Sacred Bundles for Cleansing

Iv always held a deep fascination with the power of nature to heal and inspire through energy, the seemingly captivating complex ritual is a powerful practice that is actually an incredibly simple tool that we can all use.

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Energy cleansing is an extraordinary practice that more and more people are seeing the benefit of incorporating such healing modality into their every day lives.

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It’s cleansing rituals of burning herbs and resins, which many healers use to offer blessings and purify people, places and objects equally keeps your physical and energetic space clean and intact.

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The use of smoke as a form of spiritual cleansing is perhaps best known as a result of the indigenous ritual of purifying, a sacred practice whereby the smoke from sweetgrass, tobacco, cedar or sage is used in ceremonies to rid a subject of negative thought, energies and spirits.

While the specific tools and plants used in this process vary a great deal from tribe to tribe, all view this ancient practice as a way to shift between the physical and the spiritual realms.

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The most common smoke-purification ritual used by the northern tribes is a technique called smudging. 

Smudging is the ritualistic burning of herbs and plant resins in a shell or clay bowl while prayers of gratitude and wellbeing are said aloud. The smoke is traditionally fanned using the hand or a feather (eagle feathers are treasured for this) and directed over a person or throughout a living space.

 The purpose is to wash away impurities, sadness, anxieties, dark thoughts and any unwanted energies or emotions that may be clinging to a space or individual.

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We believe ritual is especially profound as an experiential tool to facilitate conscious dying and healthy grieving practices.

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End–of–life rituals help a person experience not only a peaceful death, but a sacred death, bringing reconciliation and acceptance to the loved ones as well as to the person dying. Rituals help to heal the pain of letting go while at the same time connecting us with something much greater than earthly concerns.

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Burning sage after a death produces negative ions that can induce a sense of calm and promote peaceful meditation on the passing. Grief, anger, and unresolved emotions are absorbed by the smoke, cleansing the luminous body of negative attachments. This practice is then followed by the burning of sweetgrass, which invites love and gratitude into our hearts. 

Sage is also believed to help alleviate the sorrow of the death of a loved one, at a funeral or ceremony we burn beforehand to relieve the grief of mourners. We speak of the knowledge of carrying sage in a small keepsake bag, keeping it with you is spoken of the promotion of wisdom and to overcome grief at this time.

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