Juniper is one of the most common aromatic ingredients found in Tibetan incense.

Juniper is known for its stimulating and mind-clearing properties, its cleansing and purification of the atmosphere, its calming and relaxing effect on the nerves, and its sharpening of mental awareness and alertness. It helps to freshen the senses and the mind while opening the nasal passages and respiratory tract. Juniper’s unique aromatic profile contains fresh, piney, earthy, woody, balsamic, and bittersweet aromas. Juniper is a sturdy, strong, and unyielding tree whose own physical attributes are mirrored in its influence on the human mind, body, and spirit.

Juniper incense has been used for thousands of years by many Indigenous cultures, including the Navajo (Dineh) peoples of the American Southwest, for psychological, physiological, and spiritual purposes.