Leaping into March with a Spring Simmer Pot Ritual.

 The last day of February has arrived with signs of Spring popping up everywhere.  My garden has a few new plants to to perk things up and to get me into the garden this year. There is a  orange hibiscus with stunning flowers, night blooming Jasmine that just began to flower, milkweed for the butterflies and a red ruffle azalea, some lettuce, lemon grass, and marigolds and calendula to start off the season.

The sunflower that was bird sown is spent but there are several others beside the planter in bud.  Also walking in my yard I found a new yellow wildflower, perhaps bird sown as well.

I have let the weedy flowers take over part of the yard to host the early bees that have been buzzing around, along with some butterflies.  

Set Your Spring Intentions With A Simmer Pot Ritual

Step 1: Gather The Herbs And Bring To A Simmer

First select the herbs and aromatics you want to use. I try to select herbs that match the overall vibe of the intentions I’m setting for the season. I’ve listed the herbs I used for this simmer pot below but, really, anything goes here. 

Fill your simmer pot with water and add all the herbs and aromatics into the pot except for the bay leaves. Then I bring the water to a simmer over medium heat.

Step 2: Set Your Intentions

Once the water is simmering take each bay leaf and write your intentions on them. It could be the same intention written on several leaves or unique intentions written on each one. Take a few deep breaths to connect with it and really feel what the intention will be like when it manifests. Drop the bay leaf (s) in the simmer pot  stir the pot a few times clockwise visualizing the simmer pot dispersing the energy of the herbs throughout your home.

Step 3: Keep An Eye On It And Enjoy

That it! just let the simmer pot do its thing for the day, keeping an eye on it to make sure it doesn’t run out of water. At the end of the day you can dispose of the herbs used in rituals returning them to the earth either add to your compost or bury in your garden. But if that’s just not an option just thank the herbs and dispose of them in the garbage.

Spring Intentions Simmer Pot Ingredients

I wanted my Spring Simmer Pot to bring an uplifting, hopeful, positive energy to my intentions for the season. So these are the herbs and aromatics I chose. 

• Orange – Adds energy and passion to your creativity and is great for cleansing and purifying. 

• Rose – A powerfully protective plant that helps you open your eyes to the beauty of the world around you. 

• Pine – Brings abundance into your life and helps the seeds of your intentions to blossom. 

• Calendula – Brings positivity and light to all situations. 

• Lavender – A peaceful, protective herb that spreads uplifting energy, enhances self-love, and helps foster deeper intuition. 

• Mint – Helps you communicate with the divine and your higher self to help you find clarity and purpose. 

• Basil – Exudes a loving energy, invites abundance, clears negativity, and calms your spirit. 

• Bay leaves – Dispels negative energy and brings in success, creativity, focus, and inner wisdom.