Ideas for rituals and resolution-making from 12 people who work in wellness.
How to Let Go of 2020 and Honor the New Year
2020 has been an unforgettable year full of historic changes and hardships, but if you’re reading this then that means you survived. Despite the many obstacles that probably came across this winding path toward a great unknown, you’re still here—and that’s worth celebrating.
The dawn of a new year is upon us, which usually calls for making resolutions and setting intentions. But after the year we’ve all been through, doing something additional to commemorate this new beginning—and let go of the old—just sounds prudent. To offer ideas for enthusiastically welcoming in 2021, Vogue sought out 12 people from different sectors of the wellness world to learn about their end of year rituals. Bask in the collective cosmic energy of their expertise and consider implementing some of these insightful practices into your own routine at the close of this season.
Chani Nicholas, astrologist
Astrology is a study of cycles and time that offers us moments to intention-set at beginnings and reflect on endings. This year, we had the winter solstice and great conjunction on 12/21 which were big moments to intention-set and manifest with. We will have the full moon in Cancer on 12/29, too. Because I use astrology as a mindfulness practice, I use the new and full moon and other big astrology moments like solstices and eclipses to journal, meditate, manifest, and reflect. Although the new year is on a different calendar system than the astrological calendar, it’s still a great time to reflect and set intentions.
In the CHANI app, there is a workshop section that has a reading for your sign, a guided meditation, journal prompts, and altar suggestions. It’s updated every two weeks, for the new and full moon—this is so you can start to build a relationship to the planets and their themes/cycles. (For the new year, right now you can write and save intentions for 2021 and beyond in the Journal.)
This story originally appeared on: Vogue - Author:Sydney Gore
