RITUAL AS REMEDY
Healing Balm for psyche and soul, ritual invokes a unique magic that allows us to step beyond the mundane and touch base with the sacred turning points in our life and the truth of our soul’s calling.
• Explains how ritual can serve as a way to ground yourself, invite in the new, let go of what needs to be shed, and tap into your own inner powers
• Shares ancient and modern rituals, ceremonies, and practices to connect with the seasons, the lunar cycles, and the five elements, as well as open your heart, dance with your shadow self, grow your intuition, and connect with your body
• Offers detailed instructions for each ritual, ceremony, and transformative healing practice
Embodied Practices for Soul Care
In this evocative guide, Mara Branscombe offers potent soul-care rituals and ceremonies to purify and strengthen minds, hearts, and bodies, so as to enable us to activate our inner power.
Connecting with the pagan wheel of the year, the five elements, and the lunar cycle, soul-stirring rituals and step-by-step healing protocols show a path towards a deeper, heart-centered living.
Transformative practices such as guided meditations and visualizations, breathwork, altar creation, and discovery of our own personal empowerment mantras facilitate our healing journey. Ancient and modern ceremonies and specific spiritual formulas help us embody a loving existence, dance with our shadow self, engage with grief, grow our intuition, dismantle limiting beliefs, and heal toxic patterns to find inner strength and peace.
Ritual as Remedy is an invitation to shape-shift, heal, transform, and reclaim one’s true soul purpose through powerful self-care protocols that awaken freedom, joy, and a wild, untamed self-love.
What Readers Are Saying
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"Many options - Something for everyone This is a deep dive into the myriad ways to honor body, soul, and universe via different rituals. The descriptions are thorough and thoughtful."
Red Roof Colleen
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"The most important self-help book written yet. This book is honest, clear, and transformative. Beautifully written and poetic, accessible to all. A work of art and a gift to the world."
Kelly Buck
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"Accessible and profound wisdom in this book This book is like having a great spiritual teacher by your side at all times. It is filled with inspiring readings and relevant practices for our modern day, full lives. I keep it nearby and continue to refer back to themes and practices based on what I’m moving through. I would highly recommend!"
Cayley B
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Narrated by Mara Branscombe.
Testimonials from Ritual as Remedy Book Club
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For my first ever “bookclub” that was a beautiful and profound experience you guided us through! Bringing all your teachings into this book is a gold mine for us all. I have read many spiritual books but I love how you’ve brought so many practices together in a feminine and sensual way. I'm enjoying picking up your book each morning and opening it to a random page and discovering what needs my attention for the day. There is so much content in your book and because of that I feel I could read it several times and find something new.
Jane Cox
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Thank you SO, SO much Mara! What an incredible journey these past 8 weeks have been. It's revealed to me so much, which I know will continue as the work is ongoing.
Danielle Perron
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Mara's book club centered around "Ritual as Remedy" brought me closer to my intuition than ever before in my adulthood. I feel more confident in my body, mind and soul and found connection within myself, with nature and with the special community that was brought together by this profound written work. Mara synthesizes ancient wisdom with modern realities beautifully and with tangible love. The tools offered in Ritual as Remedy help me to be my best self and to be the person that I have always dreamed of being but did not think possible.
Krisztina Mosdossy
photo credit: Spirituality & Health magazine
Cover Article + Feature
Spirituality & Health
Mara Branscombe Featured
in July / August issue of Spirituality & Health magazine
The Author of “Ritual as Remedy” explores the origins and
meaning of ritual in her life.
“Throughout history, ritual has been at the heart of humanity. The desire to engage in ritual is primal and instinctual. When we answer the call to connect with something beyond the mundane, we generate access to infinite space.
