Burning Bowl Ceremony

Anytime you want to clear out unwanted memories and conditions from your life, a burning bowl ritual offers a sacred and powerful way to release negativity.

The goal of the burning bowl ritual is to make space for new beginnings. Unity of Appleton invites all to join in a nondenominational burning bowl ceremony as an alternative to setting resolutions for the new year.

How does a burning bowl ritual work? You can start by bringing to mind what it is you need to release. Let the feelings come to you.

Then, on a piece of paper, write down your release. Letting go begins the moment you put pen to paper. It is your conscious awareness that begins the activation of the release of problems, thoughts, and things from your life

Next, we begin the fire ceremony. Drop your paper into the fire. As you watch the paper burn, visualize your unwanted thoughts rising up in the smoke, being released from you.

Allow yourself to experience whatever you are feeling: fear, anxiety, sadness, loss, gratitude. Let the feelings lift as the fire consumes your paper.

We bring the ceremony to a close with an affirmation. As the smoke travels up, say words of letting go such as:

Today I release what I don’t want. I let go and let God do the work in this sacred experience. In this, I am healed and renewed. I open my heart to love, and I am blessed with peace, joy, and harmony.