Traditional Incense 
Crafting Course

Did you know that incense crafting is the oldest aromatic plant practice?

• Incense is the traditional roots of aromatherapy and an important medicine.

• it's the most ancient universal tool for spiritual practices and ritual.

• And it's been used to delight the sense of smell across every culture for ages.

No matter its use, incense has real, positive effects on people through healing the psyche and body, balancing emotions, pleasing the senses, and uplifting the spirit.

It's a universal modality for healthier, vibrant living...

And YOU can learn the ancient practice of incense crafting to bring positivity, healing, and enjoyment to others!

This one-of-a-kind program teaches you the core principles and practices of crafting incense so you can feel confident making beautiful smelling and effective aromatic creations.

By learning one of the oldest herbal practices, you'll unlock a new modality for holistic healing that can greatly benefit the minds, hearts, bodies, and spirits of those you love and serve.

This program weaves the wisdom of the world's various incense traditions together into one comprehensive and practical system. You'll learn how to harness and amplify the true power of incense.

Incense crafting can be a tricky practice...

Many people make incense that doesn’t burn properly

 or smell quite how they want it to, and they get discouraged.

They waste time, ingredients, and money composting failed batches of incense...

They don't understand the proper ratios of bases, binders, liquids, 

and dry ingredients required to formulate a blend...

They don't know the age-old secrets to working with difficult ingredients and calculated combinations...

Through learning the traditional practices that lie at the heart of artisan incense making, 

you'll find a quicker, simpler, natural way to craft successful incense.

I’m Evan Sylliaasen. Back when I was a teenager, incense became my gateway to a sense of sacredness. As I journeyed deeper into the world of incense I discovered that it was used for more than just ritual, relaxation, and enjoyment—it's also a powerful healing modality around the world in many systems of medicine.

Through my work with my company Higher Mind Incense and my school, The Northwest School of Aromatic Medicine, I’ve seen beginning incense makers encounter the same problems over and over. There are basics to the practice that you have to get just right before you can progress down the incense making path.

That’s why I created the Traditional Incense Crafting Course. Each time I open enrollment, people tell me they love how quickly they can start making their own incense. And advanced students say they wish they’d had this course when they were first starting out.

• Sooth the nervous system and relieve anxiety and stress
• Fight off infections, colds, and flus during the cold season 

• Aid emotional healing with custom aromatherapeutic blends

• Strengthen your immunity & increase longevity

• Cleanse the atmosphere and kill airborne pathogens and viruses

• Add depth to your spiritual practice, prayer, yoga or meditation

• Uplift your mood and create a calming atmosphere

• Enhance concentration, focus & memory

• Please the sense of smell through heavenly aromas

• Create a stream of revenue selling your aromatic creations
  

• Enhance dreaming and expand awareness

• Provide hand-crafted gifts or tokens of appreciation

• Promote grounding and centering

• Impress your guests with beautiful, welcoming aromas

• Aid you in a better night's sleep 

• Help you create an aromatic ritual of mindfulness
  

• And much more...

Through an exploration of various cultural uses of medicinal and ritual plant smoke, you'll gain insight into the ancient applications of incense to help strengthen your aromatic foundations and understanding.

Learn the qualities and roles of botanical ingredients used in incense crafting. Understand how to properly use gums and resins, binders and bases, fragrant hardwoods, and oil-dense botanicals. 

Learn multiple methods for formulating incense for specific intentions and purposes—from aesthetics and fragrance, to therapeutics and medicine to spiritual and ritual blending.

Get step-by-step instructions for making the world's favorite forms of incense. Create fully-burning, solid incense sticks and cones that smell amazing and reliably burn on their own.

Work with raw aromatic materials to make your own loose blends—the original form of incense. Become skilled at mixing raw resins, roots, woods, flowers, and foliage into pleasing & powerful aromatic creations.

Learn how to properly incorporate essential oils to enhance your incense blends for added aroma and medicine. Adding essential oils to incense mixtures can be a tricky process, but you'll get my simple process.

Also, you can work at your own pace and complete the training stress-free in your own time.

"Evan's teachings came at the perfect time on my healing journey. Whether you're wanting to expand your knowledge of the healing properties of plants, deepen your connection to your heart and intuition, or want to add more tools to your self healing toolbox, this program IS A MUST for an incredibly expansive journey."

If you're totally new to working with aromatics and incense this program will build the proper foundations 

that will give you the confidence and competence to become an Artisan Incense Crafter.  

And if you're a practicing aromatherapist or healer... great!

You're about to learn a powerful aromatic modality that will broaden your holistic healing potential.

Already making incense? This course fills in the gaps for you, getting you closer to perfecting your craft

and learning new aspects of making different types of incense.

All of the wisdom, tips and tricks I've gathered over the years 

are packaged up for you into one priceless program.

That's 13+ years of...

• Studying various incense traditions

• Finding the best methods and what doesn't work

• Formulating products for one of the top incense companies

• Working alongside other world-class incense crafters

I've put my heart and soul into this course, and I know you won't find anything else out there like it.

~ THE ONLY COMMUNITY OF ITS KIND ~

When you join the program you'll become a Lifetime Member of our thriving...

Traditional Incense Crafting Facebook Group.

This is a special community of over 1000+ like-minded traditional incense crafting alumni...

They've been through this course and are making their own successful incense blends

to share with their families, customers and clients.

Gain invaluable insights, see inspiring posts and pictures, learn new tips and tricks.

Learn from other's experiences, join in the conversation and expand your learning.

 Forge new friendships and find an accountability buddy to go through the program with.

And you'll be a member for life! 

