LAND BLESSING CEREMONY ~ IN SANTA MONICA

LAND BLESSING CEREMONY ~ IN SANTA MONICA

One of the most meaningful things we did in California in March as part of our Wave of Pure Intent Tour was a Land Blessing Ceremony, in response to the recent fires that destroyed thousands of homes & structures in Los Angeles County.

It was a free event ~ a gathering of anyone & everyone who had the heartfelt intention to offer a blessing to the land and the families who lost their homes.

We originally planned to host the land blessing on a piece of property that was affected by the fire, but those roads are still closed, and even hard to access for residents.

Instead, we met on Venice Beach, where in the distance on a clear day, you can see the areas that had burned along the coast, like the Pacific Palisades & Malibu. 

Wide view of the land blessing circle on the beach blankets, with beachgoers passing along the shoreline behind them.

Oranges and roses in red, orange, and yellow piled together as offerings on a blanket at the Land Blessing Ceremony.

Woman arranging orange flowers among the Land Blessing Ceremony offerings, fellow attendees nearby on the sand.

When the fires first started burning in January, we assembled our community for several Green Tara ceremonies at the Self-Arising Nature Center here in Arizona. We invited people to join us virtually & in-person and offer donations. We raised thousands of dollars with everyone’s contributions, and were able to offer generous donations to multiple families who lost their homes & all of their possessions in the fires.

These ceremonies were a way for us to offer a space for our community to make prayers for swift-acting protection and provide a net of safety & mental stability in a time of great hardship.

Community members gather in Santa Monica for LOTUSWEI's Land Blessing Ceremony, one woman smiling in sunglasses and a scarf.

This was a special offering to do back in January, and it was even more amazing to be in California to do the same thing again on the ground. 

Circle of participants seated on the sand near Santa Monica pier during the Land Blessing Ceremony in Santa Monica

Women in fuchsia and coral shawls holding a ritual bell and mala beads during the Green Tara ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica

We had the most eclectic & joyful group show up for the land blessing ...

Alan’s friend Catherine, and her husband & son. They spent the last 2 years gutting & renovating their home in the Palisades. They had just moved back into it in December of 2024. With not even a month living in their newly remodeled house, it was burned to the ground completely.

Claudia, host of Healing the Source Podcast, and her mother. During the fires, Claudia received a giant package of flower essences from us & helped distribute them to those who needed them most.

Ryan from MUD\WTR :gather & his little dachshund (who was a huge highlight)!

Mykyta & Yurii, who generously donated their time & talent to document this ceremony!

Natalie's parents Carol & Vinnie from New York, and older brother Joey. Joey has helped connect us to so many movers & shakers in the LA area.

Rebecca Casciano, her husband Deepu & their nephew. Rebecca was my makeup artist from a shoot I did in New York many, many years ago. We’ve stayed connected ever since. The last time we saw each other was in New York for our Love Flowerlounge ~ she’s in this video of people sharing love notes to the world.

Angela & her precious daughter Avery

Damilya & her dear friend

Long-time flower essence lover & Golden Aura O.G., Jacqueline Q.

Aniko (acupuncturist in the LA area) & her partner

Man with sunglasses pushed up, eyes closed in a quiet moment on the beach, child in a cap beside him during the ceremony.

Circle of Land Blessing Ceremony participants seated on beach blankets near the Santa Monica pier.

We asked everyone to bring some kind of offering to make to the land.

The giant pile of offerings included:

Big juicy oranges
Long stem roses
Organic pineapple sauce
Cookies
Pure water
Sparkling water
Nourishing nettle-spearmint tea
Orange juice soda
Coconut water
Flower petals
Flower elixirs & aura mists

While we were waiting for everyone to arrive, we passed around the tops of hundreds of roses that weren’t fully opened up yet. We used our fingers to massage them open, to help them bloom & turn into big giant, gorgeous rose offerings!

With the sunshine blazing, we sat in a circle and did the Green Tara practice on the beach. After we made our final dedications for the land to revitalize & renew, we shared & enjoyed all the goodies that everyone brought as offerings.

Two women kneeling on the beach in Santa Monica exchanging an unopened rosebud to help it bloom, petals piled between them

Woman in a straw hat and red scarf laughing with fellow attendees during the Land Blessing Ceremony gathering.

Aerial view of the circle gathered on blankets around a pile of flower and orange offerings for the land blessing.

Woman kneeling on a picnic blanket smelling a red rose bloom during the Land Blessing Ceremony offerings on the beach in Santa Monica.

Group standing in a circle at the shoreline with sailboats on the horizon during the land blessing ceremony.

Then we gathered all the flowers, and brought them down to the water. Each person took a giant handful & held them at their hearts. We stood in a circle, made wishes & prayers for the land to heal & recover and for everyone on the land to become limitlessly happy & healthy ~ and then we threw them into the sky!

Woman holding a handful of rose petals during the Green Tara practice at the Land Blessing Ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica

Two women holding cupped handfuls of orange and red flower petals during the Land Blessing Ceremony, pier behind them.

Group tossing red and gold rose petals into the sky during the Land Blessing Ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica

Woman in a straw hat throwing colorful rose petals into the air over the waves on the beach in Santa Monica during the ceremony.

Colorful rose petals in red, orange, pink, and yellow scattered on wet sand with droplets, after the Land Blessing Ceremony.

Man throwing flower petals into the sky on the beach in Santa Monica during the Land Blessing Ceremony, a child dancing nearby.

Woman in an orange sweater holding a single white rose on the sand, palm trees lining the shore behind her

Man with arms raised scattering rose petals into the sky, dog on a leash beside him in the shallow surf on the beach in Santa Monica.

Woman crouching on a beach as a child drops rose petals onto her upturned face, sailboat drifting past

Smiling child with orange flower petals sprinkled over her hair during the Santa Monica ceremony.

Three ceremony attendees laughing together on the beach in Santa Monica, the pier stretching into the water behind them.

Group portrait on the beach in Santa Monica after the Land Blessing Ceremony, rose petals scattered in the tide, pier behind them.

Small clusters of ceremony guests standing along the Santa Monica shoreline as the waves roll in.

Man walking a dachshund past scattered rose petals on the beach in Santa Monica, the pier in the background

Person in a paisley headscarf praying quietly by the shore during the Land Blessing Ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica.

Small circle of the Land Blessing group gathered on the vast expanse of Santa Monica sand.

May it create the causes for abundance, realization and awakening!

May this Wave of Pure Intent reach you, too ~ wherever you are in the world.

Check out future Flowerlounge tour stops here.

Love & flower petals,
Katie & the crew

P.S. We were so blown away by our community’s generosity & commitment to pursue positive action in this time of need, that we made a commitment to assemble for special ceremonies & prayers in times of great need for protection & infusions of loving energy. We created a special email list for those who wish to participate in these spontaneous ceremonies ~ to shower Rain of Wisdom over the collective, when needed. Think: a 911 for spiritual prayers (& action) club. If you want to join the email list to be notified each time we do this practice, enter your email address here.

 

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