Discover how traditional smoke ceremonies cleanse spaces, balance energy fields and deliver plant medicine through carefully ...

The ceremony will begin with a traditional smudge, which involves the use of sacred medicines such as sage, cedar, sweetgrass, and tobacco, to purify individuals, the space, and the collective ...

Gone explained, “We're going to harvest and then we'll be able to use that sweetgrass. Back in our ancestral days when they went to war, they would smudge for protection. Today in the academics ...

“I didn’t want to abuse it in any way, and Indigenous groups use sweetgrass spiritually to smudge and everything else,” he explains. Smudging, smoking tobacco and other cultural practices ...

Before any big game, I tell them to smudge their equipment. It doesn’t take long; you take some sweetgrass or sage, whatever they want to use to smudge their equipment. After I told that story ...

The idea of having a smudge tent in Saskatoon originated with David Fineday. It was well-intentioned and worthwhile, and a smudge permit was issued, but it was fraught with difficulties and ...

Because dried sweetgrass is used to cleanse the body in smudging ceremonies, Keeshig said he chose to use fresh sweetgrass in his recipe. I don't approve of chefs using dried sweetgrass in their ...

The ceremony involves the burning of sage, cedar and sweetgrass. Each person had the opportunity to partake in the smudging as the group moved through the hospital. As some of us know, our peoples ...

Smudging is a spiritual practice in various Indigenous communities that involves the burning of one or more sacred medicines, these being sage, cedar, sweetgrass and/or tobacco, as a form of ...

In Mi'kmaq culture, smudging ceremonies hold immense importance. They're not just rituals; they're sacred acts of cleansing, purifying, and connecting with the spiritual realm. The smoke from sacred ...

Finish: That spice and sweetness combine on the finish with a light end that’s part barrelhouse earthiness and part soft malted sweetgrass braided with a touch of smudging sage. This feels like ...

There are several different herbs and resins, which can be used for smudging Some of the most common include cedar, sweetgrass, lavender, copal, frankincense and myrrh. Each herb or resin has its own ...