Maia Candle

maia Candle

THE COURAGE RITUAL

Courage, confidence and quiet strength, this is the candle for the thing you have been putting off.

You know the feeling. The conversation you keep rehearsing but never having. The application sitting in drafts. The decision you have made a hundred times in your head and zero times out loud. It is not that you do not know what to do. It is that doing it takes nerve, and nerve has been in short supply.

Maia was made for that moment. Light it when you are done waiting to feel ready, before the hard phone call, the big ask, or the first step you have been circling for months. Ready is not a feeling. It is a decision.

The scent is warm, earthy and quietly bold, built around Sandalwood and Clove. It opens with zesty Orange Peel and refreshing Fir Needle, like the sharp intake of breath before you begin. At its heart, warm and spicy notes of Clove, Cinnamon and Fresh Hay mingle with a delicate hint of Jasmine, comfort with a backbone. It settles into a rich, woody base of Sandalwood and Cedar Wood, softened by Malt and Vanilla, steady and sure, the scent of someone who has decided.

Maia takes her name from the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, mother of Hermes, messenger of the gods. She raised him alone in her mountain cave, needing no permission and no applause. Hers is not loud courage. It is the quiet kind that simply gets on with it. There is no better name for a candle about backing yourself.

Set in the wax are genuine Tiger’s Eye chips. Tiger’s Eye is known as the stone of courage, long associated with confidence, protection and the resolve to follow through. It is the crystal people carry into rooms that scare them. As the candle burns, the chips are gradually revealed in the wax, a small reward for every hour you spend with it.

Every Maia candle arrives with a double-sided ritual card in the box. One side tells you what Tiger’s Eye means. The other tells you exactly what to do, from your first burn to your last. No guesswork, no thinking required. You just light the candle and begin.

• 45-hour burn
• 100% natural soy wax
• Non-toxic fragrance
• Vegan-friendly
• Hand-poured in Melbourne by Bambi June

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