> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.revery.space/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Morning Ritual, Palo Santo by the Stove | 3 min
- URL: https://www.revery.space/morning-ritual-palo-santo-by-the-stove/
- Published: 2025-02-19T19:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-07T12:27:59.000Z
- Description: A simple morning ritual: lighting palo santo while coffee brews, grounding through the feet, and taking one slow breath. A cherished kitchen print connects this Tiny Moment to family roots, humble gratitude, and the lifelong practice of pausing.
- Author: Sandra Dawn
- Tags: Practices

Most mornings, when I’m helping kids head to school as I get my coffee on, I take a tiny moment to light my palo santo at the stove while I wait for my brew.

![A single piece of palo santo wood is burning, releasing a swirl of sweet-smelling smoke](https://storage.ghost.io/c/86/ab/86abdb56-fe5f-4709-888a-274f8e1270b3/content/images/2026/01/20250219_TinyMoments_PaloSantoBurning_Morning_Ritual_REVERY01.jpg)

I ground down through my feet, spread & wiggle my toes, and take **one** deep breath—the kind where the exhale is longer than the inhale. It helps set the tone for my day. 

The print that hangs by my Tiny Moment—of eggs, cooking utensils, and palo santo nestled in a shell I collected—is the same print that hung above my great-grandparents’ table when I was a kid. 

I love it. 

It reminds me of them, of my Mennonite upbringing, of a humble kind of gratitude and the importance of pausing—a lifelong journey for me.