Ritual

Ritual brings things to the centre:
a shuffle of the cards,
a rummage through a bag,
an inquiring shake of a rattle.  

Ritual focuses the attention:
sequential gestures to disrupt the body,
flowing movement,
dynamic stillness,
stomping, shaking.

Make of it what you will – interchangeable, uniting, and ongoing – personal and collective.
Here the body directs the mind to intention.