Safe Place Ritual – part of our family bedtime routine for many years

I originally wrote this back in 2015 for a Microblog Monday post. Since I’m still recovering from surgery, I thought it would be a good time to revisit this for Witchy Wednesday.

When our three kidlets were little, hubby and I started doing a “Safe Place” ritual at bedtime. A friend gave me a similar meditation to help them feel protected from some weird juju that was manifesting at the time. In the early days of doing it, we’d hold their hands, and once they’d imagined their Safe Place, they’d give a quick squeeze (we were going for a mellow, quiet bedtime vibe). The eldest always squeezed almost immediately, with the youngest being not far behind, and then we’d all try to wait patiently while the boy (in his typical, methodical fashion), got his visualized.

Over the years, it morphed into this version. The youngest asked me to email it to her back in 2008, so we’d always know the exact wording. Therefore, it seemed appropriate to use a picture of her (taken during a family camping trip in 2006) for this graphic.

If you have any favorite bedtime rituals, feel free to shout out in the comment section below.

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