Using the Indian Ritual of Saging

Last Saturday I saged the gym where I spend an hour a day three times a week.  The owner is an unassuming, likeable guy that really knows what he is doing when it comes to training your body.  The intention in saging the place was to get out any leftover energy from the previous owners. We planned it for the last class of the morning to the let the heavy odor of the sage dissipate over the weekend. 

The process did not take long yet the stick really started to smolder when I got to the office. The sage went hot.  It smoked so much that the essence just hung in the air with no where to go. Just when the process was over, one of the other trainers threw me a look of disapproval.  Perhaps she had not been warned?

There was a layer of judgment in the process and loads of fear. 

Immediately my own fear arose to the surface.  What if she talks about me to the other members and tells them I am weird? This assumption is not unfounded. Our history shows that this type of behavior is rarely tolerated by society. Many of our sisters lost their lives to hanging, burning and drowning for these same beliefs.  It was that knowingness that took me so long to come out of the closet on my own spiritual beliefs.  Despite the opposition, I must persevere.

Every solstice, it is my intention to move the energy of my home by rearranging my stuff and giving away what is no longer serving our family. Part of cleaning my home  includes cleansing the space with a saging stick.  Be sure to look up how to sage on the internet.  You won’t regret it.  You can find sage at health food stores and any metaphysical shop.  Happy saging.