In the new year, we want to be new people. We make lists of what's in and what's out. We want to take on healthy new habits to help revitalize our lives. Some people want to get rid of the bad ...

Smudging is the practice of burning medicinal herbs to cleanse negative energy from a space and welcome positive energy. The herbs most commonly used in the practice include cedar, sage ...

Cedar is used in sweat lodges as a tea and by placing it in the rocks to create a steam. You can also smudge your house with cedar first and then with sage. Sage is used to prepare our people for ...

Different Indigenous groups utilize various types of wild plants for these rituals, including sweetgrass and white sage. The use of smudge sticks has been adopted relatively recently by New Age ...