How to cleanse yourself and your spaces while conserving native plants.
Amongst the myriad of spiritual trends taking hold worldwide, the act of “smudging,” or cleansing, with plant smoke is one of the most recognizable. It’s easy to imagine a lit bundle of white sage waving around a person's body or home to clear negative energy.
Palo Santo is another trendy incense. Harvested from the inner heartwood of trees native to different regions of South America, this wood has been used by indigenous shamans in Ecuador and Peru for centuries. Typically the trees have to be aged for long periods of time to produce the rich sweet scent associated with Palo Santo. The huge surge in popularity from wellness influencers and brands has also caused this tree's habitat to be decimated at a quick rate.
Consider it an opportunity to think about what plants might have been used by your own relatives or past ancestors for energetic purification. Instead of white sage, literally any other species from the sage family can be used like desert sage, sagebrush, and even culinary sage. Many aromatic trees have been used as sacred incense all over the world; look for ones that are native to your area like pine, cedar, cypress, and juniper.
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