hair rituals
Published by Bonnie June 28th, 2005 in Bonnie Philosopy, YogaBeen thinking alot about Rituals latly my yoga teacher pointed out that we use rituals to help us in a transition from one thing to another like cleaning you teeth before you go to bed or a birthday party to change age or new years to change years that kind of thing. Anyway I have been thinking about it because I booked my self in to get a hair cut (kinda once a year thing for me) and every time I get my hair cut I think about an old friend who will remin nameless who used to cut her hair every time she was feeling a bit down. The thing amusses me the most is if this person was haveing a particularly bad time you would see her and her hair would get shorter and shorter and shorter. I don’t cut my hair for these reasons I cut my hair when ever I have time and money and want something to do but alot of females ( and maybe males too) definatly do use hair cutting as a bit of a ritual. I know with certian people you can tell faises of their lives but what hair cut they had ie we did ……. when you used to wear you hair parted on the side so we must have been about ……. years old where as when you started parting you hair in the middle we …… …….. ……..
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I usually cut my hair when i don’t feel totally happy with myself; sometimes that or just a cosmetic vanity kinda thang. But if i want to feel a bit more confident or whatever i’d go for the chop…hair that is haha