Incense Making, Blending, and BurningDiploma Course

The Incense Making, Blending, and Burning Diploma Course guide you step-by-step through creating basic incense sticks as well as more complex incense pellets and moulds. You’ll learn about the ingredients of incense recipes, why specific herbs or flowers are used, and how they can be beneficial to your health and wellness. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to try out the many recipes available or come up with your own unique creations.

Following an exploration of the history, cultural and religious uses, and varying purposes of incense burning, we’ll dive into the process of making incense.

You’ll learn about the tools you’ll need, the different types of incense, and how to make how to make loose, non-combustible incense, non-combustible incense pellets, and combustible incense.

You’ll be provided with some incense recipes you can use to create your own combustible or non-combustible incense and learn how to correctly light, heat, and burn different types incense.

We’ll also discuss the Japanese incense ceremony, Kodo, and the current uses of incense in spirituality, wellbeing, and business.

By studying this course, you will:

• Become familiar with the history and modern uses of incense
• Discover the tools you need to make incense
• Understand the different types of incense and how to light, heat, and burn them
• Learn how to make three types of incense
• Receive incense recipes to follow
• Learn about the ingredients used in incense and their purposes