Shifting from time management to energy management through small daily rituals can help reduce burnout, improve mood, and ...

Each December, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, among others, take over our thoughts and our wallets as we participate in ceremonies our ancestors have practiced for as long as we can remember. These ...

Even during Covid-19, rituals are crucial, helping us meet important physical, social and psychological needs. Covid-19 has disrupted many aspects of daily life, including rituals both sacred and ...

Seeking a positive start to the day, many are embracing astrological morning rituals. Practices like expressing gratitude, ...

Roughly 27,500 years ago, a 15-year-old boy was brutally mauled by a bear in Arene Candide in what is now Liguria, Italy. The ...

Rituals are an important part of who we are as humans. When people attend religious ceremonies, celebrate a birthday or cook Thanksgiving dinner, we are engaged in rituals. These gatherings are ...

Inside the centuries-old customs of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, and the beliefs that have kept them unchanged for ...

These are canonical examples of rituals — actions performed in a prescribed way, often with the intention of bringing about some desired end: a statue transported across sand, a winning game, a ...

Mason Currey’s interest in rituals grew out of his inability to write without distraction. Currey, a Los Angeles-based writer, became fascinated with the working habits of famous writers, whose days ...

Editor's note: This piece originally published in the summer of 2017, before the last total solar eclipse passed across the U.S. In advance of Monday's total solar eclipse, we wanted to revisit ...