Our candle range is made in Japan from botanical wax, with burn times measured to a sitting rather than an evening.
Intention Ritual gift set includes 10 x 10min handmade botanical wax candles, brass candle stand & ritual guide.
Mindfulness Ritual gift set includes 5 x 20min handmade botanical wax candles, brass candle stand & ritual guide
Set of 5 10 min Intention Candles - handmade in Japan from botanical wax with washi paper wicks.
Set of 5 handmade 20 min Mindfulness Candles - handmade in Japan from botanical wax with washi paper wicks.
Meditation candles with a measured burn time
Most candles are made to fill a room and burn for hours. These are made to burn for a sitting and then go out, which is a different object entirely. The burn time is the feature: light one and you have a fixed window with a clear end, so the practice finishes on its own rather than on a timer you have to set and then ignore.
They are made in Japan in the wa-rousoku tradition, by candlemakers who have been at it for over a century. The wax is plant-based, either haze wax pressed from the fruit of the Japanese hazenoki tree or rice bran wax, and the wicks are hand-rolled from washi paper rather than cotton. There is no paraffin, no synthetic fragrance and no dye in any of them.
Choosing a ritual candle
Start with the length. Intention candles burn for ten minutes, which suits setting a goal at the start of a day or marking a decision. Mindfulness candles burn for twenty, long enough for a proper sit rather than a pause.
If you are starting from nothing, or buying for someone else, the intention candle ritual set and the mindfulness candle ritual set pair the candles with a stand and a short guide.
Candles suit anyone who wants to mark a moment without smoke, which makes them the better choice in an apartment or a shared space. For the smoke version, our incense collection does the same job differently.