Cleansing Your Energy With Sage

To cleanse using the smoke of burning sage is an ancient Native American healing art, also known as smudging, which is designed to help clear negative energy. It can be used in your home, office, car, and also on your own energy.

If you are feeling depressed, angry, frustrated or even having trouble sleeping, smudging with sage can help you clear your negative thoughts and start anew. To sage yourself, buy organic sage. Place the sage in a bowl or an abalone shell (my preference because of the ocean energy it brings). Using a match or lighter, light the sage. It will briefly produce a flame and then it will just smolder and smoke.

Using your hands, pull the smoke into your face and upper chest area, over and over. While doing this, think about what you want to clear. Be specific and detailed. Then think about what you want to bring into your energy: peace, calm, love, positivity, hope, guidance, kindness, self-love, self-acceptance, vitality, youthfulness, energy, patience. It is helpful to take a shower afterwards, to cleanse all of the vibrations you just released off of your body and energy.

Just as we need to clean our body once a day, we also need to clean our energetic body. Smudging yourself with sage allows you to do this quickly and efficiently ~ Samantha Fey

I always recommend smudging with sage at any time you receive or buy used, secondhand items. This includes items from yard sales, antiques, gifts from others, and used items left behind by loved ones who have crossed over. However, I also recommend sage for newly purchased items, because they have been transported and handled many times by many different people, leaving many energy imprints on the item. Whatever you bring into your home will also bring the energy attached to that item into your home.

If anyone negative or dark has been inside your office, car or home, then sage! Even if you aren’t sensitive or an empath, it will still affect you. I sage my house even when positive people  have come to visit. It may take many times to clear out all of the negative energy.

So, how do you sage a home, car or office? Just like you would sage yourself, you put the sage in a bowl or abalone shell and light it. As it smokes, you walk from corner to corner in the room, say something to the effect of, “I clear this space from any previous and negative energy. Let this space bring only prosperity, love and positivity to my family.

It’s nice to know that you can do a quick pick me up when you are not feeling quite right. It is also nice to know that you aren’t stuck with any negative energy someone has brought into your space. Even if you feel great and have not had negative energy in your home, I recommend smudging with sage every month. You will notice the difference when you and your house feel so much lighter!