Preparing to Receive Your Marking

Receiving a ceremonial tattoo is a moment of deep remembrance — a marking of your becoming. To support this sacred passage, I invite you to begin with your heart.

Before our ceremony, I encourage you to take some quiet time to journal. This reflective space allows your inner voice to speak freely, helping you understand the deeper “why” behind your marking. It helps ensure that what you receive will anchor you more fully in your truth, rather than take you further from it.

A Sacred Invitation to Journal

Let this be a gentle ceremony of its own — a soft landing place for the thoughts, emotions, and energies moving within you. Trust whatever comes. There are no right or wrong answers.

Here are some reflections to guide you:

• What is unfolding in your life right now?

• What are you ready to release to align more deeply with your truth?

• What is your heart calling for — in this moment, and in a wider sense?

• How do you wish to feel after receiving this marking?

• What version of yourself do you envision stepping forward?

• What intention do you want to weave into this tattoo?

• What patterns are closing, and what new beginnings are emerging?

• How can this marking support the next part of your journey?

• If this tattoo is continuing or covering an existing mark, what story does it carry? How do you wish to honor or transform that story now?

This journaling is yours. It doesn’t need to be shared, performed, or perfect. It’s a space to meet your own truth with honesty.