New Year's Rituals: Three Practices to Thrive in 2025

The New Year invites fresh energy and exciting new ideas into our lives. Yet, statistics show that 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions are broken within the year's first two weeks. Instead, focus on establishing rituals you practice regularly to feel nourished, balanced, and engaged with the world around you. Rituals help us connect more deeply with ourselves, others, and the divine, leading to a richer, more rewarding life. You’ll leave this session with three new practices to help you live a joy, gratitude, and inspiration-filled life! Elizabeth Barbour is an intuitive life coach, shamanic practitioner, retreat leader, speaker, and author who brings a unique blend of traditional coaching techniques and ancient wisdom to her practice. She guides women through transition, change, and loss where grief and gratitude can live side by side through her signature coaching program, Solid Ground: Navigating Transitions When It’s All Just Too Much. Elizabeth is the author of two books – Smart Self-Care for Busy Women and the award-winning Sacred Celebrations: Designing Rituals to Navigate Life’s Milestone Transitions. As an adult adoptee and adoptive mom, she’s currently writing her third book about adoption reunions. Learn more at www.elizabethbarbour.com.

ABOUT THE KANUGA LUNCH & LEARN SERIES:

ABOUT THE SERIES:

Kanuga's Lunch & Learn series provides a meaningful gathering space for the community to come together and discuss relevant and impactful topics. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Kanuga's 1,400-acre outdoor sanctuary, the series offers an ideal environment for fostering connection and healing. The serene, natural setting helps visitors reconnect with nature and promotes healing and reflection before engaging in thoughtful discussions. This blend of intellectual content within a spiritual and natural space creates a unique and enriching experience.

Weather permitting, join us early for a Nature Immersion experience. For each session, our Community and Spiritual Life Coordinator, Aimee, will facilitate a Nature Immersion experience in Kanuga's beauty before each Lunch and Learn offering. Nature Immersions foster a sense of wonder, appreciation, and connection while promoting relaxation, stress reduction, and healing. This activity does not involve rigorous hiking but walking slowly and savoring all that Nature is showing us. This activity can be adapted for those with mobility issues.

Cost: $20: Includes lunch and enjoyment of the grounds

Presentation: 11 am. Check-in at 10:30 am

Nature Immersion at 10 a.m. (Checkin @ 9:30 am in the lobby of the lodge). Dress accordingly and wear good walking shoes. Lunch follows in the dining hall or outside, weather permitting.

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