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Incense as Medicine

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December 21, 20230Comments

The Health Benefits of Cinnamon Beyond the Kitchen

Cinnamon, the well-known aromatic spice that infuses warmth and depth into our favorite culinary delights, is much more than just a flavor enhancer. From the cozy aroma of chai tea
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Herbal Medicine
Incense as Medicine
December 15, 20230Comments

Breathing Easier: Aromatic Plants for Respiratory Health

We often breathe without much thought, until a tickle in our throats or a deep, heavy cough reminds us of our lungs' delicate and vital role in our daily life.
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Herbal Medicine
Incense as Medicine
Incense Crafting
October 17, 20230Comments

Incense: The Original Form of Aromatherapy

The world of holistic healing is a deep ocean of ancient wisdom and practices. Within the treasure chest of wonderful traditional remedies that have been passed down over time, incense
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Incense as Medicine
September 15, 20230Comments

5 Aromatic Plants for Emotional Support

Imagine a world where the fragrance of a flower or the aroma of a plant could whisk away your worries, calm your racing thoughts, and bring a sense of tranquility
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Incense as Medicine
August 10, 20230Comments

Supporting Emotional Health with Aromatic Medicine

Certain aromas can evoke emotional responses and resurface memories, which is a phenomenon many of us have experienced. Maybe you can relate? The smell of freshly baked brownies from the
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Aromatic History & Lore
Herbal Medicine
Incense as Medicine
Ritual
July 26, 20230Comments

Aromatic Herbs in Grief Support & End-of-Life Care

Death, the inevitable end of our journey, is a universal experience that touches us all. A profound event which leaves us grappling with a myriad of emotions, a profound sense
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Ayurveda
Herbal Medicine
Incense as Medicine
June 6, 20231Comments

Are You Prepared For The Looming Health Practitioner Crisis?

Our health is everything to us. When we fall ill, our world slows or stops, concern sets in, and most people look to their health care provider for answers. But
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Ayurveda
Herbal Medicine
Incense as Medicine
May 22, 20230Comments

9 Aromatic Plants for Focus & Mental Clarity

In our fast-paced and busy lives, humans are no strangers to mental fatigue, brain fog and a lack of focus.There are many factors which can contribute to these problems, such
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Incense as Medicine
March 29, 20230Comments

Fragrance Oils and Synthetics Exposed

From the fragrant days of cave dwelling, to the glory of the ancient incense and spice routes, to mass-produced, chemical-based, aromatic mimicry, the evolution of humanity’s relationship with scent is
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Incense as Medicine
March 14, 20230Comments

