Fragrant Tibetan strings for the seventh chakra Sahasrara

Traditional Tibetan scented strings for harmonizing the crown chakra with the scent of juniper, damar resin, camphor and guggul to encourage spiritual connection. Strings are used in the Himalayan region similarly to incense sticks. Just stick them in a bowl of sand, hang them on a special stand, or put them in a wooden box and light them. For centuries these strings have been burned in Tibetan temples and are traditionally lit by housewives in Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan. Illustrative image.

Smell: sweetly resinous - woody - aromatic with camphor tones.
Basic principle: pure Being, to know.

Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) - Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) - positively affects pure consciousness, spiritual unity, meditation, karma. Its color is white or purple. The white color brings the power of enlightenment, represents individual cycles in nature. It is a symbol of purity, unity and innocence. Purple symbolizes creativity, new beginnings and knowledge. Purple is the color of people born when the old year leaves and the new year reaches the winter solstice, i.e. December 22 to January 20, people born under the sign of Capricorn . Violet combines the fiery passion of the red ray and the intuition of the violet color. It helps to look into our emotions and logic, it is the color of understanding and self-knowledge.

Scented strings are handmade in Nepal using traditional methods . Local aromatic herbs from the Himalayas are used for this, which are ground into a fine powder mixture. This is then wrapped in thin strips of Nepali Lokta paper and gently twisted like a rope into a braid. Among other aromatic substances, the scented cords contain sandalwood, Himalayan cedar, nard - Nardostachis Jatamansi, foxglove - Orchis Latifolia, flowers from Didymocarpus Leucocalyx, chebuli heart, also called Nectar of Immortality - Tinospora cordifolia, musk, juniper and saffron.

Incense strings can be burned "standing up" in various containers, such as censers and smoking bowls , filled with fine sand, where we can stick them in like incense sticks, light their end and blow them out after burning for a while so that they only smolder. They can also be placed on the wire sieves of censers, in stone bowls, wooden chests or hung on a special stand designed for burning incense sticks.

Always make sure the incense strings are in a safe area away from places where their burning could cause a fire. Keep cords out of reach of children.

Number of strings in the package: 20 x approx. 15 cm
Burning time: 45 min/string

Country of origin: Nepal