Wedding Rings are a symbol, a daily reminder of the Marriage Vows you have taken.
There are many lovely Ring Vows. Here’s a very sweet example:
Groom:
With this ring, I give you my promise
that my heart will be your shelter,
My arms your home.
We will walk together through all things.
Know that you are deeply loved.
I feel honored to henceforth call you my wife
and fortunate to forever call you my Love.
Sedona Bouquets never disappoints. Their Bouquets are always stunning, fresh and amazing.
All we do is tell him the colors that we want and he always delivers a fragrant piece of walking art.
Our Sedona Spirit Package includes one of Sedona Bouquets’ fabulous creations. Or you can add a bouquet to any of our packages.
Including the bouquet and boutonniere in your package is just one more way that we make it easy and stress free for you. We do the ordering, we pick-up and we deliver right to your hands.
That’s our goal. To make your Wedding Day as full of Grace and Love as possible and completely free of stress.
When we asked this Sedona Destination Weddings Bride:
“How much do you love your new husband?”
She respondedby throwing her arms up with joy as if to embrace the entire moment.
She loves him so much that she planned the perfect romantic elopement to Sedona.
Sedona did not disappoint. She enveloped this joyous couple with a stunning Sunset at spectacular Red Rock Crossing with majestic Cathedral Rock rising up above.
This was a moment and a Wedding that her Groom will hold dear in his heart forever.
This is what pulling off the perfect Elopement looks like. Pure Bliss!
This is such a fun and fabulous idea. An Old Western Style Wedding in the Red Rocks.
These His and her Cowboy hats look so romantic with a beautiful bouquet in the Sunset.
YeeHaa!
Take:
Desert Sunset.
World famous Cathedral Rock at Red Rock Crossing
Stunning Bride.
Gorgeous Dress.
Mix together with Love and tenderness, humor and Joy and you have the perfect recipe for a fabulous, unforgettable, romantic and magical Sedona Destination Wedding!
This truly was a day that this Bride will remember and cherish for a lifetime.
Thank you so much Iala and Akal for making our elopement so incredibly special. You really did take great care of us since the first time we spoke until even after our wedding and never let us down, for that we are truly grateful. Our family was far away but you were all so welcoming, made us feel comfortable and at ease with your awesome personalities that it really took the edge off. We felt like we known you all for years and we were not alone on our day. We are still amazed at how stress free everything was and how everything turned out exactly how we wanted. The Airport Vortex is such an amazing place. I’m happy that in one of our photos when we first got to the top of the vortex you captured the look on my face of being blown away by it’s beauty. Everyone who has seen the photos simply gush over them and asks “How did you find this place?” and we always say how lucky we are that we found your site or we would never even known the Airport Vortex exists. We have so many wonderful stories to tell everyone about our cermony, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of telling them. See you again when we renew our vows in about 10 years 
Eternally Grateful
Chrissy & Ron
Marriage is the great Leap of Faith. That is because when we marry we promise to love each other – not only as we feel today – but as we intend to feel for a lifetime.
With our Sedona Weddings we celebrate the Love that will grow and deepen over a lifetime.
The Leap of Faith is a good thing. On your Wedding Day it is a Jump for JOY! May you always remember the Joy that set wings to your feet. Amen
We have so many beautiful pictures of two hands joining. Our couples holding hands are a symbol of the joining of two lives, two separate histories,
two families uniting to form a new path and a new life before them.
The rings they wear are a symbol of the vows they have spoken.
May these rings be to the end of their lives their most precious adornment.
This beautiful Bride is basking in the glow of Sunset at Lover’s Knoll.
Lover’s Knoll is an awesome Sunset Wedding Location.
There’s ample parking. very east access. And Cathedral Rock all aglow with the last of the day’s Sun.
We love this location. At Sunset all the Rocks light up and shine in all their Red Rock Glory. There are very few people here and we often find we have the Knoll to ourselves. it’s one of Sedona’s Special treasures. Perfect for elopements and larger Wedding parties too.
Having music as part of your Ceremony is a wonderful addition.
The Native American Flute is a southwestern touch. The flute echoes off the rocks and allows you and your guests a moment to pause, breath and contemplate this very special day.
Native American Flute playing is part of our Shamanic Package. You may add it to any of our other packages as well!!
Sedona Destination Weddings has a a special Ring Blessing Tradition.