Addressing Stress & Anxiety with Aromatic Medicine & Mindfulness

You can’t treat plants like pills. Too often, aromatherapy is used as a quick fix for our problems, when it doesn’t really work that way. If you have a headache,
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🌿 The sacred side to making incense In traditiona 🌿 The sacred side to making incense In traditional incense-making practices around the world, crafting incense can be an act of prayer, devotion, creativity, and connection with the plants themselves. From Tibetan monasteries where prayers and mantras accompany the crafting process, to the sacred incense traditions of ancient Egypt, incense has long been so much more than a pleasant fragrance. And the countless other traditions from around the world are all so incredibly beautiful. Whether you're drawn to incense for meditation, ritual, working with aromatic plants, or simply the joy of creating something fragrant with your own hands, there's an entire world to explore. 🔥 Want to learn this ancient botanical art for yourself? Enrollment for my Traditional Incense Crafting Course is still OPEN, but only until Tuesday, October 27 at 10 PM Pacific! Learn to formulate and craft your own natural incense using resins, woods, herbs, flowers, and other aromatic botanicals. 🌿 Explore the course through the LINK IN BIO! #IncenseCrafting #NaturalIncense #AromaticMedicine #IncenseMaking #Herbalism #SacredSmoke #BotanicalArts
🌿 Your weekend plans just got a whole lot more fra 🌿 Your weekend plans just got a whole lot more fragrant! Grab your favorite tea, get comfortable, and spend some time exploring the wonderful world of natural incense crafting! 🔥 Our FREE 3-part Hand-Crafted Incense Workshop Series is fully available to binge-watch this weekend! Whether you're an herbalist, aromatherapist, incense lover, or simply someone who enjoys creating beautiful things with plants, there's something here for you. Here's what you'll discover: 🌿 The 4 essential building blocks of successful incense. 🔥 How to work with aromatic resins, woods, herbs, and other botanicals. 🌸 The secrets to formulating and crafting your own natural incense cones, sticks, and loose blends. 🌎 Practical techniques and professional tips from my years of incense crafting experience. You'll also get downloadable workbooks for all 3 lessons, PLUS an incense cone crafting recipe so you can start experimenting at home! ✨ Already signed up? This is your friendly reminder to catch up on the lessons while they're still available. ✨ New here? You're welcome to join us! It's completely FREE. ⏳ The free series is only available for a limited time, so don't put it off! 👉 Sign up or jump back into the lessons here: https://aromaticmedicineschool.com/f/hciws/hand-crafted-incense-training Happy crafting! 🌿
Modern herbal education often begins with utility: Modern herbal education often begins with utility: What is this herb good for? What are its actions? What symptoms does it address? While these are important questions, they can also unintentionally shape the way we relate to plants, reducing them to products or commodities existing solely for human use. But deep down, we know plants are far more than that. Plants are living, intelligent beings participating in vast and intricate ecosystems. They communicate with one another, adapt to their surroundings, nourish ecosystems, stabilize soil, create oxygen, and sustain countless forms of life — including us. When we begin to see plants only through the lens of “What can this do for me?”, we risk losing sight of this. The moment we stop viewing plants only through utility, we create space for relationship to emerge. We move away from commodity and into connection. We begin to approach the plant kingdom with curiosity, presence, humility, and wonder. We shift from consumer to student, with plants as our teachers. And perhaps that is where true herbal wisdom begins. 🌱 ✨ What have you learned through your relationship with a plant? _______ #plantwisdom #herbaleducation #plantsareteachers #herbalwisdom #plantsaremedicine #herbalist #herbalmedicine #aromaticmedicine
🌿 MISSED YESTERDAY'S WEBINAR? THE REPLAY IS HERE! 🌿 MISSED YESTERDAY'S WEBINAR? THE REPLAY IS HERE! 🔥 Yesterday, we explored a side of incense that goes far beyond simply enjoying a beautiful fragrance. The ancient relationship between aromatic plants, healing traditions, sacred ritual, and the remarkable art of working with botanical smoke. And if you couldn't join us, I've got good news! 🎥 The replay of my FREE webinar is now available: THE MEDICINE & ART OF INCENSE Healing, Ritual, and the Wisdom of Smoke During this special class, we explore: 🌿 The fascinating history of incense as medicine and its traditional uses across cultures. 🔥 The role of aromatic smoke in prayer, meditation, ritual, and our relationship with plants. 🌎 The extraordinary botanicals behind incense, where they come from, and why thoughtful sourcing matters. We'll also explore how learning to craft your own natural incense can open up an entirely new dimension of working with aromatic plants. And toward the end, I'll share more about my Traditional Incense Crafting Course, for those of you interested in taking this beautiful art further. ⏳ IMPORTANT REMINDER! Enrollment for the Traditional Incense Crafting Course closes Tuesday, October 27! Once the doors close, you'll have to wait until enrollment reopens to join, and tuition will be higher when it does. 🎥 WATCH THE FREE WEBINAR REPLAY — LINK IN BIO! And if you know someone who loves incense, herbalism, aromatherapy, or traditional botanical arts, please share this post with them! ❤️ I'd love for more people to discover these remarkable plants and the traditions surrounding them. Hope you enjoy the class! ~ Evan #NaturalIncense #IncenseCrafting #AromaticMedicine #Herbalism #Aromatherapy #SacredSmoke #IncenseMaking
