Saining is a very old Celtic blessing which means ‘to make sacred’ and is a crucial ritual/ceremony in Celtic cultures that is used to cleanse and protect, clearing away the old and consecrating fertile grounds for the flourishing of new life. Using saining to cleanse individuals, families and communities has long weaved sacred energies through a combination of water, (sometimes I will add essential oils or herbs to this), smoke from burning the Juniper (though sometimes I will use wormwood and mugwort) and poetry or song (I will often sing or speak to ancestors across the veil). These elements and herbs have cultural connotations with the dead and as such, transform spaces, objects and peoples into portals that thin the veil between our world and the Otherworlds, allowing clearer communion with ancestors and other spirits.