"This program isn't just about incense, but about working with the life force of plants themselves - the key to holistic plant medicine. I've been given a refreshing perspective on the use of incense as a traditional medicine. My eyes have opened to yet another avenue of herbalism. Whether you're an herbalist like me, an aromatherapist, or simply a lover of incense, you'll be as blown away and inspired as I am from this program."

Perhaps you want to start making incense, but aren’t sure where to start. 

Like many, you can search online or in books and try to put bits and pieces together 

over the years but never feel like you’ve got the whole picture.

——

Maybe you’ve already started making incense 

but have felt the frustrations that so many others face. 

You’ve spent time and money trying to figure out the right ingredients and

 formulations to get the incense you want, but know that there’s pieces missing. 

——

Or maybe you’re more advanced but want to learn new incense making practices. 

You have a sense that expanding your incense skills could add so much to your

 practice but don’t know the depth of its resources or where to start.

——

The answer to all of the above is right in front of you, and I encourage you to

take the next step on your fragrant path and join 

the Traditional Incense Crafting Course.

Click below to get started.

Upon completion of this course and with your acceptance of the Artisan Incense Crafter Code of Ethics, you'll become a certified incense crafter by The Northwest School of Aromatic Medicine.

And, if you're a member of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy, submit this certificate of completion for 13 Continuing Education Credits (CEUs are potentially applicable to other associations).

"Since taking this course last year, I’ve added herbal incense sticks and cones to my company’s offerings, and I’m already selling wholesale to stores in addition to offering online. I’ve been working with professional practitioners who use my incense prior, during and after consultations with their patients and clients. I also offer my blends as a ‘prescription’ to my own clients who come to see me for Reiki sessions. I absolutely love the integrity and respect given towards the plant realm in this course. The teachings were thorough, precise and deeply respectful."

Carmen Nemet, Founder of Lulani Moon Therapies, Australia

"I am so grateful of my experience of this program. I recommend it to everyone for a personally transformative and life-changing experience. Through taking this program, my life mission became so clear: to bring harmony, ritual and incense to people’s lives. This school offered me all of the tools I need so that I can take care of the people I love."

Héloïse Roy, Founder of Rituel incense company, Quebec CA

"What Evan has put together in his course is a beautiful exploration of aromatic plant medicine. Cultural exploration of aroma and plant smoke is an exploration of the very breath that gives Earth— and each one of us on it— the power to heal. Evan has given us access to the power of healing behind every breath we breathe.”

JK DeLapp, The Rising Phoenix Perfumery, Georgia

"This was an absolutely enjoyable course from start to finish! This program takes you through the rich history of incense crafting to modern day custom formulations. The video presentations are engaging and professional. Evan’s passion for creating artfully handcrafted, traditional incense is contagious! This is the original aromatic medicine at its finest!"

Anna Doxie, Founder & Director of The Institute of Holistic Phyto-Aromatherapy

“As an Ayurvedic practitioner, I’ve only read in ancient and modern texts about the use of incense for healing, known as Dhumapana. Through this program, I now I have the guidance to make any kind of incense I wish to prescribe to my patients. I found the lesson on therapeutic formulation to be immensely useful! I’m excited to offer an even more holistic herbal regimen to my patients with incense as the main application of aromatic medicine.”

Amita Agrawal, Ayurvedic practitioner, California

"I never realized incense has been used cross-culturally for healing and medicine for so long. I feel so lucky to have found these teachings and am now making incense at home to keep my family and I healthy and happy. Not to mention, making incense is so much fun!"

Jennifer Colts, Herbalist, Arizona

“I’ve been into burning incense as my own personal ritual for years now, and have helped many people find balance in their minds and hearts through my sharing of it. But not until after learning Evan’s teachings did I truly realize what a powerful tool I’ve had at my fingertips all along. My family and friends have all been positively affected by my incense creations. Thank you Evan, for showing me the traditions that have supported my inner and outer work for so long.”

Chris Darling, Vermont

“This course has changed my perception of aromatic plants forever. I feel my practice with aroma now has a deep rooted foundation that’s initiated a strong cohesion of everything I’ve learned about plants, aroma, and healing; and has given me a totally fresh perspective and a burst of inspiration to move forward with in my work with aromatics and incense.”

Shae Amherst, Boulder CO

"I’m already starting to get feedback and orders for my incense which is super exciting! And I’ve been making blends that actually smell nice and stay alight. So I’ve shared with friends who are now buying it from me and responding amazingly. I have been told many times, ‘this is the most amazing incense i have experienced!"

Ky Alecto, Founder of Seedstar Co.

"Evan’s easy going nature, enthusiasm, and vast knowledge of incense leaves you excitedly waiting each week for the next lesson. This course is easy to understand, well structured and has loads of downloadable notes and videos. If you're looking for an incense making course then look no further, because this is the only incense program there is!"

Katherine Moss, Horticulturist, Australia

"This course has fed my soul. I’ve worked with herbs as a community kitchen wise woman crafting teas, tinctures, and oxymels for friends and family. I have added essential oils to my practice and have now continued to follow the scents into their energetic sphere. This course has so much practical knowledge with the right amount of do it yourself for me to continue on my journey. I highly recommend this course!"

Andrea McCluskey, Maryland

"I thoroughly enjoyed this course and feel blessed by Evan's knowledge and passion. The modules are methodical and respect the individual pace of the student, which allowed me to really let the teachings set in. I also loved all of the close-ups when a technique was explained or incense ingredients were introduced. As in Evan's other courses, the handouts that accompany the modules are attractive and extremely helpful. I highly recommend this incense crafting course; your first step in becoming a master incense maker."

John Berg, Wisconsin 

"I am particularly interested in the medicinal applications of incense, and the glimpses Evan has provided are filling in spaces in my herbalism studies. I look forward to creating now with an intentional purpose!"

Daphne Seruntine, Nova Scotia, Canada

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