New Moon Ritual: Align Ambition with Flow

You can do several new moon rituals. This one is specifically designed to help align your ambition with flow. This ritual isn’t just about writing goals — it’s about creating space for your ambition to run at full intensity while giving yourself the nuance and ease to sustain it. It doesn’t do the work for you, but it plants the seeds, sets the energy, and prepares the ground so your next steps, actions, and intentions can grow with clarity, power, and presence.

Set aside 15-20 minutes for this ritual. It is meant to be quick even if it seems involved. Your intuition speaks louder this way and requires you to listen.

You will need a large piece of paper, whiteboard or poster board, several smaller strips of paper, a journal, markers and anything meaningul to set up your space. Start by reviewing the ritual and prepping your materials. Once ready, carve out 15–20 minutes to do the ritual fully. Enjoy!  

1. CLEAR YOUR SPACE
Remove anything cluttering your immediate environment — desk, workspace, or a corner of your home.
Place 2–3 meaningful objects in the cleared space: a candle, a crystal, a photo, or anything that sparks energy and presence.
Take three deep breaths. Each inhale energy of your future self fills. Each exhale that future self energy fills the space with clarity, openness, and possibility.

2. MAP YOUR NEXT PHASE
Start with a blank sheet of paper or a whiteboard. Think of it as a clean slate — a space to map the next phase of your life with clarity and intention.

Choose your timeframe.
This can be the next month, the next season, or the next 3–6 months.
Pick whatever feels spacious and true.

Reflect first.
Use the questions below to get clear on what you’re calling in, what you’re ready for, and what matters most. Think in more “I wants” versus “I don’t want“
*Where do I want to deepen trust, connection, or collaboration in my life and work?
*What do I want to step into or transform — personally, professionally, or emotionally — over the next few months?
*Where can I bring more presence, power, and intentionality to how I show up and lead in my life?

Create your intentions.
Write each intention on its own strip of paper.
Next to each one, add a visual anchor: a color, shape, symbol, doodle, or emoji that captures the energy of that intention. (full example is below)
This helps your mind and body connect with it on a deeper level.
Build the energetic layout.

Determine what part of your life each intention represents.
You create the categories here, it could be work, personal growth, relationships, or passion zones, presence work, grounding rituals. There are no wrong answers, just what you create. Trust yourself.

Then, place each intention on the paper/whiteboard in a way that represents what category it best fits under. Write what first comes to mind. Don’t overthink it. This is part of listening to your internal wisdom. It knows.
Let the visuals guide you.

Step into embodiment.
Take a moment and imagine yourself already living each intention:
*What does it feel like in your body?
*How do you move through your day?
*What energy do you carry?
*What becomes easier?
Let your breath settle into this version of you.

Adjust the layout.
Step back, look at the whole map, and move things around until the placement feels aligned with your internal sense of priority, possibility, and resonance.

Seal the vision.
When your layout feels complete, place your hands on your heart or your belly, take one slow breath, and move onto Step 3.

EXAMPLE: Emily grabs a blank page and writes at the top: “My Next 6 Weeks: How I Want to Finish This Year"
She chooses 6 weeks, because it carries her from now through the end of the year — a perfect window to reset how she ends 2025 and how she enters the next chapter.

She answers the prompts in her journal. Her responses look like:
“I don’t want to run into the new year exhausted.”
“I want to enjoy the holidays without feeling guilty about slowing down.”
“I want to create emotional space — not just more tasks.”
“I want to stop overcommitting to things that drain me.”
“I want to feel more grounded with my family instead of rushing.”
“I want to set up even one or two rhythms now so January feels smoother.”

She circles the ones that feel essential.
She cuts or tears the page into strips.
Each strip gets ONE intention + a symbol to anchor its energy. 

Her intentions become:
“Evenings without work guilt” → 🌙 moon
“A calmer, more spacious holiday season” → 🎄 soft green tree
“Say ‘no’ to three things that drain me” → ❌ bold X
“Weekend rest pockets for myself” → 🌿 green leaf
“Presence with my family” → 💛 gold heart
“A simple January rhythm plan” →⭐ star

These are the things that will help her end the year differently than she usually does.
She lays the strips out on her blank page:

Top center (clarity + leadership in her life)⭐ Simple January rhythm plan.
Top left (boundaries + protection) ❌ Say ‘no’ to three draining commitments.
Top right (emotional space + ease) 🎄 Calm, spacious holiday season.
Bottom left (rest + nourishment) 🌿 Weekend rest pockets.
Bottom right (presence + connection) 💛 Presence with my family.
Center (core nervous system regulation) 🌙 Evenings without work guilt.

The layout tells the truth of what she needs most.

She takes a deep breath and imagines:
Evenings where she closes her laptop and feels done.
Saying “no” to things that pull her out of alignment.
Weekends that feel restorative instead of one long chore list.
Being present during holiday moments without thinking about work.
Entering January with rhythm instead of chaos.
She notices her body soften, and her chest feels more open.
This is the moment the intentions become lived, not just written.

Looking again, she realizes:
Presence with her family belongs closer to the center because it’s her core value.
Saying no to draining commitments should be next to the spacious holiday intention because they support each other.
Weekend rest pockets needs to rise in priority because they stabilize her energy.
She shifts the strips until the entire layout feels like a truthful, supportive map of how she wants to end the year.

She places her palms over the page and says: “I am ending this year differently.” And moves onto Step 3 keeping this sheet somewhere sacred for herself.

3. DECLARE "I HOLD..." STATEMENTS
Write 3–5 statements starting with “I hold…”
These should connect to your map and intentions

Examples for Emily:
*I hold space to recharge without guilt.
*I hold focus and energy that flows with ease through all areas of my life.
*I hold presence and connection with my family and loved ones.
*I hold clarity and courage to set boundaries and protect my time.
*I hold rhythms and routines that support calm, balance, and intentional growth.

Others you can use:
*I hold relationships and collaborations that are authentic, mutually supportive, and energizing.
*I hold confidence and presence that allows me to lead without overextending.
*I hold clarity and courage to step into what I desire while staying aligned with my values.
*I hold passion and drive that are fully in sync with my energy and well-being.
*I hold increased income that feels peaceful.

Speak each statement aloud slowly and with conviction, imagining yourself living it fully.
Place these statements near your objects from Step 1 OR on your map in Step 2 as a visual reminder.

4. SEAL YOUR INTENTIONS
Sit quietly for a few minutes, visualizing your next phase unfolding with flow, alignment, and energy.
What does she look like?
Who is she interacting with?
What is she wearing?
How does she walk throughout her day?
What does it feel like?
Visualize all of this. If you want the uplevel, write it all down with details and specifics.

What does the woman who has all of this believe about herself? Journal on that prompt to get a really clear picture of your future self.

Each week review and decide one small action toward any of your intentions — a symbolic first step to move your energy into motion.

Long deep inhale. And exhale.

This ritual won't do the work for you, but sets the energy and alignment in motion from which your actions will embody!