First we fill a Tibetan Bowl with water from Oak Creek. Oak Creek is considered sacred by the local tribes. I call it the Ganges of America. This then is Holy or Sacred Water.
The Wedding Rings are placed in the water at the beginning of the Ceremony. They are being cleansed and empowered with the Words of the Ceremony and the Vows of the Bride and Groom.
When it is time to exchange rings our Officiant further Blesses the Rings by ringing a bell over them and calling for a Blessing for the Marriage and for the Couple to wear these rings as a reminder of the Vows they have spoken.
After the Ceremony the Bride and Groom and all the guests take turns scooping out a bit of the Sacred Water and sprinkling it on the Rocks – giving the precious water back to the desert and as they do so saying a Blessing for the Marriage. It is a lovely way to include everyone in your Celebration.
The last of the water is given back by the Officiant with this Blessing:
MAY THE RAIN OF BLESSING FROM THIS DAY FALL ON EVERYONE.
What could be more beautiful than a lovely Bride all in White at the foot of Cathedral Rock at Red Rock Crossing Sedona – just as Sunset.
this picture is one for the family heirlooms. All our Sedona Destination Weddings make beautiful memories.
This was a wonderful Elopement. Part of our wonderful new Elopement Package with Kokopelli Suites in Sedona. Call us for more details at 928 282-0993 and book your Romantic Elopement today!!
This is Abner. He played quite a part in a recent Sedona Elopement.
Abner looked quite fetching in his Tuxedo Collar. He gave the Bride away, was the ring bearer. He also thoughtfully sat on her train so she wouldn’t float away in Bliss.
He was a great addition to the Wedding. And he got to have a lovely cool off in the Creek.
Having your Beloved pet at your Ceremony is a sweet touch.
Sedona is romantic no matter what species you are.
Here this loving toad couple bask in the warmth of the Sedona Sun and the glow of their love on the Red Rocks.
Even nature reflects the joys of the heart.
Sedona is such a romantic place. It’s Red Rock majesty and powerful energy that intensifies everything is a wonderful backdrop for romance.
We see Hearts everywhere. In the rocks, in the cactus, created by a loving individual out of Red Rocks.
This is a wonderful location for Weddings and honeymoons.
We abound with natural sites – perfect for Weddings and romantic B&B’s perfect for your Honeymoon.
Check out Sedona today!
I still am in awe of how perfect our wedding was, from beginning to end. There’s really a powerful combo of having time the day before the wedding with Akal to bond with the earth, the vortexes and with our spirits. It sets the stage for the wedding, and a foundation, to build upon with the connections of our spirits and energy that unites a couple in marriage… in perfect harmony.
The comments are pouring in at my blog and Facebook about how beautiful, powerful, and love filled our wedding looks in the pictures, description and video. People are saying their eyes fill up with tears or they actually weep while watching it. Just think if they had been there with us that on that mountain smack dab in the middle of vibrant, powerful, breathtaking action that only being married in Sedona can bring. I can thank Patricia, our photographer, for her energetic, giggling ways that instinctively knows when to snap the moment as if it had been rehearsed a million times. She almost seemed like another Super Hero, “Spidey Girl”; being everywhere at once click….click… finding all the tender, humorous, and big screen drama of our made for TV movie like wedding. Pinch me!! Our wedding photographs are heirlooms.
Thank you, Rev. Iala and Akal for taking our love story and turning it into a cover of a romance novel. Part of me laughs at saying that last statement, and the other part knows we asked the Universe to give us the wedding of our dreams, and then the Universe delivered it to us wrapped in turquoise skies, rich red dirt, Raven filled vistas and a couple in tune with our needs, desires and spiritual longings. Our wedding kicked it, didn’t it?! Oh man, as in Superman and Lille Lane, it sure did!
We just loved the creativity of this beautiful Bouquet. The Bride took so much time and put so much love and so many memories into it. All of her family and the Groom’s was represented. Aunts, Grandmothers, mothers and more. They were all there in her hand and witnessing her special day.
Now they have a very special family heirloom to begin their new life together.
This is a Bouquet we will always remember.
Sedona Destination Weddings also does Commitment Ceremonies.
This is a wonderful opportunity to declare and commit to your partner and your Love. This is a Ceremony where the emphasis is on your Sacred union. Each partner has an opportunity to share the depth of their feelings and state vows that are meaningful and heartfelt to their Beloved.
