In Sanskrit, 'mauna' means silence. The silence we refer to with this word is not an absence of noise, but a strength that is free from time and space. It is uncontaminated and a sacred vibration that is behind and before everything. After all.
We chose Sanskrit as a language and sandalwood as a material to pay tribute to one of the oldest traditions: Ayurveda.
Smelling is the closest we can get to this kind of silence, isn't it? When you smell, you feel; you don't think. You experience the scent. In that, there is silence. Honesty. Union. You are the scent; you are in the scent. The scent is in you.
How long does this state of being last? It doesn't matter. What matters is that it happens. And it does. Any time you close your eyes, you smell a scent. The curtain falls. Silence falls. Facing the intangible: The mind and the smell. An open channel connects us to something that has always been there and always will be. If you are open to it, you can sense it.
Mauna is silence. Through Mauna, listen to your nose as your lighthouse and entrance to your innermost self. Stepping stones can be found.
You will pursue it softly and effortlessly, and it will grow from within you like a budding lotus flower. Perhaps you will access earlier stages where you felt it. They are forgotten in daily life, but not in the depths of your mind. It is a well to revisit again and again.
Mauna also reminds us that the body is a temple. Go inside. Find the vibration of silence. That is what life is all about.
Stefania Squeglia wanted to create Mauna, unfolding it from the deep layers of sandalwood, which is a world in itself. The Mauna formulation is an intangible, silent embroidery — a sutra expressed through sandalwood and its dignity.
