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Sacred Smoke & Spirit - Why I Use Copal, Palo Santo & Sage in My Spiritual Healing Sessions

By Tiffany Farley at “a west style story”

In every spiritual healing session, whether it’s a Reiki healing, ThetaHealing, a Mediumship reading, Akashic Records reading, or an intuitive tarot reading, I work with tools that hold spiritual lineage and deep energetic resonance. Among my personal favorites and in my option the most powerful are Copal incense. I love Palo Santo sticks, and smudge bundles  just as much, but they all hold their own unique energy.

These sacred tools have been used for centuries by Indigenous cultures across the Americas for energy clearing, spiritual protection, and connection to higher realms. I don’t just sell these on my site, I use them in my practice every day because I believe in their power, and I’ve witnessed the transformation they support in my personal life as well as my clients.

Copal Incense otherwise known as the “Bread of the Gods”

Sourced from the trees of Mexico and Central America, Copal resin was revered by the Mayan and Aztec civilizations as “Bread of the Gods.” Used in ceremony to communicate with the Divine, it is one of the most powerful natural tools for cleansing negative energy and raising spiritual vibration, and calling in angelic divine energy. I burn White Sage when I am about to call in Spirit and I burn Copal incense sticks after every healing session . Its clean, resin-rich smoke helps to open the crown chakra, cleanse the aura, and create a direct pathway to divine guidance while protecting the energy. I love to use Copal when I want to cleanse my healing space, align with my higher self, or invite clarity into my spiritual practice. I am also a certified herbalist and from an herbalism perspective, Copal, Palo Santo  and White Sage are known for their antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, adding to its power as a holistic healing ally.

Feminine Intuition is the Oldest Magic in Existence

In a world designed to pull you out of your own knowing and gut,  choosing to trust your intuition is a radical act of reclamation. Whether it’s religion, government, or cultural conditioning, systems have long been structured to keep us disconnected from our truth,  and more importantly, from Spirit. At aweststylestory.com, we believe that feminine intuition is the oldest, most powerful form of magic in existence. And now more than ever, we are being called to remember it. This is a very consistent topic that shows up with many of my clients during a session. Spirit wants us to stand in our power.

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