Black August✊🏾

 In honor of the other month of Black History/Black August is a great month to liberate your mind! Here’s one of my absolute favorite books🤟🏾! Free yaself, free ya mind…..

#BlackAugust

#FreeAllThe 

#PoliticalPrisoners

#AllPowerToThePeople

The Power of Smudging

 The Science of Smudging: 

The Science of Smudging: What Sage Does to Bacteria Smudging is the ritualistic burning of sage (usually white sage) and other herbs like cedar, bay leaves sweetgrass,or lavender. This practice is typically performed using a bundle of dried sage leaves,called a smudge stick, which is lit and allowed to produce smoke. The smoke is then gently wafted through the air using a feather or hand, while intentions of cleansing or healing are set.

The aromatic smoke produced by burning sage has long been believed to have purifying properties, and practitioners of smudging often use it to cleanse homes, objects, or even people. But beyond the spiritual and psychological benefits, does burning sage have any measurable impact on the physical environment?

Studies found that burning medicinal herbs like sage significantly reduced the number of airborne bacteria. In fact, the smoke from the herbs eliminated up to 94% of airborne bacteria in a closed space within just one hour. What’s even more impressive is that the air remained almost completely free of harmful bacteria for up to 24 hours after smudging. Some potentially pathogenic bacteria were absent even after 30 days in the smudged environment.

These findings suggest that the antimicrobial properties of burning sage could indeed help reduce the presence of bacteria and other microbes in the air, making it a viable option for air purification in enclosed spaces.

How Does Smudging Work?

The antimicrobial effects of sage smoke are believed to come from the bioactive compounds found in the plant, including volatile oils and terpenes like 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol), camphor, and thujone. When burned, these compounds are released into the air and may interact with the cellular structures of bacteria, effectively neutralizing them.

Encounters

 ~Selah

Black August!

Happiest Black History other Month!!! Remembering Black August FREE all political prisoners❤️✊🏾🖤✊🏾💚!!! Give

thanks to all the Elder Warriors that have laid the foundation/blueprint for me and mines. I vow to keep pressing while making you and the Ancestors proud!!! For those that don’t know...now ya do! http://criticalresistance.org/resources/current-analysis/celebrate-black-august/

#AllPower2

#ThePeople 

#Doing4Self

#BLACKnificent

 #BLACKtastic

#BLACKjoy

#BLACKlove

#loveBLACK

#Black2Basics

Happiest O Day☺️

 Do you know what today is???? It’s National O Day,yeppers the O got its own day…lol. I repost this er’year when it cums up(pun intended)🤭! 

Reflections

 When I was a little girl my mom taught my sista and I to always keep a pad and pin next to our bed,for messages received at night and early mornings. That is a practice that I still do at 50yrs old. Lol now I still keep the pad and pin,but I love the notes on my phone. Man so much has changed since the 70’s and 80’s…

Antiviral Herbs🖤