simple shui | birthday shui

i turned 39 last week.

and something about 39 feels like it has the perfect ingredients to be the best year of my life yet.

one of my favorite ways to recognize a new year is with a birthday ritual my friend + shui expert ellen whitehurst taught me.

not only is this delicious fun for your own birthday celebration, it is a wildly joyful present to give a loved one. i’ve given this gift a handful of times, and it never disappoints.

which is why i decided to mark my last go as a thirty-something with this balloon shui!

you need 5 helium-filled balloons. buy a red, yellow, white, pink, and purple balloon. on each balloon, tie a red string or ribbon that is cut to either 9 or 18 inches {these are auspicious numbers, and red is shui’s get-your-lucky-on color.} with a black marker, write one wish on each balloon. do this on a clear + sunny day because you are releasing each balloon one at a time into the sky. when all the balloons have disappeared from sight, they have become part of the extravagant + abundant universe. and the ritual promises that one or all of these wishes will come true before the year is over.

after i released my last wish, the lovelies couldn’t stop gushing about how much fun it was. and when you make wishes with that kind of energy around them, they can’t help but come true. xo