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Kirby's avatar

Rituals were on my "in" list for 2024! My favorite one right now was born out of wanting a way to hold spiritual and emotional space for my clients (I'm a therapist) without actually ~thinking~ about them or ruminating on all the weird stuff I said to them that day. Every night I light a candle for all the clients I've worked with (even if only for a session or two) and for all the ones I've yet to meet. I usually say the Julian of Norwich prayer when I blow it out to remind myself of the goodness and love we're all held in ❤️

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Marissa C. Knox's avatar

I love this so much, Mari. I'm so grateful for your work. I created a ritual in the pandemic to remind me of the grace and possibility always here. I called it g.r.a.c.e. and each letter reminds me of what is most important. grounding in gratefulness, remembering the rainbow, attending to what is already & always available, centering in connection, and exhaling and embodying (total word nerd over here with the the alliteration). I also like to take 3 magic breaths while my hot water is warming up, and say a prayer while I whisk my matcha, open my heart when I open the windows in the morning, and feel the gifts my hands make possible when I wash them each day. In these little ways, everyday tasks become the ritual itself because I'm learning to trust that simply living is sacred, with or without the formal altars.💜

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