Intentional Incense Workshop with Rissa Miller

Craft locally grown herbs (many from her own garden) into your own all-natural incense for smoke cleansing or just to make your space smell gorgeous. Your personalized scents can enhance meditation, relaxation, yoga, or spiritual practice.

Learn more about sacred smoke from herbs, flowers, and resins, and explore their practical, historical, and spiritual uses. Rissa will offer an overview on cultural uses of white sage, palo santo, and pinon use for "smudging and saging," and alternatives.

She will discuss combining herbs into incense, safe handling techniques, and connecting to the plant world as a creative medium. All supplies, dried herbs & spices, incense medium, and maple syrup will be provided, as well as a written overview of the plants used and basic formula instructions, so you can keep crafting natural incense at home.

All students will leave with a batch of their own handmade incense. Great for gifts, too and all the winter holidays are coming up!

Please note this about the event:

Age for guests: Project may not be ideal for children under age 12. There is no age restriction, however, you know your child best!

Indoor Event: This is an indoor, seated event with a brief educational compenent and a hand crafted incense cone project.. We will not leave The 9 Collective.

Scented Candles: The 9 Collective is a retail location and sells incense and scented candles. The space has fragrance in use and a workshop to make candles on-site (not part of this program), so there is always some level of fragrance. If you have challenges with fragrance, this event may not be suitable for you, as we are creating incense cones.

Food/Drinks/Tea: No food or drinks are provided, but are available for purchase on site. Hot tea will be available by the cup. Please, do not bring outside food/beverages on site and instead support the 9 Collective by getting your snacks and drinks there.

Parking: Parking is free; there is a large lot with some ADA-compliant parking spots.

Restrooms: There is an ADA-compliant bathroom onsite.

Seating: There are no reserved seats. If you wish to sit with a group, please arrive early to get your preferred spot.

Weather policy: Weather would only affect the program should Lancaster County have a severe weather event. There is no refund for RAIN. If a serious weather event is anticipated, please check your email associated with Eventbrite by noon the day of the program. Thank you for your attention to this!

Paperless Check-in: You do not need to print out your ticket. You will get a confirmation via email using the email associated with your Eventbrite account. Please check there and save paper! We will have the ticket-holders names at the entry when you arrive.

Refund policy: The 9 Collective policy applies to all events hosted there. As stated in The 9's policy all ticket sales are final. The ONLY exception to this is in the event we have to cancel, you will be fully refunded. We do our absolute best as a small business to accommodate the community and its needs. Our goal is to create connection, and in person community in a fun and engaging way! We encourage you to make sure that you are able to attend an event before purchasing your ticket. In the event that something comes up, we ask that you send your emailed ticket to a friend or family member who CAN attend.

Disclaimer: Incense is NOT intended to consume! Smoke cleansing is not advised for those sensitive to smoke; with delicate lungs/throat; or a lung/throat health condition. Avoid over-exposure to any kind of smoke at all times. If you have a known allergy/sensitivity to any specific plant, do not use incense that contains it.

Questions? Reach out to Rissa at [email protected]

Rissa Miller is an editor, author, herbalist, seer, and storyteller. Her storytelling expertise stems from extensive research into the area of esoteric history, including ghosts, witchcraft, cryptids, and folklore. Rissa believes the most enduring stories teach us not only about humanity's past, but also give reason to reflect on our own present beliefs and realities. She often leads ghost tours and gives lively history talks. Find more about her at teaandsmoke.com or hauntedpa.online

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