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The Buddhist Mala Blog… Everything Mala!

Welcome to our Buddhist Mala Blog. The place for solace and inspiration! We find it essential in these difficult times to create a healthy lifestyle through meditation, manta practice and healing. We encourage everyone to connect to inner tranquility and calmness through the use of our mala beads. Mantra practice, the practice of repeating a sacred syllable or intention, has been used throughout centuries to remind us of our sacred world. We welcome you to our community. Please Like, share, comment with whatever inspiring practices and insights you might have to share on the path.

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FREE MALA GIVEAWAY- Lavastone and Tibetan Dzi

FREE MALA GIVEAWAY- Our Lavastone and Tibetan Dzi Mala This offer is for our kind customers who have purchased mala beads from us here at Sakura Designs, our way of saying thank you! You can keep…

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Rubies and Garnet- The Birthstones for Capricorn

The Breast Of Aaron Happy Birthday Capricorn! Capricorns are the children of the magical winter solstice, earth signs, and are strong, hard workers and usually very successful at their careers or whatever they put their minds to. Is there…

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How To Use Mala Beads For Mantra and Wellness

A Japa mala or mantra mala (Sanskrit: mala, meaning "garland") is typically a corded collection of 108 prayer beads made from gemstone beads, seeds or wood. The word "japa" means "quite or sub-audible recitation" in Sanskrit and it is used to…

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What Are Gemstone Mala Prayer Beads And Why Use Them?

What are Malas and how can you use them to heal? A Japa Mala is a series of specially made string of 108 prayer beads typically used in Jainism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and other Eastern religious traditions for spiritual practice called…

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Featured Mala: Find Focus and Reach Your Goals With Quartz Crystal and Black Onyx

It's been great to use our stay at home time for meditation and mantra practice. Finding focus and balance in today's chaotic world can be a challenge for even the most organized among us. The Faceted Crystal Mala contains a blend of quartz…

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How Unblocking Our Chakras Can Bring Us Inner Peace

We make our way through our daily lives searching for inner peace and satisfaction. We often find ourselves searching for ways to connect with and find joy in our surroundings—we search for new musical events to go to, new healthy restaurants…

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Malas for Prisoners~ The Mindfulness Peace Project

Hi, it's Dawn, the owner of Sakura Designs. I had the good fortune over the years of helping with prison projects in a number of different ways. I always believe that people are not confined to mistakes they've made, and all of us are redeemable…

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3 Secret Recipes for Tibetan Hot Sauce!

See the article here and download the recipe: https://femtechonline.com/posts/3-secret-recipes-for-tibetan-hot-sauce/

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7 Reasons to Choose a Plant Based Diet to Save You and… the Planet!

I'm publishing to my Wellness Blog these days~ Read the Article Here: https://femtechonline.com/posts/7-reasons-to-choose-a-vegan-diet-to-save-you-and-the-planet/

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Simple Steps to Overcome Anxiety in Our Troubled Times

Read the Article Here: https://femtechonline.com/posts/simple-steps-to-overcome-anxiety-in-our-troubled-times/ Simple Steps to Overcome Anxiety in Our Troubled Times Video:

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Dharma Centers~ Offering Holistic Healing and Wellness Retreats

A lot of Dharma centers are struggling to survive now, and this was happening before the pandemic. Buddhist Dharma is a complex series of long analytical teachings, logic and powerful training methods, that can take quite a few years, if not…

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The 8 Pillars of Wellness and Health- The New Dharma?

These 8 dimensions, also known as the 8 Pillars of Wellness offer an invaluable, forward thinking model and map to becoming a flourishing, productive and well person. Too many people assume that whenever they’re not ill, they’re healthy.…

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Staying Home? 10 Free Ideas to Create an at Home Wellness Retreat!

1. Reconnect to our daily meditation and yoga. 2. Burst exercise- 6 minutes interval jumping jacks and walking, count to 60 jumping jacks, then fast walk in place to cool down x 3, powerful! You can do this…

Native Stone Age Camp- Earthen Spirituality

I'd like to share stories from our family's summer Native Stone Age Camp. I must admit, I didn’t grow up as a Girl Scout and I’ve spent my entire life studying Tibetan Buddhism and yoga with a lot of lengthy texts and meditation practices.…

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What is Enlightenment? Series Part 4.- The Afterlife?

