You will need smudge of your choice, sage, sweet grass or cedar, smudge pot or shell, a clear glass with water. Blanket for sitting.
You can do this sitting on the blank close to the Earth or standing.
Go outside at sunrise and sit on your blanket or stand facing the rising Sun.
*Placing the smudge pot in front of you, light your smudge and pull the smoke to you bathing yourself from head to toe with the smoke.
*Close your eyes and scan your body. Do places feel tight or tense? Blocked?
*Release the tension with 4 count Breath:
Inhale for a count of 4, hold for a count of 4, exhale for a count of 4 with an extra exhale of breath on 5.
*Bring yourself to center by being present to the moment.
*Hold the glass of water up to the Sun so you can see the light coming through the glass.
Say this Prayer aloud:
“Great Spirits of the Sun, we call to you on this day. Thank you for my life, life of our children and the life of all our relations. We are blessed to be alive”*Drink 1/2 the water in the glass.
*Pour the other 1/2 of the water on to the Earth.
Say this Prayer aloud:
“Great Spirits of Mother Earth we call to you on this day. Thank you for our sustenance, nurturing and the ground on which we stand. We grateful to be alive.”