1. Light the candle and stand (or sit) tall 2. Take three deep breaths, feeling your feet on the ground 3. Place your hand on your heart and feel it beating 4. Name the thing you've been avoiding: "I am afraid of ___" 5. Now name what you'll do anyway: "And I will ___" 6. Speak the incantation or prayer with conviction 7. Feel the warmth of the flame as your own inner fire 8. When ready, go do the thing. The candle will hold your courage.

Ginger fire, thyme so bold, / Cinnamon quick and bay of gold. / Fear dissolves, courage grows, / Lion's heart within me glows.