Emma Leafe

Listening to Incense ~ What does this Mean ?

The old adage stemming from the Oriental art of 'listening to incense', often confuses people - as they wonder how you can listen to something that essentially has no sound? Also...

FIRE divinity, transformation and passion

Fire is a symbol of divinity, of transformation and of passion. It has been the predominant force of nature in most of the World's mythologies...

Sacred Scents and Internal Arts

A practice I love to do, also find myself spontaneously doing without thought, is to combine deeply precious anointing oils like Holy Wood (Palo Santo)...

Seasonal Adjustment ~ The Wood Element

 The Wood Element This is written as we move closer to the Spring Equinox on March 20th- in the Northern hemisphere where I am. We have entered...

Qi Flow in Winter : Keeping Spirits High

 WINTER : This most Yin season of all, with a total shedding, a dying off reflected in nature, as we hurtle towards the blackest point...

INCENSE FOR THE GODS ~ Natural Aromatics from Ancient Technology

Ancient Aromatics Earliest texts documented the use of ancient aromatics as a tool to worship gods through incense: the Latin phrase per fumum, literally meaning...

Scent & Natural Gifting

The art of gifting  A practice that has been passed down to us, through the centuries. Yet in the blur of fast consumerism, the sentiment...

Nature Immersion ~ Regeneration

This September I took some time to go away, just to immerse in Nature. It had been almost two years, since I left the country....

HIGH SPIRITED CITRUS ~ Notes from our most Summery Blends

There are some extraordinarily beautiful citrus notes in our natural incense sticks, that mainly come from rich ground resins & slightly astringent citrus peels. The oils...

Shinrin-yoku in your Sacred Space

  WOODY BOTANICAL INCENSE Smouldering ground botanicals in natural incense sticks are an elegant and easy way to forest-bathe at home. The aromatic, scent molecules...