The Commitment Ceremony is between you and your Beloved. This is an exclusively Spiritual Union. It is a wonderful gift to each other and a fantastic celebration of Love.
We have a beautiful Sacred Union Ceremony and many Traditions such as the Salt Covenant, the Sand Ceremony, Hand Fasting, The Honey and the Rose Ceremony can be included.
I wanted to share this with you.
Our Bride and Groom on Valentine’s Day went so far as to have each others name tattoed on their arms.
The Groom said that she did hers first as a gift to him. It freaked him out at first but then he got one too and he went even bigger.
Now that’s a serious commitment!
The Sand Ceremony is a very popular Wedding Ceremony.
The different color sand in the separate vessels represents the uniqueness and the wholeness of each individual. The Bride has her vessel and the groom has his. Often if there are children involved in the new union they will have a separate vessel of their own.
The Bride and Groom each take turns holding their vessel and speaking of who they are as an individual. Their hopes and dreams and their family and history. Then the Groom has his say.
Then the couple combine their sands into a new vessel. This represents the Union of their Marriage.
When they have finished they both speak of who they are together. What their relationship means. What their shared hopes and dreams are.
The new vessel with the combined sands becomes a very special and treasured family heirloom. It is displayed in a prominent place in their new home. A daily reminder of their Vows and their Sacred Union.
Shoes say a lot about a person. Wedding foot wear says even more.
We’ve seen some fancy feet in our time. We love these ones.
These Boots were made for Walking, Climbing, Dancing, Hopping and Skipping with Glee.
This Sedona Bride really put her best boot forward!!
Sugar Loaf is one of those sweet local spots. Not many visitors find it or even know how very special Sugar Loaf is. It’s known as the very Heart center of the Americas. An unassuming little Knoll in the middle of West Sedona. It has wonderful views of Thunder Mountain and Coffee Pot Rock and Chimney Rock. It’s a fabulous Wedding Site at Sunset. The light on the rocks is amazing and you are up close and personal with some beautiful Red Rocks.
The energy here is very heart centered and loving, gentle and sweet and accepting. In fact, Reverend Akal and I were married alongside sugar Loaf under a Tree that we now call the Wedding Tree. We visit it almost daily in our hikes and go there to renew our vows and connection whenever we feel the need. It’s definitely a favorite of ours.
This is a very easy hike to a spot we call the Singing Rock. Parking is limited in the lot but there is over flow available on the street.
This was a winter wonderland wedding. It took a lot of trust on the part of our Bride and Groom. All day long it was raining. Just before the Wedding it turned to snow. And there we were in a beautiful Winter Wonderland. Truly Sedona does not do ugly. She is beautiful in any weather and every day!
Our Bride and groom were thrilled. Snow is Sedona is fairly rare – they definitely were Blessed. No one even felt the cold. In fact – the Bride wore opened toed shoes through the snow drifts. We were on a a Snowy Cloud 9. And all the pictures are so fabulous!
I just have to share a few more pictures from that special day! It’s one we will never forget.
Wedding rings are so personal and they say so much. They are a symbol of the vows you have spoken. We very rarely have the opportunity in life to give our vow. Marriage is Sacred in many ways. One of them is the Vows. A Vow is way more than a promise. A vow is your word. Not to be taken lightly. We must consider deeply and know our hearts truly before we make take such a serious step in our lives.
That’s why the rings are so important. They are a daily, minute by minute reminder that we made such vows. That we felt so deeply we came to a place in our lives and our relationship with another human being that we were more than ready to give our vow.
Rings are more than a reminder they are reassurance when times are hard. Yes, we really are loved and do love deeply. They are a constant celebration of Love and its magic and possibility and gift in our lives.
Behold the Wedding Ring!
An unexpected guest attended our Valentine’s Day Wedding on the banks of Oak Creek at Red Rock Crossing.
A duck is a great omen. Ducks mate for life and this handsome male was there with his mate. A very special blessing for the lucky couple.
Ducks also let everything flow off their back. They go with the flow in the Creek of life.
Duck is a powerful teacher. I always say when Quack Quack is headed your way – practice Duck Medicine and DUCK!!
After a memorable and beautiful Wedding by the Creek a Sedona Bride and Groom stroll happily and in a haze of love towards their future and their lives together.
Such a gentle, rich and fulfilled moment and one that we are honored to be a part of.