What really happens when we die, we would all love to know once and for all. Is there an afterlife? A young Colorado dharma woman passed away last year, and I read some her last beautiful and poignant words to us again and again that I’d…

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On a Bus, Remembering my Guru Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

I so love and miss my truly perfect teacher. He passed away in 1996, and I was there the night he died and stayed there for a day afterwards to meditate with him. It was a powerful time. After our global #dharmametoo revelations, so many…

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What is Enlightenment? Series Part 3.- Taoist Shangqing, Supreme Clarity

Shang-qing Taoist Enlightenment A Look Inside the Most Mystical Lineage of Taoism History of Shangqing The Chinese term TAO translates as "The Way." This Chinese character is a combination of two ideas…

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What is Enlightenment? Series Part 2.- Questioning “Spiritual Evolution”

I am an ardent, rigorously honest, spiritual seeker, the owner of Sakura Designs, and offer Mala Beads for meditation and yoga. I have a degree in Contemplative Psychology from Naropa University and with a minor in Buddhist Studies, and…

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What is Enlightenment? Series Part 1.- Looking

During the recent global religious scandals I’ve been reflecting on what it really means to me as a meditation and yoga practitioner to attain enlightenment. I’ve been a spiritual seeker since I was 16 years old and devoted a good part…

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Uncovering Our Inner Light Through Gemstone Healing Therapy

We’ve all had our hearts broken. In the midst of anguish or loss or disappointment it feels as though it will never heal and when we look back at the things that felt most difficult we see that they completely passed. In Tibetan dharma wisdom,…

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Gratitude is Enlightened- Goodbye Dad

My dad passed away tonite. The last thing he said to me was that he was grateful for so much: his home, his wife and dogs, having me, so many experiences. He only lived until 70 but he said "that's a lot longer than many have, I've had a such…

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Uncovering Our Inner Divine with Affirmation Mantras

Positive affirmations can change our lives. We experience all reality on the basis of our personal mind, so if we change this mind, our experience changes too. Indeed, we can reveal our natural divinity with Affirmation Mantras. …

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Discover How Gemstone Mala Jewelry Cаn Improve Your Life

HEALING PROPERTIES OF GEMSTONE MALA JEWELRY Gemstone Mala Jewelry cаn be much more thаn а lovely аccessory to mаtch аn outfit; it cаn improve your life. Gemstones аttrаct аnd mаgnify specific energies which…

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About Mantra Beads

Mantra Beads Mantra bracelets are powerful and beautiful prayer beads that are used for reciting mantras and we are here to tell you some interesting information about Mantra Beads! There is a mantra bracelet also known as a wrist mala.…

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Mindfulness for healing relationships… It works!

So much can be cured by mindfulness meditation. It boosts our mental wellness and reduces stress, nervousness, depression, and can help with chronic pain, as well as help to heal, improve and even fix relationships. A new study…

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Mala Beads by Color for Reiki Healing

What are the healing properties of mala beads by color? Mala Meditation Bead Meanings by Using Gemstone Jewel Tones Light is energy and white light when broken down and refracted becomes a rainbow spectrum of colors. Those colors…

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Workout… with Shiva Rea Yoga!

Shiva Rea is an accomplished western yoga workout teacher that we highly recommend, from Southern California. She created a form of yoga called Shiva Rea yoga which is a very strong, joyful method of combining a moderate workout with yoga…

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Healing Spring Cleaning Detox… Inside and Out!

Outer Spring Cleaning Detox Spring is our favorite time of year because it always feels that we can have a fresh start, like a whole new life, filled with growth and possibility. We like to take this time of year to begin the new renewal…

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Quartz Crystal, A Master Healing Stone

What Is Quartz? Quartz crystal, a master healing stone, should become an important part of everyone's daily life. With crystals as pale and surreal as a wisp of smoke, as dark and clear as midnight waters, or as warm and rich as a cognac…

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Good Morning Yoga!

Start the day out right with Good Morning Yoga, wherever you are, right at home! Yoga positions are the basic constitution of any yoga practice. Yoga postures are exercise for your body, heart and mind, they are not just for a physical, outer…

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New Year’s Yoga for Weight Loss

Can Yoga Practice Help Me to Lose Weight? It's January, and time for New Year's Yoga for Weight Loss. Ok we are there too, it's after the Holidays, and we've stopped our family dinners, deserts, and overeating, and yet, too scared to look…

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5 Way to Make A (Yoga Practice) Great Again for 2018

The colorful, light-infused, holiday season is once more upon us and with of the holidays come our beloved traditions and it's time to Make Yoga Practice Great Again! After time with family, eating, more eating, celebrating, traveling, we…

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Holiday Blues? Try Meditation!

