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Simple Ritual for Self-Care
We all need a little time to ourself a minimum of twice a week, but every day is better, to do something we enjoy be it read a book or listen to some music. A time to disengage with the fast pace of the world around us daily. A small block of time set aside just to relax without a cell or landline phone ringing, no computer on for work or social media or whatever or having to take someone here or there. It is important to take time to devote to nurturing and caring for ourselves. Otherwise, we can become stressed to the max and overwhelmed with all we have to do on a daily basis and not be in a good place to help anyone with anything especially ourselves.
What You Will Need:
A comfy place where you will not be disturbed for 15 to 30 minutes to sit preferably with your legs up
A candle in your favorite color – (scented if you do not want to burn your favorite incense also)
Your favorite incense scent – it should burn for at least 15 minutes
Whatever your favorite drink is to relax with
A favorite lite snack
A good book or music or both or just be surrounded by silence (You may want to purchase some noise defending ear plugs if your home or neighborhood tends to be somewhat noisy) or taking a walk or sitting surrounded by nature or journaling about your day (see some journaling prompts below)
What You Should Do for Yourself:
If you are going to read or listen to your favorite type of music set up a place where you can accomplish this without someone coming to you every minute or so wanting, you for whatever reason. If you have children, I suggest setting aside your time after they are in bed for the night or between feeding for those of you with infants.
Have your beverage and snack set close at hand then snuggle into your favorite chair, corner of the couch or even on a few pillows on the floor. Get yourself into a comfortable position than relax with your book or music or both or the silence.
If you are going on a walk or sitting somewhere where you will be surrounded by nature make sure to have enough to drink with you! A snack might not be a good idea if there is wildlife around as they may bug you to share it with them. The choice of course is yup to you to take one with or not. Make sure to dress properly for the weather and carry your cellphone with to use only in case of an emergency otherwise I suggest you shut it off so the ringing or text messages can wait until you are through with your self-care time.
You can journal indoors or outdoors it comes down to where you want to do it and it feels right to you. You can use a simple spiral or composition book type notebook for journaling. There is no need to look for and buy anything expensive as the only person that will be using it and reading it is you.
A couple of ideas for Journal Prompts:
Here are 3 questions I was given by one of my doctors to answer each night before I go to sleep (sometimes I write the answers down and sometimes I don’t)
What are 1 to 3 things I have accomplished today? (Yes, just getting up counts)
What would I like to dream about tonight?
What are 1 to 3 things I want to accomplish tomorrow?
Another thing I use for journaling is to draw 1 tarot card from whichever deck my hand stops on. Before closing my eyes to pick a deck I look away as I mix up (like playing the child’s game of Go Fish) on a tabletop one card from each deck I own than turn my head away and pick out a card. I put the rest back with the deck they belong to. Next, I take out the deck that the card I picked goes with and mix them up on a tabletop. Again, I turn my head away and pick a card at random. I will look the card up in the companion book if it has one read the card description only then close the book. I hold the card between both hands and ask my Spirit Guides what message the card has just for me. It is amazing to me what we can learn from our Spirit Guides this way.
