Elder in Residence, Donna LaChapelle, gives a tutorial on how to harvest our sacred medicine Bashkodajiibik (Sage). Donna is Ojibwe and Dakota and an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation.
Thank you for mentioning the importance of thanking the plant for its teachings! A lot of people overlook the importance of thanking the land before we take from it.
Dear Donna, thank you, from my heart, for this loving video and the knowledge and wisdom you have shared in it. There is no such thing as an accident when it comes to one soul meeting another. I was meant to meet you today. I have subscribed to your channel and I am looking forward to future times of fellowship with you. Again I thank you. May God the Creator continue to bless you and your relatives abundantly.❤❤❤
Thank you for this lovely video. Sage is a beautiful gift from our ancestors and the ones who came before. I just started growing this fragrance herb to harvest and burn for smoke cleanse and was looking for information on how to roll into bundles. But rolling into balls is a really good idea! Thank you. 🙏
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! And demonstration the level of kindness and respect. My first plant teacher always told me that I need to love and nurture the plants and animals that nurture and depend on me. Watching you brought me the same sort calm I felt in her presence.
This is beautiful,thankyou, my grandmother asked for this and red salvia, i think they used red salvia for medicine or to smoke, she was grieved from my grandfather's death, and tried to cut her little finger with a razor blade at her kitchen sink one day, she took the blade and went around and around her little finger and as it begin to bleed i ran to get my father (her son) she just stood at the water running over her hand and i felt her grief and sadness, she had the abolone shell and the sage, some fresh sage grew outside her house , what i also got from this was she was an elder and she thought her time to walk into the spirit world was coming near or it could have been her wish , and she rayed for strength, what happened later was pancreatic cancer , then my dad followed her the same way, i thonk they used the sage and other medicines for healing but when you are called back across the clear water of life you are in no more pain, they have been gone for years and I miss them but know they are all together in family, i too will be there on day, sorry this turned into a sad story but that is life in this world and we do not control it , as the Creator controls us in life and spirit.
Thank you, sweet blessing and much love from Western Australia. I have just brought 50 sacred white sage seeds, and have just planted them. I’d like for my 15 year old daughter and I to learn to grow, dry and bundle this sacred plant. We went into a “ Spiritual “ shop the other day, and the only place the shop owner could find sage bundles to buy was from was the states. I was amazed that there were no Australian growers who could supply sage bundles. So my brain got thinking that my daughter could make a bit of pocket money, while working with this beautiful plant. I have just sent her this video so she can learn just how scared this plant was to the Native Americans, and so she may open her heart to Mother Nature and all her “ Beings”. And my oldest daughter, her name is Ruby Sage. I think I am a old soul who has lived numerous life times on the plains of America, truly your culture calls to the very core of my being. I send you so much love and light… your Sister from across the waters 🍃💙🍃🙏🏼
I wish the speaker could have added this. Because sage is considered highly sacred and one of our many relations we don't sell for profit. It would be like me seeking my sister or mother. It nice your expanding your awareness for sacred teachings every tribe has their perspectives about this same goes for the many beautiful races all are considered my brothers and sisters. When creator first put people on this beautiful mother our tribes began forgetting our stories and teachings and started to fight for hunting grounds tribe fighting tribes. So creator sent a couple ancient teachers to set us straight we have had many since the beginning , the rainbow warriors were amongst the many ancient teachers. Any way each tribe was given. a task. That we were meant to keep and pass on our future generations will need these teachings in order to grow and live peacefully amongst brothers and sisters. The elements are not to taken for granted. If we cannot maintain that balance peacefully for example the wind spirit has the power to blow everything off the face of this earth. That's what we were told. You don't have to be native to have any kind of spiritual practice to to expand and grow ones soul. But it may be of great benefit for self if one was to rediscover what tasks creature assigned to your tribe. Australia such a beautiful country from what I can see and learn through my window (tv /YT) and brothers and sisters from that area have a strong spirit. I would be fascinated to learn the stories of the aboriginals from that area, I understand they have fully memories of everything, if curious enough seek out stories from an elder. But this one reason why I'm sketchy to release the stories I hold, others hold a completely different perspective and mindset and creates something out of balance. Which is why most of our ancient stories are only told orally. But we are losing our elders fast and the newer generations must seek them out ...