Red Rock Crossing is a beautiful Wedding location in the early morning hours. The place is quiet – you might have some ducks swim by or a heron fly overhead – and once a horse came down to the water to drink.
Cathedral Rock at Red Rock crossing is the second most photographed spot in Arizona after the Grand Canyon. The morning hours here hold a special charm. Calm, quiet deserted. This is when Sedona’s magic really shines.
Cathedral stands tall and majestic above you and shimmers in the water below you.
Our beautiful Sedona Bride seems to be in Bliss. Soaking up the morning, the sun, the beauty and the love on her special day.
I love the Wedding Walk. The new Mr and Mrs strolling towards their new life together. It’s like the first dance here in Sedona. This one is under the big shade trees of Oak Creek at Red Rock Crossing.
The Bride and Groom are always in a happy haze. We did it. We’re married!! Such a joyous walk in such a beautiful place.
This was especially happy because our groom contacted me 7 months before from active duty in Afghanistan!! I prayed for him until the moment he called me state side and said “I’m back, Reverend Iala. And I’m ready to get married.”
I was never so happy to see a Groom in all my life. I am sure his Bride felt the same way.
We like to honor all our men and women in service. That is why we have our 10% Military Discount on all packages.
This is one of the Giant Cottonwood Trees that you find along the banks of Oak Creek in Sedona.
They stand testament to many stories of many Brides and Grooms. Their majesty and their wisdom, their silent tales of many generations lends a special strength and support to a Sedona Wedding.
This Cottonwood tree is hundreds of years old and lends a wonderful backdrop to this couple along with a promise of Love’s enduring nature.
Brides your bouquet is a special memory – a smile that will cross your face whenever you remember your special day.
Here at Sedona Destination Weddings we have a preferred Vendor for all our Bouquet and boutonniere needs.
David of Sedona Wedding Bouquets is an artist with bouquets. He has never repeated himself in all the years we have been enlisting his service. Each of his bouquets is uniquely beautiful and reflective of the Red Rock Spirit of Sedona.
Once we discovered David’s talent, mastery and vision with bouquets and heard our Bride’s gush – “Oh, its so beautiful. Thank you so much. it’s exactly what I wanted.” We never went anywhere else.
Sedona Bouquets has made a special deal just for Sedona Destination Weddings’ Brides. Tell them we referred you and your bouquet and boutonniere are only $110 – (You select your colors, for specific flower orders there will be an additional charge).
Sedona Wedding Bouquets: 928 593-0384
Their website is coming soon!
You are getting married!! He proposed. What better place to get married than Sedona. Sedona’s powerful and awesomely beautiful Red Rock landscape will be the perfect backdrop for your once in a lifetime nuptials.
Sedona Destination Weddings will make sure that your day is full of grace and ease, totally stress free and full of love and full of wonderful memories.
The only thing left for you to do is celebrate. Cheers!
Expect the miraculous in Sedona. You never know who will show up to your Wedding on the Red Rocks.
Everyone loves romance and these beautiful Ravens were no exception.
They circled a Ceremony at Airport Vortex and took all our breaths away.
A true Blessing from Spirit.
Sedona has been voted the most beautiful place in America. It’s moments like this rainbow over Courthouse Butte that earn Sedona this honor.
Sedona is full of breathtaking landscapes, vibrant Red Rocks, bluer than blue skies. Even a dark sky can yield up a treasure such as this rainbow.
There’s actually never a bad day or wrong time of the year to get married in Sedona. The views change from moment to moment. Photographers love it here – no two pictures are ever the same. The sky even when overcast blankets Sedona in Magic and Mystery.
Sedona is the perfect backdrop for your Sedona Wedding!
Even the Cactus wish to celebrate Love here in Sedona. This is only one of the many loving cactus abundant in the Sedona desert.
From the heart of Sedona to your two hearts. Come and Celebrate your Sedona Wedding with us!!
Sedona is the perfect place to Elope. Imagine a private, very intimate Wedding – just you and your Beloved and the powerful, majestic Red Rocks!
This is the ultimate stress free experience. Nothing to do save express your Love and your Commitment and create a memory that will live on in your hearts forever.
Kevin and Colleen loved their Sedona Wedding.
