You have one or more rooms in your house that you want to cleanse, purify, or smudge to
get rid of any of the negative energy and replace it with positive energy, but you're
not 100% confident on how to smudge or that you're following the right steps using sage
to create a purely positive space in your home.
Watch this video to find out how to smudge or purify a room or your whole house with
one of the sacred medicines or for this video using sage.
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If you are looking to purify one or more rooms in your house through the use of smudging
with sage specifically, then we're here to help you through this five step process of
preparing, smudging, and cleansing your house the correct way so that you're allowing the
positive energy to flow around your sacred space.
We've helped thousands of people find sacred medicines that are just right for them and
their unique needs, as well as how to smudge themselves, others, and their homes, and now
it's your turn.
By the end of this video, you will know how to correctly prepare, smudge, and cleanse
your home.
People smudge for many different reasons.
It might be part of their daily routine.
They could have a specific space that they want to purify or it's part of a ceremony
to purify their mind, body, and spirit for clear communication with the Creator.
For the purposes of this video, you might have a specific room or your entire house
that you want to cleanse if there's possible negative energy that you want transformed
into positive energy.
For me personally, any time that I have moved to a new apartment or a new house, I will
smudge the entire space or the entire house.
Or when there has been a passing, a loss of life or a traumatic experience, smudging can
help purify and cleanse the space around you on a spiritual level.
It's very important to note that various indigenous tribes around North America, even around the
world, practice smudging.
This smudging practice specifically has been taught to me by elders and my Anishinaabe
Ojibwe community of Curve Lake First Nation.
Different tribes have slightly different rules or processes around smudging and one is not
right or wrong or better than any other.
What is important is your intention to do good with your smudging practices and to be
open and positive to what other people's beliefs are.
Now let's get into it.
There is an important five step process in properly smudging that we'll take you through
to make sure that you feel the most confident as possible when you are smudging your room
or your entire house.
The first step in the process of smudging your house is to prepare your smudge with
a bundle.
The ingredients for smudging can be called your smudge kit, your medicine bag, your bundle,
or whatever you'd like to call it.
Smudging bundle typically includes an abalone shell, or you could substitute this with a
clay copper or metal bowl of some sort, matches to light your sacred medicines, tobacco, plus
your choice of smudging medicine.
This could be sage, cedar, or sweet grass, and an eagle feather to waft the smoke from
the burning medicine.
If you don't have an eagle feather, another feather is okay or you can just use your hand.
The second step in the process of smudging your house is to light the medicine.
Once you've lit your match, set flame to your sage and place it in the bowl.
The bowl is used to, one, contain the burning sacred medicine; two, to make sure that you
don't damage anything or burn yourself; and three, to contain the heat so that your burning
medicine doesn't go out.
Allow your sage to burn naturally.
Don't blow on the flame to make it burn more.
Instead, use the eagle feather to spread the flame around the medicine to ensure there's
lots of smoke rising up and around the space.
Before you move on to the third step, smudge the eagle feather to cleanse it.
Once the medicine has created enough smoke to spread using the feather or your hand,
you can move on to step number three.
Do you guys prefer to smudge with sage, cedar, or another sacred medicine?
Please share with us in the comments below.
Now we've looked at the first two steps for smudging your home with sage, which is, one,
to prepare your smudge with a smudge kit or bundle and, two, to light your sage and place
it inside your bowl.
The third step in the process of smudging your house is to fan the smoke toward you
to allow its medicine to cleanse and purify everything it touches.
When you are fanning the smoke, you follow a process in itself starting with your head.
You begin with smudging your head so that you have only good thoughts, followed by your
eyes to help create clear vision and you look for only the good in everything.
Then you smudge your mouth to say only positive things.
Address your heart next to create positive emotions, love, and kindness.
Finally, smudge the rest of your body for good health and wisdom.
After you've finished smudging yourself, the fourth step in the process of smudging your
house is to fan the smoke around the room.
Allow the smoke to touch everything in the room, including objects and furniture to ensure
each area is cleansed with the sage or the other sacred medicine that you're using.
If you're smudging your entire house, it doesn't really matter which room that you start with.
Make sure that you're being thorough, going from room to room.
Smudge any openings that lead to the outside of the house, including any taps or drains
that could possibly act as a passageway.
The entire time that you are smudging, continue to think positive and good thoughts and ask
the Creator to provide you with positive energy.
Now the fifth and final step in the process of smudging your house with sage is to let
the sacred medicine burn out without any interference.
It's important to allow the sacred medicine to burn out on its own without interfering,
as the smoke is creating a direct path to the Creator.
The smoke from the medicine creates a spiritual bloodline and a communication line from Mother
Earth and the spirit world.
So, this means the smoke will stop burning when it is meant to.
While the medicine is burning out in its natural way, the final step of the smudging process
is to give thanks to the Creator for allowing us to use the sacred medicines that have been
given to us.
As a final step, return the ashes to Mother Earth and give thanks as these gifts of sacred
medicines are not only used to heal our mind, body, and spirit but also to perform the smudge
in our home to create a sacred space for our loved ones to enjoy a positive and happy life.
So, we've gone through all five steps of the smudging process on how to correctly smudge
your house with sage, which are, one, to prepare your sponge kit; two, lighting the medicine;
three, fan the smoke from the medicine to yourself or smudge yourself; four, fan the
smoke from the medicine around the room or your house; and five, let the medicine burn
out on its own and give thanks to the Creator.
Now, after following these five steps on how to smudge your house with sage, you could
feel absolutely confident when you use this or another sacred medicine to cleanse or purify
yourself, others, or your home.
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on the smudging process, download our free guide at the link below in the description.
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