
Why Do a Reflection Ritual in a Group?
Group Reflection Ritual: 6 Benefits
The story of the Reflective Celebration ritual started as a group gathering of friends.Very different friends, with different personalities, professions, interests, and stories… Some of them have known each other for years, others only for a short time, but in a deep way. Despite the differences, the ritual made us feel close to each other. And this format became something we repeated each year with enthusiasm. It also turned out to be the most useful for gaining insights and new truths about ourselves!
If you’re wondering whether to do the ritual alone or choose a group reflection ritual, I will always recommend the group ritual. Here are the six big benefits of doing your annual reflection ritual together with close people and friends:
Connection and Togetherness
One of the main benefits of the group ritual is the connection that comes with the shared experience. Yes, anyone can do the ritual alone, and it will also be extremely beneficial. But sharing it in a group makes it even deeper and more helpful. Joys and laughter in a group are twice as strong and healing, while sadness and pain are half felt.
The feeling is one of togetherness and support through every emotion. The questions on the Reflective Celebration cards will unlock a variety of emotions and memories in you. In these moments, the group will be there for you. It will hold space and share the experience with you. You will feel how emotions resonate with others and the environment will help you experience your own more authentically.
This will bring you closer. Every guest in the group ritual becomes closer to each other. That’s why guests are never random. 🙂 These are people with whom you build close relationships with, creating a moment of intimacy.
In the group, the reflection becomes not just a summary of the year, but a new, sweet memory of closeness.
A New Perspective
With the Reflective Celebration questions, everyone can answer any of the questions drawn from the deck – there may be many answers to each topic. With each question, you have the opportunity to hear many perspectives. So, everyone can take something useful from each other and give something of themselves to someone else.
If we choose to, we can always receive inspiration and a good example to follow. And if we’re brave enough, we can ask or receive a more challenging follow-up question from someone else in the group.
In the group, everyone can be sincere. When someone disagrees with another, or has a different experience, they can share it. The group provides space for discussion. What one considers their typical perspective can be an insight for someone else.

" I hadn’t looked at it that way. The girls helped me see things from a different angle. I hadn’t thought of that at all! It totally changed my perspective on the situation and made me smile. "
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Support and Growth
When one person opens up, everyone else becomes their support and has their back. In the group reflection ritual, everyone is an ally in the development of the other. The people gathered for the ritual are there because they want to turn inward and grow. The host of the gathering knows this. All the guests know this. And they come with the intention of shared experience and togetherness in sincere reflection.
This shared experience unlocks an opportunity for mutual help. Compassion and empathy guide the process, so each person contributes to the reflection and awareness of the other.You’ll see that even after the group ritual, you’ll remember not only your own experiences but also the specific words and emotions of others. Even days later, they will provide you with new reasons for thought and further realizations.
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Deep Awareness
The people in a group co-create an atmosphere of trust. Every sincere sharing contributes to unity. Every answer to a question takes down a wall that we have built for ourselves or in our relationships with others.
Yes, at the beginning, it’s always a bit strange, even awkward. Yes, even with your closest friends. When else have you gathered specifically to share deep experiences?! It’s normal to feel awkward. Give yourselves time. Let the bolder ones lead the way, and you’ll feel how the tension decreases, and you’ll start to feel more comfortable.
The most valuable thing is that the group ritual is a conversation. Even a discussion. A contemplation inward, but also a connection to others. A discussion in vulnerability. Through others, we often see new parts of ourselves. We can look at ourselves and gain a new insight. We can admit weaknesses, but also see our strengths, resources, and advantages. Allow yourself to see them!
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Hope and Optimism
A group ritual creates space in which we see a sincere part of the lives of others. We realize in a deep way that they too have both pains and joys Sometimes, simply knowing that some of the things we think and feel about ourselves are also thoughts and feelings of someone else can be comforting.
In psychotherapy, we talk about the “universality of suffering” – that everyone has something weighing them down. And there is togetherness in this. This understanding that everyone is imperfect and has their own worries is, paradoxically, uplifting. There is no perfect person. There is no perfect year. There can’t be. And this realization makes us free. And more connected in our ordinary existence.
The same goes for happy moments. They’re different for everyone. But there are such moments even in the toughest year! And that brings optimism for the next one.
The group always helps us see how much we have in common despite our differences. This gives us more hope and faith for the future – in ourselves, in others, in our qualities, and in the beauty of life.
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Wholeness in Celebration
Whatever we share, whatever heavy emotions we release, no matter how difficult the year was… don’t forget to acknowledge it with your heart! The group reflection ritual is the perfect gentle feast that celebrates the abundance in our existence.
A celebration of experiences, emotions, and the sharing of them. The group adds color to the annual reflection. Because we see how diverse we are when we’re open. We realize how valuable every person in our life is. How much we can learn from others about life and ourselves. How beneficial and beautiful every moment of authenticity can be.

If you haven’t picked up your cards for deep annual reflection yet, you can do so here:
Celebrate all of this! Allow yourself to go through the ritual together, immerse yourself, and feel the beauty and diversity we carry among us and within us…
This way, you will turn reflection into an even richer and more colorful experience! You will create a new reason for smiles in the coming year. 💫
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