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when i was first introduced to the community, a few elder therians gave me some ideas and suggestions for rituals to better connect to your spiritual self and identity, or just self care in general. while these may not work for everyone, i figured i’d share incase it works for some!

please feel free to include your own, as well as reformat these to suit your needs :]

Grounding

grounding can look different for everyone. for me — it’s sitting outside in the warm sun, hands/paws on the ground, soaking in the earth and the energy around me. this could look a lot like meditation, but i try to aim to be present and exist in that exact moment as it comes. listen to what’s around me, the scents, the feel!

Visualization

visualizing your theriotype during meditation or in general can get a lot of pent up anxieties or energy out. imagine yourself running, swimming, howling, anything that makes you happy or gets that enrichment for your identity! vocalizing either in that visual or out loud helps, too.

Foraging Walk

touching grass, literally, haha. take yourself on a walk (safely) and forage as you do. as you do — smell the air, use your senses you normally wouldn’t heighten on a day to day. scent. visual - scan the ground, look for things. track your movements and be aware. lean into instinct!

Theriotype Journaling

journaling can look very different for everyone. the advice i was given and utilized was using a dedicated journal for your theriotype, and just doing what comes to mind. your day, documenting what your day to day life would look like as your theriotype, sketches, comments, etc etc etc all of it! it’s about making space for your identity :>

Moon Cycle Reflections

this could look different for everyone. journaling and reflecting on the new moon (new beginnings), or hanging out with the pack/group of therian friends and doing something every full moon. it builds a sense of reflection and companionship and gives you something to look forward too!

Alter Space

To me, my legs feel absolutely deformed. Sometimes I become aware of them when I walk or sit and it doesn't just feel dysphoric, it feels straight up wrong.

Y'know those analog horrors with creatures whose joints are too many or misshapen or at the wrong places? That's what this feels like.

I'm a hare, I'm known for the fact that my hind feet are giant and I can use them to leap across fields in seconds and outrun pretty much anyone. I'm also a canid, I'm supposed to have legs that allow me to run, chase and hunt, with claws at the ends. But guess what? I don't. And it's something that I will never be able to change. I will never reach the speed I'd be able to reach if I had the correct body. Not to mention having to run on 2 legs instead of 4 is already a pain (unless your theriotype has 2 legs). I can imagine therians with more than 4 legs like insectkins, bugkins, otherkins with many legs, etc feeling this too and I can imagine creatures without any legs perhaps dislike having them at all.

Of course, there are shoes I can wear to simulate the feeling of hooves or hare feet, but they are still not mine. Leg warmers can look nice, but they don't change the shape of my legs. I can get into quadrobics for the way I feel about running, but that way I'm even slower than on two legs and all they do is look awkward and bring me pain because they are longer than my arms. (Besides, not everyone can do quads for a multitude of reasons, just like not everyone can run, obviously.)