We wanted to thank you so much for the magical wedding at Cathedral Rock!!!!!!!!! Wow, if we had not discovered Sedona Destinaton Weddings we would never have known it was possible to be married in such a spectacular place. Further, it was known from the moment we first spoke, that you were a special person with wonderful energy. You truly have a gift and we feel blessed to have been married by you. Let us not forget to mention the joy, love and laughter that took us throughout the ceremony, WOW! Our wedding was beyond our wildest dreams and we will treasure that special day for eternity. Thank you for guiding us on our journey into the sacred union of marriage.
To the Spirit of Sedona!!!!!!
Happy Holidays from Sedona Destination Weddings.
Blessings to All!
There are so many lovely Wedding Traditions that you can add to your Ceremony to add richness, color and express your uniqueness and your love in a fuller manner.
These traditions come from a variety of cultures and historical times.
A very popular one is the Unity Candle and a lesser known one is the Honey Ceremony.
The Hindus have a lovely tradition called the 7 Steps. The Rose Ceremony is a sweet reminder of your Wedding Day throughout your life. There the Hand Fasting tradition from the Druids and the Sand Ceremony which is colorful and leaves you with a daily reminder in your home of your special day and the vows you made. The Hawaiians use Leis and the native Americans use the Wedding Vase Ceremony.
Then there’s the Wedding Pouch Ceremony which is unique to Sedona Destination Weddings. its a lovely little tradition that we created in the Spirit of creating a Sedona Wedding Tradition tradition found nowhere else.
Its a lovely touch to add a Tradition to your Ceremony.
All of these Traditions and more I will share with you in greater detail in the coming Blogs.
It’s not too early to begin thinking about 11-11-11 Weddings.
In fact this is a perfect time to book. Especially if you want the 11 a.m. time slot.
We have several packages we are creating for that day and three great Wedding Sites picked out. Red Rock Crossing, Huckabee Trailhead and Sweet Sugar Loaf at the Singing Rock. There are a limited number of Weddings at each location – another reason to plan ahead and reserve your spot and your package!
Each of these locations are breathtakingly beautiful and easily accessible.
I’ll outline the packages in future postings and post them on our website as well.
Many Vendors are charging more for their services that day and the Forestry will insist on shuttles for large Wedding parties so keep that in mind when budgeting for that special day.
We will make it as smooth and stress free and magical as possible for you and your Sedona Wedding.
11-11-11 promises to be a major portal, gateway and opening to a life filled with Love and Happiness – a fantastic day to get married and a magnificent day to get married in Sedona.
Sedona’s powerful magnetic field will intensify the Love and the Joy.
Early November is a lovely time in Sedona. The leaves are vibrant colors adding to the awesome beauty of the Red Rocks.
Stay tuned for those packages – they are coming soon.
Sedona Destination Weddings is honored to be a part of the Sedona Weddings of our Military Men and Women. We have officiated many Military Weddings.
We have special discount of 10% off our Serene Sedona and Sedona Memories Wedding Packages for active Military.
Call us today at 928 282-0993 to start planning your Sedona Wedding at our great Military Discount rates. We are proud to support our Troops and to help make your Sedona Wedding pure magic.
This photo is of a very ecstatic Ralph and Marcy on their Sedona Wedding Day last September.
Ralph and Marcy are highschool sweethearts with a great story. They went their own way in life and both got married to other people. It was Ralph’s ex-wife of 19 years who found Marcy on the internet and gave her contact info to Ralph!!
They reconnected and have been together ever since.
Ralph took great pains to arrange the perfect Sedona elopement.
He booked our Sedona Memories Package
We arranged the site permit and met him at the Back o’ Beyond Trailhead with a photographer, officiant and one witness. That’s when Ralph and Marcy realized they left their wedding rings back at the hotel.
Thinking quickly our witness fashioned two beautiful rings from some red string he found in his car. We all laughed so much at these new rings and yet when the time came to exchange rings and the strings were blessed and they tied them on each others fingers – those rings became a symbol of all they had been through to come to that moment. There were tears in all of our eyes as those string rings became more precious than gold.
Less really is more – you can tell by their Leap of Joy!
Superman and his Beloved Lille were very happy with their Sedona Wedding – I wanted to share with you their comment to yesterdays blog:
I still am in awe of how perfect our wedding was, from beginning to end. There’s really a powerful combo of having time the day before the wedding with Akal to bond with the earth, the vortexes and with our spirits. It sets the stage for the wedding, and a foundation, to build upon with the connections of our spirits and energy that unites a couple in marriage… in perfect harmony.
