episode 31: 2025–2026 Ritual Threshold: Part 2 - Release, Liberate, Unbind

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Written By Dilshad Mehta

This second installment of the 2025–2026 Ritual Threshold is a potent year-end release ritual designed to help you let go of what 2025 asked you to carry. This is the autumn of your ritual year—cooler, barer, wiser—where you acknowledge the hurt, reclaim integrity, and make space for a more potent 2026.

Here’s the episode outline:

  1. How release work interrupts repetition compulsion

  2. Five deep year-end reflection prompts for emotional clarity

  3. A 'past life' letter ritual for closure and renewal

  4. A naming ritual to facilitate integration & liberation

  5. Fire and water release rituals to help you let go

PART 1: Fall/Autumn Awareness Questions

  1. What disappointed me? What were my losses? My (perceived) failures? My ewws or gross?

  2. What let go of me that worked for me? People, situations, events, mindsets, beliefs, emotions, etc.

  3. What tested/bent my integrity? (see episode 27)

  4. What took a lot of my energy to deal with?

  5. What needs to die?

PART 2: Forgiveness

What can you forgive yourself for?

  • I forgive myself for ____

  • I forgive _____ for _____

  • I forgive this _____ even if I cannot forgive it completely

  • I can try to forgive _____

  • I would like to forgive _______

  • Little by little I choose to forgive _____

PART 3: Letter to a Past Life

Write a letter to the person on Jan 1 2025.

  1. What would you say to them? Knowing all you know now what would you say to this person.

  2. What advice would you give to them?

  3. What can you thank them for what they’re about to do? Habits, situations, decisions, etc

  4. What would this person need to hear in order to give them strength and dignity for what 2025 will bring?

PART 4: Name your 2025

Give your year a name.

Let it come to you.

Re-read everything you've written so far from the summer ritual and the fall ritual for inspiration

  • Year of ____

  • 2025 the year of _____

Active Ritual

Prayer/intention to say:

Thank you for this year of ____. Thank you for the wisdom. I release. I let go. It is done.

See exactly how to let go in the episode

Fire/Wind Ritual Ideas

  • Burn it with the intention of letting go

  • Get cheeky - put it in an envelope and say return to sender and burn it

Water Ritual

  • Float in water with the intention of letting it go

  • Ritual bath

until next time,

may you see the dignity of your 2025, deepen it, learn from it, and turn it into fertilizer for all your years to come

Dilshad

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Dilshad Mehta
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