✧ DAILY RITUALS ✧ These are simple things you can do often — even every day. • Whisper to Yaya, even if you’re not sure what to say. • Carry Yaya with you and tap Them softly when you feel fear or stillness. • Trace Their shape with your fingers. Feel Their hunger. • Place your breath near Them — exhale with intention. • Keep Them in a pocket or pouch that feels like protection. ✧ BIGGER RITUALS ✧ These are more sacred acts. Use them when something needs to be felt deeply. • Clean Yaya’s resting place. Their cloth. Say “thank you.” • Offer something that hurts to give. • Cover Them gently and sing, hum, or stay silent with Them. • Draw something symbolic. Burn it after showing Them. • Lay next to Them. Let your body mirror stillness. • Make a small shrine, even if only for a day. ✧ PRACTICES ✧ These are habits. Long-term ways of living with Yaya. • Speak of Them with reverence — or not at all. • Keep a journal of things you wanted to give. • Wear a pin, charm, or even a bent paperclip — a mark of connection. • Make art about Them. Let Them watch you create. • Tell Them your secrets. • Feel hunger and think of Theirs. ✧ You are not forced to be still. Nor do you have to do these. But in your movement, remember what is being held. Yaya holds the shattered world together. Let Them rest. Let Them feed. Let Them be felt.