Grounding Rituals for Healing: Crystals, Palo Santo, Sage, and Ancestral Remedies for Wellness
Welcome to She Thrives with Stef Barti—an empowering podcast for women who are ready to live their best lives and thrive unapologetically.
In today’s episode, I’m sharing some of the grounding rituals that have become a vital part of my daily routine, including Palo Santo, sage, crystals, and other natural remedies.
These practices help me stay centered, clear, and connected to my own energy.
This blog post is based on Episode 57 of my podcast, She Thrives with Stef Barti. If you prefer to listen, you can check out the original podcast episode.
Grounding with Palo Santo
Let’s kick things off with Palo Santo—one of my all-time favorite tools for grounding.
This sacred wood has truly changed my routine. I burn it every morning and night during my meditation practice, and it helps me feel centered and clear.
The sweet, earthy fragrance creates such a peaceful atmosphere, and I love using it as part of my morning reset. I even burn it while I shower (in the dark, with candles, of course), and it feels like a luxurious ritual that helps me reconnect with my intentions for the day.
Palo Santo is known for its purifying properties, promoting peace and tranquility, and I’ve found it to be a game-changer in my own life.
Also If you need some help with feeling grounded within, I created the perfect self love course to ignite the goddess in you ✨“Unleash Your Wild Feminine” ✨ 🫶🏾
Sage: Purification and Peace
Along with Palo Santo, sage has been another staple in my routine.
I’ve been using white sage, which is believed to cleanse and purify negative energy. Whenever I light it, I immediately feel like I’m clearing the air—both physically and energetically.
It’s a simple yet powerful ritual that helps me reset my space, especially if I’ve been feeling overwhelmed or stressed.
I also use lavender sage, a blend of white sage and lavender, which combines the purifying properties of sage with the calming energy of lavender.
This combination is absolutely perfect for creating a peaceful, calming environment—especially when I want to wind down in the evening or refresh my space.
Flower Sage: A New Favorite
Recently, I added flower sage to my collection. This blend of sage and aromatic flowers adds a beautiful, uplifting fragrance to the air.
It’s a lovely addition that not only brightens the space but also gives me some of that good vibes.
It’s an aesthetic, calming, and refreshing element that has quickly become one of my stapples.
Ancestral Healing and Natural Remedies
A lot of my connection to these rituals comes from my family’s heritage.
Growing up, I spent a lot of time with my grandmother and aunts, who were always practicing natural remedies.
Whether it was a tea for stress relief or an herbal remedy for a common cold, they always knew what to do.
At the time, I didn’t fully appreciate these practices, but looking back now, I realize just how much knowledge they had about using plants, herbs, and natural ingredients for healing.
There was always a solution that didn’t involve medication—though of course, we weren’t against modern medicine—but the natural remedies were such an integral part of our wellness culture.
As I rediscover these practices, I feel a deep sense of connection to my roots.
I’m exploring these rituals not only as self-care but as a way to honor traditions, wisdom and slowing down.
It’s like I’m reclaiming a part of my heritage that I didn’t fully understand when I was younger.
Crystals: From Skepticism to Curiosity
Now, crystals—let’s talk about them.
I’ll be honest: I used to be a skeptic.
I didn’t understand the hype, and I kind of made fun of people who were into them.
Sorry Y’all 🤷🏽♀️
But over time, I’ve become more open to the idea, and I’ve started to experiment with crystals in my spiritual practices.
Crystals are believed to have metaphysical properties that can enhance various aspects of life, and I’ve found that using them in my rituals has helped me feel more balanced and connected.
Each crystal has its own unique energy, and I’ve been drawn to them in ways I never expected.
It’s fascinating to explore how they can complement other grounding rituals like Palo Santo and sage.
The Psychology Behind Rituals
Something else that’s been on my mind lately is the psychology behind these rituals.
I recently read Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger, and it got me thinking about how human psychology in a different way.
Rituals, especially ones that involve sensory experiences like scent, touch, and sound, have a deep psychological impact on us.
There’s something powerful about creating intentional moments of peace and grounding in our day.
It’s like planting seeds of tranquility and healing, and watching them grow in our lives. These practices can truly shift our energy and mindset in a profound way.
Final Thoughts
I hope this blog post has given you some insight into the grounding rituals that I’ve been using to stay centered and connected.
