were "really good".
For me, I would say that when I started searching the internet I was "looking
for something that felt right" - and luckily we found just that in your services as an
Interfaith Minister - the spirituality without the religion struck exactly the right note for
me.
Thank you very much. Love and smiles,
A and G, Southampton, UK
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Never having been to a naming ceremony before, we really had no idea of the
format the day would take or how we could make a ceremony from the family gathering. We
decided to use a celebrant to run a more formalised ceremony and Akasha was recommended to
us. Right from the first contact, Akasha was really helpful - she listened to us and our
family story, and helped us to organise our thoughts on how we wanted the naming ceremony to
work. After our initial contact, Akasha came to our house to get to know us and brought with
her many useful ideas, such as readings and poems, together with a possible outline ceremony
as well as ideas for godparents and grandparents. She was very thorough and we both felt the
ceremony was in safe hands.
In the lead up to the day, Akasha made contact with us again, and as we had
been busy and not got round to making contact ourselves, this really made us feel like we
were not forgotten and that she was giving us her time and consideration. On the day of the
ceremony, Akasha put us at ease, as naturally we were feeling nervous! The blessing was
beautiful and our baby girl was relaxed and at ease"
S and B, Bristol, UK
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"Thank you for the wonderful day we had yesterday. Many people commented
that the ceremony was beautiful and we had lots of enquiries as to where we had found you!
Having planned the day so intensively for four weeks, it was great that it was everything we
hoped for and the blessing just flowed naturally and smoothly. Thank you for all your
guidance and support - we really appreciated your attention to detail, your bright uplifting
manner and your humour!"
A and D, New Forest, UK
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