What is a Smudging Ceremony?
A Smudging Ceremony is a sacred ceremony that is conducted at the begining of an event to cleanse the area and participants. The conductor of the ceremony will bring around a bowl or shell with one of or a mixture of the Four Sacred Medicines (Tobbacco, Cedar, Sage and Sweetgrass). The medicines are burned and each participant will use the smoke from the burning medicines to cleanse themselves. Most people will start with their head , ears, eyes and then the rest of their body. There is no wrong way to do this ceremony. Not everyone smudges and no one is forced to smudge if they wish not to.
