Love this, Nancy. What a cool tradition. My friend, Harry, who hailed from Egypt and attended a Greek Orthodox church, had a similar tradition where he would go to the beach, fill a bottle with sea water, and then release it to let go of all the stuff he wanted out of his life. Burning greens is very symbolic though. Do you think it's something we can do on our own and a few days after the fact?
I think you are your own spiritual authority, and if it feels right to you to do it on your own (and you can do it safely, of course--I usually do the group thing in part for that reason) you should go for it! I like your friend's version, too. :)
Great piece! I like to give the year a name to try to focus my intention. Like this year is "Mobility." I have varying degrees of success with this. :)
I don't think of it as giving the year a name, though I suppose it's much the same thing when I pick a word for the year. Mine for this year is "Leap." I like yours!
Love this, Nancy. What a cool tradition. My friend, Harry, who hailed from Egypt and attended a Greek Orthodox church, had a similar tradition where he would go to the beach, fill a bottle with sea water, and then release it to let go of all the stuff he wanted out of his life. Burning greens is very symbolic though. Do you think it's something we can do on our own and a few days after the fact?
I think you are your own spiritual authority, and if it feels right to you to do it on your own (and you can do it safely, of course--I usually do the group thing in part for that reason) you should go for it! I like your friend's version, too. :)
Great piece! I like to give the year a name to try to focus my intention. Like this year is "Mobility." I have varying degrees of success with this. :)
I don't think of it as giving the year a name, though I suppose it's much the same thing when I pick a word for the year. Mine for this year is "Leap." I like yours!
And I like yours. After mobility, comes the leap!
Deep breaths, blowing what's not necessary into the wind😎
Exactly!