Thank you so much for the information. I want to respect the sage growing in my garden. I've waited to harvest any to make sure I do it correctly. Many blessings to you and yours, now and always.
Thank You that was very interesting! I like burning sage , I dry it myself at home! It smells Wonderful, but I didn't know about cleansing my body with sage ! I'm definitely going to do this! Also I didn't know what the sage plant growing was like, I didn't know the plant comes in male and female! This is interesting! ❤️❤️❤️
I found that when I harvist, I do it mid summer, and by fall, the plants I cut grow more offshoot and bush out. I leave the fall plants for the seeds so they can also give to Mother Earth and the small birds and animals that come and eat from them.
I so enjoyed watching this. I just wish i could meet her and have her teach me about the plants like the sage. I thank you for showing me this through this video. 🙏 💜😊
I grow 7 different sage patches at home like what you sat behind....I can't tell male or female....Jesus is a wonderful creature of everything.....thanks....from micma nova scotia Canada...
Great information, thank you! Is there a reason why you specifically offer tobacco to the sage instead of something else? I read an article that says a tribe would use black sage to make a sun tea, and you put the sun tea in a dish and soak your feet in it for 15 minutes for 7 days in a row. After each use, you put the tea back into a container and refrigerate. Over the course of those 7 days, it pulls all the pain from the body. I love sage. It's a great plant. Always ask permission before harvesting anything and ALWAYS put back more than what you took. Good luck!
I was recently shown an area of wild sage in a place that I have been many many times and had never seen it before. Now I'm trying to learn more about it and this video was very helpful. Thank you
Thank You very much you made such a beautiful video with all the knowledge I was seeking You are a good teacher of medicine You are thankwellcomefull that's everything you are 💛🌈☄️
Balsam Burch can be dried and graded down. Use morter and pedestal to refine into powder. Can be drunk in a tea to relieve gastrointestinal disorders, arthritis and heart issues. Hope this helps I learn this from Sioux Indian he also said to thank the tree for the medical care it provides us. You share us information. So I share to you that was passed to me. Thank you for the information
Hi, thznks for your great video. I wondered if you can advise me what I can offer the plant in reciprocity if I do not have tobacco please? Thank you 🙏💚
Thank you for mentioning the importance of thanking the plant for its teachings! A lot of people overlook the importance of thanking the land before we take from it.
I was unaware of the differences between the male and female white sage leaves. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
Thank you..I felt calmer just listening to you and your wisdom❤😊
Sage, tobacco, sweet grass and cedar. 4 sacred plants. ❤️🙏🏼
Thank you. I so admire the respect and love you expressed for the plants and the earth.
Yessss
Sóo much to learn here. Thankyóú beautiful Sister
Maarsii/Miigwetch for your teachings.
Amazing! The earth was created in such a magnificent way that it provides everything we need to live, sustain and heal.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful teachings.
Thank you for your energy and time and teachings.
Dear Donna, thank you, from my heart, for this loving video and the knowledge and wisdom you have shared in it. There is no such thing as an accident when it comes to one soul meeting another. I was meant to meet you today. I have subscribed to your channel and I am looking forward to future times of fellowship with you. Again I thank you. May God the Creator continue to bless you and your relatives abundantly.❤❤❤
Thank you for this lovely video. Sage is a beautiful gift from our ancestors and the ones who came before. I just started growing this fragrance herb to harvest and burn for smoke cleanse and was looking for information on how to roll into bundles. But rolling into balls is a really good idea! Thank you. 🙏
Thank you! I especially appreciate the last part about smudging the eyes ears and mouth part.😊
Oh you beautiful woman. Thank you for sharing.
