We had the good fortune of connecting with Mimi Daraa and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Mimi, how does your business help the community?
Maison Palo Santo is a small business on a big mission!

Since 2016 we have dedicated our lives to providing our community with therapeutic grade Palo Santo products that promote wellbeing for the mind, body and spirit.

We saw the need for clean burning candles that truly harnessed not only the aroma, but also the healing properties of the sacred Palo Santo tree.

We developed a line of aromatherapy products which now includes 10 candles, 4 sprays, rollers, essential oils, smudge sticks and a functional fragrance, which are all made with pure essential oils and organic ingredients so you can feel good about making yourself feel good!

Palo Santo itself is not endangered, however the delicate biome it comes from is threatened. This is how our program of “Buy a Candle, Plant a Tree” was born.

The largest concentration of Palo Santo trees come from this area in Ecuador and for the last 4 years have been donating funds to support the planting of thousands of Palo Santo trees. We planted two trees at our own home in 2018 when we decided to launch our online platforms as a symbol of growth and expansion. If you come to one of our upcoming retreats you can visit them!

Here in the USA, we travel to different cities and markets offering Palo Santo workshops to connect people to their innate potential through the power of Palo Santo and daily rituals! Collaborating with other heart centered businesses has been a beautiful experience that continues to grow. We truly believe in community, and it’s because of our awesome customers that we continue to evolve.

Events and retreats are the newest branch of our Maison Palo Santo tree, allowing us to connect with more people amplified by Palo Santo, breathwork, music, yoga and meditation. We are so grateful to all the teachers before us that have guided us to use these sacred medicines, rituals and practices in fun ways that fit into our modern day lives.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
Maison Palo Santo isn’t just a candle company! We are home to the one and only pure Palo Santo candle that supports reforestation while stimulating economies at their source…however not only do we have an entire line of products we also do events!

In 2021 we drove cross country and handed one of our custom engraved Palo Santo sticks to people at yoga studios, restaurants and boutiques as a congratulatory gift for surviving the pandemic. It was so well received and we enjoyed it so much that something inside us sparked and we knew we wanted to “Spread the Palo Santo Love”.

We created a workshop combining yoga, movement, breathwork, music and energy cleansing. and of course Palo Santo education. What makes us different is at all our events, each attendee receives a personal Palo Santo gift so they can infuse intentions into the wood and keep vibes high in their every day lives!

Since I have been hand engraving special messages like peoples names and other fun things into Palo Santo sticks to accompany any order from our website since 2020- it just fit right in to our flow.

It also is guaranteed to leave you smiling when you open a box from us!

We expanded this into providing custom sticks and gift bags for a variety of events that range from international yoga retreats, womens retreats in the desert right here in California, to The Hampton Classic Horse Show to the BET Music Awards.

Our favorite people to provide sticks for are always our fellow small business owners that offer them to attendees of their own events! Each stick comes with a guided mediation and instructions on how to use their Palo Santo!

Right now we are launching an extrait de parfum, our exclusive functional fragrance that illuminates Palo Santo in a whole new way as an elite addition to our Eco- Luxe Line!

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I recently spent the day strolling the boardwalk in Venice Beach and had the most amazing plant based lunch at The Butchers Daughter.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I’d like to dedicate this shoutout to someone who has been an inspiration, huge business supporter, master connector, creativity booster, producer, composer, writer, speaker, healer… and most importantly friend that I can laugh with like no other. DJ Cherish the LUV thank you for moving me with your music always in the direction of expansion!

Website: www.maisonpalosanto.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/maisonpalosanto

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-daraa-3511941a6/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/maisonpalosanto

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr71ObHbRi4L45YGGjJPWiQ

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