New Moon Ritual - Dare To Dream

We found a lovely carpark by the sea with view over Howth and Ireland's Eye. The water was lovely and calm and the sun waning as the darkening sky developed. It was very peaceful.

My Irish fellow had never done this before and I assured him that it was fun.....

The new moon is a great time to spark new and exciting beginnings. It’s a time to get clear about the things you really want to create and manifest into your life.

Block off an hour on the evening of the new moon to set your intentions and let go of the craziness of the preceding few days!

Here is a suggestion for one……

Step 1: Get Some Uninterrupted Time!

Make sure you have at least 30 minutes time. If this is when everyone else is gone to bed, or if you have to get up 30 minutes earlier so be it. Or you may like to do this with your partner – sitting together in peaceful dreaming silence.

Declutter the space you wish to work in, switch off the phone, unplug and go old fashioned with a notebook and pen. Make a cup of tea or coffee (if it is the morning) or maybe something you like to drink if it is right before bed. Maybe you would like to sit at the beach, or by a river or in a place of nature overlooking a lovely view. Perhaps the car, in your favourite thinking spot.

The purpose of taking this time is to create space for yourself to relax and unwind and dream.

Step 2: Meditate/Do Some Balanced Breathing

Take 5-10 minutes to just be with yourself. Find a guided mediation to listen to for a few minutes. Or spend 5 minutes just with the balanced breathing – a count of 6 on the in breath and 6 on the outbreath. Feel yourself be calm and clear. Once the breathing is done, sit back a little further and look up to the sky and start thinking. (Looking up as you recline back a little is physiologically important here).

Step 3: Start Writing!

Get your pen and paper and start writing. Use the headings 'I Want to Be' and 'I Want to Do' and 'I Want to Have' - and let your imagination run wild.

Don't filter or censor, just let yourself want what you want. There are no rules here so dream big! The bigger the better! Big Hairy Audacious Goals – BHAG for short! They are your goals and dreams – it is up to you if you wish to share them! Imagine how it would feel to do, be and have whatever it is you want. Fully feel and see into these – Imagine you are in a movie as you are attaining your dream – what does that movie look like? What do you hear? What do you feel? What does your body feel like as you are playing this movie? Play with it like a game and have some fun!

Step 4: What Is Your Truth?

So yes, playing this game is great fun but I'm sure you'll find that you don't actually want everything equally as much. There are going to be things on your be, do and have lists that are more important than the others.

So mark off the importance beside each item maybe put a star beside it if it's something you want right now and a circle if it can wait. Try and come up with just a couple of things for right now - these are your truth and your true desires!

Step 5: Start Making Magic

Isn’t it great when things 'work out' the way you wanted but the reality is that things rarely work out unless you take action on it. This is the 'Practical Magic'.

Write out at least one action that you can plan or take, or something you can do consistently that will help move you in the direction you want to go. It doesn't need to be anything huge, even say €20 a month into a savings account towards your dream car. This is all about taking action, one step at a time towards the life that you want.

Once you can dream it, you can see it and then become it. A bit of dreaming, imagination then action.

Enjoy creating in this New Moon Ritual.

We finished our dreaming feeling quite excited about our life ahead, as individuals and as a couple.

The crazy thing that happened was that the ideas started to really flow and flow, even once we had gotten home. I had trouble getting to sleep for the new ideas that popped into my head and even more came in over the next few days ahead. What started out as a simple dream on a piece of paper got bigger and bigger. I had to laugh as I realised how big my dream could be.

And we also started to notice things around us that supported our dream - a green vespa went past and as I realised that that was part of my dream (a finer detail of it), I realised that I was on track to noticing more and able to do more to achieve it.

Enjoying life involves having things to look forward to. Anticipating an idea - be it a qualification or a holiday or a new vehicle. Dreams and goals allow you to look forward to it and find ways to achieve it. (But don't just stop at the dream, do something about it otherwise it is just an idea on a piece of paper).

Dream big. No, don't do that. Dream HUGE!! I dare you!!!!