Align your year with clarity and sound
Perhaps your new year begins quietly. Many things are still open, leaving room for spontaneity and space for you to unfold. And precisely therein lies the special power of a quiet new beginning.
Instead of already setting your goals or making firm plans, you can also begin the year mindfully in the present and consciously slowly. The first weeks of the new year invite you to find your inner direction – with sound, with rituals, with feeling, with initial ideas, and with a clear connection to what truly matters to you.
What is important to you for 2026?
Before you get lost in to-do lists or plan big projects, we invite you to make space for something more fundamental: consciously recognizing what you truly desire. Is there something you want to fulfill in 2026?
Some wishes might already be quite specific and within reach, for example:
- Redesign a room in your home and feel truly comfortable there.
- Set up a meditation or ritual space where you can always take a moment to pause.
- Attending a concert you've long wanted to go to – experiencing music that moves you.
- Slow down your daily life and consciously take more time and space just for yourself.
- Bring more depth to a friendship or relationship.
Other wishes might feel bigger or even further away, for example:
- A longer stay in a different place or a trip around the world.
- Give your life a new direction.
- A new professional start or gradually growing into a new role.
- Gain courage and explore new paths.
- Letting go of something old that has been with you for a long time but no longer serves you.
Everything is welcome. Nothing needs to be immediately tangible or fully formulated.
Journaling: your wishes for 2026
Take your journal or a piece of paper and a pen. Without overthinking, write down everything that comes to mind regarding your wishes and visions for 2026. Keep writing, even if nothing specific comes to mind. In such a case, you could write, for example:
Nothing comes to mind right now, but I'll continue writing...
It's important not to overthink it, but to trust the writing process. Write until it feels complete and satisfying to you.
Afterward, emphasize a wish that seems particularly important to you at this moment.
Visualizing your wishes for 2026
Read your wish aloud once more. Then close your eyes and imagine that this wish has already come true.
These questions can help you better visualize your topic and truly bring it to life:
- Where are you when your wish has come true?
- What does this place look like?
- What colors, shapes, or lighting moods do you perceive?
- What clothes are you wearing?
- Are there any smells, noises, or voices?
- Is there someone with you who is speaking or close to you?
Let your inner image slowly grow and become more tangible.
How do you want to feel in the coming year?
Once you have a clear picture of your wish, try to find a word that describes the feeling you get when it comes true.
Then consciously immerse yourself in this feeling: What do you perceive? How does it feel in your body? Where do you feel this sensation in your body? Perhaps it also helps to imagine situations in your daily life where this feeling is already subtly present, even if that everyday situation has almost nothing to do with your wish for 2026.
Possible feelings could include:
- Spaciousness
- Vibrancy
- Lightness
- Arriving
- Courage
- Peace and quiet
- Connectedness
- Joy
- Warmth
Mixed feelings and emotions may arise. Excitement, stillness, doubt, or fear – acknowledge these sensations too, without clinging to them. It is important that in the end, you choose one word that best describes your feeling.
Strengthen your intentions with sound
Next, sound comes into play. Sound can act like an inner anchor, connecting your thoughts with your body and giving your wishes depth and presence.
Instructions: sound ritual for strengthening wishes
- Place your singing bowl, gong, or another sound instrument in front of you. If you own a Therapy Singing Bowl, you can place it on your palm.
- Play your instrument and consciously experience the sounds and vibrations that emerge.
- As the sound unfolds, connect – in thought or silently – with the feeling you associate with your wish. You don't need to try to manifest or force anything. Simply let the sound accompany, deepen, and remind you of your feeling.
- If possible, also focus your attention on the sensations that arise in your body.
- Repeat this five to seven times.
Your singing bowl ritual for 2026
Throughout the year, you can return to this sound ritual to further strengthen your wish or to realign it.
If you like, after the ritual, you can write down a first small step that brings you closer to your wish. Feel free to ask yourself:
What is a first, feasible step in this direction?
You don't need a grand plan, just the next small impulse. For example:
- buy a bucket of paint
- book a ticket
- call a friend
- consciously greet someone by name in daily life
This step can be very small – so small that it feels easy and harmonious. The smaller the step, the more authentic the movement becomes. And often, that is where a special power lies.
Once you have taken this step, you can use the sound again: to sense what has changed, or to clarify the next step.
This creates a cycle: Sound – Perception – Action – Sound. A year that emerges not from control, but from connection.
Create your 'wish plan' for the year 2026
If you wish to take bigger steps and have several specific concerns, you can dedicate a quarter or even a single month of the year to one theme.
Here's how it works:
- At the start of the year, assign your wishes to specific timeframes (monthly or quarterly).
- At the beginning of each period, repeat the visualization and sound ritual.
- Repeat this process for a wish as often as it feels right to you.
Important to note: The goal is not for your wish to be fulfilled within this timeframe. What's crucial is simply that you align yourself internally with it and – if possible – take the first small steps in that direction. Once the month or quarter has passed, you can release this topic and turn your attention to the next.
Trust that what you wish for will unfold at the pace that is right for you.
Which singing bowl can accompany you during the ritual?
Sound rituals can be simple. They don't require an elaborate setup, but rather an instrument that feels right and reliably supports you. For your sound rituals in the new year, for example, the Peter Hess® Therapy Singing Bowl – Starter Set can accompany you. It offers a great foundation for intuitively integrating sound into your practice – for meditation, relaxation, or small daily rituals.
The Universal Bowl produces different sound qualities depending on the mallet used: soft and warm with the double felt mallet, or somewhat clearer with the vegan Onyx Mallet. Complemented by a singing bowl bag and the accompanying book, the set invites you to experience sound as reliable support throughout the year.