A Guide for Cleansing & Blessing with Herb Bundles or Loose Leaf
What is a Cleansing & Blessing Ceremony aka Smudging?
Cleansing and blessing with herb bundles, calls on the spirits of sacred plants to restore balance. It is the art of cleansing yourself and your environment by using simple ritual and ceremony. This powerful cleansing practise has been used by a variety of cultures for thousands of years, most notably the Native American People. The herbs used are considered sacred, as is the process, and we respectfully acknowledge and thank the Native American and Other Peoples that have passed on this Powerful Tradition...
When to Cleanse & Bless with Herb Bundles (smudge)
🌿As part of a Ritual or Ceremony
🌿When there has been an argument, or one is brewing
🌿To dispel negativity within a workplace or home
🌿To cleanse yourself, your crystals, or other objects
🌿When you’re selling a house, business, or vehicle
🌿If you’re having trouble sleeping or experiencing nightmares
🌿If you’ve been feeling depressed, angry, or resentful for some time
🌿If you feel you have unwanted entities you’d like to move on
🌿In preparation for Meditation or Artistic Creation
🌿Regularly, to maintain a healthy, happy environment
Setting the Intention of What You Want to Achieve
🌿If you’re feeling low or depressed, visualise the cloud of smoke taking those feelings away
🌿If there has been an argument, visualise or imagine you and the person with whom you have been arguing, interacting happily with each other
🌿When cleansing your crystals, imagine them giving off a high vibration
Some Tools for Your Cleansing & Blessing Ceremony
🌿A fire-proof dish e.g. large shell or dish to put your herb bundle in during and after the ceremony (please smoke safely and avoid fire risk)
🌿A charcoal block and sand if you’re burning loose leaf or resin
🌿A lighter or candle (matches tend to burn out too quickly)
🌿A feather to fan the smoke (nice but not essential)
🌿Crystals to help you stay grounded, during your ritual
🌿Crystals to place around the property
🌿Create your own Blessing Altar
Beginning Your Cleansing & Blessing Ceremony
🌿Open a window in the room you will do last (for any negative energy to leave through)
🌿Light your herb bundle with a candle or lighter or light a charcoal block to burn your loose leaf or resin on
🌿Once you have a flame, gently blow it out so your herb bundle is smouldering, not burning
🌿Call your Spirit Helpers through prayer or ‘speak your intention’, silently or out loud, as you go
🌿When cleansing and blessing your home or work; walk around each room, at a gentle pace, with your herb bundle or loose leaf; fan the smoke with a feather, paying attention to the corners, and behind doors
🌿When cleansing and blessing yourself or another person, fan the smoke so that it touches all parts of you or them, focussing on areas where you feel there are blockages or physical/emotional/psychic pain
🌿When cleansing crystals or other items, pass them through the smoke
🌿To complete your ceremony, you might like to say a prayer of thanks and seal your space by making the infinity sign ∞ with your hand
🌿When you have finished, gently stub your bundle out in sand or dirt
It is advised that you do not burn herb bundles around infants, animals, or people with respiratory issues
Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding should seek medical advice before burning herb bundles
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