Elemental Rituals

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The elements are the embodied framework for all of life. When we work with the elements in ritual, we call upon the power of the wild world around us and invite the elements back into wholeness and balance within our own bodies and beings.

As part of a transformational healing process, we may call upon the elements to accompany and guide us into deeper levels of embodied union with the inner and outer wild. 

You are invited to journey through four elemental rituals: Fire, Water, Air and Earth. 

The Fire of Transformation 

As we begin our journey we step into the fire of transformation and surrender to inner alchemy. We release what does not serve, allowing it to burn away in the flames of purification. We send our intentions and prayers into the Mystery on wings of smoke. Held in the loving flames of the alchemical fire, we open a portal of intentional journey into the essence of ourselves. 

The Cleansing Water

We invite the purifying power of the water to flow through us, and our inner waters to flow freely. With the support of the cleansing waters, we enter into a ritual of grieving in which stagnant pain and emotions are allowed to release, freeing us to receive new life energy. As she cleanses, so too the water blesses, and we receive this gift as an annointing of water. 

The Breath of Life

Our breath is the thread of reciprocity which weaves us into union with the living world around us. As we inhale, we receive the energy of life directly from the trees, the plants, the Earth. As we exhale, we give this life back to our sacred kin in a dance of eternal holy symbiosis. In this elemental ritual we explore the weaving of breath and sound as vehicles for communion and offerings of reciprocity. 

The Sacred Earth

We close our journey with a celebration of gratitude and embodiment. We honor the opening of the next cycle by planting seeds of change which we will continue to cultivate within ourselves and our world as we step forward into our new life. We reflect on the gifts we have received, and offer our gratitude and commitment to new embodiment as an offering of reciprocity with the Earth.