Sacred Smudge Incense Rolling Workshop

In this workshop we will hand-roll incense in a ceremonial manner using Japanese makko powder and dried herbs. Participants will learn a traditional method of incense making rooted in ancient ritual practices where aromatic plants are shaped into offerings for prayer, purification, healing, and communication with the unseen.

Get excited for your own, natural, hand-rolled creations to burn ceremonially in the most delicious and tantalizing way. This is such a beautiful way to commune with the plant spirits. 

In East Asia, particularly Japan, makko—made from the powdered bark of trees in the laurel family—has been used for centuries as a natural incense base. It binds plant material without additives and allows herbs and resins to burn slowly and cleanly, carrying their essence into the air during meditation and ritual. Similar hand-formed incense traditions exist in India and Tibet, where incense has long been integral to temple offerings, home altars, and ceremonial life.

In the pre-Columbian Americas, incense held equal sacred importance. Indigenous cultures throughout Mesoamerica and the Andes burned copal, pine resins, herbs, and flowers as offerings to the gods, ancestors, and spirits of the land. Incense smoke was understood as breath, prayer made visible, rising to nourish and inform the spiritual realms. These practices were central to healing rites, seasonal ceremonies, and daily devotional acts long before European contact.

Each participant will make five incense cones and five incense sticks to take home.

$65 class and supply fee