Want to enter the new year with positivity, determination, clarity and intention? Read on for the perfect way to manifest what you need – an eight-step new year ritual- with our spiritual guide, Gaia.
We are in for a BIG year! The new year always brings new hope and new possibilities, and particularly this year we have CLARITY. Not only is it the Year of the Dragon, but it’s also the year of the eight. When all the numbers of 2024 are added up, we get a total number of eight. The number eight is associated with luck in many cultures, but it is also the number of balance and achievement from giving attention to your intentions. With infinite (the number eight lying on its side is the infinity symbol) possibilities in the air, we have the ability to align ourselves strongly with this lucky energy for the new year ahead.
As we all get to the end of year, many can be weary from the last 12 months of learning, ‘hustling’, having experiences and just living life. There are things we can do to help us release any unwanted energy that we don’t want to carry forward into the New Year.
All of us have grown this year and sometimes there can be frustration within ourselves with regards to where we thought we would be right now, versus where we are.
This new year will help see in new opportunities for us to pick and choose those that we want. We have a choice on what we want to create, how we want to create it, and moving beyond any perceived limitations.
Gaia Chennai
The Eight-Step New Year Ritual to see in the Year of the Eight
While many of you will have plans for New Year’s Eve, try to make some time to do the following to align yourself with the energy of the year ahead
When we have expectations, this can often lead to disappointment. This New Year’s Eve, we don’t want to linger in energy of disappointments from the year that has been, but rather, release it. Here’s eight steps to do so:
1 – WRITTEN RELEASE: Firstly, acknowledge what disappointments you have faced this year. Has someone let you down? Did something not go your way? Start writing on a piece of paper that you can discard:
“I want to release all disappointments from 2023 ….which led me to feel…and this is what I learned”….
2 – CONSCIOUS BURN: You may want to safety burn this piece of paper or rip it up and discard of it responsibly in an area where it could be washed away.
3 – RECITE: You may want to repeat three times out loud while your disappointment is burning: “I release from me any disappointment from 2023, you do not have a hold on me anymore. I am now free to move on”. Words hold energy, and when we say things over and over again. This is a way of forgiving any disappointments and releasing them.
4 – GRATITUDE: Take a new piece of paper. Now we want to focus on what gave us contentment in the year that has been. If we all look back at the year there has been something that has given us satisfaction, something that we can be grateful for. You may be able to pinpoint many things. Often when we get through the year we forget all the wonderful things that came up for us. With this piece of paper you want to keep it and review it throughout next year to see how life has a way of bringing you more of the things to be grateful for.
5 – BELIEF SYSTEMS: What are your beliefs around major topics of life, career, finances, purpose? Are you limiting yourself somehow?
6 – COMMITMENT TO CHANGE THROUGH ACTION: What new behaviour or habit would you like to change or bring in for 2024? What action will you take to follow through or to help you?
7 – DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY: What aspect of your life do you want to do differently to bring into balance or contribute towards the foundation in your life you wish to set?
8 – CURIOSITY: Let the Universe know you want to be pleasantly surprised. Close your eyes and within a few minutes of silent meditation see yourself connected to trusting in the support and in the Universe to pleasantly surprise you!
After doing this you can use sage, palo santo smudge sticks, or a sea saltwater solution and clear away the words of what you have written – visualising the slate clearing for the year ahead.
You may want to walk around your house after clearing the awareness, starting at the front door, misting or smoking every corner of your house, clearing away what does not serve you from 2023.
Do something on New Year’s Day that you love. Whether it’s a dip in the ocean, preparing a nice meal or taking action toward your new behaviours – you are setting the tone for the year ahead.
To make things happen this year we need to have love as the basis of what we are intending, combined with a curiosity for new ways of being and the surrender to receive it. 2024 is overall a year of lucky energy, the year that brings clarity, the year of infinite possibilities!
You are now ready to take on 2024 doing what you can do but also allowing life to unfold and surprise you.
Profile: Gaia is an internationally known healer, medium and spiritual coach. She channels messages from spirit guides, uses energy healing and is able to speak to your soul and see your past lives. She sees your soul blueprint. She reminds you who you are in a very practical way. Gaia has a Masters in Management Studies, is a Reiki Master and has a qualification from Omega Institute New York in Past Life Regression Therapy.
www.soul33.com for her Spiritual Guidance app search ‘Soul33’ on your app store.