#rituals

#rituals

It sells us the idea that joy and celebration are a must; yet for many, it can also be a season of amplified loneliness, grief, and interpersonal conflict. It intensifies the pressure to consume, yet still gives us the possibility of being creative and sustainable in our giving and receiving. It offers us the opportunity for new beginnings, as much as it can remind us of how difficult it is to change, even when we want to.

Thanksgiving, as it tends to be celebrated, is the most honest American holiday: all appetite, no apology. Every other event on our civic calendar asks us to remember something noble, or to mourn something tragic, or to celebrate something grand or abstract, but Thanksgiving just asks us to be hungry together, and then to eat. In any year, this would be a potently simple path to commonality;

Hail Thor! The priestess and her heathens, standing in a circle, raised their mead-filled horns. We were gathered in an unassuming spot in a pine forest outside Stockholm. This was our temple, and the large, mossy stone before us was our altar. I was relieved to see that the animal-based sacrificial offerings were long-dead and highly processed. A bearded man reached his tattooed arms into his backpack and raised a red, horseshoe-shaped sausage to the sky.

We've said it before and we'll say it again: the way you do yoga is the way you do life. In addition to your actual time on the mat, this reality is reflected by the yoga habits that accompany your practice. That pre-yoga cup of tea that must be sipped from a certain mug, the music played en route, painstakingly adjusting your mat so it lines up with the floorboards...these micro moments combine in a regimen that can border on ritual.

Halloween is all about fear. It's about scaring others and being scared - not just unapologetically, not just without the shame that typically accompanies or follows real-life fear, but gladly and eagerly. Halloween beckons terror just so we can laugh at it, and at each other and ourselves. Throughout the rest of the year, fear tends to strike suddenly and unannounced. That surprise factor, tripping up and felling even the most mindful and well-prepared among us, might be fear's most potent fuel.

These are all signs you have rage built up in your body, and it needs somewhere to go - and according to Mia Magik, an intuitive advisor, one of the best ways to let it out is through a "rage ritual." It's something she talks about in , her new book. It offers a modern approach to mindful living with the use of daily practices that can help you live a more authentic life.

When I was leaving London for Melbourne, my eldest sister-in-law told her kids not to forget the tradition to throw a bowl of water behind me as I stepped out the door. Just a small splash on the ground, a gesture older than borders. La har azaab po aman se, she whispered in Pashto under her breath may all hardship stay away from you. The little ones giggled and waved their goodbyes as they spilled the water, somewhere between shy and amused.

Between now and the winter solstice, write down 13 things you'd like to see happen in 2026. Don't write them down as "I wish," "I want," or "I'd like," but rather "I have" or "I am" statements, she specifies. You might do one or two a week, making sure they feel true to you and are things that hold meaning. When you're done writing one down, fold it and hold onto it.

For one, a lot of the projects that go well are the culmination of months or years of effort. Indeed, sometimes by the time the project is officially deemed a success, many of the participants in the project are tired of it. In addition, successful projects rarely have the equivalent moment of crossing the goal line where it suddenly gets classified as a success.

The fence is secured with Keep-Safes fingernails, Daughter's first teeth, the umbilical cord that once joined them to protect them from intruders.

Dating back to the 15th century, an annual event involves young locals climbing into the mountains at dawn to round up wild horses.

"Midsummer was seen as a time when the normal laws of nature or divinity could be suspended, when spirits and fairies could contact humans."

The Shanxia Cultural Station serves as a cultural threshold, bridging everyday life and the temporality of celebration, enhancing community engagement through its design.

Rituals' 'mind spa' will be launched in Oxford Street, offering stress relief through treatments like 'brain massages' and 'breathing bubbles', tailored for shoppers.