Sweetgrass Braid What is Smudge? Smudging is a ritual purification by smoke, common to most of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It has been widely adopted by many non-natives. Since the dawn of time plants have been our sacred connection to Gaia, our mother earth. Plants feed, cure and shelter us, and legends abound of the power of chosen plants to heal and protect the wise. Archeological evidence has established ritual use of plants dating back 60,000 years. Throughout the world  ...(more)