Do you know what to say when you're smudging a house?
Is what to say during the smudge, holding you back from smudging your home?
Watch this video to find out what exactly you should say when you smudge your house,
to cleanse your home of any negative energy.
I'm Mallory Graham, Anishinabek Cloud from tribaltradeco.com.
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Maybe you just moved into a new home and you want to create a positive space for you and
your family, or you just feel like there's a lot of built-up negativity in your space
that you want to cleanse with sage or another sacred medicine.
If you want to know what to say, when you smudge your house, by the end of this video,
you will know exactly how to start getting those positive energies into your home and
what types of things that you should say when you're smudging.
There are many different smudge prayers and things that you can say when you're smudging
your house, depending on a number of factors.
We've put together five steps to help you figure out what you should say when you're
smudging your house.
Now the first step to help you know what to say when you're smudging your house, is to
reflect on the situation.
Take a look at the reason why you're smudging in the first place.
Smudging a new house could happen on the day that you move in, which would help you get
rid of any negative energies that were leftover from before you were there.
Or smudging could be part of a daily cleansing ritual.
One that helps you feel at peace with yourself and your routine.
You could also choose to smudge after a negative event, before making a big decision or before
and after a big life change in your home.
No matter why you choose to smudge your home, the most important thing is that you smudge
with good intention and with the desire to produce a positive outcome.
Smudging can both banish negativity and attract positivity.
So as long as you begin your smudging ceremony, with a clear intention of cleansing and purifying
yourself and your home, then you will have a good experience.
So, the first step is to reflect on why you're smudging your house.
Is it a daily routine that you want to start?
Or what is the occasion for your smudge?
Now, the second thing that you want to do before you start smudging your house is to
set your intentions.
Intention means you have a plan or a direction with what you're doing.
Ask yourself what the purpose is for doing your smudge.
For example, I've been having a bad day or I'm feeling really lost, and I want to feel
better.
Your intention for smudging in that situation might be to let those negative feelings go
and attract positive feelings, start feeling better about yourself and your day moving
forward.
So, maybe my intention is to feel better about myself or your intention could be to feel
happier in this space or better in your home environment.
It's so important to know what your intentions are when you're smudging or your intentions
with anything.
Understand what you're trying to do and why you're trying to do it.
These simple questions are so important and can really help us find clarity in our lives.
So now that you know what you're trying to do and what your intentions are, how do you
actually go about achieving that when you are saying your prayer, when you're smudging
your home.
Do you smudge when you move into a new home?
What sacred medicine do you use?
Please share with us in the comments below.
So now we've looked at the first two steps to help you know what to say when you're smudging
your house.
Now the third step to help you know what to say, when you're smudging your house is to
understand your starting point.
How are you feeling right now?
Before you start your smudge, having an awareness of what you're thinking and what you're feeling
now, are you thinking positive thoughts, negative thoughts, and how are those thoughts making
you feel?
If we want to start feeling better or feeling more comfortable in our home, we first need
to start with what our thoughts are because whatever we're thinking, that's what we're
going to feel, right?
So if you're thinking of negative things then you're going to feel bad, and if you're thinking
of positive things, you're going to feel good.
So, just having an awareness of that starting point is where you need to begin.
So just be aware of what your thoughts are and how they're making you feel is a very
important starting point.
As you become more aware of what your thoughts are and how they're making you feel, then
you'll be able to start having more control of it.
This brings us to the fourth step.
So, the fourth step for knowing what to say when you're smudging your house is to actually
put together your smudge prayer.
A good way to help you to stay focused and mindful of your positivity is to say a smudge
prayer.
This could simply just be an act of taking stock of your emotions and of your experience
as you smudge your mind may wander.
And if it does then just remind yourself to get back on that positive track of thinking.
To help you focus verbally say a prayer or voice your intentions to yourself.
Some examples of this are to ask yourself empowering questions and actually answering
them.
So what am I grateful for?
What do I love most about myself?
What is something that I can be really excited about?
And why is today a great day?
There's also a simple smudge prayer for just giving thanks.
So something that I say every time is chi-miigwech to the creator for giving us these sacred
medicines to help heal us and protect us and to live a good life.
I also say chi-miigwech to the creator for the four directions, for my friends, family,
for my health, wellness.
And I also thank all of you for watching this video to help learn and become more educated
on the indigenous culture and on indigenous ceremonial smudging.
I hope that all of you at home are well and feeling good and living a good life, and that
you're happy.
I hope that you have the strength to make those tough decisions that you need to have
a good life and to be happy to prioritize and love yourself above all else.
I believe that self-love is so, so important.
And it's really key to think of those reasons that you love yourself and why you're a good
person.
And also just think of what you're really grateful for because gratitude is so, so powerful
and can really help you feel good, deep down in your heart and in your spirit.
There are also specific smudge prayers that you can use to get rid of negative energy
or a spirit that might be in your home that you want to leave.
Some things that you can say are that you command any negative spirits or energy that
was here before you to leave and you're asking it and requesting them to allow you to have
your home and your space to feel comfortable with your family and that you're asking it
nicely and respectfully to go to the creator, to go to the other side and to enter the spirit
world so that you can be here in the physical world on mother earth in comfort.
Now, the fifth step for knowing what to say when you're smudging your house is to evaluate
how you feel afterwards.
It's important to reflect on how you feel after you've completed your smudge.
Is the way you feel now, the way that you intended to feel when you set your intentions?
If yes, then that's wonderful.
If not, then ask yourself why you might not have experienced success with it.
Maybe you're having a hard time focusing on how you want to feel, or maybe what you're
saying during your smudge isn't aligning well with the situation from step one.
Or maybe you're not connecting enough with yourself in your intentions and your own true
feelings.
If you haven't achieved those good feelings and those positive energies that you were
hoping for, then try the process again, maybe switch up the questions that you're asking
yourself and try focusing really hard on feeling the answers to those questions.
So, now you should know exactly how to come up with the perfect smudge prayer, for what
to say when smudging a house.
If you're wanting to learn more about the various sacred medicines and the smudging
process, then download our free smudging guide at the link in the description below.
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