Workshop · Virtual
Opening the Year Ceremony 2026
At the threshold of 2026, this intimate virtual ceremony invited participants to pause before rushing into productivity and goals, and instead begin the year with awareness, intention, and community witness.
- When
- January 7, 2026, 5:00-6:30pm PT
- Format
- Virtual
- Price
- $30.00 USD
Who is this for?
This gathering welcomed anyone seeking to begin the year with intention rather than overwhelm, move beyond resolutions into meaningful focus, choose a guiding theme, and explore secular rituals for new beginnings.
What to expect
The 90-minute ceremony included teachings on themes and symbols of new beginnings, guided practice to discover a word for the year, small group conversations, large group sharing, and simple ceremonies to carry into the year ahead.
What you'll learn
Participants explored how to recognize the threshold of a new year, choose a word or symbol to guide them, connect with renewal practices, and create personal rituals for ongoing intention-setting.
Facilitators
Megan Sheldon
Megan Sheldon (she/her) is a cultural mythologist, humanist celebrant, end-of-life doula, and co-founder of Be Ceremonial, the world's first guided ritual and ceremony platform. She is the author of Ritual Without Religion: A Humanist Guide to Creating Secular Ceremonies, and has spent years crafting ceremonies across the life cycle, with a focus on grief and the less visible moments of change and transition.