I loved that. Thank you! You are so beautiful and appreciated! May God bless you! ❤
Light to your spiritual guides! I was touched by your beautiful energy & words🪶☮️💟♒️🍃
Thank you so much for your wisdom and teaching us
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! And demonstration the level of kindness and respect. My first plant teacher always told me that I need to love and nurture the plants and animals that nurture and depend on me. Watching you brought me the same sort calm I felt in her presence.
To all my relations, thank you ❤
This is beautiful,thankyou, my grandmother asked for this and red salvia, i think they used red salvia for medicine or to smoke, she was grieved from my grandfather's death, and tried to cut her little finger with a razor blade at her kitchen sink one day, she took the blade and went around and around her little finger and as it begin to bleed i ran to get my father (her son) she just stood at the water running over her hand and i felt her grief and sadness, she had the abolone shell and the sage, some fresh sage grew outside her house , what i also got from this was she was an elder and she thought her time to walk into the spirit world was coming near or it could have been her wish , and she rayed for strength, what happened later was pancreatic cancer , then my dad followed her the same way, i thonk they used the sage and other medicines for healing but when you are called back across the clear water of life you are in no more pain, they have been gone for years and I miss them but know they are all together in family, i too will be there on day, sorry this turned into a sad story but that is life in this world and we do not control it , as the Creator controls us in life and spirit.
a touching moment of love ... thank you
Thank you for sharing, I've begun growing sage this spring for medicinal use. 🙏❤️
Thank you so much. Beautiful.
Thank you, sweet blessing and much love from Western Australia. I have just brought 50 sacred white sage seeds, and have just planted them.
I’d like for my 15 year old daughter and I to learn to grow, dry and bundle this sacred plant. We went into a “ Spiritual “ shop the other day, and the only place the shop owner could find sage bundles to buy was from was the states.
I was amazed that there were no Australian growers who could supply sage bundles. So my brain got thinking that my daughter could make a bit of pocket money, while working with this beautiful plant. I have just sent her this video so she can learn just how scared this plant was to the Native Americans, and so she may open her heart to Mother Nature and all her “ Beings”.
And my oldest daughter, her name is Ruby Sage.
I think I am a old soul who has lived numerous life times on the plains of America, truly your culture calls to the very core of my being. I send you so much love and light… your Sister from across the waters 🍃💙🍃🙏🏼
I wish the speaker could have added this. Because sage is considered highly sacred and one of our many relations we don't sell for profit. It would be like me seeking my sister or mother. It nice your expanding your awareness for sacred teachings every tribe has their perspectives about this same goes for the many beautiful races all are considered my brothers and sisters. When creator first put people on this beautiful mother our tribes began forgetting our stories and teachings and started to fight for hunting grounds tribe fighting tribes. So creator sent a couple ancient teachers to set us straight we have had many since the beginning , the rainbow warriors were amongst the many ancient teachers. Any way each tribe was given. a task. That we were meant to keep and pass on our future generations will need these teachings in order to grow and live peacefully amongst brothers and sisters. The elements are not to taken for granted. If we cannot maintain that balance peacefully for example the wind spirit has the power to blow everything off the face of this earth. That's what we were told. You don't have to be native to have any kind of spiritual practice to to expand and grow ones soul. But it may be of great benefit for self if one was to rediscover what tasks creature assigned to your tribe. Australia such a beautiful country from what I can see and learn through my window (tv /YT) and brothers and sisters from that area have a strong spirit. I would be fascinated to learn the stories of the aboriginals from that area, I understand they have fully memories of everything, if curious enough seek out stories from an elder. But this one reason why I'm sketchy to release the stories I hold, others hold a completely different perspective and mindset and creates something out of balance. Which is why most of our ancient stories are only told orally. But we are losing our elders fast and the newer generations must seek them out ...
Cannot go wrong when we make our decisions from our heart not our brains . Hope you find what you need live and walk in peace.
Thank you so much dear Sister, Aho Mitakuyen Oyasin
Thank you for sharing with the world your knowledge on RUclips.
Thank you! This was a beautiful and informative video. So happy I found you 💜
Osiyo!
I grew sage in my little patio garden for the first time this year. Wado for this teaching 💜
Thank you for sharing ❤️
Thank you! Beautiful video!
