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What is it that fuels you? For me, it’s Vedic Smudge. I love empowering others, creating sacred space, and supporting empaths, those who feel deeply, or often take on others' emotions.
Vedic Smudge is a collaborative passion project.
The smudge sprays are a combination of traditional smudging herbs in the form of essential oils, married with the brilliance of Ayurvedic Doshic balancing. They each start with a base that combines traditional herbs used by indigenous cultures and other ancient people for cleansing and clearing. This is similar to any other smudge spray, but where they differ is that they are then broken down into 3 formulas to balance each of the three doshas. So each spray is cleaning and balancing. To different elements.
Vata: Grounding + Calming
Pita: Cooling + Soothing
Kapha: Energizing + Uplifting.
The witchy part: they all are made while deep in ceremony, on the full moon, with rocky mountain spring water, and created with loving healing intentionality. And can be used daily or during a ceremony. The non-witchy part is they smell amazing and can be used as a room spray or around your body. All organic, all vegan, and all lovingly crafted in small batches. I have created 3 sizes one for everyday use or travel, one for your office or personal space and another for large spaces like yoga studios or for multiple people to use 🙂
I was first introduced to Smoke smudging at a new age ceremony, and immediately felt a shift. As an Empath, I feel peoples emotions, and would often go away from interactions feeling sad, depressed, or angry but not knowing why I couldn't shake it. So as a Massage Therapist, Yoga Teacher/Therapist I would come home from a day of work exhausted, not physically but emotionally, and spiritually, my soul would feel heavy. So I started using smoke smudge at the end of the day.
To say it was life-changing was an understatement. It's amazing how in contrast we feel shifts and changes, it was like I immediately felt a sense of calm of connection to myself and it was as if the emotions and feelings of others were washed away.
It got me to thinking how great this would be if I could use smudge between clients.
Long story short, burning inside doesn't always work ( ehem smoke alarms). So I started investigating liquid smudges. I had already started my journey with elders, beginning to understand that it was not just the smoke, but the plant's wisdom, the traditional and historic collaborative relationship between people and the plants. For the modern-day gardener: did you know the medicinal plants will actually grow in your yard that you specifically need, that there is an unspoken relationship, for example, dandelions will grow when people need liver support.
I had started to look at plants as helpers/ allies and with the support of my mentor, Nikki, I began to create relationships with the herbs and plants. Taking time to get to know each plant, their personality and what medicine they were each bringing forth. As an aromatherapist I started to work with the different essential oils I had already been working with, diving deeper, taking time to meditate and sit in ceremony with each oil. To get to know them as you would a new friend, listening to the wisdom each wanted to share.
Very quickly a collaboration between oils emerged: And the first blend Ground + Calm emerged. As I continued to journey with my oils the additional blends came through.
I took this blend into my client sessions. And clients loved it! So much so, they wanted to buy it.
So Vedic Smudge was born.
Meet Mandi Mack: The Heart Behind Vedic Smudge
For over 23 years, I've walked alongside individuals seeking deep healing, balance, and connection to their truest selves. As a Registered Massage Therapist, Yoga Therapist, and shamanic practitioner, I've had the profound honor of witnessing transformation in its many forms—physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual.
The Birth of Vedic Smudge
Vedic Smudge was born from necessity and divine inspiration. Working with empaths, highly sensitive souls, and trauma survivors, I found myself needing a way to cleanse and clear energy in spaces where traditional smoke-based smudging wasn't practical or permitted—yoga studios with sensitive fire alarms, clinical massage rooms, clients' homes, and my own healing sanctuary.
During meditation, the recipes for these blends came through as a download—a gift from the wisdom traditions I've studied and the lineages I've been honored to learn from. I knew immediately that these sprays needed to honor both the ancient ceremonial practices of cleansing with sacred herbs AND the brilliant balancing wisdom of Ayurveda.
A Fusion of Wisdom Traditions
My training spans multiple healing lineages:
- Shamanic Practices: Quero stone keeper tradition (South America), Dene teachings (Canada), and mentorships in Balinese, Thai, Mexican, and Hawaiian healing arts
- Ayurvedic Medicine: Deep study in the three doshas, energy balancing, and constitutional healing
- Massage Therapy: 2200 hours of training as a Registered Massage Therapist specializing in trauma-sensitive, nervous system-focused bodywork
- Yoga Therapy: Advanced certification with Paciific Rim Colledge
Each of these traditions taught me that energy is real, ceremony matters, and the plants, stones, and elements hold profound healing wisdom.
