How to receive your guardian the day it arrives

The day your guardian arrives by DHL is important. Do not open the package in a hurry between two things. Reserve 30 minutes to receive it well. This is what we suggest.

Before opening

Find a place in the house where you feel calm. Close the door. Lower the noise (turn off music, leave your cell phone on silent). If you have a candle, light one. If not, a warm light is enough. Wash your hands with cold water — simple gesture, but nod.

The room matters. If you can, avoid the kitchen (a lot of movement) and the bathroom (cross energy). The living room, the bedroom, a quiet room — those are good.

When opening

I opened the package slowly. The outer box, then the wrapping paper, then the cloth bag. Don't take out the guardian in one go: let him appear little by little. When you see it whole, don't grab it yet. Look at it for a few seconds first.

Those seconds matter. It's the first time they've seen each other. The being already knows you — it came to you, it chose you. But you are seeing it for the first time. Give it that minute.

First contact

When you grab it, do it with both hands. Not with just one. The two hands create a chalice — that tells the being that you are receiving it well. Hold it for a few minutes. You don't have to "feel" anything spectacular, it's not an exam. Just hold on.

Some feel hot. Others feel a small symbolic weight. Others don't feel anything at first and that's okay too. The connection is built over the days, not the first minute.

The two hands as a chalice. That's the difference.

Presentation

Say your soul name out loud once. (If you do not know the name yet, say "I receive you" with your name.) Tell him yours. Tell him where you are.

It is not theater, it is basic alchemy: newly arrived beings need an anchor. Newly arrived beings need to know where they landed. Imagine that you arrive in a new city: the first person who tells you "you are in Montevideo, in the Pocitos neighborhood, three blocks from the boulevard" helps you locate yourself.

Starting place

For the first 24 hours, put it in a place where you will see it often but that is not exposed to traffic (kitchen, entrance). A nightstand, a living room shelf, a corner of the desk. After 24 hours you will feel if that is your definitive place or not.

What does "the right place" feel like? When you put it there, it calms you to look at it. When you pass by, you are happy to see it. If, on the other hand, every time you see him you feel a little uncomfortable — that is not his place. Try another one.

What NOT to do

• Don't put it in a box "to keep it nice". Elemental beings live in plain sight, not enclosed.
• Do not put it inside a closed display case. They need to be accessible to the house's energy.
• Don't give it away on the first day. Wait at least 21 days if you later decide it was for someone else. It needs to settle in you first.
• Don't take photos for Instagram before spending at least an hour with him in silence. The photo is for you first, then for the rest.
• Do not clean it with chemicals. Only dry cloth or soft brush if it has dust.

The first 7 days

For the first 7 days, look at it every day for at least one minute. You don't have to talk to him, you don't have to meditate, you don't have to do rituals. Just see it and recognize that it is there.

If at any time during those 7 days you feel a sudden urge to move it — do it. These impulses are usually the being asking for another place. Trust that.

After 7 days

When the first week is over, you are already in another state of relationship. It is no longer "the new one": it is already "yours." From there you can start doing more specific rituals (full moon, new moon, anniversaries) or simply live with him nearby, which is also perfect.

Most guardians do not need constant rituals. It needs constant presence. That's different.

If it arrives and you feel that it is not

Sometimes — rare, but it happens — someone receives the guardian and feels that something doesn't add up. If it happens to you, write to us. It's not that the gatekeeper is bad: sometimes the person's timing changed from purchase to delivery, and they need to re-tune themselves. We work on it together.