This is a book filled with activities to allow individuals, families, and groups in bereavement support groups, at retreats, memorial services, and conferences to acknowledge the death of a loved one or community member in a gentle but effective way. The rituals include information about the appropriate age for specific rituals, materials needed for them, a description of how to go about creating them, and suggested meditations, poems, and thoughts that can be read during rituals. Table of Contents Introduction Definition Rituals and Their Importance I Holiday Rituals Beginning the Year Hearts and Band-Aids or Hearts and Mini-Gold Safety Pins Memorial Valentines Egg Rituals Mother's Day/Father's Day Rituals Bubbles Fall Leaves Halloween Feeling Masks Christmas/Hanukkah Memorials Ornaments Candle Ceremonies II Camp Rituals Name Rituals Solstice Pine Cones at the Fireside Hands Floral Wreath Candle Ceremonies Rock Rituals Seedlings or Small Flowering Plants Native-American Rope Ritual Planting of Trees Native-American Burden Basket III Group Closing Ceremonies Balloon Lift-off Hand Hugs Bubbles Rainbows Peanuts and Baby Roses Journaling Creating Books Seedlings or Small Flowering Plants Rock Rituals Candle Ceremonies Rose Petals: Closing Ritual Pouch/Stones Family Circle IV Conference Rituals Healing Space Rituals Native-American Burden Basket V Unique Types of Rituals Placing of Stones Unveiling the Headstone VI Poems and Mediations VII Bibliography of Books Related to Rituals
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