Engaging in a ritual-full life is like practicing mindfulness and meditation…”
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Spirituality & Health :
Book Review & Feature
“Mara Branscombe is an adventurous spirit. She has sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, trekked across the Himalayas, studied yoga in India, planted trees in Canada’s north, lived off the grid in a remote cabin in the woods, worked as a Waldorf (Steiner School) teacher, and found a passion for dance and choreography along the way. Her training in the Incan shaman lineage and the pagan tradition have greatly inspired her life’s work of earth-based, ceremonial, intentional, and heart-centered living and loving. Her new book Ritual as Remedy: Embodied Practices for Soul Care is reviewed in the May/June 2022 issue of Spirituality & Health.”
Mara Branscome
Author, Ceremonialist, Spiritual Coach, Yoga Teacher, and Meditation Guide
Amplifying Wellness + Creativity - Supporting Others to Live Their Best Life
Mara Branscombe is a mother, writer, yogi, artist, teacher, mindfulness leader, ceremonialist and spiritual coach. She is passionate about weaving the art of mindfulness, self-care, creativity, mind–body practices, and earth-based rituals into her life and work, and she has been leading community and ceremony since 2000.
Click here to view Mara’s author page on Inner Traditions.
“Mara Branscombe welcomes us into ritual as a doorway to the sacred in our everyday lives, and reminds us of our inherent connection to the great Mother through the cycles of the earth. She sprinkles poetry amid a carefully crafted roadmap shaped by her years on the path of love, inviting us to dance with our shadows and awaken the mystic within each of us, guided by the elements and aligned with the moon. This is potent medicine as we rise to tend to the cries of our embodied world.”
—Mirabai Starr, Author of Wild Mercy and Caravan of No Despair
What People Are Saying
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Spirituality & Health Magazine
“Remedying a community through ritual…yoga, meditation, mysticism, and ritual are at the heart of Mara Branscombe’s Ritual as Remedy.”
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Publishers Weekly
“Invites readers to answer the ‘call of the inner mystic’… Branscombe’s instructions are detailed and easy to follow… those who can’t get enough of esoteric-flavored self-care will appreciate the bounty of rituals.”
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Tracee Stanley, Bestselling Author
“A sacred alchemy of healing is found within the pages of Ritual of Remedy. Mara Branscombe weaves ancient teachings into powerful and accessible rituals that remind us that nothing is mundane, and that each moment holds the possibility for renewal.”
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Foreward Magazine
“Mystical yet sensible, Ritual as Remedy demonstrates how to be a “heart and soul trailblazer” on the road toward creating a life of spiritual significance.“
- Rebecca Foster
photo credit: Eva Brownstein
Wanderlust: Book Excerpt
“The element of fire lives inside each of us, keeping us warm, connected, passionate: reminding us that we too as humans are “transformers.”
photo credit: Real Simple
Real Simple : Ritual as Remedy cited with quote
“The element of fire lives inside each of us, keeping us warm, connected, passionate: reminding us that we too as humans are “transformers.”
Finding Harmony Podcast
We had the sense today that we were speaking with a soul who has a transcendent sense of confidence in herself. Not in any way an arrogant sense of entitlement, nor in a narcissistic way.
But, someone who has the confidence that comes with not fearing death. Death being that slow cool release from a lifetime of bubbling growth, in the way that water must fall off a mountainside. The water has to fall eventually. So why not bathe yourself in it?
Recent Article by Mara
in Spirituality & Health :
How to Strengthen Your Intuition Through The Lunar Cycle
Use these simple but powerful methods to attune yourself to the moon’s phases to develop stronger intuition.
Whether we are aware of it or not, we are all deeply connected to the moon’s 29.5-day cycle …
Aligning with the moon’s waxing and waning fluctuations can support us in strengthening our intuition and becoming more emotionally intelligent.
The Art of Living Well Podcast with Stephanie & Marnie
On today’s episode of the show we welcome Mara Branscombe who is a mother, writer, yogi, artist, teacher, mindfulness leader, ceremonialist and spiritual coach. She is the author of “Ritual As Remedy: Embodied Practices For Soul Care.” Mara guides us through a brief and wonderful grounding ritual that you can do as part of your morning routine to jump start your day.