The comments are pouring in at my blog and Facebook about how beautiful, powerful, and love filled our wedding looks in the pictures, description and video. People are saying their eyes fill up with tears or they actually weep while watching it. Just think if they had been there with us that on that mountain smack dab in the middle of vibrant, powerful, breathtaking action that only being married in Sedona can bring. I can thank Patricia, our photographer, for her energetic, giggling ways that instinctively knows when to snap the moment as if it had been rehearsed a million times. She almost seemed like another Super Hero, “Spidey Girl”; being everywhere at once click….click… finding all the tender, humorous, and big screen drama of our made for TV movie like wedding. Pinch me!! Our wedding photographs are heirlooms.
Thank you, Rev. Iala and Akal for taking our love story and turning it into a cover of a romance novel. Part of me laughs at saying that last statement, and the other part knows we asked the Universe to give us the wedding of our dreams, and then the Universe delivered it to us wrapped in turquoise skies, rich red dirt, Raven filled vistas and a couple in tune with our needs, desires and spiritual longings. Our wedding kicked it, didn’t it?! Oh man, as in Superman and Lille Lane, it sure did!
On September 22, 2010 Superman married his Lois Lane or Miss Lille at airport Vortex. It was the Fall Equinox and a powerful day and a powerful Ceremony.
They chose our Sedona Song Wedding Package. It was a two day never to be forgotten event.
Lille and Superman went out onto the Vortexes with Akal and had a chance to really connect with the energies have a transformational experience. Together they chose the Wedding site that they both Superman and Lille resonated with.
The Wedding Day was very intense – everything from sunshine to hail!
I was not worried a bit. I knew that the Spirit of Sedona would shine on us all and that Airport would shelter us for as long as we needed. Sure enough the sun came out the minute we all arrived and we had exactly enough sun to get us through the entire ceremony and lots of photos after wards. Lille and Superman were truly blessed. The rain around us was another level of Blessing – a special anointing by the Divine and a great gift to the desert.
Lille tells the story best on her blog. And she’s made a lovely little video so I’ll let her take over from here.
Tlaquepaque is a quaint, old Mexican style shopping mall right on Oak Creek. There are cobble stoned courtyards and a lovely little chapel for your Ceremony. For more info on the Chapel see our Sedona Chapels Package
Even if you go for a Ceremony out on the Red Rocks this little jewel is a great place for a photo session either before or after your Ceremony.
There’s plenty of parking, easy walking access for everyone and an old world charm that is remarkable and uniquely southwestern.
Airport Vortex is one of my all time favorite places on the planet. This Vortex has such powerful and transformational energy. This is an electric/magnetic Vortex. That means it is balanced between male and female. The above Wedding was part of our Sedona Song Package
This is a two day event. On day one the bride and groom went on a powerful Vortex Tour with our Shaman, Akal. He took them out to many of the Weddings sites, helped them access the energies and prepared them for their Wedding Day. On this tour the Bride and Groom have an opportunity to really feel which site they both resonate with. This couple chose Airport Vortex and so the next day their lovely, intimate Wedding was held on Airport. I’ll post more about this Ceremony on a later date.
Airport is perfect for small weddings, parking is very limited and the access path can be daunting to Wedding guests. The photo ops are incredible. On your hike in you have sweeping views of all of West Sedona including Cockscomb, Bear Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Coffeepot, Wilson Mountain and Shiprock. At the Wedding Site you have views of Twin Buttes, Lee Mountain, Courthouse, Bell Rock and Cathedral.
Lover’s Knoll is just off a windy mountain road with world class views. There have been many car commercials filmed on this road. Spreading before you are Twin Buttes, Schnebley Hill, Lee Mountain, Courthouse Butte and Cathedral.
Sunset is the optimum time at this site and Sunset on a full Moon night cannot be beat anywhere on Planet Earth. Indescribable beauty, lighting and energy, a Wedding here on the Full Moon would be legendary.
It’s got easy access and ample parking – an unbeatable choice – as I said on any sunset night and on a Full Moon Sunset it becomes transcendent.
Huckabee is the start of a trail head a short way up Schnebley Hill.
I found this lovely spot that is a natural Ampitheater surrounded by gorgeous Red Rock formations and an incredible Vista of all of Sedona spreading out before you.
Imagine your Ceremony in the shade of a twisted Vortex Juniper on a Red Rock platform with the Red Monoliths of Schnebley Hill rising up above
you.
