Burning sage or smudging using this white sage smudge kit should be done to keep yourself and environment energetically balanced.This 7 Piece Harmony & Healing Smudge Kit promotes maintaining a peaceful state of being, spiritual awareness, intuition, clears negative energy, and is especially helpful when you've been around people that are depressed, fearful, ill, emotionally unbalanced, mentally ill, emotionally or physically toxic, or angry.Also when you are feeling blue, or under extreme stress.Smudging creates a wonderful "lightness" of the atmosphere.When you smudge on a regular basis, harmony prevails.The Latin word for sage is, 'Salvia,' from salvus healthy meaning 'to heal.' Other benefits to burning sage, it brings wisdom (old sage/wise), clarity, energy cleansing and increased spiritual awareness and intuition.All one needs to do to gain these benefits is to burn it in their home, or any place needing cleansing.If people have imbalances (physical, emotional, spiritual) in their lives, it can negatively affect their overall health and well-being.The theory behind this burning ritual is that the smoke will attach itself to negative energy and as the smoke clears away it takes the negative energy with it, releasing it into another space where it can then be recycled into positive energy.