How to Manifest Your Dream Life: A Step by Step Guide to Creating your own Manifestation & Abundance Bowl
- Anna
- May 24
- 5 min read
Manifesting is a topic that can feel very confusing at first glance or exposure to it. It kind of looks like wishing and just hoping it comes true. But there's a lot more to it. Manifesting requires clarity about what it is you are trying to bring into your life, dedicated actions that show you are serious about what is that you want, and a genuine belief in yourself that you are worth it and deserve to have what you desire. Creating a physical representation of what it is you are trying to manifest is another very helpful way to set and keep that intention.
In any kind of intention work or magick there is a phrase or idea that applies, "as above, so below". Essentially when the internal and external worlds mirror one another, you create a powerful recipe for transformation. Think of a change in your life that felt really challenging, but that you eventually accomplished. It was probably some combination of a mental and emotional desire to change that finally aligned with your consistent physical actions and choices that allowed you to succeed. We can apply that same logic to manifesting and bringing our dreams and desires into the physical world with rituals and actions!
Which is exactly what a manifestation bowl helps with. Intentionally putting items together that have meaning and ties to certain elements allows you to create a bubble to hold energy and space for you and your desires. Here's what you'll need if you want to create a manifestation bowl around abundance:
Bowl
Rice
Salt
Crystals (some ideas: Citrine, Sodalite, Aventurine, Pyrite, Malachite, Labradorite etc)
Cinnamon
Bay Leaf
Yen Coin
Tea Light or Candle
Small pieces of paper
Step One: Clearing the Space
It's always helpful to energetically clear yourself and the space when you are doing any ritual. It lets go of whatever energy that is in the space that is not relevant to your ritual work, and helps you to have a clear mind and heart when you manifest and cast your vision.
Step Two: Figuring out what you're trying to Manifest
You may have some ideas of what you want, but it is important to be understand what you want. For this abundance bowl, what are you looking for more of? Money, opportunities, a new job, joy, happiness? Try to envision what your life would look like if you were able to manifest that thing. What would your daily routine look like? How would you use that extra abundance and what feelings would that create inside of you.
Step Three: Creating the Base
Grab your bowl (this can be one you eat out of normally or something special that you chose for this specific purpose). Then grab your salt and rice. You want to mix these together to create the base of your manifestation bowl. Salt helps to cleanse the energy of the bowl, essentially helping it to recharge itself regularly. It also helps to protect your manifestations and dreams from negativity or even your own doubt.
Rice stands in a symbol of abundance and prosperity. Rice is a staple ingredient in many cultures' food, and provides sustenance and nourishment (which can be applied to your manifestation as well).
Step Four: Light a Candle
Connecting to and using the power of an element is incredibly helpful for holding and maintaining an energetic space.
Lighting a candle connects you to the energy of fire, and if you don't have a tea light to place in the bowl, I still recommend that you find a candle from elsewhere to light when you are setting up the bowl and when you do workings with the bowl.
As you light the candle, ask for it to hold sacred space and energy for you as you imagine this new manifestation and possibility.
Step Five: Add your Crystals
Now is the time where you can really customize the bowl to your own needs/manifestations. Different crystals will bring in a different kind of energy. The bowl in the example uses Sodalite and Citrine.
Sodalite helps to dissolves blockages especially around fear. So often we block our manifestations because of fear surrounding our inability to handle it, feeling inadequate or undeserving of it, or even how it may change and disrupt our lives. Sodalite in this grid will help you to release those fears.
Citrine is one of the most powerful manifestation stones, helping to boost confidence and self worth. This reminds you that you do in fact deserve the things you want and you are capable of creating the life you need to make those manifestations come true.
Feel free to use whatever crystals call to you, especially if you are manifesting soething different. They do not need to match or have a specific number of each. Go with your intuition!
Step Six: Add Herbs and Additional Items
More customization is available in this step as well! Adding in different herbs, spices, and symbols (like the Yen Coin) are also incredible for adding intention to your mix.
For our abundance bowl, we added a bay leaf to amplify our intention, cinnamon to bring in good luck and abundance, and a yen coin to call in good fortune.
You can research what flowers, herbs, and spices would be beneficial. You can also add personal momentos or other items that hold value and significance.
Step Seven: Set Your Manifestation
Now you are going to write your Manifestation down, taking it from merely in your head to the physical world. This is what helps your dreams and begin the process of making them reality. You can bury the manifestation in the bowl, place it underneath, or even do a burn and release ceremony!
If you want to do a burn and release, take a deep breath and tap back into your manifestation. How would you feel when you receive it, what actions would you take, etc. Then you can light your piece of paper on fire (carefully, wish paper or tissue paper lights up quickly). As it burns think about sending your wish up to the universe to handle.
So now that you've made it, what can you do with it? Place your bowl on a desk, in the kitchen, or on your altar to help remind you of your dream and what you're trying to manifest. Intention and actions are key ingredients to making a manifestation work, so it's important to check in (even briefly) with your manifestation bowl daily. Pause for a minute, picture and embody the feeling of achieving your dreams and remember what you want. You should also be trying to actively take actions to support your manifestations.
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