Thank you so much for the information. I want to respect the sage growing in my garden. I've waited to harvest any to make sure I do it correctly. Many blessings to you and yours, now and always.
So beautiful, respectful and informative. Mig8etc
Thank you for loving nature and sharing with me❤
Thank you so much for sharing ❤
Beautiful
Thank You that was very interesting! I like burning sage , I dry it myself at home! It smells Wonderful, but I didn't know about cleansing my body with sage ! I'm definitely going to do this! Also I didn't know what the sage plant growing was like, I didn't know the plant comes in male and female! This is interesting! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
Thank you very much this was very helpful!
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Thank You for Sharing Your Sacred Wisdom 🙏🌍
Thank you very much for sharing ! Greetings, Michael 🌸🍀🌺
Thank You 💕💕
Thank you for this
Thank you
That was fantastic.
Thank you.
iigwenii for sharing!
Thank you x
Thank You for showing us about the Sage and being grateful. Love from Australia☺💖
Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Donna!
Awesome!
I found that when I harvist, I do it mid summer, and by fall, the plants I cut grow more offshoot and bush out. I leave the fall plants for the seeds so they can also give to Mother Earth and the small birds and animals that come and eat from them.
Thank you for your amazing knowledge. I appreciate you and this bounty. ❤ 💛
Thank you I already feel blessed by watching you and your video Thank you
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Beautiful. Thank you 🙏
Chi miigwetch for sharing your teachings.
Wow thank you...
Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🌏🌏🌏🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
That was Beautiful. Thank you.
thank you!!
Very lovely, thank you for sharing.
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What a beautiful ritual.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge!
I learned a lot about sage and how to respectfully harvest it. Thank you for your teaching :)!
I so enjoyed watching this. I just wish i could meet her and have her teach me about the plants like the sage. I thank you for showing me this through this video. 🙏 💜😊
Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing!! ❤️
Mitakuye Oyasin, thank you for sharing this sacred wisdom
I grow 7 different sage patches at home like what you sat behind....I can't tell male or female....Jesus is a wonderful creature of everything.....thanks....from micma nova scotia Canada...
Thank you for sharing your wisdom ❤
Thank you for sharing your love and knowledge.
Thank you for this teachings
This was so beautiful. Thank you.❤
Thank you for sharing this teaching. I to use sage and love it. 🙏💜
Thank you for sharing this 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you for teaching us this is so good
Thank You for teaching.
Warrior
thanks for your teaching!
thank you for sharing.
Great information, thank you! Is there a reason why you specifically offer tobacco to the sage instead of something else? I read an article that says a tribe would use black sage to make a sun tea, and you put the sun tea in a dish and soak your feet in it for 15 minutes for 7 days in a row. After each use, you put the tea back into a container and refrigerate. Over the course of those 7 days, it pulls all the pain from the body. I love sage. It's a great plant. Always ask permission before harvesting anything and ALWAYS put back more than what you took. Good luck!
Thankyou. This is so helpful.
Thank u for this simple yet powerful video. I'm now decided to buy white sage and soon matches😊
I was recently shown an area of wild sage in a place that I have been many many times and had never seen it before. Now I'm trying to learn more about it and this video was very helpful. Thank you
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Thank You very much you made such a beautiful video with all the knowledge I was seeking
You are a good teacher of medicine
You are thankwellcomefull that's everything you are 💛🌈☄️
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Balsam Burch can be dried and graded down. Use morter and pedestal to refine into powder. Can be drunk in a tea to relieve gastrointestinal disorders, arthritis and heart issues. Hope this helps I learn this from Sioux Indian he also said to thank the tree for the medical care it provides us. You share us information. So I share to you that was passed to me. Thank you for the information
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Hi, thznks for your great video. I wondered if you can advise me what I can offer the plant in reciprocity if I do not have tobacco please? Thank you 🙏💚
I have seen white sage, black sage and desert sage but I have never seen this type
Thanks for sharing. Which kind of sage is this? Where can I buy this sage? I love the smell of sage.