create your own ritual
Starhawk
“Any ritual is an opportunity for transformation. To do a ritual, you must be willing to be transformed in some way. The inner willingness is what makes the ritual come alive and have power. If you aren't willing to be changed by the ritual, don't do it.”
We are meaning-making beings, we long to make sense of our experiences, to give them context and shape.
One of the most important features of rituals is that not only do they mark time; they create time. They define the beginnings and ends of developmental or social phases and mark transitions and shifts. Rituals give context and purpose to our world and how we understand time, relationships, and change.
Perhaps you have gone through a significant transition and you are looking to create a ceremony to observe the shifts in yourself, to honour what has happened, and name what is being birthed.
I’d love to have a conversation, to explore creating a ritual with you
Examples of transitions that might call for a ritual
Worldview Funeral
shift in thinking or belief
End of a Relationship
honouring a break-up
divorce or parting ceremony
leaving a community to move to another
Transformation/ Phase of life
maiden/mother/crone
moving into a new home
birth , baby welcoming
ending an old job/ starting a new one
Ritual is one of the ways in which humans put their lives in perspective, whether it be Purim, Advent, or drawing down the moon. Ritual calls together the shades and specters in people's lives, sorts them out, puts them to rest.
-Clarissa Pinkola Estes