New Moon Ritual and Practice: New Beginnings

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Kathryn Budig

Kathryn Budig (she/her) is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, author, ...
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To celebrate the first new moon of the year, we're calling upon Janus, the Roman god of new beginnings, duality, doorways, and transitions. Use this dark moon ritual and gentle movement as a way to release your past, and set intention for the year/next moon cycle to come.

All levels
30 minutes

Tools needed:
  • 1 white candle
  • 1 black candle
  • 1 piece of paper and pen
  • 1 old key, optional
  • Tape
  • Piece of string or twine
  • Sacred smoke such as sage, palo santo, or incense 
  • Optional: symbols of fire (lit candle), water (bowl of water), air (incense, feather, sacred smoke), and earth (salt, rocks, crystals, plants)