Let’s be honest. The New Year always gets us a little hopeful. We start thinking maybe this is the year things finally click. More ease. More alignment. Less forcing. Less dragging ourselves through days that don’t really fit anymore.

Manifesting doesn’t have to be complicated or overly woo. At its simplest, it’s just getting clear on what you want more of—and learning how to stay connected to that vision when life inevitably gets loud and busy again. The intention is easy. The follow through is where most of us get stuck.

That’s why we love this approach from Sia Lanu Estrella, author of The Rainbow Tablets: Abundance and Sacred Co Creation. Her step by step guide feels grounding, doable, and refreshingly real. It’s not about perfect routines or dramatic transformations. It’s about small shifts that add up to big changes over tim and feeling supported while you make them.

Expand how you think of manifesting
When your soul calls you to manifest something, you are reconnecting with your soul plan for this lifetime. That goal or vision already exists in the higher realms. And you are the vessel to “birth” it onto this plane.

You are a transmission tower. You are both the magnet and the amplifier. This means you are always creating your reality, whether consciously or unconsciously. Stepping into your full power of manifesting means moving beyond notions of “attraction” and into “creation” energy. As you do, you remember yourself as the Master Creator of your experience.

Re-centre with your heart
A lot happened in the last 12 months, both globally and for you personally. Before setting new intentions, be sure to cleanse away the old. You might want to clear your energy field using sage or palo santo. Next release any stagnant energy from the body. Breathwork, yoga, and dance are great for this.

Then introduce an ongoing morning practice such as the Rainbow Pyramid Sovereignty Practice. It only takes 10 minutes, so it’s easy to commit to every day. After 5 – 7 days, you’ll notice how different you feel. This is because daily interactions with people, media and even wifi, can create static or energetic debris in your field. This leaves you less connected with yourself, making it harder to manifest. By holding a strong energetic field, you come “home” to your heart. And it amplifies your frequency.

Set intentions that co-create with the universe
It’s important to move into the new year with intentions. But the universe has access to more magic and wonder than you could even imagine. So, it’s not about trying to solve or control the outcome. The most effective intentions express what you want to feel and experience, and leave space for the universe.

Imagine if you had a job where you felt unappreciated and lacked work-life balance. You might wish for your manager or work culture to change. But we can never try to override another’s free will. In that situation, what would you really want? Reasonable work hours. Opportunities to contribute. Feeling fulfilled. The intention is what you desire to experience.

Perhaps the manager will leave. Maybe you’ll be transferred to a different team. Or you might be offered a new job. When you set intentions that express your desires, you give the universe space to weave its magic.

Use a ritual to release blocks
Holding conditioning and limiting beliefs can make things seem hard or “impossible”. But you can free yourself. It’s the same with old reference points. If you had past experiences of “failure”, that’s ok. You’re not the same person you were back then.

As you step into the creation portal of your new year, give your old stories, conditioning and limiting beliefs a send-off. You can do this with fire and ceremonial tobacco. Speak all that you are leaving behind into the sacred tobacco. Thank these things for what they have taught you and let them know you fully release them. Ask the fire to transmute this old energy. Then offer the tobacco to the flames. Thank the loving ancestors and your star family for witnessing you as you step into this more sovereign and powerful version of yourself.

Or you can work with water. Do the same ritual with a rock instead of tobacco. Ask the water to cleanse away this old energy. Then throw the rock into the water and thank the ancestors. Moving forward, consciously hold your new embodiment. If an old story or limiting belief tries to creep in, remind it that it is no longer part of your journey, and energetically send it back to the fire or water.  

Fall in love with the adventure
Three things will keep you aligned to your highest timeline over the long term: gratitude, love and joy. It sounds simple, yet so many people bring heaviness to pursuing their dreams. This blocks their manifesting.

During this New Year portal, bring more joy into your life and make changes if needed. This could be creating time for a passion project, meeting new friends, starting a new hobby, or even getting a pet.

Let the year ahead be an adventure. Fall in love with the gift of life. And at the end of each day, actively connect with gratitude – for the beaches, your body, the people you love, your abundance, the beauty of the sunset, and more.

Harness your divine masculine energy
Your cosmic inspiration flows through your divine feminine energy. Your divine masculine is the aligned action. Think of it as discipline or devotion. All the visualisations and intentions in the world won’t amount to anything unless you take action. But as the year progresses, most people lose sight of their higher vision.

That’s why a monthly “Magic and Miracles” list is a fantastic manifestation tool. Start the year with a new journal. Write down your intentions for the year ahead. Be sure to read these every Sunday to keep you connected to your vision throughout the year.

On the first day of each month, write down 10 aligned actions for the month ahead. Some will be practical steps, like micro goals. Others will be about calling in the magic, such as the right connections.

Read your Magic and Miracles list every morning. Identify any actions you could take that day. And really feel the power and joy of what you are creating. This will keep you in the frequency of your highest timeline.

Work with your future self
Sometimes it can feel like your higher vision is too far away. Yet, time is not linear. In the multidimensional sense, your future self is already living that reality. And they are more than happy to help you.

Start by feeling yourself as your future self. This is not about imagining it from the mind. Rather, breathe in your higher vision. Really feel what it is like to be living in the reality of your manifested intentions. Allow that feeling to expand out from the heart and breathe it into every cell in your body. This might be joy, abundance, fulfilment, love, inspiration.

By doing this, you are encoding that reality into your cells. Then expand it into your energy field, so you are vibrating at the frequency of your future self. From this state, open to receive the highest guidance, clarity or inspiration.

Follow your intuition
Your intuition is your biggest ally. It’s how you deepen your connection with your guides and star family. It’s the way you unlock your multidimensional abilities. And it empowers you to manifest with phenomenal speed and ease.

Your intuition is not just inner knowing. It also opens a portal that lifts you out of the 3D or “matrix” and into your true cosmic nature. All the steps above will focus and elevate your frequency, so your intuition can come through more clearly. And you can join Sia-Lanu Estrella’s Free “Amplify your Intuition” Workshop on 10 or 11 January. Register here for your free spot. 

bigger than ever before
As you set your intentions for the year ahead, embrace the highest possibilities. These steps will amplify your power to manifest. But it comes down to your embodiment throughout the year. Keep tapping into the magic, every day. Be the conscious creator of your reality. And choose things that continue to fuel your expansion. A great book for that is The Rainbow Tablets: Abundance and Sacred Co-Creation.

Wishing you a very happy New Year. May it be your most magical year so far.