Palo Santo & Sweetgrass

Bring calm, clarity, and sacred energy into your space with our sustainably sourced 4" Palo Santo sticks. Known as “holy wood,” Palo Santo has been traditionally used in spiritual practices throughout South America for energetic cleansing, protection, and inviting peace.

When burned, these fragrant sticks release a warm, sweet aroma with subtle notes of citrus and wood, helping to clear stagnant energy and restore balance to your environment. Perfect for meditation, ritual work, or simply creating a peaceful atmosphere in your home.

Each stick is naturally dried and ethically harvested from fallen branches, honouring both tradition and sustainability.

How to Use:
Light the tip, allow it to burn for a few seconds, then gently blow out the flame. Move the glowing stick around your space to cleanse energy or place in a heat-safe dish to smoulder.

Details:

• Size: 4 inches
• 100% natural Palo Santo wood
• Sustainably harvested
• Ideal for cleansing, meditation, and relaxation
• 1 stick

Create a warm, peaceful, and spiritually cleansed atmosphere with Sacred Elements Palo Santo Hand-Rolled Incense, an artisanal organic incense crafted for meditation, prayer, energy cleansing, relaxation, and sacred space rituals. With its naturally woody, sweet, resinous, and lightly citrus-like aroma, Palo Santo incense is perfect for altar work, yoga rooms, spiritual baths, manifestation rituals, and everyday home fragrance.

Each incense stick is hand rolled for a slow, long-lasting burn, offering up to 2 hours of aromatic smoke. Sacred Elements Palo Santo Incense is ideal for anyone seeking a grounding fragrance that supports calm, clarity, and positive energy. HEM’s Sacred Elements Palo Santo product description notes that Palo Santo is traditionally known as “holy wood” and is used in spiritual and healing practices for cleansing, calming the mind, and promoting positive energy.

History of Palo Santo:
Palo Santo, most commonly associated with Bursera graveolens, is a fragrant tree from the Burseraceae family, the same plant family associated with aromatic resins such as frankincense and myrrh. It grows in parts of Latin America, including dry forest regions, and is listed by Kew’s Plants of the World Online with “Palo santo” as one of its Spanish common names.

These are incense sticks that have been hand rolled in crushed Palo Santo. Not your typical incense. We love thee at the shop because they burn consistently and smell divine. You don't have to relight it like a palo santo wood sick.

Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens) is an intensely aromatic tree native to South America. A relative of frankincense and myrrh, Palo Santo has a sweet scent with hints of vanilla, mint, and citrus. Its name translates to “Holy Wood” in Spanish, and has been used by saints and shamans alike for centuries during ceremonies or rituals.

When burned, Palo Santo releases a fragrant smoke which many believe to uplift energy and aid in spiritual purification. Use it to promote calm, relieve stress, and dispel misfortune. Palo Santo provides energetic protection, and removes bad energies.

Burn it before meditation, to clear thoughts or focus concentration.

These Palo Santo incense are hand-rolled in South America and release a fragrant scent that uplifts energy and promotes concentration.

No trees are destroyed in the collection of the wood, only twigs and branches on the ground are collected. Our Palo Santo sticks are made of Palo Santo oil and powder mixed together. Simply light the stick to enjoy the fragrant scent of Palo Santo wood. Sticks burn approximately one hour. Packaged with brown paper.

6 pack of incense

Invite peace, harmony, and uplifting energy into your space with our Sweetgrass Braid, a traditional cleansing tool used for spiritual purification and positive energy clearing. Sweetgrass has long been revered by many cultures for its sweet, calming aroma and its ability to attract good energy, restore balance, and create a sense of peace wherever it is used.

Locally sourced from Walpole Island.

This beautifully hand‑braided sweetgrass makes clearing your home, altar, or sacred space simple and intentional — perfect for daily use, ceremonies, drumming, meditation, or anytime you want to invite clarity, peace, and positive vibration into your life.

Benefits

• Cleanses Negative Energy: Sweetgrass is known for clearing stagnant or negative energy and inviting positive vibes.
• Promotes Peace & Harmony: Its sweet aroma creates a calming atmosphere, supporting emotional balance.
• Attracts Good Energy: Known for drawing in positive energy, blessings, and spiritual alignment.
• Enhances Meditation & Rituals: Ideal for clearing space before meditation, prayer, or intention setting.
• Daily Refresh: Perfect for everyday energy cleansing or after gatherings and emotional transitions.

Listing for one large braid

Palo Santo wood, also known as “holy wood”, is traditionally used for its aromatic and spiritual properties. It's burned as incense to clear negative energy, purify spaces, and promote relaxation. Additionally, it's believed to have healing properties, such as relieving pain, inflammation, and stress, and is also used as a natural mosquito repellent. Due to its high resin content, palo santo wood is believed to release its purifying properties when burned. In the Shamanic history of South America, palo santo is said to remove negativity and obstacles and attract good fortune.

These Palo Santo cones are made from real palo santo wood, ground and pressed into cones. You can burn on a charcoal, or grind them up and add them to an incense blend or powder. 

Traditional Uses of Palo Santo

1. Spiritual Practices: Palo Santo is deeply connected to spiritual and shamanic traditions in South America. Ceremonies often use it to cleanse spaces, clear away negative energy, and prepare for sacred rituals. Many believe its scent can heighten awareness and connect individuals to the spiritual realm.

