{"id":6518,"date":"2013-01-10T20:43:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T01:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=6518"},"modified":"2013-01-10T20:45:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T01:45:44","slug":"my-renewed-love-of-incense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=6518","title":{"rendered":"My Renewed Love of Incense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of incense, I&#8217;m transported back to the boardwalk of Seaside Heights, New Jersey and the like.\u00a0 I know, not your typical religious temple or exotic, mysterious, dimly lit setting with Persian rugs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My favorite brands are <a href=\"http:\/\/nagchampa.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nag Champa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nipponkodostore.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nippon Kodo<\/a>, and Song of India Temple (here I&#8217;m inserting a shameless plug for a new friend&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/MeditationHut\" target=\"_blank\">eBay store<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/MeditationHut\" target=\"_blank\"> Etsy shop<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themeditationhut.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, The Meditation Hut- Katrina&#8217;s an amazing person!)\u00a0 I don&#8217;t discriminate between stick or cone incense.\u00a0 They are all truly wonderful!\u00a0 I love to watch the smoke rising, curling, swirling, dancing about!\u00a0 Just mesmerizing.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also the perfect moment to play a guided meditation or instrumental yogi music.\u00a0 Just shut your eyes and let your worldly cares sail away&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I wholeheartedly welcome some brand recommendations =).\u00a0 Please share your thoughts!\u00a0 I would love to try Satya Sai Baba, Wildberry, and InScent someday.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/gamillahboutique.com\/home_fragrance.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Gamillah Boutique<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Photocredit:<\/strong> Gatti at HubPages.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6518 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=6522'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/incense-catch-tray-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of incense, I&#8217;m transported back to the boardwalk of Seaside Heights, New Jersey and the like.\u00a0 I know, not your typical religious temple or exotic, mysterious, dimly lit setting with Persian rugs&#8230; My favorite brands are Nag Champa, Nippon Kodo, and Song of India Temple (here I&#8217;m inserting a shameless plug for &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[297,798,352],"tags":[1797,1799,1798,1801,1800],"class_list":["post-6518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-candles","category-curiosities","category-home-garden","tag-incense","tag-nag-champa","tag-nippon-kodo","tag-song-of-india-temple","tag-the-meditation-hut"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6518"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6752,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6518\/revisions\/6752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}