Ceremony….
What does it mean to you? A lot of us will immediately think of weddings or graduations; a time when we felt that we were worthy of a ceremony, because it marked a huge milestone in our life and was a mark of ‘growth.’ Had you asked me 5 years ago what I thought ceremony was I would have thought about my own graduation and wedding. However since having kids and watching my life speed up as it inevitably does when you become a parent, Ive started really pondering the idea of ceremony and why as a society do we only limit it to the “BIG” day or after ‘earning’ our degree.
The conclusion that I have come to and has been fueled by a conscious collective thought, is that
LIFE IS CEREMONY!
This concept has gotten totally lost on western society. Indigenous cultures understand this so intrinsically. Everything they do or did has intention behind it and is carried out in ceremony. From the minute they wake and place their feet on the earth, there is gratitude for the day.
Honestly creating ceremony in our lives is truly a simple flip of the lens. Its part of what I have been experiencing over the last five years since having children and what I have been trying to put words to as I have been rediscovering my long lost friendship with my genius, Guinevere.
GRATITUDE is a huge part of living life in ceremony. Truly feeling grateful for the breath you take when you first wake. Feeling your heart warm as you watch your kids walk down the stairs in their pjs, holding their lovies on a lazy Saturday morning. It’s all worth celebrating and the mundaneness of life starts to look so much more colorful when we start to see things this way. Now more than ever, I understand that Ceremony is actually living our lives with aligned intention. That when we start to create moments of ceremony through out our days, honoring all that we are in that very moment, things start to feel a lot different. When we stop just mindlessly going about our day, tossing and tumbling through each moment and start being intentional about our thoughts and actions….Life becomes something worth living.
I love crystals, candles, oracle cards, flowers and buddha statues. I literally have mini alters all over my house. Each one housing some of the said items above as well as pictures of my loved ones and other trinkets that I love. I am your quintessential spiritual/hippie stereo type and I have been this way since I can remember. I have always been drawn to the natural elements. However I don’t believe you need any of these items to be able to tap in to your genius and begin living life intentionally, therefor ceremonially. You don’t need to be a crystal wearing, flower child to understand this concept and begin implementing it into your daily life.
I believe ceremonial living is 100% directly tied to connecting with our genius.
It begins with cutting out the unnecessary noise and allowing oneself to get truly quiet and it ends with learning how to feel complete gratitude for all of it. And in the in-between it is about taking time out to intentionally honor your life (even the shitty parts) and your gifts (Gwenny) and in turn honoring the lives and gifts of others; When we start to do this we are honoring the life of the planet and this beautiful gift that she is providing for all of us.
Here’s to ceremonial living!