Kindred Spirit Magazine : Feature
“Throughout history, the power of ritual has been integral to both ancient and modern civilizations. From high holy days to vision quests, tea ceremonies, moon gatherings, honouring the seasonal Wheel of the Year and birth and death rituals, humanity has embraced spiritual awakening and the deepening of self and community through ritual.”
The Business of Teaching Yoga Podcast with Cora Geroux + Mara
On this podcast, we talk about self-care vs. soul care, why letting go of the outcome was an essential part of my creative process, how to trust your intuition, and stories about owls & firewood.
Inspirations for Better Living Magazine
“Your letting go is your strength, your self care is your grace.
Choose one thing daily that is just for you to enjoy – put it on the top of your list.
Sipping a cup of tea quietly, taking a bath, getting to an exercise / yoga class, being creative, connecting with friends, or spending time in nature. Find the self care rituals that light you up and bring you lasting joy. The more positively you generate into your life, the more love and joy you and your family will feel.”
Feature in Half Moon
on “The Power of Ritual”
“Mara is a long-standing friend of Halfmoon, and is passionate about weaving the art of mindfulness, self-care, creativity, mind-body practices, and earth-based rituals into her life and work, leading community ceremony since 2000.
How do you define rituals?
Throughout history, the power of ritual has been at the heart of both ancient and modern civilizations…”
Using Ritual as Remedy
On and Off Your Mat Podcast
“Join Mara and me for a discussion about rituals and how they can help us amplify joy, peace, and calm in our lives. We’ll discuss different types of rituals, how rituals can support you, and how everything from love to abundance to the elements and the moon can be part of your rituals.”
Ritual as Remedy Conversation
The Mindful Minute Podcast
“Today’s episode of The Mindful Minute is a conversation with Mara Branscombe about the power and simplicity of everyday rituals as a form of soul care. Together, we chat about what ritual is and why it matters now more than ever. Mara explains how to begin a daily ritual, and why she chose the elements and the Wheel of the Year as the framework for her book. ”
Balanced, Beautiful + Abundant Show w/Rebecca Whitman
In this podcast we discussed:
Why Is Soul Care Essential To Happiness?
How Do You Start To Bring Healthy Rituals In Your Life?
Why Is It Transformative To Have One Practice A Day That Makes You Feel At Peace, Connected & Joyful?
Can Rituals Help In Healing The Soul?
“Creating Realities
Evolve You, Evolve The Planet.”
by Mara Branscombe
Published on InnerSelf.com
“When we live in harmony with the five elements as our teachers, we find connection to something bigger than us. We tap into an alchemy that allows us to take deep, full breaths, we allow our perspective to shift, and we feel held and inspired through all of life’s complexities. We trust that we are being supported by spirit. “
Redefining Yoga Podcast
w/Lara Heimann
Join Lara for a soulful conversation with Mara Branscombe. They discuss the importance of rituals, which can also be thought of as habits or active intentions in our lives, and how they can be healing and empowering and help you get to know yourself better.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The benefits of ritual
Some of Mara’s personal rituals
Integrating ritual into your daily life when you have children
Raise Your Vibes TV with Athena Bahri + Mara Branscombe
Join Athena and Mara as they dive into the gifts of creating a ritual practice that brings healing and positive energy into your life
The Conscious Diva Podcast
You might be familiar with Mara from her yoga teacher offerings, but she’s also known for her ritual work which is what we talk about from her beautiful new book - Ritual as Remedy: Embodied Practices for Soul Care.
What I enjoyed about her book is how Mara invites us to explore our inner mystic through esoteric self-care practices.
Outside the Studio Podcast
What do you do in the 30-60 minutes before falling asleep? Do you drift away peacefully or is there restlessness entwined with anxiety? Mara and Tessa Tovar chat about what a ritual is, what different energies mean, and what it looks like exploring them.
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