White Sage Smudge Stick

White sage is a healer, air cleanser, spiritual purifier, and sacred plant. For centuries Native Americans have understood the deeper aspects and healing qualities of White Sage and have called upon its powers during times of challenge, personal struggle, confrontation, and imbalance.

White Sage has powerful antimicrobial and antibacterial qualities, can improve mood and cognition, can serve as an insect repellent and can even help with sleep quality by easing insomnia.

Spiritually speaking, burning White Sage is also thought to ward off negativity and toxicity. You can think of it like clearing the slate for more positivity to enter your space. Because smudging with White Sage clears ALL energies from a space, it should be followed up with positive affirmations, a prayer, incense or burning a smudging wood or resin to release positivity back into your space. 

INSTRUCTIONS:
Preparation: Open a window in each room your are smudging to allow the negative energy and smoke to escape. Take some deep breaths and start to form positive thoughts, prayers or intentions that you will say while smudging the room. These can be said out loud or silently. For example: "I cleanse this room and release any negative or lower lying energy that is no longer serving myself or my family. I ask that only light and love be allowed to enter this home."

Lighting the Smudge Stick: Light the tip of your stick. Once its lit, blow out the flame after 15-30 seconds and allow it to smolder. You do not want flame, just a light smoke coming from it.

Smudging a Person: You can smudge yourself or another person by waving the smoldering stick from side to side, feet to head and from front to back of the body. It's suggested that before smudging a room you smudge yourself first. You can also use the selenite stick to cleanse yourself as well. You start by holding your Selenite Crystal in one hand at the top of your head and comb the crystal all the way down your body. Repeat this around your entire body until you feel the energy clear.

Smudging A Room: To cleanse or purify a room move clockwise around the edge while waving the stick up and down near the walls and up into the corners of the room thinking or saying your positive thoughts and intentions.

Extinguishing and Storing: Once your ceremony is completed extinguish your smudge stick by rubbing it in the earth or placing the tip of it in some sand. (Sand is best as its cleaner and allows you to use the stick again more easily.) It is important to store your Smudge Stick in a warm dry place to ensure that it burns easily. The same stick can be used over and over until it burns down.

How Often To Smudge: Smudge your home whenever you feel the need. Some do it every 4-6 weeks or anytime they feel negativity has entered the home