I've started reciting the Episcopal Confession and Absolution as a daily cleansing ritual.

[sir pball]

While I no longer practice or believe, I am a baptized Episcopalian (which has come in real handy arguing with my wife's ultra-Pent relatives, but I digress…) and I have always thought our concept of sin, confession, and forgiveness to be very sensible. Your sins are between you and God, there's no frickin' priest that has to hear and communicate. We simply admit we have sinned, and ask forgiveness. There is no middleman and no penitence. It's actually quite a refreshing way to start the day. It fits well with the yoga.

"Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen."