Rituals surround us from everywhere. In our morning coffee, our nighttime skin ritual, and even in the five seconds we pause for a breath at the end of the day. Rituals do not have to be complicated or religious, and according to psychologists, any repeated behavior, done on purpose, can be defined as a ritual.
It is not the action itself that is meaningful, but the quality of control, awareness, or stillness that is attached. This could be…