Letting Go of What Can’t Come with You
If I’m being completely honest, 2025 was the hardest year of my life. It was the year everything I thought was certain fell apart. The year I went through my divorce. The year I shed layers I didn’t even know I was still carrying. At times, it felt like I was dying a thousand tiny emotional deaths, one ending after another, all stacking on top of each other.
And if you’re reading this, chances are you felt some version of that, too.
Maybe an important relationship shifted or you walked away from a job that once felt safe. Maybe someone you love is no longer here or your own health became a classroom you never asked to enter.
Maybe you were forced to confront parts of yourself that had been quietly waiting for you to stop running.
2025 was a year of shedding. A karmic clean-out. A stripping down to the bone. Not to punish you, but to prepare you because 2026 is a year of renewal and rebirth. A year of breaking open. A year that wants to usher in renewal, clarity, and new beginnings… if you’re willing to let go of what cannot come with you.
And that process begins with a choice: to release what is heavy so you can walk into 2026 with both hands open.
A Letting-Go Ritual for the End of the Year
One of the ways I release karmic energy is through writing. It’s simple, but it’s powerful and if you do it with intention, it feels like you’re clearing space in your spirit.
Here’s what that practice looks like:
1. Sit somewhere quiet and honest.
No music. No distractions. Just you, your breath, and your truth.
2. Write down everything you want to release.
Every wound, disappointment and resentment you’re tired of carrying. Every story that still hooks you and every person you need to forgive, including yourself.
Write about the hurt others have caused you. Write about the hurt you’ve caused others.
Write the things you’re ashamed to admit out loud. Write the things you’re finally ready to stop pretending about.
Let it all land on paper.
3. Add this part, it’s important.
Write one sentence that gives yourself grace.
Something like:
“I am doing my best.” “I forgive myself for being human.”
“I deserve gentleness, even when I forget.”
We forget this piece far too often.
4. When you’re done, read your list once. Slowly.
Not to relive it , but to honor the version of you who held it all.
5. And then… burn it.
Safely, of course. Burn that list in a bowl, fireplace, or outside.
As it burns, imagine the ash returning everything to the earth. Imagine your energy unhooking from old patterns. Imagine the weight dissolving.
This ritual isn’t about pretending the pain didn’t happen. It’s about choosing not to drag it with you into a year that wants something different for you.
How We Release on Retreat Through SOMA Breathwork
Letting go isn’t a one-time event. It’s a practice and on my retreats, we move through it together in a deeper, more embodied way.
SOMA breathwork is one of the most profound tools we use.
Through rhythmic breathing, guided visualization, and specific sequences that activate emotional release, SOMA helps you:
loosen old memories stored in the body
move stuck energy that’s been sitting stagnant for years
access clarity that the busy mind usually blocks
feel safe enough to let the truth rise
release grief, anger, fear, or shame in a supportive space
reconnect with your intuition and inner knowing
If you feel the call, you can explore the retreat here:
https://www.nissaretreats.com/north-carolina-25
Give yourself permission to begin again. You deserve that softness. You deserve that freedom.
You deserve the rebirth waiting for you in 2026.