Crafted with Intention
Every bottle of Vedic Smudge is created with the same care and intentionality I bring to my one-on-one healing sessions:
- Rocky Mountain Spring Water collected near the full moon—energetically alive and mineral-rich
- Organic Essential Oils representing traditional ceremonial herbs used across cultures for cleansing and clearing
- Sacred Stones chosen specifically for each blend's intention
- Full Moon Energy as each batch is lovingly set out to bathe in the releasing energy of the full moon
- Small Batches ensuring quality, potency, and energetic integrity
Who Vedic Smudge Serves
These blends were designed for the sensitive souls, the empaths, the healers, and the seekers:
- Energy workers and practitioners (massage therapists, yoga teachers, counselors, chiropractors)
- Parents navigating big emotions with their children
- Highly Sensitive People (HSP) who absorb the energy of others
- Anyone working in stressful or emotionally charged environments
- Spiritual seekers wanting to deepen their ceremony and ritual practice
- Those who simply want to create sacred, clear space in their daily lives
My Commitment to You
Vedic Smudge is more than a product—it's a tool for empowerment, a bridge to ancient wisdom, and an invitation to reconnect with your own deep knowing. Whether you're clearing your space before meditation, supporting your child through a difficult moment, or preparing your treatment room for clients, these sprays are here to support you.
I believe in making ceremony accessible, honoring tradition while adapting to modern life, and providing tools that actually work. Every bottle is infused with healing intention, respect for the wisdom traditions that inspired it, and love for the journey you're on.
Created on Treaty 7 Territory
I create Vedic Smudge with deep respect and gratitude on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot, Nakoda, and Tsuut'ina peoples—known as Mohkinsstsis, Wîchîspa, Guts'ists'i, and currently called Calgary, Alberta.
Ready to experience the magic of Vedic Smudge for yourself?
Whether you're new to energy work or a seasoned practitioner, there's a blend waiting to support you. Explore the collection and discover which one calls to your soul.
With gratitude and blessings,Mandi Mack
Connect with Mandi
Want to learn more about my healing work, online programs, or book a session?
Visit: www.mandimack.com
Follow the journey: @vedicsmudge on Instagram and Facebook
Appropriation
Is a topic close to my heart . With this page and product I am hoping to step into right relationship by providing education and awareness in a space where it was/is historically not offered. I am hoping to both model and honor what has been shared generously from my elders of multiple lineages.
It is with humble willingness to step into a controversial topic and receive feedback that this platform will empower others, while continuing to spark curiosity, educate and share.
A percentage of all sales will be donated to the Aboriginal Friendship Centre in Calgary. Please read more below.
Honouring Tradition with Care and Respect
This page and product are in part my homage. The cumulation of that which I know at this time. It is with deep honor and respect for those that have come before. Sharing tools and traditions that have supported me immensely on my own journey .
So it is with deep gratitude and reverence that I recognize generations of people that were denied their connection to traditional and wisdom and now suffer the generational trauma that comes from this type of experince. People who were forced to sacrificed their tradition, sense of belonging and culture, and often their lives to fight for this wisdom, for these teachings to be preserved. It is done with the acknowledgment that I have not arrived here to this space alone, and that I share this with permission from my teachers, and my lineages, with the intent to share and empower the web of humanity.
The name 'Vedic Smudge' comes from the merging of two ceremonial cultures from which I have had the honour of being immersed in and taught. It is the merging of the power and time-honoured ceremony ritual with my own understanding.
Vedic: From an Ayurveda medical system sourced in India that has been growing in popularity over recent years, it embraces the holistic understanding of body-mind and the spirit interface. Ayurveda in itself is a complete medical system with different approches. Because of this parts and pieces of the system have been pulled out. These parts have often been decontextualized from the system, so can often be misunderstood and utalized incorrectly. A system without its depth or parts is not as powerful as a whole. It is my hope that this is an entry point for many where I can begin to share more of the depth of this wisdom
Smudge: Refers specifically to indigenous cultures of North America and the burning of sacred herbs. As a collaboration between plant, the plants spirit and human , it is an offering to clear, cut ties, bless a person or space, and begin or end a ceremony. The indigenous of North America were forced to stop their spiritual and collective practices, many of which have never been recovered. My elder Emile Gautreau shared a story with me when he toured different reserves during his last cross country trip, where he with sadness was surprized when meeting the different Chiefs that they did not have any eagle feathers or know how to build a sweat lodge.
I was taught by my elders of many different traditions and lineages that what they share with me is meant to be shared with others. What I experience and understand as I learn to read the book of life (experiences) is not for me alone, it is wisdom meant for all.
The burning of herbs as a cleansing method are apparent in all lineages of history, and in all traditions. The intention, the techniques, and the sacred plants themselves are what differ. My goal is to educate and empower and offer a tool to support your journey. By sharing the stories and experiences, I hope to inspire curiosity, to deepen relationships with the earth, tradition, and self, and reveal a deeper connection to belonging.
Thank you, Masicho, Gracias, Kob Kan Ka, Terimikashi.
Mandi