⏳ ONE HOUR TO GO! 🌿🔥 At 4 PM Pacific TODAY, we're ⏳ ONE HOUR TO GO! 🌿🔥 At 4 PM Pacific TODAY, we're diving into the fascinating world of medicinal incense, ancient aromatic traditions, and the wisdom of the plants behind the smoke! Join me for my FREE webinar: THE MEDICINE & ART OF INCENSE Healing, Ritual, and the Wisdom of Smoke We'll explore some of the deeper dimensions of incense that I don't often get to share, including: 🌿 The Medicine of Incense — Its fascinating history and traditional uses in healing practices around the world. 🔥 The Sacred Traditions of Incense — The role of aromatic smoke in ritual, prayer, meditation, and our relationship with plants. 🌎 The Plants Behind the Smoke — Where our aromatic materials come from, how they're harvested, and why responsible sourcing matters. I'll also answer some common questions about my Traditional Incense Crafting Course... 🎁 And reveal some VERY special gifts I've put together EXCLUSIVELY for those of you considering joining us! I'm really excited to share all of this with you! And if you know someone who loves incense, herbalism, aromatherapy, or working with aromatic plants, please SHARE this post with them! 🌿 Help me get the word out :) I'd love to reach more people who would appreciate these teachings, and your shares help us keep this knowledge and these beautiful traditions alive! ⏰ WE START IN ONE HOUR — 4 PM PACIFIC! 🌿 FREE REGISTRATION — LINK IN BIO! Hope you'll join me! ~ Evan #IncenseCrafting #NaturalIncense #AromaticMedicine #Herbalism #Aromatherapy #IncenseMaking #SacredSmoke
A HANDFUL OF PLANTS. A LITTLE WATER. AND AN ANCIEN A HANDFUL OF PLANTS. A LITTLE WATER. AND AN ANCIENT ART THAT'S STILL VERY ALIVE TODAY. 🌿🔥 There's something pretty remarkable about taking a handful of aromatic plants—resins, woods, roots, herbs, and flowers—and transforming them into incense. We're talking about clean and pure, natural incense, none of that synthetic garbage like what floods the market. No chemical fragrance oils or mysterious ingredients. Just plants, a little know-how, and your own two hands. But here's where things get really interesting... Why does one incense cone burn beautifully while another refuses to stay lit? How do you make incense that produces less smoke without sacrificing its beautiful aroma? How do you combine Sandalwood, Frankincense, and other aromatic herbs into something that smells harmonious rather than muddled? And how do you turn a pile of powdered plants into an incense stick that actually holds together and burns consistently? There's a whole world of knowledge behind something as seemingly simple as a stick of incense! And once you begin to understand it, the possibilities really open up. You can explore different traditions of incense making, experiment with unusual aromatic plants, develop your own formulations, and gain a whole new appreciation for the extraordinary craftsmanship of incense artisans around the world. This is what I've spent more than 15 years exploring, practicing, and teaching. And it's what I share in my Traditional Incense Crafting Course. From choosing and preparing your ingredients to understanding binders, bases, formulation, and different crafting techniques, I'll walk you through the process of making your own natural incense cones, sticks, and loose blends. 🌿 ENROLLMENT CLOSES OCTOBER 27! And when we reopen the course again in the future, tuition will be higher. So if you've been feeling drawn to learn this beautiful botanical art, I'd love to have you join me for the 11th year of teaching this program. Explore the Traditional Incense Crafting Course through the link in our bio! ~ Evan #IncenseCrafting #NaturalIncense #IncenseMaking #AromaticMedicine #BotanicalArt #Herbalism #TraditionalIncense
🌿 TODAY AT 4 PM! THE MEDICINE & ART OF INCENSE 🔥 🌿 TODAY AT 4 PM! THE MEDICINE & ART OF INCENSE 🔥 There's so much more to incense than its beautiful aroma! For thousands of years, aromatic plants have been burned for traditional healing, prayer, ceremony, meditation, and spiritual practices around the world. But what do we really know about the plants behind the smoke? Their medicinal histories, the traditions surrounding them, and the people and places they come from? TODAY at 4 PM Pacific, I'd love for you to join me for a FREE webinar! 🌿 The Medicine & Art of Incense: Healing, Ritual, and the Wisdom of Smoke We'll explore: 🌱 The fascinating history of incense as medicine and its traditional uses. 🔥 The sacred rituals and practices surrounding incense across cultures. 🌎 The importance of sourcing, sustainability, and understanding the plants we work with. I'll also be answering questions about my Traditional Incense Crafting Course and revealing some VERY special gifts for those of you considering joining us! 🎁 One of these gifts is exclusively for webinar attendees and disappears TONIGHT at midnight Pacific! 🕓 TODAY — 4 PM Pacific 🌿 FREE! Register through the link in our bio! I hope you'll join me for this deeper exploration of the beautiful world of incense and aromatic medicine! ~ Evan #IncenseCrafting #NaturalIncense #AromaticMedicine #Herbalism #Aromatherapy #SacredSmoke #IncenseMaking
🌿 INCENSE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A BEAUTIFUL AROMA. 🌿 INCENSE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A BEAUTIFUL AROMA. For thousands of years, aromatic plants have been burned as incense for healing, prayer, meditation, ceremony, and countless other purposes. And behind every fragrant wisp of smoke is a plant with its own story, traditions, and remarkable qualities. Tomorrow evening, I'd love to invite you to explore this world with me! Join me for a FREE webinar: 🔥 The Medicine & Art of Incense: Healing, Ritual, and the Wisdom of Smoke We'll explore the fascinating medicinal history of incense, the sacred traditions surrounding aromatic smoke, and the importance of understanding where our incense plants come from and how they're harvested. I'll also share more about the Traditional Incense Crafting Course, answer some common questions, and reveal a few special surprises for those who are ready to take their incense crafting journey further! Whether you're an herbalist, aromatherapist, incense enthusiast, or simply someone who loves working with aromatic plants, I hope you'll join me. 🗓 Thursday, October 22 🕓 4 PM Pacific 🌿 FREE to attend! Register here: https://pages.aromaticmedicineschool.com/launch/incense-webinar #IncenseCrafting #NaturalIncense #AromaticMedicine #Herbalism #Aromatherapy #IncenseMaking #SacredSmoke #BotanicalMedicine
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