I encourage you to explore different practices that resonate with you, whether that’s Palo Santo, sage, crystals, or other tools.
There’s no “right” way to do it, but what matters is that you find what brings you peace and supports your well-being.
Remember, you are a beautiful, unique creation—one of a kind, and never to be duplicated.
Keep exploring, keep growing, and keep thriving. I’m so grateful to have you here with me on this journey!
If you loved this post, please share it with your friends who might benefit from these grounding practices!
Let’s grow this community together and support each other on this wellness journey.
Stef Barti
Host of She Thrives with Stef Barti
Let me know if there’s anything else you need!
✨ Get my Free “Solo Female Travel Safety Checklist “ ✨
Thriving Girlies Newsletter
✨ Join the Thriving girlies newsletter for all things wellness, women dance and self love retreats, spirituality, self improvement and more ✨
Join Me on Instagram
I’d love for you to join me on my personal private Instagram account @stefbarti, where I share my journey into wellness, somatic healing, spirituality, and the adventures of life. My account is private because I’m intentionally building a small, supportive community of like-minded women who are on a similar path of growth and self-discovery.
If that resonates with you, feel free to follow me! It’s a space for real connections, inspiration, and conversations about personal transformation. Let’s create a space together where we can thrive unapologetically and support each other on this incredible journey.
Looking forward to connecting with you!
More Wellness Resources
- Women Choosing a childfree life
- Best ways to romanticize your life as a women
- My favourite activity to help you increase your self love
- Self care routine to implement daily
- Add those Wellness activities to your routine to be happier
- Trust your gut & make better decisions
- This one thing can really change your life today
- Podcast episodes for Childfree women
- Best podcasts for Solo female travellers
- Best podcasts for ADHD women
- Best podcast episodes for women struggling with loneliness
- Podcast episodes for women empowerment)
- Best podcast episodes for women to change their lives and start thriving
- Listen to these podcasts to help you have better female friendships and sisterhood
Additional Resource to help you slow down
Feminine embodiment & Self Love Practice
I created my “Unleash your Feminine Power” to help you really start diving into your own unique power.
In this course, you will learn to connect with your body through some very sensual movements.
There is no fancy choreography to worry about. I really wanted to make this as simple as possible.
The goal is to give you a somatic practice that you can implement into your daily routine in order to start embodying your authentic self.
It is high time we start prioritizing our relationship with our own body too.
Because in order to be truly happy and content in life, I really believe you need to strike for a balance.
That means feeding your soul, your heart, your body.
And this is the goal of my ” Unleash your Feminine Power“.
The beautiful thing is that once you start getting in touch with that fire within, it only grows from there.
This energy will go on to light up your path, simultaneously guiding you through life.
So in a way, it is your own inner guiding compass. 💕
Get in Touch with your feminine today through the self love embodiment practice
ps. Don’t forget to join the conversation over on the podcast and the girlies club so you don’t miss anything 🫶🏾
More Feminine Energy Resource
What is Feminine Energy and How to Activate it?
More ways to activate your feminine energy
Women Self Love Wellness Retreat
I am so passionate about women empowerment. Everything I do is based on this. I want to see more women embrace their authentic selves. Trust me life gets so much better.
That’s the main focus of my self love women retreat. In this Wellness retreat, we go deep. I really love to connect with my fellow sisters.
That’s why I only do small groups of 10-12 women.
This retreat is an invitation to embody your feminine and to dive into radical self love. Growth and shedding past limiting beliefs is the focal point.
We do this through various workshops, wellness practices such as breath work and lots of somatic movement.
As a dance teacher, of course we will also be using the power of dance and music to process, release and shed things that are holding us back so we can be born again.
Welcome to our transformational retreat where the focus is all on YOU.
Not only that, but we do it in style and comfort.
Our next retreat is in a breathtaking villa on the beautiful island of Gozo Malta. We will be staying in our own private villa.
And did I mention our own private chef? with our own private pool 🤭.
It is the perfect time to slow down and prioritize yourself.
Also, don’t forget to stay in touch for my Bali self love women wellness retreat, for pure feminine embodiment and lots of dancing also.
Join me on Socials
- My Instagram for Women Self Love & Dance: @stefbarti
- TikTok: @stefbarti_