My partner and I worked with Shyamala in the creation of our recent wedding ceremony. Working with Shyamala was a total pleasure from start to finish. She is a very special person, who makes you feel cherished and held as a couple. We wanted an intentional, customized wedding ceremony, but didn’t have the time or expertise to create it ourselves from scratch. Over our Zoom sessions, she made the effort to get to know us as a couple, our personal backgrounds and the story of how we came together. She provided us with many different ideas for meaningful rituals that we could incorporate into our ceremony. She has gathered many different readings on love. We read through them and then chose one that spoke to us. Using the pieces that we discussed in our sessions and her own beautiful writing, Shyamala composed a bespoke and meaningful ceremony for us. We had some things we wanted to add or clarify in the editing process and Shyamala was very open to making changes.

Shyamala worked closely with our chosen officiant through Zoom sessions and email. Our officiant said that she felt very supported and therefore capable to lead the wedding ceremony–something she had never done before. In the end, all the pieces came together beautifully. We felt great about how it turned out and we also received many comments on how personalized and special it was. We can’t thank Shyamala enough for her support in making this a reality!

We are an LGBTQ couple and we felt very seen and loved while working with Shyamala.

When we met Shyamala, we knew immediately she was the right person to marry us. She has a warm, calming presence that set the tone perfectly for our ceremony, and put my now husband and I at ease. She is such a lovely and genuine person. She was super easy to work with and had lots of great ideas. She took the time to get to know us so it didn't feel like we were getting married by a stranger, but more like a friend. We didn't realize it at the time, but Shyamala had married two of my friends within the last 7 or 8 years. She recognized them in the crowd during the wedding. THAT'S how much of a connection she makes with her couples. And they were just as happy with her as we were. Book her early though--she's very popular and in high demand!

Shyamala officiated our wedding and did a terrific job. When we first reached out to Shyamala, she set up time with us to learn about our family's customs, how we wanted to modernize them, and how it would influence her narrative. In a timely manner, she produced a draft of her speech and collaborated with us on weaving it into the ceremony's timeline of events. During the ceremony, Shyamala did a great job to make us feel comfortable in the moment. We'd highly recommend her as an officiant.