Starting the year with softness (not shock).
A ritual for easing into the year without letting it devour you.
✨ SPELL
This ritual isn’t about belief. It’s about repair.
Capitalism has broken your relationship to time—flattened your rhythms, punished your rest, and convinced you every moment must be productive.
The moon disagrees.
Each new and full moon, I’ll hand you a small ritual. Not to “manifest” or optimize, but to reattune your body to a different pace. One that honors cycles, not calendars.
Pay attention to the moon. It’s not aesthetic—it’s antidote.
Water for Nervous System Permission
Supplies:
A bowl of warm water
A small towel
Steps:
Put your hands into the warm water and just let them float there.
Say:
I begin from my body, not the calendar.Think of one thing you refuse to rush this year.
Lift your hands from the water and pat them dry slowly.
Place your hands on your heart and say:
Soft is still strong.
Let this be your real New Year’s ritual:
Gentle beginnings built to last.
✊ HEX
You don’t need a rundown of the headlines. You’re living them. Whether you’re in the U.S. or just suffering under its ripple effects, the harm is real—and relentless.
This isn’t catharsis. It’s counter-spell.
Each HEX is a ritual of refusal—a channel for holy rage, spiritual disruption, and deliberate, directed dissent.
Here’s who we’re targeting. And what to do about it.
New Year, New Shame
This is the industrial complex of “self-improvement” weekend:
The pressure to reinvent yourself in 48 hours.
The perfectionism spike.
The diet culture surge.
The productivity panic disguised as “motivation.”
We hex the mythology that your worth resets on January 1.
We hex the cultural gaslighting that says YOU need to change when the system is what’s broken.
We hex the seasonal illiteracy that tells us to sprint when the earth is still sleeping.
The truth:
January is not rebirth.
January is repair.
January is restoration.
January is rooting into yourself.
Let the world chase transformation.
You get to choose evolution.
With softness and a spine,
Keli Lyn Jewel
PS:
If you want a guided way to start your year from alignment instead of adrenaline, The Aligned Year Blueprint on Jan 18 will walk you through exactly that.
No pressure. Just support.
