Rest Rituals

Rest easy with this collection of over 50 powerful restorative techniques. Good sleep—the kind that leaves you with increased mental clarity, steady energy, and excitement for the day ahead—can be elusive. But it’s within reach: vibrational energy healer and meditation instructor Valerie Oula has put together over fifty rituals for winding down, drifting off, and improving the quality of your rest. Her practice includes: • guided meditations and visualizations to help you center yourself • breathwork for calming an anxious mind • tapping, or working with meridians, to cleanse your energy centers • mantras and intention-setting practices for clear focus and an easier wake up routine Rest Rituals is an easy-to-use guide for anyone who wants to sleep with tranquility and ease.

This is the eBook companion to physical Nordic Forest Rituals Oracle Cards Nordic Forest Rituals Oracle Cards How to use your cards Journey into the soul of the Nordic forest with the enchanting Nordic Forest Ritual Oracle Cards. Each card draws its essence from the depths of Finnish folklore, capturing the wisdom of the trees, the enchanting stories of woodland creatures, and the spirits of Finnish nature. Connect with nature, unlock your intuition, and embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery. The Nordic Ritual Cards invite you to embrace the ancient wisdom of the forest and find a deeper connection to the world around you. This booklet offers deeper insights into the symbolism and meanings behind each card. How to use the Nordic Forest Ritual Oracle Cards? 1. Find a quiet space. If possible, connect with nature – sit outside or bring a natural element indoors. 2. Ask a question or set an intention. What guidance do you need right now? 3. Shuffle the cards while focusing on your question. Trust your intuition. 4. Draw a single card or spread a few face down. Take a deep breath and reveal their messages. 5. Reflect on the card's image, message and ritual found from the guidebook. How does it resonate with your situation? 6. Write your experience down to your diary or notebook or share it with a dear friend. MAY THE NORDIC FOREST RITUALS BRING JOY AND MEANING TO YOUR DAYS! Reetta Ranta Read more about Finnish folklore and rituals: books of Nordic Rituals by Reetta Ranta coming soon! Subscribe to Reetta's newsletter at reettaranta.com Lue lisää Suomalaisista perinteistä ja rituaaleista Reetan kirjasta "Rituaalikirja – Etsijän opas" (sks Kirjat 2023). To order the physical oracle cards go to: Sauna Animals shop. © Oy Power Animals United Ltd. 2024 Publisher: Power Animals United, Helsinki Author: Reetta Ranta Editor: Thatcher Mines Graphic design: Riikka Haro Illustrations: Lunakriik with the help of Midjourney v6 and Photoshop Generative AI tools + Procreate painting Design by Riikka Haro & Reetta Ranta Designed and made in Finland Cards printed by Bofori Helsinki on 100% Recycled paper (Balance Pure 350 g/m2) Linen bag made by Mannerveden Ompelimo from 100% stonewashed linen (Öko-tex standard linen, sourced from Baltia) Bag printed in Kalasataman Seripaja Helsinki with water based ink (EMO) ISBN (EPUB) 978-952-69866-2-3 Order cards from Sauna Animals shop

One of the inescapable truths that humanity has to grapple with is the reality of death. The manner in which we die, or the cause of our death, may differ, but death remains inevitable. We may be afraid of it or not; we may try to evade it, or not, but death still comes. Although most religions promise the possibility of another life in the hereafter, there is no scientifically verifiable evidence about the reality of that life. Despite that lack of evidence, every culture performs death rituals meticulously to prepare the spirits of its deceased for whatever form of life that may be available. Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe: Praxis, Significance, and Changes explores the causes of sickness and death, and the praxis of pre-burial, burial, and post-burial rituals of the Karanga of Zimbabwe in an attempt to unearth their original form and significance, to identify the changes that have taken place. It also provides a brief manual for the performance of some selected Karanga death rituals.

Develop a powerful practice of deep relaxation and transformative self-inquiry with this essential guide to yoga nidra, accompanied by downloadable audio meditations. Yoga nidra is a practice devoted to allowing your body and mind to rest while your consciousness remains awake and aware, creating the opportunity for you to tap into a deeper understanding of yourself and your true nature. At its heart, yoga nidra is about waking up to the fullness of your life. In Radiant Rest, Tracee Stanley draws on over twenty years of experience as a yoga nidra teacher and practitioner to introduce the history of yoga nidra, mind and body relaxation, and the surprising power of rest in our daily lives. This accessible guide shares six essential practices arranged around the koshas, the five subtle layers of the body: the physical, energetic, mental, intuitive, and bliss bodies. It also offers shorter, accessible practices for people pressed for time. Each practice is explained through step-by-step instructions and ends with self-inquiry prompts. A set of guided audio meditations provide further instruction. Feel a greater sense of stability, peace, and clarity in all aspects of your life as you deepen your yoga nidra practice and discover its true power.

Cognitive behavior therapy does not typically include the use of emtion in its treatment protocols. Emotion Rituals addresses this omission with a thorough discussion of the interplay between thoughts and emotions as vital to the therapeutic process. McMillan's emotion rituals allow clients to apply what they learn in therapy sessions to daily life, fostering continual growth outside of the therapy hour and increasing the effectiveness of each session. McMillan's unique writing style imparts hard facts and theoretical discussion in a conversational tone, presenting new and complicated ideas in a readable and comprehensible manner. Each chapter is devoted to one emotion, and the rituals are suitable for use by both client and therapist, allowing them each to better understand emotion and emotional responses. The result is an accessible and lively text that offers an original approach to healing through feelings.

"Medieval documents reveal that for centuries of European history, singing for a person at the moment of death was considered to be the ideal accompaniment to a life's ending. Rituals for the dying were well developed, practiced widely, and thoroughly integrated with music. Indeed, these rituals reveal that music, rather than the Eucharist, held a privileged position at the final breath. Music in Medieval Rituals for the End of Life examines and recovers, to the extent possible, the music sung for the dying during the Middle Ages. The book offers a view of the plainchant repertory through the sources of individual institutions. The first four chapters contain a series of "case studies": close readings of rituals from diverse communities, each as they appear in a single source. The rituals' chants are transcribed into modern notation and analyzed, both for their relationships between text and melody and for their functions within the rituals. Created for the powerful and the poor, the educated and the uneducated, women and men, monastics, clerics, and laity, these manuscripts offer a glimpse into the religious practices that distinguished communities from one another and bound them together within a single tradition. The book provides the first editions of the rituals' chants and considers the functions of the music. Why was music given such a prominent position within the deathbed liturgies? Why did communities gather and sing when a loved one was dying? The manuscripts reveal a lost art of comforting the dying and the grieving"--

This is a handbook on how to perform sacred ceremonies in the tradition of Goddess spirituality in one's own home with ordinary household items. An annual cycle of celebrations is included, as is advice on how to set up an altar and use simple tools. The author, a practitioner of Wicca (witchcraft), expounds the life-affirming, eco-feminist values of that tradition. Suggestions for rituals and ideas for inventing one's own are given. Poetry and blessings blend in a title which supports celebration of the Goddess image in daily life. These rituals are personal, moving rites which celebrate love and peace, and which act as meditations for considering new rituals, old traditions, and the course of women's lives.