55: Ritual and Embodiment

Ritual at its best brings us towards a feeling of acknowledgment, embodiment, and honoring of our true selves. It bonds us to our values and our deepest self or brings us to shared humanity, purpose, or meaning. In this episode, I explore how rituals...

Episode 80 of the The Embody Podcast | Alignment + Loving Yourself podcast, hosted by Candice Wu, titled "55: Ritual and Embodiment" was published on January 14, 2019 and runs 46 minutes.

January 14, 2019 ·46m · The Embody Podcast | Alignment + Loving Yourself

Summary

Ritual at its best brings us towards a feeling of acknowledgment, embodiment, and honoring of our true selves. It bonds us to our values and our deepest self or brings us to shared humanity, purpose, or meaning. In this episode, I explore how rituals can serve embodiment or disembodiment, examining what rituals we already have in place, the rituals I enjoy and designing your own rituals. This intro episode is followed by three basic rituals that you can try out and integrate as your own or inspire your own ideas. The experientials are called Space for Self Ritual, Energy and Embodiment Ritual, and a Body Love Ritual. Please enjoy and give yourself space. Links, Article, and Resources All Show Notes for This Episode 📝https://candicewu.com/ritual
  Podcast Homepage 🎧 https://candicewu.com/podcast Newsletter & Embody Community 💌 https://candicewu.com/embody-community Patreon – Your Support Means So Much! 💝 https://candicewu.com/patreon Candice Wu Page on Facebook 👫 https://facebook.com/EmbodyYourNature Follow Candice on Instagram 📷 https://instagram.com/EmbodyYourNature   Sponsored by my Dream Class on Skillshare One of my favorite rituals is to record and harvest the wisdom of my dreams. ⠀⠀ Dreams are constantly revealing yourself to you and each one brings a whole world of embedded knowledge and wisdom, waiting to be seen and bringing you new energies to cultivate in your life, possibility, and connection. It connects us back to parts of ourselves we have hidden or left behind, forgotten about, or disconnected from, to bring us into our wholeness and true power. If you’re interested in dreaming, I’ve started a series of dream work classesthat will support remembering and harvesting dreams, and there’s much more to come about embodying the energies, wisdom, and messages of your dreams. This first class is about the basics: unfolding and awakening your dream life so that you can harness the power of dreams, how to cultivate the ability to remember your dreams, creating intentions and ways to record and harvest your dreams. This class is free through the end of Jan. Receive two free months of a premium Skillshare account with this link. This is an affiliate link and proceeds go towards the podcast production. Sweet dreams to you…❤ Learn more at candicewu.com/dreamclass1   Show Notes & Timestamps  00:00 Intro 00:57 Sponsored by the Dream Class One 04:38 Opening: This Is About Rituals 05:23 New Year to Create Ritual 06:44 Future Plans and New Rituals in Daily Life 08:12 What Does “Ritual” Mean to You? 09:22 What Rituals Do You Have and What Are They Doing for You? 10:12 Rituals Can Be Disembodying 10:56 Attention and Awareness in Rituals 11:15 Anything Can Be a Ritual 12:16 Rituals Throughout History 13:09 Greeting Each Other, Meditation, Circumcision, Yoga as a Ritual (Rituals Can Be Healing or Not) 14:57 Rituals in Different Cultures / Trauma Because Something Wasn’t Complete 17:12 Rituals as a Transition Marker 17:47 The Idea of Belonging: Pressure in Groups to Stay in Belonging 19:19 This Happens in Society, in Families, Everywhere 20:03 Experiences With Gender, Differences, Identity 20:20 What Are Your Rituals That You Love? What Are the Ones You Disagree With? 20:40 Story: My Most Beautiful Rituals 21:47 Honoring and Acknowledgement in Family Constellations 22:14 Rituals Around Death and Greave 22:40 Ritual at It’s Best 23:52 Ritual Supports Belonging and Self Expression 25:01 Rituals That I Want to Create 25:37 We Are All Unique Beings 26:24 What to Do Before Creating Your Own Rituals 27:21 Abhyanga Massage as a Ritual 28:33 One of My Rituals: Speak Honestly 29:01 Healing Rituals Are Important for Me 29:29 Work Sessions: Ritual of Opening With Love and Tuning In 30:11 Using My Pendulum as a Ritual 31:03 Ritual Movements: Lotus Mudra 31:40 Ritual of Embodying and Visualization 32:00 Noticing My Surroundings and Recognizing That I Am Safe 32:43 Having Tea With Myself 32:53 New Rituals in Ireland? Building Trust With

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