"It smells like hippie in here. Are you smoking weed?" This is how my husband greeted me a few days ago when he got home from work.
I probably don't have to tell you that I had been burning incense in the house--and, no, it wasn't because I was trying to cover up the smell of weed.
There are all kinds of misunderstandings about incense. As my husband so eloquently pointed out, some people associate the smell with the hippie movement. Nothing quite conjures up memories or experiences quite like the sense of smell. Think of the smell of freshly cut grass in the summer or the sweet smell of cookies baking at Grandma's house.
For many yoga students who have practiced in a studio that burns incense, the smell immediately brings to mind feelings of calmness and focus that they associate with yoga class. For me incense = yoga class = happy place. The second I light one of those sticks I come into the present moment. It's almost instantaneous.
The folks at myInsens, a new incense company geared toward yoga practitioners, want to help you recreate that feeling as often as possible. The smell is light, not overwhelming like some incense, and I love that their hand-rolled incense is fair traded and gives back to the villagers that make it. I could spend lots of time trying to describe the product to you, but you really have to try it for yourself!
myInsens has agreed to give one lucky reader a single individual box of incense in the scent of his/her choice! All you have to do is COMMENT below before December 13 and answer the question:
What scent always reminds you of a memory for you or brings you into the present moment?
I'll randomly choose a winner and post it in the comments on December 14!
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