15/04/2025
Simple rituals - a symbolic acknowledgement of the intention to change.
Sometimes we need to purge the old to allow space for something new to enter. This can come in many forms - from physically clearing your home or workspace to releasing old beliefs, stories or limiting attitudes about our lives.
It can mean bringing our emotions into awareness and allowing them to be felt so that they can dissipate. It can mean confronting discomfort and really challenging ourselves to make conscious choices about who and what we bring into our lives.
One simple ritual to help energetically release old stories, emotions or events can be to write out what we wish to let go of. Write freely, without holding back, without protecting anyone's feelings. Just put down on paper all the unsaid things we're feeling about a person or situation.
When you have written all you wish to say - SAFELY burn the paper allowing the flames to cleanse and release that energy.
If you like you may also wish to burn some sage or Palo Santo and allow the smoke to cleanse your body and surroundings of the energy you are letting go.
To complete the ritual, now write what you want to welcome into your life or space. What feelings, energies, stories, beliefs, attitudes, people and even things do you choose to invite into this newly created space. As you write, really tune into the feelings these things create in you. Keep this writing as something you can come back to as a reminder of what you are choosing for yourself. The more you tune into these feelings the easier it is to create them.
Change is simple but not easier. It's not in the big declarations. It's in the minutae of choosing the different option in every moment. But, a simple ritual like this can help start that shift, can help us get clear on the change we want to make and signify to ourselves and the universe that we are ready to make it happen.
What are you ready to say goodbye to? And what do you really want and desire to welcome into that space?
