First, you want to set your positive intention, say a mantra, or pray with faith. Then, you’d open your windows and doors, light up your smudge stick with a lighter or fire, fan the smudge stick cautiously till fire ceases and place in your abalone shell, slowly walk around your space saying your positive intentions aloud, and mindfully moving around the perimeter of your home, opening closets, and allowing the smoke to drift into hidden spaces. Once you feel like you smudge every space in your home that needed energy cleansing you can extinguish the sage pressing the burning tip firmly into the abalone shell.