Start the year off right with a mindful meditation in this Mala & Meditation workshop on January 8th 1:30-3:30pm. We put our full attention and care into each piece, knowing the experience of owning a mala and how beautiful it can be. We take pride in the meditation beads we create, and also find great joy in knowing that it will one day bring somebody some ease and happiness.

Since the beginning for us it’s never been about making money, rather it’s been about inspiring people to practice and making our meditation beads available to everyone who wants them. Do this 108 times, traveling around the mala, until you once again reach the guru bead.

They are inspired by Yogic Tradition and are perfect to start your practice of Japa Meditation. Malas are perfect for both beginners as well as those who already have an established meditation practice. These counters are placed at different points on the mala depending on tradition, sometimes at the 10th, 21st or 25th bead from the Guru bead.

Pull each bead over the fingers with your thumb as you recite the mantra. Once you’ve set an intention, meditation beads are a beautiful way to focus on achieving your dreams during your practice and everyday life. They are used to count breaths or the number of times a mantra is repeated by running your fingers over the beads.

The importance of the number 108 is reflected in the spiritual power mala beads provide and may also serve as a reminder of your own divine nature and connectedness to everything that is. Every stone has a different energy and significance for the individual wearing it. A strand of mala beads can have a variety of stones mixed so as to create a mix and blend of energies that coincide with your intentions when it comes to meditation.

When not using your mala beads it’s best to store them in a sacred spot such as an altar. Place your mala on your third, or ring, finger before you begin reciting mantras or meditating. Each bead counts one repetition of the mantra When you get around to the guru bead, you don’t count it, and you don’t pass it; you stop there, mentally bow to the guru, flip the mala around, and start going back the other way.

Hold the mala between your middle finger and thumb. From the initial use in the Buddhist tradition as a way to eliminate earthy desires” of those who couldn’t leave their secular lives, mala beads were soon used by Buddhist monks who found they helped facilitate meditation mantras.

There will be many people who’ll never develop a relationship with Spirit and discover the benefits of meditation, but for those who would like to and would like a set of our meditation beads, we certainly will do our best to reduce the financial obstacle in order to ensure that you can.

Soak the beads for some time (some suggest leaving it overnight). Meditation malas have been used for thousands of years in many traditions across the world. Each gemstone also has a particular meaning and healing properties, and wearers can choose their mala beads based on what they’re seeking from their meditation.

The 108 counting beads” meet in the center where there is a guru bead” that hangs perpendicular and does not get counted or skipped but rather used as a point of reflection. And mala beads made from wood or tagua nut represent a spiritual connection with the earth – great for promoting mindfulness and grounding energy during meditation.