Using Rituals to Transform Your Life
One of the simplest yet most profound ways we have to radically shift our energy and transform our lives is ritual. Rituals help ground our energy, focus our intention, and connect with our intuition. If done consistently, rituals can create real, potent magic and allow you to bring all areas of your life into greater alignment with your desires.
For me, reclaiming my magick through consistent ritual has completely changed my entire life. As I already mentioned, last January I was in a place of intense anxiety about my business & finances . I knew I was doing everything “right” but it just wasn’t happening meanwhile my debt was becoming out of control.
Until I discovered chanting. This became a powerful catalyst for my transformation. My dedicated practice of creating a beautiful altar, crafting rituals that help me connect with my intuition and receive guidance, getting quiet and really tuning in, this changed everything.
My rituals helped me to listen and look for guidance from within myself, rather than taking a million courses thinking they had the answers. It empowered me to set doable goals and released the expectation. It completely changed my life and set my on the path of my soul’s highest calling. And this is just the beginning.
Tips for creating and utilizing rituals in your life
Consistency. What truly allows rituals to work their magic is consistent, regular practice. Rituals help to enhance your energy and ground your intentions. Doing this on a regular basis consistently shifts your vibration to truly transform your reality.
Find what resonates with you. For me, chanting, oils and candle work all resonate (I talk more about my own rituals at the end), but you might be completely different. Maybe kundalini yoga feels good in your soul. Or maybe it’s journaling, or working with specific crystals or guides, or transcendental meditation, or tarot, or something entirely different. We intuitively know what is right for us, and if we can tap into it, or rituals will be that much more powerful (and easy to stick to!).
Be realistic. The best way to stay consistent is to create rituals that work for you that you can actually stick to. If you have to a demanding work schedule or have small children, for example, you may not have more than 20 minutes or so to devote to your rituals. If you work early in the morning, perhaps it makes more sense to you to practice your rituals in the night. Anything is okay! Exactly what you are doing matters much less than the intention behind it. Find what works with you and integrate it into your life in the way that makes the most sense.
Community. I’ve found that have a group of people who support you and help keep you accountable (again, consistency is key!) is vital. Sometimes life becomes hectic and we can lose sight of why we are doing the things we are, and in moments like those, having a community you can turn to makes all the difference.
Trust. On those days that I doubted myself I sat in meditation even longer and focused on releasing disempowering thoughts and old beliefs, and that make all the difference. As with most things, it takes time to notice the external shifts because the internal ones have to come first. By sticking with it and trusting your magic, you’ll allow potent shifts to come through.
A look at my daily rituals
Rituals are deeply personal, and what works for me may not be right for you. Still, I believe it to be helpful (and fun!) to know what other people’s rituals are like. Here is what a typical morning looks like for me:
I wake up and turn on my salt lamp. Then I sit in front of my altar and anoint myself with abundance and transformation oil. Then I activate my reiki symbols, go through some affirmations, and take out my Hand Mala to chant Om shreem maha Lakshmiyei namaha (to call upon Lakshmi, the hindu goddess of wealth and abundance) 27 times. Then I’ll proceed to doing my Kriya meditation, give deep gratitude to Goddess and all my guides and angels, and do an abundance mantra. I’ll then move over to my other altar and with another Hand Mala chant Om Ah Hung (a mantra to align and cleanse body, speech, and mind) 27 times and again give deep gratitude to Goddess, Gods, Great Mother, Mama Earth, Archangels, my Guides and so on.
This ritual helps ground me, connect my with my guides, and put me in the energy of gratitude and abundance. It works for me, and the tools I use (chanting, malas, Kriya meditation) all resonate deep in my soul.
Do you have a consistent ritual practice? What rituals do you currently do? What would you like to do? What tools resonate with you?
Let’s talk- after all, community amplifies our potency.