The Day I Created the 3-Minute Soul Return Ritual

—A real moment, not a metaphor

It started on one of those days where I was crying both inside and out.

You know the kind.
The kind where nothing in particular went wrong, but everything inside you feels like it’s unraveling.

That day I woke up early, trying to give myself time before the noise. I did yoga outside, I tried to breathe, to meditate. I even journaled through tears.

But still, I kept crying. Not loud. Just constant.
Like my body was leaking something too old to name.

Internally, I was screaming:

“I need space. I need to be with my soul. I need to be alone just to hear myself think.”

And all I could feel was this vast, wild ache. A hunger. A rage. A grief. A knowing.
Everything all at once.

It wasn’t depression. I’ve lived through that.
This was something else.

This was the soul starvation I’ve felt for years—especially in the years since becoming a mother, and especially as I try to live a life that honors who I truly am.

But on that day, no one could take the kids. I had meetings. Groceries. Life.
I was cracked wide open with nowhere to put it.

So I walked with my daughter.

And on that walk, she picked up a stone—simple, rough, beautiful. She handed it to me without a word. And something in me stopped.

I took it home. Sat down after the kids went to bed. I closed my eyes and said aloud:

“I am here. I am still here.”

That moment became a ritual.

Not because I planned it. But because I needed it.

I realized I didn’t need a 90-minute ceremony. I didn’t need incense or silence or a sacred forest.
I just needed three minutes to come back to myself.

To hold something real.
To breathe like I meant it.
To speak one sentence of truth.
To return to the soul without waiting for the perfect time.

And that’s how the 3-Minute Soul Return Ritual was born.
From a cracked-open moment of real life.
From the kind of pain that doesn’t need fixing—it needs presence.

I made it for myself. But I share it for you.

Because if you’ve ever felt like you were disappearing,
If your soul is always just one breath out of reach,
If you are tired of losing yourself in the doing of your life…

Then this is for you.

Not to change everything.
Just to remind you:

You’re still here. And your soul is too.

And so the 3-Minute Soul Return Ritual was born—not from strategy, but from desperation and devotion.

The Ritual – For Soulwalkers Who Want Real Results

This is for you if:

• You feel like your soul disappears when stress takes over.

• You crave immediate reconnection.

• You’re smart, spiritually open, but short on time and done with surface-level fluff.

Use it when you feel overwhelmed, numb, off-center, or just... gone.

 The 3 Minute Soul Return Ritual:

Step 1: Touch Down (30 seconds)

Place one hand on your chest, one on your belly. Close your eyes.

Say quietly or in your head:

“I am here. I am still here.”

Let the body feel your own presence. That’s the anchor.

Step 2: Breathe and Reset (1 minute)

Do this breathing pattern 4 times:

• Inhale slowly for 4

• Hold for 2

• Exhale for 6

This breath ratio is scientifically proven to shift you out of survival mode.

Step 3: Speak One True Sentence (1 minute)

Ask yourself:

“What is one true thing I feel right now?”

Say it out loud or whisper it. No fixing. No sugarcoating. Just truth.

Examples:

• “I am scared that I’m disappearing again.”

• “I just want to be alone for one day.”

• “I miss the woman I was before all this responsibility.”

You don’t need solutions here. Just honesty. Truth = soul reconnection.

(Optional) Soul Object Anchor

Hold your ritual object while you do this. Over time, your body will associate it with safety + return.

To Close:

Place both hands over your heart. Whisper:

“I walk with myself now.”

Then go back to your day. Not as a fractured self—but as a Soulwalker who remembered.

Final Words to You, Soulwalker

This ritual didn’t come from a book.
It came from my kitchen floor, my grief, my mother wound, my dreams, my yearning, my child handing me a stone I didn’t know I needed.

If you’re still trying to do all the right things but still feel far from yourself—try this. Let it be your breath bridge. Your nervous system compass. Your soul tether.

And when it works—because it will—share it. Pass it on. Let us all remember.