Ceremonial Tattoo as Living Ritual
Marking Moments of Meaning on the Skin by Mele
There are moments in life too significant to pass without ceremony. Times of transformation, loss, becoming, or deep remembering.
At Mama White Lion, we offer a sacred pathway to honour these thresholds through ceremonial tattooing - a process where your intention becomes a symbol, and your symbol becomes your skin.
This is not just a tattoo. It is a rite. A quiet, potent act of embodiment, guided by intention and sealed in presence.
What is a Ceremonial Tattoo?
Ceremonial tattooing is the art of marking the body in deep reverence.
Each symbol is drawn from your story, your prayer, and your soul’s call — not just a pre-designed flash card, but intuitively received in collaboration with you. Together, we bring forth a design that holds the essence of what you’re choosing to honour.
Whether you are entering a new life chapter, letting go of an old one, or simply wishing to anchor your connection to the sacred, this is a space where ink becomes more than image — it becomes memory, medicine, and meaning. A motif of your unique magic.
What the Ceremony Involves
Step into a sacred, intentional space where your story, your transformation, and your vision are honoured. Every part of this ceremony, from conversation to symbol to ritual, supports you in embodying what matters most.
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We begin in conversation via a Zoom call — slowing down to listen to what wants to be marked. You are invited to share your story, your why, your edges. Together, we distil this into a clear, felt intention.
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From this space, your design is born. I work intuitively, letting the symbol emerge from our shared presence. It may be abstract or elemental, ancestral or personal — always unique, always yours. When we are clear on the design and placement we book a date for our in person ritual.
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The tattoo is received in a ceremonial container. We anchor an altar, and benevolent energies are welcomed to support us both. We drink herbal tea, listen to gentle music - the process is gentle, slow, and sovereign.
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We close with care—guidance for tending to your new marking and space for reflection or rest. You may wish to stay in silence, journal, or simply be.
Step into the container that calls to you — each pathway holds space for intention, transformation, and sacred marking.
Ceremony Options
Half-Day Ceremony
A focused 3–4 hour container with intention-setting, design, tattooing, and integration.
Your Investment:
$500 (incl. design drop-in call)
Full Day Ceremony
A deeper 6–8 hour journey. Includes optional nature time, drum journey, sharing food and natural spaciousness alongside the marking ritual.
Your Investment:
$900 (incl. design drop-in call)
Custom Pathway
Tailored ceremony over multiple sessions or with added elements such as drum journeying, anointing, flower bathing, or communal witnessing.
Your Investment:
Price upon application.
To honour the integrity of this process, you will be asked to complete and sign a Tattoo Ceremony Agreement Form.
This outlines the shared commitments between us: consent, safety, boundaries, and care — on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.
This ensures we both step into the process with clarity and respect.
You will need to make a non-refundable $200 commitment contribution once I begin designing your marking. This will give you the right to use what I design for you, even if you choose not to go ahead with the ritual with me at that time. And it will come off the total cost of the half or full day ritual cost.
Before We Begin
You are crossing a threshold—birth, death, divorce, healing, awakening.
You want to honour your ancestry, your land, your spirit.
You’re seeking to reclaim your body as sacred.
You want a tattoo that isn’t transactional, but ceremonial—crafted with presence and love.
This is for You If…
This is not a studio.
This is not flash art.
This is not rushed.
This is slow, intentional, and sacred.
The mark is just the beginning and becomes a portal to the next chapter of your life.
To mark yourself with sacred ink is to say: I was here. I chose to remember.
It is a devotion to your own becoming.
If your body is calling for a mark… if your soul is whispering “it’s time”…
You are invited. I will meet you here with respect and reverence.
Reach out to begin your sacred tattoo journey.
Not close by physically for a Ceremony? Mele can design your intentional tattoo and provide you with the file to have it tattooed by another tattoo artist local to you.
“Meles work carries absolute integrity, presence, ritual, and great care. The potency of this experience is not only held in the design but the energy it holds and the sacredness of Meles ceremonial craft. I am deeply grateful for such an authentic and honouring process. I absolutely love my ceremonial tattoo and highly recommend Mele”
- Nicole, @divinelyguidedhealing_
