Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration and Change

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Hello. I’m Day.

Many of us don’t do change well. We fight it, power-through it, ignore it, fear it, dissociate from it. We haven’t been given the skills to make it meaningful — to make it matter.

My purpose is to empower individuals, communities and companies to learn the power and potential of ritual to mark moments of endings and beginnings. This leads to resilience.

As we continue to go through massive cultural and global transitions, we need a pathfinder through all the change. I believe ritual is our essential tool.


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Morning Altars is Day Schildkret’s seven-step practice embodying the healing powers of nature, art and ritual.

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What Influencers are Saying About

Hello, Goodbye

“Day Schildkret’s book Hello, Goodbye is the most direct and moving guide to ritual that I have ever read. Schildkret is a gifted artist whose medium is ritual. Learn from him how to deepen your relationship to yourself, your loved ones, time, space, and everything. “

— Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD, author of The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons

“Hello, Goodbye brings relief and beauty from its first pages. It is a balm in the mad rush of this world. Schildkret is a generous guide, inviting us to palpably mark and be fully present in the most tender and powerful moments of what it is to be human. I will always have this book in my life.”

— Heidi Rose Robbins, astrologer and host of the podcast, The Radiance Project

 

"A tender and practical guide for everyday ritual making. An ideal place to start!”

— Casper ter Kuile, author of The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices

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“Day Schildkret has done something really special here. A few pages in, I wanted to gift this book to everyone I know. Certain to become a forever reference and treasured, faithful companion, Hello, Goodbye will be dog-eared, stained, written in, and passed on.”

— Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of Call of the Wild and The Fourth Trimester

I could color all day long. Make a hot mug of tea, cuddle up w yummy music and my crayons and let everything else melt away. So FUN to have a coloring book of my nature art. Anyone else geek out on coloring? 🖍️ morningaltars.com/shop
Look close! I peeled the dead flowers off the pavement and made it the center. Sometimes the wilted and weathered has a beauty of its own.
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