3 Benefits To Burning Sage In Your Home

Photos by Ashley Marie Creative Studios

For thousands of years, different cultures around the world have been practicing burning sage for various reasons. For the purpose of wanting to be as accurate as possible I’m not going to discuss details of the various cultures and their methods, but rather why I love burning sage.

Have you ever just had an icky feeling when you walked into a room, like it was full of negative energy? The main reason I personally burn sage is to clear the air of any negative vibes or weird energy. I also use it before reading my tarot cards, before or after company comes over, or just any time I need to bring in some positive vibes. Sage is great for clearing energy, and then I like to burn palo santo for bringing in good energy. Palo santo also smells amazing! I keep a piece of it on my nightstand (un lit) so I can smell it as I’m falling asleep.

Before burning the sage, I also like to set my intention or reason for doing it.

here are 3 Benefits To burning sage in your home

1- To Cleanse the air

Burning sage is said to be really great for cleansing the air- actually changing the molecular structure in the air to produce a cleansing effect. This has been linked to helping with getting rid of bacteria, pollen and dust, which can improve allergy symptoms.

Because of it’s cleansing ability, burning sage is also supposed to help with symptoms of depression, anxiety and restless sleep.

2- to cleanse objects

Like I cleanse my tarot and oracle cards before a reading, you can also use sage to cleanse other objects too. A thrifted item or estate sale purchase with a weird vibe can be cleansed by passing the burning sage over top of and around it. This makes sure no negative energy from the item makes its way into your home.

3- To rid negative energy

Like I mentioned above, the main reason I personally use sage is to clear negative energy.

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know I love woo, so none of this should come as a surprise- BUT a few months ago I downloaded a spirit box app that was trending on Tik-Tok for a while. It has really good reviews on being legit, so I was curious. I decided to see what it was all about, so I downloaded it and used it for a couple of days. I won’t get into the details on the app itself, but the week I started using it, I began to have nightmares every night. I would go to sleep feeling like someone was watching me from my closet, and just felt really uneasy. It was super creepy. I didn’t sage before using the app like I should have. Once those creepy things started happening, I burned sage and palo santo in my room, and haven’t felt that negative energy since.

My son also used to talk about seeing someone in his room, and I always felt a really creepy vibe when entering his bedroom, so I did that room as well and its been a lot better since. I also just sage the house periodically whenever I feel like it needs a little positive energy boost.

where to buy?

My favourite place in Fredericton to buy sage is Tweedside Road, but if you’re not in the Fredericton area, usually any shop that carries crystals, all natural products etc will sell bundles of sage.

Do you sage your home? Comment below and tell me your favourite reasons for burning sage

D