2. Medicinal Uses: Palo Santo is a natural remedy for colds, flu, and stress-related symptoms. It is also known to help with asthma, headaches, anxiety, depression, and inflammation. Its essential oil is great for aromatherapy and therapeutic massages.

3. Cleansing Rituals: Indigenous communities have a long history of using traditional methods for cleansing and healing. Burning sacred herbs like sage, cedar, Palo Santo, and sweetgrass is a common practice. The smoke from these herbs is thought to purify the mind, body, and soul, bringing balance and harmony.

4. Daily Benefits: Burning a small stick of Palo Santo daily can bring a sense of calm, purify your space, and refresh your mind. A quick smudging with Palo Santo can fill your space with positive energy and set a vibrant tone for the day.

4 X-Large Cones

Each cone burns evenly, releasing a warm, woody aroma with subtle hints of citrus and mint. Whether you’re looking to enhance your mindfulness practice or simply enjoy a moment of tranquility, these Palo Santo cones are a natural choice for relaxation and spiritual cleansing.

Ethically and responsibly sourced palo santo wood from gathering branches that have naturally fallen ensures the trees can replenish themselves before further harvesting, keeping the tree population healthy and thriving.

Palo Santo chips are small pieces of the sacred “Holy Wood” traditionally used for cleansing, protection, meditation, and spiritual blessing. Known for their warm, sweet, grounding aroma, palo santo chips are perfect for those who prefer a more controlled burn than full sticks and want to use only the amount they need.

Ethically collected from fallen branches and naturally aged, palo santo chips are ideal for smoke cleansing, intention-setting, and creating a calm, centered atmosphere in your home or ritual space.

Uses:

• Energy Cleansing: Removes stagnant or negative energy from your home, aura, or ritual tools.
• Meditation Support: The gentle scent helps deepen focus, grounding, and relaxation.
• Stress Relief: Promotes a peaceful atmosphere and emotional uplift.
• Spiritual Protection: Traditionally used to ward off negativity and invite positive spirits.
• Ritual & Spellwork: Enhances intention setting, purification rites, and sacred practices.
• Aromatherapy: Fills your space with a sweet, warm, calming fragrance.

How to Burn Palo Santo Chips

1. Use a Charcoal Disc:
   • Place a lit charcoal disc in a fireproof bowl, cauldron, or burner.
   • Allow it to heat until it begins to turn gray around the edges.
   • Sprinkle a small pinch of palo santo chips on top.

2. Use an Electric Incense Burner (Optional):
   • Place chips on the warming plate and adjust the heat for a smoke-free infusion.

3. Smolder With a Candle (Low Smoke Method):
   • Hold a chip near a candle flame until it begins to smolder, then place it in a heat-safe bowl.
   • This method produces lighter smoke.

4. Always Use Small Amounts:
   Palo santo chips are potent — a little goes a long way.

Tips for Best Results

• Keep a window or door open while cleansing to allow old energy to leave.
• Set a clear intention before you begin — palo santo responds beautifully to focused energy.
• Never leave burning materials unattended.
• Store chips in a dry place to preserve their natural scent.

Cleanse your space and refresh your energy with Maxwell’s Mystic Matches, premium Palo Santo incense matches made for spiritual cleansing, meditation, relaxation, prayer, and ritual work. These easy-to-use Palo Santo sticks offer a warm, woody, sweet, and uplifting aroma that is perfect for clearing stagnant energy, preparing your altar, refreshing your home, or creating a peaceful sacred space.

Maxwell’s Mystic Matches are made with authentic Peruvian Palo Santo, often called “Holy Wood". Maxwell's Mystic Matches are eco-friendly, sustainably sourced from Peru, and crafted with high resin content for a rich, fragrant smoke. Each box contains approximately 15 thick Palo Santo matches, which can usually be relit and used more twice. 

Spiritual Properties of Palo Santo:
Palo Santo is traditionally associated with energy cleansing, protection, purification, peace, grounding, relaxation, spiritual healing, and positive energy. Burn a Maxwell’s Mystic Match before meditation, spell work, divination, prayer, yoga, or intention setting to help clear the atmosphere and invite calm, balanced energy.

How to Use:
Light the end of one Palo Santo match and allow it to burn for about 5–10 seconds, then gently blow out the flame. Let the stick smoulder and move the fragrant smoke through your space, around your altar, or near your ritual tools. Place it in a fire-safe holder when finished. These are Palo Santo wood matches, not standard incense sticks, so they smoulder rather than burn continuously like incense.

Palo Santo resin is a potent spiritual tool used for energetic clearing, protection, and grounding. Often called "holy wood," it is traditionally burned to dispel negative energies, promote joy, and enhance meditation, offering a deeper, longer-lasting aroma than wood sticks for cleansing spaces and elevating spiritual frequency.

• Protection & Blessing: The resin serves as a protective shield, often used in rituals to invite good fortune, love, and positivity into a space.
• Deep Grounding & Centring: Its aroma helps bring emotional stability, calmness, and inner peace.
• Spiritual Connection & Meditation: Known to deepen spiritual focus, enhance intuition, and facilitate connection with the divine or higher self.
• Emotional Uplifting: It reduces anxiety and stress, promoting a sense of well-being and clearing negative energy that causes sadness.
• Energetic Purification & Cleansing: It is used to drive away negative energy, evil spirits, and "mala energía" (bad energy) from spaces and personal auras.

1 package of resin incense