It is ritual season! Well, it always is but we have so much coming up in the next month and a half.

In September, we have a New Moon in Virgo on the 17th and Fall Equinox on the 22nd. Then in October, we have 2 full moons! 2! One on October 1st and one on the 31st. A full moon on Halloween! I love it! There is also a New Moon in Libra on October 16th.

So many opportunities to gather your supplies and shift your energy! To help you make the most of this season, I am hosting an online workshop called:

How To Create Your Own Rituals

Learn all about the supplies, timing, place, deep work, and intentions that go into creating personalized rituals. I’ll also show you how to use my Free Spirit Guidebook to create rituals (This will be a bonus so no need to have the book for the workshop).

We will talk about crystals, lunar phases, essential oils, breathing techniques, meditations, seasons, elements, and more so you can create your own rituals throughout the year to help you live in your most harmonious life flow.

• When: Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
• Where: Zoom – Link will be sent out after you register.
• Time: 5:30pm (PST- Arizona) – 6:30pm (MST) – 7:30pm (Central) – 8:30pm (EST) 
• Length: The workshop will be about an hour with half an hour after for questions.
• Supplies: Bring what you have when it comes to crystals, essential oils, incense, herbal bundles, candles, chimes, oracle and tarot cards. Plus, a journal to take notes. Plus, your copy of my Free Spirit Guidebook (optional)!
• Cost: $20 suggested (Pay what you can, no judgment!)
• Payment: Venmo: KerryBurki – https://venmo.com/KerryBurki (put email in comments) – Paypal: https://paypal.me/kerryburki

Once you have signed up, I will send out a confirmation message. Then you will receive the Zoom link and a worksheet the day before the workshop.

*If you prefer a different time or would like this to be a workshop you can take online at any time, please hit reply to let me know.

**If you want to come with a friend or two, feel free to forward this along.

Let me know if you have any questions! Looking forward to this so much!

Next Tuesday, September 1st is a Full Moon in Pisces.

This is a time for celebration and gratitude.

Below is a ritual from my Free Spirit Guidebook.

Full Moon Ritual:

• Find time on the night of the full moon or the 3 days before or after to do yoga poses, breathing exercises, say affirmations, or light candles.
• Express gratitude for your life and your intention or project at this time.
• Take note of any manifestations or guidance that have shown up so far and celebrate.
• Possibly journal about thoughts, emotions, or ideas to help you get even more guidance.

This is powerful!

How to add some Pisces flair:

Pisces is a water sign and is associated with fish. The energies associated with Pisces are idealistic, artistic, dreamer, imaginative, self-delusion, compassion, healer, and family.

Which one do you need to tap into during your ritual?

• You can do fish pose or moon salutations.
• Go sit by or on a body of water.
• Practice Lunar Breath (left nostril breathing).
• Leave drinking water out in a jar to be filled with lunar energy to drink during the rest of the moon cycle.
• Surround yourself with crystals associated with Pisces like green aventurine, sodalite, and aquamarine.
• Fill a bowl with water and gaze at the reflection of the full moon in the water as a meditation. Notice what thoughts and intuitive hints pop up.

Play around with it and make it your own. You can use all of the lessons in my Free Spirit Guidebook to create your own rituals.

I’ll add this to my blog and social media in case you lose this email.

Enjoy taking this time for yourself on the full moon!

Resources:

• Simple Full Moon Ritual
• How to Connect with the Moon Phases
• Free Spirit Guidebook
• 2020 Moon Phase Calendar – Free Printable
• Your Lunar Playlist – Songs about the Moon

This is a Kundalini Yoga exercise called Technique for Radiance.

It is also sometimes called a Meditation to Regain Youthfulness.

Benefits:

• More radiant skin
• Rejuvenates muscles
• Reduces grey hairs

Those things help make us feel more confident and the big benefit is learning how to use your body to learn how to feel radiant.

Yogi Bhajan talks about how our saliva is connected to our endocrine system and that is why doing that breath will increase your vitality.

You can do this in the morning, before bed, or has a mid-day meditation.

You might like to repeat an affirmation like “I am a beautiful and radiant being.”

Do this a few times a week or challenge yourself to do it for a certain amount of days in a row. It would be perfect to do after this mini-yoga sequence called How To Clear Your Aura.

True beauty comes from the inside out and this is another way for you to feel confident and radiant as yourself.

xo, Kerry

p.s. For more fun techniques like this one, pick up a copy of my Free Spirit Guidebook!

Below is a ritual that you can do for any new moon. Before we get to that, I am sharing tips to make this special to the New Moon in Leo. Leo is a fire sign and is associated with the lion.

In my Free Spirit Guidebook, I share that the energies associated with lions are powerful, strength, personal power, assertiveness, domination, regal, and king-like.

Which one do you need to tap into over the next moon cycle?

For me, it is personal power.

If you have essential oils, then pick one based on the energy you want to tap into. I might pick Cedarwood or Frankincense. Or pick it based on the color of the bottle!

Grab stones that remind you of the fiery energy of Leo, like citrine, red jasper, tigers eye, or carnelian.

Gather your supplies and find a quiet place to sit.

Ritual:

• Place your stones on your altar, in front of you, or around you. (Cleanse them before if needed.)
• Tune in with your breath. Deep breaths or Lunar Breath (left-nostril breathing) for 1 to 3 minutes.
• (Optional) If you have a ritual or taper candle, you can anoint the candle by rubbing your essential oil on the outside. Keep the energy you chose in your mind as you do this. No candle? You can simply diffuse or inhale the scent during the ritual.
• Light your candle with your word, energy, or intention in mind.
• Write down the energy you want to bring in or your intention for the next lunar cycle.
• Hold your cards in front of your heart and ask God.Universe/Spirit and your guides to help show you how you can embody or manifest this in your life.
• Shuffle and pull a card.
• Journal about the message you receive.
• Gaze at the candle flame and let your mind relax.
• Then close your eyes and see if any more intuitive guidance shows up.
• Write down any actions you can take to make your intention a reality.
• Pick a stone and empower it with your intention. Hold it in your hand and imagine it being filled with white light then say your intention. 
• Close out your ritual by returning to your breath.
• Give thanks to God/Universe/Spirit, your guides, and yourself.
• Blow your candle out. (Light it during the next moon cycle to tap into your intention or again on the Full Moon.)
• Carry your stone with you or place it somewhere special to remind you of the energy you are shifting.

You can check in daily with your intention or simply during the waxing phase, the full moon, and the waning phase.

Whew! That was a lot longer than I intended it to be. Lol! Play around with it and make it your own. You can use all of the lessons in my Free Spirit Guidebook to create your own rituals.

Enjoy taking this time for yourself on the new moon!

Resources:

• Free Spirit Guidebook
• 2020 Moon Phase Calendar – Free Printable
• Your Lunar Playlist – Songs about the Moon
• How to Connect with the Moon Phases