Crossing Thresholds
Threshold Moments
Stepping through a doorway into the next room sounds like a simple task. However, when we are doing so during particular developmental stages and/or under specific circumstances, these crossings can feel impossible, uncertain, and scary. Support during these times is essential for we are not meant to do this alone. Having counselors, guides, or mentors to walk with us as we make new decisions and different choices can be a comfort as we learn to rely more upon ourselves as the source and resource for our lives.
Awareness
Reflections
Needs
Feelings
Practices
When I See, I Feel
Meditations
Ritual Action: Create an Altar
Begin to image and/or establish an altar space. This action does not have to be completed in one sitting or even over one or more weeks. It can be something you continue to shape and reshape.
Pick a particular location inside your home or outside near your home where you can easily spend time uninterrupted. Make a commitment to spend time tending the altar and spending time in this place. You may want to talk to the other members of your household about the space you choose so that there is an understanding. This is a sacred place because it is yours.
You may want to build your altar on a table, shelf, or other flat surface. Include whatever precious items you would like in this space (cloth, stones, candle, photos, or other meaningful objects). The arrangement of this space or altar is not stagnant, and is meant to change through your process. You may decide to add items to your altar along the way that reflect the work you are unfolding.