Smudging or cleansing energy is growing in popularity. But, common methods of smudging — smudge sticks, incense, and burning resin — do come with the need for certain health precautions. The negative ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Some time before the pandemic, Johnson High School students were the first to learn about and implement the indigenous practice of smudging within its school. When the students said ...

The Saint Paul Board of Education approved a district-wide smudging policy on Tuesday, allowing students and staff to use tobacco, sage, sweetgrass, and cedar to perform the traditional Native ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - The tobacco-free policy at the University of Michigan now exempts smudging, a ritual by some Native American and Indigenous people of burning herbs to bless places. UM became a ...

Last fall, smudging was made available to students and staff at two schools in a yearlong pilot project. Soon it will have an even larger reach. Paul Cutting (left) lights some sage while assisting ...