All we are and all we do is more important now then ever.

I want to help all of you - in the transitions, between this life, other lifetime and the life to follow. The dead teach us what we canot see, and I am here to plant seeds in the minds of those who need to see the pathway.

Something we all need to learn to do is sage our houses and ourselves, to release negative energy or 'bad vibes' and to allow good ones to flow through us.

I like white sage for its scent and it's properties. I have used juniper with sage, lavendar with sage cedar sage or sweetgrass and other sages, but you can see better would suit you better here at 13 moons website.

Now, onto the simple actual process. The smudge stick is sometimes hard to keep smoldering so when you first light it, blow out the flame after it gets going and then blow into the smoldering embers to really let it take hold or else it might burn out. If it does burn out, just re-light it again and keep going. After I get the stick smoldering, I ask the smoke be blessed and that it will trap any and all negative entities and energies. The first thing I smudge is myself starting with my heart chakra (just a preference) but many start at the bottoms of the feet and then work the smoke up around my body and around my head and crown chakra. Be sure to do under each arm and around the back also. I always use it before, during and throughtout all healings! Sage is so helpful for so many things. For the house, I start at a doorway and direct the smoke completely around the door frame, you will repeat this in every room starting at the entry doorway to each room and the front and back or side doors to the apartment or house. Do all rooms. Burn it on your altar in the am daily if you can, saging yourself as well. Immediately eliminates bad energies.

After the doorways just go around the room to the four corners and then down the middle with a circular motion. ALWAYS GET ALL WINDOWS AND INTO CORNERS. Don't forget to open closet doors and drawers to chests and cabinets also before you begin. The mental image is as if you were about to fumigate the property for bugs, the idea is to let the smudge smoke get into and around everything within the home or office. Instead of getting rid of bugs , you are getting rid of negative entities and energies. When you have completed every room, then say another prayer, thanking God and your spirit guides for help and blessings asking that all the smoke carry away all negative entities and energies out away from your home or office.

If possible I also light a few candles and create an altar with candles and a few crystals of what ever I have before I begin, to help act as center place for my prayers and smudge lighting. To help direct the smoke into drawers and closets, you can either use a feather if you have one or just use your hand in a fanning motion. One other practical matter, sometimes smoldering pieces of ash from the sage or string that binds the sage will tend to drop to the floor so to prevent burn spots on your floor, it might be best to try and use a paper plate or something to catch the ash during the smudging.I don't use one but you can.

Another alternative to a smudge "stick" bundle would be to burn loose sage in a dish or bowl which would prevent the smoldering ash problem. This ceremony does tend to drain the person doing it, so allow so rest time for afterward. You may notice the difference of energy right away or especially the next day, as will visitors to your home or work space. You can also burn sweetgrass in the same manner.

One last item, should you have any crystals or rocks in your space,you can cleanse them with sage also. Using salt takes out any programming you have put into the crystals, while using singing bowls or sage to cleanse them after healing has been done; merely takes out of them what they have removed (negative energies or actual illnesses) from the person you were working on. Put out the smudge and after closing the windows and doors sit down and relax for a while and begin to enjoy your cleansed environment. I turn mine burning end down into a container (a special one I use for that purpose) and allow it to snuff naturally. You might want to redo the smudging at least every week, or more often if you feel the need. You might want to try and time the smudging to a "new moon" or at the change of seasons.

Sage works by creating the right kind of ionization structures in the atmosphere.