Smudging is a sacred ritual that has been used by Indigenous cultures for centuries, particularly among Native American, First Nations, and other Indigenous groups around the world. It involves burning herbs such as sage, cedar, lavender, sweetgrass, or palo santo, with the smoke believed to cleanse and purify both your physical spaces indoors our outdoors, and your spiritual spaces in and around your physical body. 

The ritual of smudging is deeply intertwined with ancient traditions, and its impact goes beyond merely clearing physical spaces. Smudging touches the spiritual, emotional, and energetic dimensions of life, providing individuals with a tool for cleansing, protection, and personal transformation.

Following we have a number of ways you can use smudging physical or spiritually, but overall is readily used for clearing stagnate and negative energy…

Smudging is mostly performed to clear negative energy from home / office / environment spaces, objects (like books, jewellery, tarot cards, etc…) or individuals and even animals. This cleansing process can purify environments where death, conflict, sadness, or stress has occurred. In spiritual terms, negative energy can be thought of as stagnant or dense heavy energy that blocks the free flow of spiritual (prana) or life force energy. By burning sacred herbs, the smoke is believed to transform and dissipate these negative vibrations, allowing a more harmonious, high-vibrational atmosphere to emerge, and as a bonus the breathing of beautiful uplifting herbal scents.

Personal Cleansing: Individuals can smudge themselves to release negative emotions, such as anger, fear, sorrow, and even confusion. The smoke is symbolically passed over the body, representing a purification of one's aura or energy field. To further empower the ritual of smudging an intention gives it another level.

Environmental Cleansing: Smudging is also done to cleanse spaces (homes, sacred areas) of lingering energies from previous occupants, events, or activities. It is believed that negative energies can accumulate in environments like non-air-flowing constructions, and smudging helps to neutralise and release them.

Restoring Spiritual Harmony: Smudging is believed to restore balance to an individual's spiritual state. When we go through periods of stress, trauma, or illness, our free-flowing energetic system can become imbalanced. Smudging helps to reset this balance by re-aligning an individual’s energy with positive forces.

Smudging can also open the door for personal spiritual evolution. As the smudging ritual clears your energetic blockages, it enables individuals to connect more fully with their higher self, their intuition, and spiritual guides. This can lead to profound realisations and heightened awareness allowing for a more connected understanding in how you walk your path.