Welcome to The Mindful Sanctuary
Create a life you love embrace the journey
The Mindful Sanctuary’s mantra is “Celebrating life’. The central focus is living authentically and meaningfully through living mindfully and embracing all opportunities to celebrate life to its fullest.
Catering for all your needs
What is Offered
Weddings, Other Celebrant Services and Celebrations
At The Mindful Sanctuary life is celebrated in a variety of ways supporting people to live mindfully and to embrace and celebrate life to the fullest. Angie aims to ensure that all people can exercise their right to a calm, authentic and mindful life and to create and celebrate a life they love.
Whether you are seeking my services as a celebrant for a wedding, vow renewal, commitment ceremony, ‘it takes a village’ baby naming ceremony, funeral/memorial/scattering of ashes, or public speaking engagement I am excited to celebrate your life and the people you love.
Weddings & Celebrant Services
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding what a special and exciting time for you. I would love the opportunity to talk to you about your special day and assist you to plan the ceremony you are dreaming of. Weddings are exciting but also overwhelming as you balance the romance of committing to the person you love for life and the reality of what it takes to organise such an event. As your celebrant I am here to assist you to plan your special ceremony in your way and will bring a nurturing, fun and caring approach to keep things as calm and enjoyable as possible. With a passion for mindful living, I can support you with strategies to assist you to stay focused and relaxed throughout the planning and on the actual day of your wedding. I believe that celebrating love and life is a human right and I am excited about officiating ceremonies that ensures everyone can celebrate their special love story. I also have extensive experience in public and motivational speaking and can motivate and engage a crowd and I will bring these skills to your ceremony!
If you are looking for a celebrant who values and celebrates people’s narratives, who is excited about celebrating love in all its diversity, who will work with you to plan a unique, authentic and adventurous ceremony that captures your story and your style then let’s talk! I would be very excited to have the honour of sharing your special moment to celebrate your love story!
Other Celebrant Services and Celebrations
I am committed to working closely with clients to develop ceremonies that are true and authentic to them and officiating services that capture the heart, essence and individual story of those being celebrated. Whether you are seeking my services as a celebrant for a special life occasion or to engage me for a public speaking event, I will celebrate you and your occasion the way you want it celebrated.
It takes a Village Baby Naming Ceremonies
They say, ‘it takes a village to raise a child!” Bringing a child into the family is an amazing and wonderful time. It can also be overwhelming and challenging as the enormity of the responsibility to raise them comes to life. It is a special time as those close to the child get to know them, celebrate them, and love them unconditionally. A ceremony is a wonderful opportunity to all come together to celebrate the child’s arrival and share the love you have for them. These celebrations can occur at any age. There are many diverse reasons why children may become a part of a family and celebrating this diversity is a great way to celebrate children and welcome them into your family no matter the circumstances or the age of the child.
I have many special rituals or additions that you can choose from to include in the ceremony which will create beautiful memories for your child and those that are present on the day. This will add a special and unique touch to the ceremony and bring love, nurture and joy to everyone present.
I look forward to working with you and your child to celebrate their strength, individuality, and personal narrative.
Vow Renewal / Committment Ceremonies
Vow renewal/commitment ceremonies are important celebrations and are a wonderful way to celebrate love without the legal formalities of a wedding.
Renewing your vows and making a commitment for life is a wonderful way to celebrate the love you have for each other. You may choose to celebrate this in the presence of your family and friends or you may want it to be more private and just have the two of you present. Whatever the reason or the style you choose, you simply want to celebrate your love and I am here to support you to do this.
I will work closely with you to plan a ceremony that ensures that your love is celebrated and honoured the way you choose. We can add special and unique moments into the ceremony to represent your story and the memories you share with each other. Whether formal, informal, relaxed, or super casual I will embrace the opportunity to celebrate you both with enthusiasm to capture your moment your way.
Whatever you choose, as your celebrant I will work closely with you to ensure we plan a ceremony that is perfect for you.
Funeral / Memorial / Celebration of Life Ceremonies
Losing a loved one is a confronting and difficult time. It is also a time of reflection and pride as you pay tribute to the person that you loved, embrace all that they were and what they meant to you, and celebrate the life they lived.
As your funeral celebrant I am here to assist you through this challenging but important time to ensure that we write a ceremony that honours the life of your loved one. Celebrating life is the essence of The Mindful Sanctuary and so celebrating the life of the one you love is at the heart of what I do.
I will work closely with you to plan a ceremony that ensures that your loved one is celebrated and honoured and laid to rest the way you choose. We can add special and unique moments into the ceremony to represent the life your loved one lived and the memories you share of your life with them.
