WEDDINGS

A Rituel wedding is a ceremony, not an event

It is designed from the inside out — shaped entirely around who you are, what you have built together, and what you want the people you love to witness and feel on the day you become married.

Eve Gaines brings decades of ceremonial expertise to every wedding she designs and officiates. She begins not with a template but with a conversation — and then another, and another — until she understands your relationship, your values, your vision, and the words that will carry the truest weight on your day. What she creates is always singular. Always deeply personal. And always unlike any ceremony your guests have experienced before.

Set against the mountains, the Pacific, and the wild beauty of the Rituel Nature Refuge — or at a private home, a meaningful venue, or a destination of your own choosing — your wedding becomes the story you will begin telling the moment it ends.

What a Rituel wedding holds

A bespoke ceremony designed and officiated by Eve, built entirely from the ground of your relationship. Deep personal preparation in the weeks before — sessions with Eve to shape the ceremony, the ritual elements, and the felt arc of the day. The Nature Refuge as your setting, or a location that is entirely yours. Every element chosen with coherence — the welcome, the aesthetic, the food, the pacing, the final farewell. Healing woven into your wedding weekend for you and your guests — herbal baths, bodywork, restoration, and space to arrive at the threshold fully present. Complete stewardship from first conversation through the day itself, so you can simply be inside your wedding. Rituel hosts only a small number of weddings each year, and each one receives our full presence and care.

The Bridal Retreat

In the days before your wedding, we offer a private restorative experience at the Nature Refuge for you and the women closest to you. Herbal baths, bodywork, nourishing food, and time in the land — designed to bring you to the threshold of your wedding day deeply restored, fully present, and held.

ALL THAT WE CELEBRATE

Every threshold deserves to be marked

A wedding is one kind of threshold. But life moves through many others — and all of them can be honored with the same depth of care and intention that Rituel brings to everything it holds.

Milestone Birthdays & Anniversaries

A significant birthday — 40, 50, 60 and beyond. A marriage that has weathered years and deserves to be honored for what it has become. We design celebrations that feel as extraordinary as the life they mark — intimate, beautiful, rooted in meaning, held by the land.

Bachelorette & Sacred Pre-Wedding Gatherings

An intentional alternative to the conventional bachelorette — a gathering of the women who matter most, held in ceremony and in joy before one of life's great thresholds. Herbal baths, healing, shared ritual, a meal made with love, and the rare gift of truly being together.

Mother Blessings, Baby Namings & Welcoming Ceremonies

To welcome a new life into the world, and into the circle of all who will love and shape them. Eve designs these ceremonies with deep care for the family, the child, and the sacredness of the beginning they are marking.

Celebrations of Life

To honor a life that has passed — with beauty, with dignity, and with the full reverence that a life deserves. Eve leads these ceremonies with compassion and the complete weight of her ceremonial knowledge, holding space for grief and love to coexist, and for a life to be truly seen.

Rites of Passage

Every threshold can be honored with ceremony — a career completed, a new chapter beginning, a passage from one version of yourself into the next. We design and hold rites for any meaningful transition, for you alone or surrounded by those whose witness matters most.

THE SETTING

The Nature Refuge

Twenty acres at the border of Topanga and Malibu. Perched high in the Santa Monica Mountains with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean, often above the clouds. Lush and green year-round, flanked by protected nature preserve, and designed to hold both luxury and wildness in the same breath.

Safari treatment tents, an outdoor bathhouse with a soaking tub, a nature labyrinth, meditation gardens, and miles of trails through coastal chaparral and pink granite outcroppings. Just minutes from Los Angeles, yet entirely its own world.

We also design and facilitate celebrations at private homes, meaningful venues, and destinations anywhere in the world.

"Honoring my parents' lives in a Celebration of Life ceremony led by Eve at Rituel was one of the most profound and meaningful experiences of my life. The mountains and sky and ocean comforted us and created an atmosphere of peace. Eve led the ceremony with grace and compassion — her words capturing the essence of their lives. It was a truly unforgettable tribute, filled with love, reverence, and a sense of unity among all who attended." — Dana

"Eve led me through the most exquisite process of transition and created such a beautiful ceremony when I stepped into a new career. She took the time to understand what would be left behind and what would be brought forward. She curated a space that was visually, emotionally, and physically beautiful — full of love and support. A portal to usher in a new path."

—Shannon

BEGIN

Tell us about the moment you want to honor

Every celebration at Rituel begins with a conversation. We listen carefully — to what the moment means, to who will gather, to what you want people to feel when they leave. And then we build something worthy of it.

We would be honored to hear about yours.

We respond within two business days.