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Smudging for Beginners

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Smudging for Beginners

Recently, the ancient ritual of smudging has caught the attention of audiences around the world. Thanks to its well-known benefits for health and wellness, more and more people are wanting to experience this sacred practice for themselves. While smudging has been practiced since ancient times, it continues to provide modern society with its undeniable benefits that always seem to feel soothing and peaceful.


What is Smudging?

Smudging is a ritual traditionally used to expel negativity and invite in positive energy and has always been an integral part of Native American culture and ceremonies. Wafting its smoke throughout a space is known to cleanse and spread healing energy. It is also believed to purify your body, mind, and soul.


If you’ve ever felt stuckness in your environment, burdened by unfavorable situations, or simply felt the presence of negative energy, in or around you, smudging your area is an incredibly effective way to dispel negative energy and replace it with uplifting energy.


Modern day life is oftentimes filled with tedious challenges, negative experiences, or adverse circumstances which can lead to a build up of negative energy that results in stress, fatigue, demotivation, and apathy. Breathing in the healing and calming properties during a smudging session, using healing and sacred herbs, can reverse the impacts of stagnant energy and negativity.



Different Smudging Varieties

Smudging begins by selecting the herbs to use in your practice. Smudge sticks can be composed of many different sacred herbs, roots, bark, and powder that each produce a unique scent, smoke, and healing properties. Smudging is popularly known as burning sage, but smudging is not limited only to sage, many other plants, types of wood, and herbs give similar benefits but offer a variety of different uses and purposes. Read more…

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