I’m a firm believer in the idea that your home should be a sacred sanctuary that nurtures your Spirit. It’s important to me to be able to enjoy my home and to feel that my space supports me spiritually. I love having spaciousness, Nature and sacred spaces to encounter Spirit in my home. From time to time, when the energy in your space becomes stagnant, de-cluttering and clearing out stagnant or negative energies is an important part of making a fresh start and getting things to flow again. What better time to do some space clearing than at the outset of this New Year?
Smudge bundles work wonders, however my husband seemed to be affected by the smoke when I burn them. So sometimes I use smudge sprays. Clearing sprays are easy to make and I seem to sense a so much loving light and angelic essence filling my space when I work with them. I love using a combination of essential oils, crystals, salts and plant allies. It’s great to imbue the spray bottle with sparkling white light to Reiki energy as well.
The great thing about smudge sprays is that you can mix it up and tailor-make it according to your needs.
How to Make Your Own Smudge Spray
You will need:
- 1 50ml glass bottle (I prefer glass bottles, but plastic ones will also do)
- Essential oils (preferably sage, and one other of your choice)
- Spring water or Filtered water
- Crystal stones
- A pinch of Himalayan Rock Salt or Sea Salt
- Alcohol
I’ve seen many people using amber or cobalt glass bottles. I prefer a clear bottle because I like the sense of clearness and light that I get from it. I personally avoid plastic, but if you would like to use a plastic bottle then feel free to do so.
To make the smudge spray, fill ¾ of the bottle with spring/filtered water.
Add 4 to 8 drops of sage essential oil. Sage is a wonderful plant ally that is known for its powerful sacred clearing medicine and spiritual healing properties. (To my understanding, it is not advisable for pregnant women to use sage essential oil. So avoid if you’re pregnant and investigate other options.) In addition to the sage essential oil, you can also add 2 to 4 drops of another essential oil of your choice, especially if you’d like to give your spray a nice scent. Try cedar or lemon together with the sage oil to enhance the sacred clearing properties of the spray or something like lavender or geranium for a pleasant scent. I often I work with the healing energies of flowers, so I add a few drops of rose essential oil. I then apply a little Flower Essence Reiki to charge the spray with white rose energy. White roses help purify negative energy in your space and your aura. Sometimes, I add a fresh sage leaf and a few white rose petals into the bottle too. This further activates the clearing medicine of these beautiful plant allies.
Add a dash of alcohol. You can use spraying alcohol which is usually available at most craft stores or a dash of a clear spirit such as vodka. Alcohol helps to preserve the spray, but you don’t have to use it if you don’t like having alcohol in your products. Avoid if you have sensitive skin that reacts to alcohol.
Put a pinch of Himalayan Rock Salt or Sea Salt into the bottle. This amplifies the sacred clearing properties of the spray.
Next, draw on the healing power of crystals by either putting a small quartz crystal inside of the bottle or placing a few large crystals around the bottle and letting it stand so that it becomes charged with the crystal energy.
Finally, take a moment to be present with your smudge spray. Charge it with cleansing white light or Reiki energy. Call on your angels to imbue it with healing angelic light and love. Archangel Michael and Archangel Jophiel are wonderful Too give the spray a Goddess touch, I often let my bottle outside on a full-moon to charge under the moonlight.
And then you are good to go. Happy Space Clearing!
Bernard Charles
This is an easy way to clear up the space! Thanks for posting this 🙂
Jodi Sky Rogers
Yes, it is nice and easy Bernard. Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙂
Judy Huffman
I use Witch Hazel instead of alcohol
Jodi Sky Rogers
Hi Judy, thanks so much for sharing. I’ll keep that in mind for the next time a make some. I like finding alcohol free options. ❤
Cynthia
I have been looking for a recipe for my own smudge spray – thank you! Will have to take a leaf out of your blog 😀
Jodi Sky Rogers
Yay! Am glad that you found this post useful Cynthia. Have fun making your own.
Karine
Love this idea Jodi. I am definitely going to give it a try.
Jodi Sky Rogers
Am glad Karine! Have fun with it ❤
Jen
How long will this keep once made if the alcohol is added?
Jodi Sky Rogers
Great question Jen. I’m not entirely sure. Personally, I’ve kept some of mine for up to 3 or 4 months, rechanging them with reiki, crystal and moon energy each month. They usually finish at that point, so I start making a new batch.
terrence
Thanks for the recipe Jodi. I look forward to creating my personal smudge spray blend.
Jodi Sky Rogers
Thanks for stopping by Terrence. Glad that this post was helpful. Have fun with it ❤
Melian
I’ve just used this recipe as a base to make my own smudge spray. Thank you so much for this post.
Jodi Sky Rogers
Thanks great Melian! Am so glad you found this useful. Hope you enjoy the healing energy that using the spray will bring.
Rachael
Thanks for the recipe, you said it was for clearing spaces, will it also work on crystals?
Jodi Sky Rogers
Hi Rachael, yes you can use it to clear the energy on pretty much anything. I do use its with my crystals as well.
Rachael
Thank you again! Where do you get your glass spray bottles?
Rachael
Thanks again. Where do you buy the glass spray bottles?
Jodi Sky Rogers
Hi Raphael, I’m not sure where you’re based. I get my bottles at a soap making supply store near where I live or from a glass supply factory store.
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Claudia Love
I found you looking for a recipe for a sage spray. I finally have a the ingedients to make bottle. I can’t wait, and I’m so glad I did!
Jodi Sky Rogers
So glad to hear that! A full moon like tonight is the perfect time to make a smudge spray.
claudialovemair
So I made my smudge spray on this lovely snow moon night. It’s so yummy! Thank you for posting this.
Cheryl
Thanks so much for posting this! It was very helpful and gave the best recipe for clearing!
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