Last Month, I look a class on making homemade herb incenses. I must say that I actually enjoyed it. I love going to classes that are very focused on doing anything hands on! It was great to experience and I love how the feel of the energy which is why I have decided to make them for my shop. One of the things I learned about herbs is that its all about the experience itself to help me decide which herbs works best for me. I tend to always go back to the spiritual store and take the opportunity to smell each herb that are in those jars before I make my purchase. I have learned the smell of the herbs can really give me the feeling of whether it will work with my energy. So any time I want to try a new herb I take the time smell the scent to see if it flows with me before I make a purchase.
As for making the incense, its all about visualizing and selecting the herbs that you think will speak to you in whatever your intention is for the incense, whether it will be for love, prosperity, certain rituals etc..the ideas are endless and that is what makes it fun because it really gives you the chance to get all creative. When I did my class, I made a good health incense. I wanted to be different. In fact, when I actually burned my combination of herbs, it smelled like a campfire with roasting marshmallows! I actually was surprised by how I created that but was still smelled heavenly.
Hand grinding and visualizing each of the herbs intentions is they key component to making magical incense. As you visualize your intentions, you will also naturally send energy to the herbs you are grinding at the moment. It's important to keep grinding until it feels right to you energy wise. Each herb that you select needs to be grounded individually. Putting all the herbs together and grinding it all at once doesn't give the right energy. It maybe quicker but it just doesn't have the same energy flow to it as to giving care and attention to each herb you want to grind. I honesty love doing these herb incenses because in the end of the process I feel relaxed and I also feel I have channeled the right intentions into my work
This is what I have ready for the shop so far, Blessing Incense. Blessing incense is great for honoring your God, Goddess, or giving thanks to the universe so more blessings can come your way. You can use it for rituals too as well as its got a nice way to raise the energy of the room giving it high vibrations, which can be great for doing any type of spiritual work.
Now these other incenses . I am still working on making sure its the right energy for the following incense
Here is my prosperity sample, I want to see what other combinations are like before I put it out. I love creating everything I do for my shop because its just so inspiring to say this is it! This my scent or my signature scent :)
Here is Love, but I also want to add a different herb to see the difference before I bring it out... how I test it, is simply burning a sample of what i make before i bring out to the store...I like to make sure its giving out the right vibrations when its burned.
These are a few samples but I will continue to see what I come up with. Be sure you are on Facebook asi will bring in sneak peeks on there as they get done. :)
That is wonderful to hear that you learnt a new skill, and it's key that we use our intuition in everything as that brings us closer to ourselves. :) I will look out for your herbal incenses as I love all herbs and natural remedies. Enjoy :)
ReplyDeleteStopping by from the Blog Hope! Have a great week x A new follower too!
What a great new skill! I wish I had the talent to tell what scent is associated with what herb. To me, sweat smells like onion rings. Go figure.
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Ana,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment... I totally agree with going with my intuition because I know better when i do follow my intuition, thank you so much for stopping by and being a new follower of my blog :)
Jen,
ReplyDeleteI have a very good nose to help e define things more to work with... it was my teacher told me to work with my nose to sell each herb to see if i like the scent and if I felt it work with me, she was right! So I ususally buy a small ounce to experiment and see what I come up with , eventually I have my favorites and I buy those in bulk when I know I use that herb more in my products, best thing is to test everything if you for a small fraction of the price to make sure its what I want in my items before I bring it out to my store