Cures for Holiday Stress Holiday Depression got you down... try meditation! The Holidays for many can be a stressful and for some, a poignant, lonely time. As winter sets in, memories of lost family and (for some of us) youth, the…

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The Calming Power of Mantra

What is Mantra? Depressed, Anxious these days, well we are too, when we don't practice our manta and meditation. There's an ancient history of chanting mantras for everything from health to prosperity, and mainly to calm our nervous system.…

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Warm up to Sagittarius Season – The Sagittarius Inspired Mala

Dear firey Sagittarius souls, it's your time to shine! At Sakura Designs, we welcome Sagittarius season with open arms with our Sagittarius Malas. As we enter the cold season, the warm- hearted Sagittarius in your life can bring some heat!…

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The Empowering Mala Necklace

ABOUT THIS INSPIRED DESIGN Lavish in the luxurious allure of the Empowering Mala Necklace from Sakura Designs. Bestowing the wearer with healing energies and providing protection from negativity, this Mala takes action for you. The Empowering…

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Ancient Prayer Beads & Bodhi Mala History

Everything has a history, we are especially interested in the bodhi mala history, here at buddhistmala. Sometimes we forget that with the mundane things in life. Everything we see around us that we take for granted all has an origin…

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Tiger’s Eye Astrology Mala for Scorpio

November Birthstone Mala Beads: Tiger's Eye for Scorpio The winds are picking up, the temperatures are dropping, and the trees are shedding their final leaves: November is upon us, the month of the Scorpio. Known for their fierce loyalty,…

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Amber Mala Prayer Beads for November

Golden Prayer Bead Choices for November Warm up with Golden Sunshine as it gets colder! Prayer Beads, made with one of our birthstone of the month prayer beads, are not only created to be beautiful to your eyes, but also to your yoga soul…

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Riding the Winds Change with Yoga, Meditation and Mantra

Go with the Flow... Sometimes it feels like change is the only constant in life, and some people are more adaptable than others. While a go with the flow attitude is second nature to some, many feel paralyzed with indecision in the face…

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How to Use a Mala for Japa Mantra Meditation

Japa Mantra Meditation and the Use of Malas Japa Mantra Meditation is an ancient Buddhist practice where a chosen mantra is repeated out loud 108 times in Sanskrit. Japa meditation is a sound meditation. Each sound of the Sanskrit…

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October Birthstone Mala Beads & Bracelet for Libra

About October Birthstone Libra Mala Beads Our October Libra Mala Beads are traditionally used for prayer and spiritual practices, such as meditation and mantra recitations. The beads are normally worn around wrists, like bracelets, or dangle…

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Featured Mala of the Month: Lapis Lazuli

Deep Ocean Blue Evokes Emotional Depth With the coming of the new Millennium also came a drastic change in how we live our daily lives. We are currently living in the age of information, of technology, and of worldly pleasures.…

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September Birthstone Mala for Virgo

Oh sweet September, Virgo's are the stars of your month! September is the months for celebrating Virgo, the kind, hardworking, and practical sign. Virgos are also known for their intellect, tend to love art, science, literature, and mathematics, and…

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Mantra Beads for a Broken Heart

Most everyone who walks this beautiful planet has experienced a broken heart. When emotional wounds are raw, it is crucial to nourish your physical and spiritual health. The gentle, but rigorous, challenges of mantra practice or a yoga flow,…

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Leo Birthstone Prayer Beads for August!

Leo it's your month in August! Leo's are natural-born leaders, and like their lion embodiment, love to take charge always seeking new challenges. We have made sure that this fiery sign will fall in love with our Leo mala bracelet. This amazing…

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An Introduction To The Popular Forms of Yoga

Yoga, Health and Wellness: healthy living through your choice of yoga traditions- Entering into the world of yoga can be a bit overwhelming. A quick search of local classes will often return a seemingly unending selection of…

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Featured Mala Prayer Beads: The Inspiration Mala!

This month is for you writers, singers, artists, performers, and thinkers who strive off of creativity. This month, Sakura celebrates all of you who inspire or seek inspiration with our Inspiration Mala prayer beads.

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July Birthstone Prayer Beads for Cancer

The Cancer Mala Bracelet is a great way to keep the Cancerian personality grounded while processing past emotional experiences and bringing awareness to their emotional reactions to others.

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Mala Prayer Beads of the Month: ROSE QUARTZ

Rose Quartz Mala Prayer Beads are gentle and understated with powerful healing properties. They feature soft pink rose quartz beads with aquamarine and silver markers, complete with a cotton tassel...

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4 Ways to Choose Your Mala

When selecting your first mala, the choices can seem overwhelming. The varieties of colors, styles, and intentions might dissuade potential mala users away from utilizing this beautiful tool. Allow this brief guide to help make that decision…

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June Birthstone Prayer Beads for Gemini

Gemini comes across as a flighty, social but often amicable sign. However, there is more to this sunny, friendly personality. Gemini is the sign of the Twins, which means they are dual-natured and can seem to have two sides to their personality; oftentimes…

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Jade Birthstone Prayer Beads: Taurus Gemstone Mala

The month of May is the time of year that represents change, rebirth, and growth. Sakura's Taurus Mala Bracelet is a beautiful representation of the lush, vibrant greens that appear in this month. All facets of nature sing in harmony as winter…

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Gemini Birthstone Mala Bracelets

The Sakura prayer beads for the month of June present us with the healing properties of pearl, opalite, and quartz...

