MÉLANGE SACRÉ FUMÉE & PALO

• MATERIALS NEEDED
  Palo santo
  Abalone shell or heat-resistant bowl to hold the palo santo during the burning process and house the ashes it gives off.
  A lighter or matches, the latter being the preferred way to perform the ritual.
• STEPS TO FOLLOW
  SET YOUR INTENTION
  To incorporate palo santo into your rituals, first, you’ll need to ask yourself why you’re smoke cleansing. There are no limits, whatever your reason — that is your reason. The best intentions are whatever comes straight from your intuition.

LIGHT YOUR PALO SANTO
Palo santo is slightly difficult to light, so you may have to hold the flame to it for up to 30 seconds until it smolders and you see a reddish-orange ember so that it stays lit. Once you start to see that flow of smoke, blow out the flame, then place the palo santo in your shell/dish. You would either then cleanse yourself or the space that you're in.

THE SMOKE
Regardless of what you’re cleansing, you’ll want to have your windows or doorways open so the old energy has somewhere to go. Opening a window when the smoke is abundant, will prevent inhaling it, as this can be harmful to your health.
If you’re cleansing your space, repeat your intention, while the smoke is burning. If you’re cleansing yourself, you can either just let the smoke cleanse your aura, or you can cleanse different parts of your body for a specific purpose. For example, cleansing your feet, so you can walk in the way that is best aligned with your highest self.

CLEANSE & EXTINGUISH
Once you are done cleansing your space, if you still want to leave it burning, place the embers-down side on an angle in your dish/shell, keeping it in view and away from children, pets and flammable items. You can leave it here to carry on burning and incensing the room unless you want to put it out. To extinguish your palo santo you can place the ember-side in your fireproof bowl and continue to stub/grind it out.

TO STORE
Keep in a dry place, ideally resting in an abalone shell.

70G