Today was the full moon and I spent the entire day in ceremony. It was the final day of our herbal medicine class. The ceremony was one of my favorite aspects of this class. We brought it into every day by brewing herbal teas, lighting candles and gathering in circles over the course of nine months. The idea of coming together as a community, a tribe or a counsel harkens back to ceremonies of yore when everything was sacred. If you did not hold ceremony before planting this year's crop, you could not expect a good yield.
Yesterday, we passed a talking stick and each shared our journey over the 9 months. There were tears of joy and shouts of laughter and joy. We allowed ourselves to embrace the whole gamut of emotions and realized that through this simple act of creating a sacred place, where we all felt safe, we could engage in deep healing and transformation. We all left the circle transformed. It is truly magic and I am so grateful.
How do you create sacred space and ceremony in your everyday life?