*A Ritual Bath/ Shower and Meditation based on Aang returning from being frozen in the iceberg to restore and refresh yourself*
Your favorite scent of soap (bar or gel, doesnโt matter)
If you can, get a shower disk or bath bomb or loose herbs. (Things like lavender, basil, chamomile, lemon balm or green tea are good for cleansing and refreshing.) *MAKE SURE YOU ARENโT ALLERGIC AND THAT THE HERBS YOUโRE USING ARE SAFE*
A blue candle (wisdom, calm, protection)
A white candle (healing, purification)
Turn on the music, light the candles. Start with colder water (as cold as you can comfortably start with) and let the water wash over you. As this is happening, the chill that you feel, visualize it solidifying around you. Everything you are, mind, body and soul, visualize it encased in that cold, as if it were a giant sphere of ice.ย
Sayย โRest now weary soul, in cold water deep. Dream of a better tomorrow, in your needed sleep.โ
Now, turn the water temperature up. Hot, but not so hot as to burn yourself. Add the herbs, and wash yourself at this point. Relax. Be at ease. Let the warmth slowly take over your entire body. Imagine that sphere of ice melting away, as it does, and as you wash yourself, imagine the negativity, anger, sadness, anything that you no longer wish to feel, being washed away.ย
Sayย โI rise above the waterโs tides, and I no longer wish to hide. As warmth returns to my bones, I am revived and I am reborn. The troubles of the past rinse away, and I will be refreshed today.โ
Continue washing yourself and when you are done, simply relax and enjoy the warm water and cleanliness. Once you feel ready, get out and put on comfortable clothes to prepare for the meditation.
The same candles from the shower, serving the same purposes.
Natural light if you can, and fresh air, if itโs warm enough out to be outside or sit in a room with open windows
More of the calming music if it helps you meditate
Get comfortable, breathe slow and even.
Close your eyes. The darkness around you is not scary or oppressive. It is safe and warm. At the center of the this darkness is an orb of light.ย
You realize, you are at the center of that light, encased in that orb, protectively.ย
This you within the light is the you with the potential for growth and change. The clean slate of yourself that is ready to become more than you were before.ย
Slowly, with every breath, the orb rises through the surrounding darkness, which is still neither scary nor oppressive, it simply is. You are safe within the orb of light. As it rises, you realize it is rising toward the surface of the darkness.
As the orb finally breaks through the surface of the vast ocean of darkness, the orb becomes solid, as if made of glass or ice. You are still safe and you are now warmer, as the light from above joins the light emanating from within the orb, from within you.ย
Open your eyes. Reach out, touch the orb/ bubble that surrounds you. As you touch it, it pops, bursting into a thousand tiny diamond droplets, each reflecting the light from you and the sun in a brilliant rainbow all around you.ย
Breathe in the fresh air. Feel the warmth of the light on your skin. You are free of the troubles of the past. You are refreshed and reborn. You can become anything you wish.ย
-This is an adaptation of one of my personal meditations for renewal and refreshing. A meditation to leave behind the old, accepting what was and is, and move forward into the future knowing we are capable of anything-
Good Luck and Happy Casting Witches!
germansingergirl
discoholicmusic
ellievsbear
amandla
stormborns
