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I love the smell of burning sage. From the first
whiff I was hooked. It’s one of those powerful scents that immediately
transports me to a place filled with warmth and peace. I have no present life memory connected with
its smell but on some deep inner level I find it very soothing.
I first learned about its cleansing properties
from a Shaman named Bobby Sanchez. I was attending his class on Shamanism and
one night he conducted an introduction to vision quests, starting the
meditation by cleansing each of us with sage.
Using sage to cleanse a space or person is known as Smudging. In a
Native American smudging ritual sage is used to purify and balance the aura or
energy of a person, place or object. When lit, a bundle of densely packed dried
sage leaves produces a plume of smoke that can be fanned over the subject to
help cleanse it of any unwanted negative energy.
I now make sure to always keep several bundles of sage on hand. When
I’ve had a particularly frustrating week and feel the need for some deep
relaxation or meditation I like to place some dried sage leaves in a porcelain
bowl, light them and then let the smoke waft around me. The smell almost
instantly calms my mind and releasing pent up frustration becomes quite easy.
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