Pop Up in the Park Yoga and Sage event!
Join us Saturday, June 28th @ 9:30am in Coal Miners Area Park for a 50 minute yoga class AND 4.5 inch white sage plant to take home!
Dried sage, especially white sage, was traditionally used by Native Americans, specifically as a method of purification. This is the term that most often springs to mind when we hear the word “smudging.”
Smudging, however, is an English term used to describe the process. Most Native American groups have their own unique words to explain the practice.
“Smudging is the process of burning dried plants or other natural elements and then using the smoke to cleanse themselves, objects, or even places,” explains Rosalyn LaPier, Ph.D., an award-winning Indigenous writer and ethnobotanist.
“Usually the dried plants are burned over a hot coal placed in a large shell or on the ground. The person places both hands over the smoke, takes the smoke within her hands, and beginning with her head and continuing downward, ‘washes’ her entire body with the smoke.”
This ancient Native American practice remains in popular use today. As it gains more popularity in mainstream culture, however, it’s important to honor and respect the cultural roots of smudging vs smoke cleansing 🌜
Cost is $25
CO-HOST: Faber's Greenhouse
White Sage plant comes in 4.5 inch pot from Faber's Greenhouse and can be planted in a garden or container.
Sage does well in dry conditions and is ready to harvest in the fall.
Also check out other Health & Wellness events in Saint Charles, Workshops in Saint Charles.
