Exploring Sacred Ritual & Liminal Space: A Conversation with Tracee Stanley

Episode 149 • 33 mins 16 secs

What if the spaces in between - the breath before the inhale, the dusk before the dark - hold more wisdom than anything we're chasing?

In this episode, yoga nidra teacher and bestselling author Tracee Stanley joins host Elizabeth Mintun to explore liminal space, daily ritual, and the practice of coming home to yourself, one breath at a time. Tracee explains liminal space as the in-between moments most of us are trained to rush past. She offers that ritual doesn't require hours of free time or a five-day retreat to be transformative. She talks about the sandhyas, the sacred junctures of the day (sunrise, midday, sunset) that anchor her own practice, the Soham mantra woven into every breath, and how our attention has become a commodity, pulled and extracted by algorithms built to take us away from ourselves rather than toward what's reciprocal and alive.

This episode is for anyone craving more groundedness in an ordinary, busy life.

Key Takeaways

• Ritual lives in the ordinary: how you wake, how you drink your tea, how you wash the dishes. Tracee anchors her day to the sandhyas - sunrise, midday, and sunset - rather than waiting for big blocks of free time.

• Our attention has become commodified. Algorithms are built for extraction; nature and ritual are built for reciprocity. The practice is simply noticing where attention goes and gently calling it home.

• Soham - the mantra already living in the breath itself (so on the inhale, hum on the exhale) - is one of the simplest doorways into presence.

Resources

Tracee's website: https://www.traceestanley.com/

Tracee’s Instagram: @tracee_stanley

Living Ritual: Infuse Each Day with Purpose and Spirit - preorder Tracee’s book now; it releases August 25th: https://www.traceestanley.com/livingritual#preorder

Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity - Tracee’s free guided practices: https://soundcloud.com/shambhala-publications/practice-one-grounding-deep?utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=social_sharing&utm_medium=widgetutm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fshambhala-publications%2Fpractice-one-grounding-deep

Tracee’s Soham Meditation : https://on.soundcloud.com/esEnlpiANT0d2Ythyz

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