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Our Mini Mala Collection-Imported

What Are Mini Malas?? See Our Collection Here... Mala beads are traditionally 8mm in diameter, to be precise, 0.3149606 of an inch, about 1/3rd, the size of an edamame. We presume all of our readers can relate to that! The mini…

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Mala Prayer Beads of the Month: Pearl and Aventurine

With warmer weather starting to show itself, it's time to break out of those winter blues and do something for yourself.

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Sacred Beads, Rosaries and Calming the Mind

How Sacred Bead Rosaries are Used in Various Spiritual Traditions Rosaries are used in nearly every world religion, prayer beads to mark the repetition of some devotion, usually a specific prayer or mantra. Using the beads to keep track…

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February Birthstone Malas- Aquarius

Aquarius Your individual nature and broad-mindedness are what makes you Aquarius. You belong to the air element and as such are full of ideas which can inspire and insight, but sometimes cause you to easily lose patience and have feelings…

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Garnet Prayer Beads: The Mala of the Month

In honor of this wonderful New Year of starting fresh, it seemed fitting that we focus this month on the importance of gratitude. It's hard to believe we're starting a whole new year. As you're beginning to make preparations for 2017, take…

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Healing Properties of our Mala Beads

If you are wondering which set of mala beads to choose from, we have a really cool Gemstone Numerology Birthstone Calculator at the bottom of this page. Just type in your birthdate and the suggested healing stones specific to you will…

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December Birthstone Mala Beads- Sagittarius

Birthstone Prayer Beads for December December celebrates Sagittarius, the sign that represents those who love adventure and freedom. It's the perfect month for you as you'll be surrounded by family and friends during the holiday season.…

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Post Election Stress Disorder: Calming Anxieties with Mantra

Whether you appreciate the outcome of the recent presidential elections or not, it is clear that many of us are dealing with a tremendous amount of emotions, thoughts, feelings and anxieties concerning the current state of society and how…

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The Saga of Milarepa and a Journey to Truth through Compassion

Seeking truth seems like an endless endeavor...

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Featured Mala: Black Onyx Mala Beads

Mala Prayer Beads of the Month- Balance by Black Onyx Life has a way of becoming stagnant. It is easy to lose connection with oneself as well as with the world around us. Bad habits can form and behaviors start to take place that no…

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Birthstone Mala Bracelet for November- Scorpio

November is here! This is your month, Scorpio. Time to shine your brightest. The birthstone for the month of November is Citrine, a stone of brilliant oranges and yellows with the warmth of the sun. In honor of our Scorpio friends, we have…

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The Mala Prayer Beads of the Month: The Well-Being Mala

Evoke Inner Joy with our Well-Being Mala Beads! With the holidays quickly approaching, it seems there's no better time than the present to focus on family and living in harmony, reminding ourselves how fortunate we are to be surrounded by…

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Mala Beads for October- Opalite

Birthstone Mala of the Month for October - Opal Zodiac bracelets with mala beads connect you to your inner animal spirit or element with an astrological gemstone bracelet. Our gemstone bracelets are adjustable and natural and can provide…

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Yoga Jewelry

Have you seen a child who just discovered a new toy; this is the kind of reaction you will see when a person discovers the world of yoga jewelry.

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Malas- What are they really all about?

About Mala Beads Prayer beads have already been utilized for centuries as a devotion and meditation tool. An intention, prayer or mantra is recited for each one of the beads. Many religions have some kind of sacred prayer bead, Christianity-rosary,…

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Using Mala Prayer Beads to Set Intentions for Yoga Practice

Yoga is a meditative practice that attends to both the spiritual components of the mind and the physical structures of the body. Aligning these elements is a crucial part of any yoga practice and is achieved by setting intentions which help…

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Mindful Meditative Yoga for Healing

In the fast-paced reality many of us have created for ourselves, we rarely have time to center our thoughts and our actions. Yoga for healing provides the body and mine some peace through mindfulness and relaxation. The benefits…

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Mala Prayer Beads of the Month – Kundalini Yoga Prayer Beads

If you are a little more experienced in meditation...

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Featured Mala- Magnetizing Mala Beads (Lotus Love)

Feeling confused, exhausted, and uninspired? Then you will benefit from the use of some magnetizing mala necklace, healing crystals to get you back on your true path with renewed vigor and heart. Consider the The Magnetizing Mala…

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A Tassel Mala or Not, How to Choose?

How to decide which mala bead necklace is right for me? We started to offer mala prayer beads without tassels a few years ago...

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