<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Rage rituals go viral as women allow themselves to express deep-rooted anger or sadness"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Kimberly Helmus still gets chills thinking about her first <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/11/15/rage-rooms-sex-arousal-experts-explain/71576552007/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/11/15/rage-rooms-sex-arousal-experts-explain/71576552007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">rage ritual</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Two-and-a-half years ago after her divorce, the cybersecurity engineer embarked on a retreat to Scotland with Mia Banducci − an author and self-described "Spiritual Fairy Godmother," better known online as <a target="_blank" href="https://miamagik.com/" data-type="link" data-id="https://miamagik.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Mia Magik</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">As part of the retreat, Banducci held a rage ritual: a ceremony in which <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/04/13/netflix-beef-what-we-can-learn-about-rage/11635991002/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">participants scream</a> and beat large sticks on the ground in the woods. Participants are encouraged to think of people and experiences that have wronged them and to scream and swing the sticks for at least 20 minutes, or until they can no longer move their arms.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekZQi2faUI4" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekZQi2faUI4" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Rage rituals</a> have garnered attention on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@miamagik/video/7356030726325701930" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.tiktok.com/@miamagik/video/7356030726325701930" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">TikTok</a>, where they've resonated, particularly with women. In comments, women describe how moving it is to see other women <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/11/11/rage-rooms-what-might-surprise-you-growing-trend/1754653002/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">embody their anger</a> − an emotion experts say society often discourages women from expressing.</p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_hf" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-type="method" data-gl-method="loadHb64" aria-label="TikTok - Make Your Day" data-t-cel="tiktok-hb64" style="width:340px;height:700px" data-gl-hb64="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"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"There's no place where you can see women be able to be angry like that and it not be condemned," Helmus says. " 'She's just hormonal. She's just unhinged. She's just crazy. She's just on her period. She's just, whatever.' This was a place where you were, probably for the first time in a really, really long time, if ever, able to scream out loud things about how you felt."</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:337px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/08/USAT/73610523007-screenshot-20240507-at-95945-am.png?width=660&height=337&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/08/USAT/73610523007-screenshot-20240507-at-95945-am.png?width=1320&height=674&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="A rage ritual is a ceremony in which participants scream and beat large sticks on the ground in the woods. Participants are encouraged to think of people and experiences that have wronged them."/></figure><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">What is a rage ritual?</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Banducci has led rage rituals for several years and began doing them first for herself, then for friends and, eventually, as part of her <a target="_blank" href="https://miamagik.com/wildwisdom/" data-type="link" data-id="https://miamagik.com/wildwisdom/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">days-long retreats</a>, which include other activities and can range in price from...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/05/08/rage-rituals-women-screaming-woods-why/73595511007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