I aim to honour life throughout all of its stages and will deliver the service with respect, integrity, and empathy. I will encourage family involvement and ensure your loved one is respected with a gentle and caring touch. Respectful humour is also an added extra to bring joy to the memory of the life they lived.
I am open to travel and am adventurous. I am prepared to officiate ashes scatterings in meaningful places that hold memories for you, or where your loved one has requested to be put to rest.
Whatever you choose, as your celebrant I will work closely with you to ensure we plan a ceremony that is perfect for you.
Public / Motivational Speaking
My experience in public speaking is diverse, stemming from an education background with a focus on mindful teaching, mindful parenting and being mindful in life. In my speaking engagements I aim to motivate people to reflect on the way they live life and the impact they have on the world.
Being mindful of ourselves and the impact this has on those around us, and the wider world is essential in all aspects of our life, whether personally or in our workplaces. The busyness of life often gets in our way, and we operate on auto pilot, habitually going through life without noticing our reactions and the way we are impacting ourselves and others. Practicing gratefulness and positivity assists us to be more mindful and to embrace the world and all life offers us, even through our most challenging times.
With a focus on mindful living and personal transformation, my public speaking engagements aim to support people to embrace life and live it fully and authentically, through living mindfully. Underpinned by a social justice lens, The Mindful Sanctuary aims to ensure all people’s rights to a calm and positive life.
Whether corporate functions, small business or not-for-profit organisations; I am excited about challenging people to embrace all the diversity life offers and to celebrate life, living life to the fullest. I look forward to sharing my motivation with others at your special event
Meet Our Celebrant
About Angie
Hi my name is Angie Zerella and I am the founder of The Mindful Sanctuary. I am an authorised civil celebrant, author, early years and adult educator, motivational speaker, wife, and parent to three beautiful children.
I grew up in country Victoria on our family farm and moved to Melbourne in my late teens. After meeting my husband, we left the city and spent 16 years living in different parts of country Victoria, returning to Melbourne 15 years ago. I feel forever grateful to have had this experience, embracing the opportunities life has provided me and my family.
I live life to the full and believe it is the right of all people to live a calm, peaceful and fulfilled life. I believe that life should be celebrated which led to me becoming a celebrant. This enables me to support people to find authentic ways to celebrate their special life events and to embrace a life they love. People’s diverse narratives excite me, and I love sharing in people’s stories and life experiences and learning with and celebrating each other.
I became a celebrant as I love all that love is, I love life, and I love being with people celebrating their journey through life. It was through my passion for celebrating life that The Mindful Sanctuary was born. I look forward to celebrating life with my clients and honouring their story and their transformation.
So whatever celebration of life you are planning I would love to be your celebrant and walk with you to capture and honour your story and unique style. I am happy to travel and officiate many country and interstate weddings so please feel free to contact me wherever your ceremony is going to be held.
If you are looking for a celebrant with a difference who has a personable, fun, caring and respectful touch and who is passionate about honouring life in all of its diversity, please give me a call and we can chat about the ceremony that is perfect for you and your loved one!
Professional and unique touch
Why Choose The Mindful Sanctuary
Expertise and professionalism
Skilled and highly qualified professionals bringing many years’ of experience and extensive knowledge.
Client Focused
Client led, embracing unique and diverse narratives and individual authenticity.
Fresh, unique and innovative ideas
Embracing opportunities to create ceremonies, celebrations and presentations that are outside of the box and unique to our clients. We love new adventures!
Diverse Client Experience
Embracing life and love in all its diversity with extensive experience working with a range of clients from diverse and interesting paths.
High-Quality Resourcing and Presentation
Use of high-quality microphones and speaker system if needed. Other quality equipment/resourcing available on request. Reliable and professional presentation.
Flexible and personalised service with a special and unique touch
Special and unique gifts and meaningful touches to personalise the service. Caring and nurturing approach embracing and celebrating the moment and our clients.
Celebrating Life
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Create a life you love embrace the journey
The Mindful Sanctuary
Celebrating life is the essence of ‘The Mindful Sanctuary’ and all aspects of our service supports clients to celebrate life and to live life to the full. Whether clients are utilising the services of ‘The Mindful Sanctuary’ for public/motivational speaking or needing a celebrant to officiate an important life celebration, the client and their narrative will be embraced and captured in its true authenticity.
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Contact The Mindful Sanctuary
Whether you are seeking my services as a celebrant for a special or meaningful life celebration or to engage me for a public speaking event, I will celebrate you and your occasion the way you want it celebrated.