The Importance of Ritual: Creating Meaning and Belonging In Family Life

We live in ways which are very different to our ancestors and one aspect of modern life and the secularisation of culture has lead to is a lack of ritual. In this youtube video Poppy Walker www.thechildrenscelebrant.co.uk I discuss how we can bring back ritual into our lives to help create families rich with meaning and nurture a sense of belonging.

In the video we talk about the importance of including children in big life events- births/ marriages and funerals and how in doing so we help children make sense of the world and create a tethering to family and belonging.

We discuss how we can bring a sense of ritual into the every day through tuning into rhythms and cycles and how, if we don’t have traditions that have been passed down to us we can create our own and far from being “another thing to do” it can become something that encourages connection and from connection collaboration and ease flows.