There are a lot of pros to this site. Can reach this site with any kind of vehicle so no need for the expense of renting jeeps. Very easy access for all ages. Lots of parking. Even a bathroom/change room at the trail head. Quiet and secluded. A very memorable and unique location for your Sedona Wedding.
You can also benefit from the powerful and uplifting Vortex Energy of this amazing Red Rock Butte.
Isis Overlook is a real hidden gem. It is a sweet little Red Rock knoll with views that sweep around you in a 360 degree span of unparalleled beauty. To the West is Cockscomb and Doe Mesa rolling into Bear Mountain and Boynton canyon then comes the great pillars of Isis temple Or Isis Rock then all the Secret canyon Wilderness and Brim’s Mesa and then the back end of Thunder Mountain. it is right in the center of an amphitheater of Red Rock Glory.
Access is over a bumpy dirt road. This can be done with a small party but you will have so much more fun accessing this site on the back of a jeep. This is a real adventure setting. It is still not far to go in a regular car and there is some parking. Though without jeeps this is a site for small wedding parties or elopements.
You really get a sense of the majesty of nature and the indescribable beauty and power of Sedona at Isis Overlook.
Magic Vista is one of those hidden treasures. I have dubbed it ‘Magic” because it truly is a magical little spot. The views are unbeatable.
You are right in the shadow and the heart centered energy of SugarLoaf, Thunder Mountain rises above you with Coffee Pot (or Horus Rock). As you turn you have a magnificent 360 degree view. From Horus Rock your eye comes to Soldier’s Pass and Brim’s Mesa (called Brim because an original settler kept his prize bull – Brim up there grazing) and then Wilson Mountain and Shiprock and then Schnebley Hill and around to the Twin Buttes and Airport Vortex!
I just thought of another great reason to call it ‘Magic Vista’. Walt Disney lived in Sedona for awhile and many of the whimsical street names were given by him. He was inspired by Sedona and at Disney Land he made his focal piece “Magic Mountain” which was modeled after Thunder Mountain!
This hidden little gem is the absolute easiest access Wedding Site in all of Sedona. No long hike, no climb. just pull up, park walk a few hundred feet on a flat well kept trail and you are there. The ideal times at this location are Sunset and anytime on weekends.
Magic Vista is a personal favorite of mine because I love the energy of Sugar Loaf – it is the heart Center of Sedona and the Americas and that’s some powerful energy to have in your Wedding Ceremony and a great way to begin your married life together.
Back O’ Beyond is a fabulous spot for a Wedding. You are right on a Red Rock platform on the side of Cathedral Rock – Cathedral’s great spires rise behind you. There are breathtaking Vistas of Bell Rock, Courthouse and Twin Buttes.
This is another magnetic Vortex – I call this the ‘Womb with a View’. Very nurturing, calming and loving energy.
This site is approached with a 7 minute moderate climb. Not good for Grandma but great for small parties and elopements.
The trees here grow up in spirals in response to the energy. This is a breathtaking and romantic and definitely unforgettable Sedona Wedding site. It is one of the reasons that Sedona is a great Destination Wedding location.
Sedona has so many awesome and breathtakingly beautiful Wedding Sites.
Some are easily accessible while others are accessed by a short hike, a bit of a climb or even a Jeep ride!
Wherever you are the Red Rocks are magnificent and the Vistas provide a fabulous backdrop for your Wedding Ceremony.
The most popular Wedding Site by far is Red Rock Crossing. This is located right on Oak Creek with a magnificent view of Cathedral Rock. In fact this is the second most photographed location in Arizona after the Grand Canyon.
Red Rock Crossing is one of Sedona’s Vortexes. This is a magnetic Vortex. The energy here is very feminine and nurturing. It is a wonderful spot to plant the seeds of a new marriage.
This is the easiest access location. Even grandma and grandpa can come. We have had many Weddings here with guests in wheelchairs.
My favorite time of the day here is early morning – Wedding parties before 11 a.m. can be assured of parking. There will be very few people – even in the summer time and weekends and the light is other worldly. At that time of the day we can even capture Cathedral reflected in the waters of Oak Creek.
This is such a popular location that on 10-10-10 there were 35 Weddings at Red Rock Crossing. Sedona Destination Weddings performed 7 of them.
There are other sites equally beautiful and romantic but less well known and more off the beaten track. I plan to share them with you in future blogs.
Blessings
Iala
