Ritual as Remedy
Embodied Practices for Soul Care
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
• Explains how ritual can serve as a way to ground yourself, invite in the new, let go of what needs to be shed, and tap into your own inner powers
• Shares ancient and modern rituals, ceremonies, and practices to connect with the seasons, the lunar cycles, and the five elements, as well as open your heart, dance with your shadow self, grow your intuition, and connect with your body
• Offers detailed instructions for each ritual, ceremony, and transformative healing practice
HEALING BALM for psyche and soul, ritual invokes a unique magic that allows us to step beyond the mundane and touch base with the sacred turning points in our life and the truth of our soul’s calling.
In this evocative guide, Mara Branscombe offers potent soul-care rituals and ceremonies to purify and strengthen minds, hearts, and bodies, so as to enable us to activate our inner power. Connecting with the pagan wheel of the year, the five elements, and the lunar cycle, soulstirring rituals and step-by-step healing protocols show a path towards a deeper, heart-centered living. Transformative practices such as guided meditations and visualizations, breathwork, altar creation, and discovery of our personal empowerment mantras facilitate our healing journey. Ancient and modern ceremonies and specific spiritual formulas help us embody a loving existence, dance with our shadow self, engage with grief, grow our intuition, dismantle limiting beliefs, and heal toxic patterns to find inner strength and peace.
Ritual as Remedy is an invitation to shape-shift, heal, transform, and reclaim one’s true soul purpose through powerful self-care protocols that awaken freedom, joy, and a wild, untamed self-love.
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Yoga teacher Branscombe invites readers to answer the "call of the inner mystic" in this formulaic debut, a collection of rituals aimed at spiritual fulfillment. Branscombe teaches readers to "generate your own ability to live this precious life with your highest self on board" through rituals designed to prompt reflection, enable "access inner transformation and awaken our intuitive power." For example, to start the day with gratitude, Branscombe recommends "greeting the rising sun," noting three things one is grateful for, meditating, and then placing one's hands over one's heart while giving thanks for the day. A ritual to let go of one's hang ups requires shaping found materials into a symbolic representation of one's fixation, releasing it into a body of water, and then wading into the water. Other activities include breathing exercises to boost creativity and such journal prompts as "What nourishes you on a soul level?" and "What is your relationship to shame?" Oblique references to "ancients" and "mystics" don't clarify what spiritual traditions underpin these rituals, but Branscombe's instructions are detailed and easy to follow. New agers will likely find the guidance familiar, but those who can't get enough of esoteric-flavored self-care will appreciate the bounty of rituals.
