Saging or Smudging It’s all the Same….
Have you ever just walked into a room or a specific area and just felt a heaviness, sadness or even a sick feeling? Then it’s time to sage.
When you sage or “smudging” it spiritually cleanses the space. I have had this experiencing multiple times. One more recent experience, a coworker had died unexpectedly in a tragic car accident. After finding out about her passing later that morning, I had walked over to her cubicle. Immediately upon walking into her area, I began getting a severe headache and I felt nauseous. The tightness in my chest was overwhelming. There was such a sense of sadness, that I had to leave. I knew then and there that the entire space needed to be saged. The following day I brought my sage and cleansed the area.
She was a very kind and sweet soul, but very troubled emotionally and personally. So as I was saging the area I repeated my own prayer to release her soul, letting the soul know that is was okay to let go and go “home” In cases like these. I feel that saging helps to release the soul and to transition.
Did you know that saging isn’t only for releasing a soul? Burning sage is one of the oldest and purest methods of cleansing. Cleansing your home is key to releasing negative energy. There are many prayers for cleansing when saging, or simply say your own. White sage is best used for all saging. When walking through the area, sway the burning sage which will allow the smoke to gently fill where you are wanting to sage. Walk the entire area, closets, doorways, hallways and especially where your intuition seems to guide you. Sage that brand new home your moving into! Allowing positive energy to move in with you.
When repeating your pray. You are not limited to what you say. For me, I incorporate into my pray the reason that I am saging. For example, one can repeat the following prayer out loud or to themselves.
“Into the smoke, I release all energies that do not serve me, all negativity that surrounds me, and all fears that limit me.”
Blue Sage vs White Sage
The sage that is most often used is the white sage. The Cleansing Effect is overwhelming for so many, myself included.
Pets Too!
Pets are extremely sensitive to negative energy. I remember a few years back. I was “dog-sitting” my son’s dogs, two little miniature schnauzers Missy and Jessie and Lucky, he is a chow mix. He is much bigger so his bark alone is loud! My husband and I already have two miniature schnauzers of our own. So you can only imagine all five were barking all at once! One particular evening Lucky went into the back end of our home towards our guest room and just started barking for no reason at all. Well, needless to say, the other four proceeded to run back where he was and the barking excelled! When I went into the room and couldn’t see what they were barking at, but I knew that they sensed something. I needed to sage the entire area, the room just didn’t feel right. While I was saging, I could feel the calmness and the entire room became very serene. All five dogs stopped barking and quietly followed me the entire time. Just like that, the negative energy that they were sensing was gone.
One More Thing!
One last thing. Don’t forget your pet! They’re our very precious little souls! Go ahead and “sage away”! Cleansing your pet or even a human is encouraged for releasing negativity to promote healing and purification.
