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The Festival and the break from ordinary time Question You're Avoiding

Discover what you're avoiding by exploring how festivals break ordinary time. Ancient wisdom reveals the uncomfortable questions you need to ask yourself.

Laoziguide
What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Laozi. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Laozi, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Laozi
Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.
Understand first
Wu Wei in CelebrationThe Return Cycle and Festival RhythmRitual Emptiness and CeremonySacred Idleness and Purposeless PresenceThe Uncarved Block at Rest
Go deeper
Festival and the break from ordinary time: Start HereFestival and the break from ordinary time: What Nobody Tells YouLiving with Festival and the break from ordinary timeThe Examined Festival and the break from ordinary timeFestival and the break from ordinary time: From Confusion to Clarity
Peri
New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.