Prayer Mala Beads Healing Power
Mantra recitation and meditation increase calmness, balance, patience, energy levels and positive thinking.
In addition the individual type of beads used in our mala prayer beads have healing power and benefits.
African Turquoise Mala Beads
African Turquoise awakens and soothes the soul. It promotes growth, transformation, new ideas, life changes, self-development, improvement and assists in finding ones true path. It is a protective stone that brings balance and eases mood swings and depression. It can relieve joint pain and can be used to treat the kidneys.
Amazonite Mala Beads
Amazonite is a soothing stone and protects against electromagnetic pollution. It opens and heals the heart, assists in manifesting universal love and is said to enhance intuition. It dispels negative energy, alleviating fear and worry.
Amethyst Mala Beads
Amethyst is a protective & powerful stone with a high spiritual vibration. It is a motivating and stimulating stone promoting insights, new ideas, creative thinking and decision making. It enhances spiritual awareness and wisdom, and is excellent for meditation and focusing. Amethyst is cleansing and calming and helps overcome addictions, overactive and scattered thinking, insomnia and nightmares. Physically amethyst eases headaches and stress and can help to balance the lungs, skin and digestion.
Aquamarine Mala Beads
Aquamarine is a wonderful stone for meditation as it calms the mind, reduces stress and soothes. It increases intuition and spiritual awareness, and helps to reveal hidden emotions and break old patterns. It is known as a protective stone – generating courage and reducing fear. Aquamarine can assist in speaking our truth, it is associated with the throat chakra, helps with public speaking and clear communication. It can reduce judgmental thoughts and bring tolerance to those around us.
Aventurine Mala Beads
Green Aventurine protects the heart, is associated with the heart chakra and promotes emotional recovery. It helps to overcome negative emotions and can diffuse negative situations. It is an all round healer bringing creativity, compassion, empathy, perseverance, prosperity and increased perception. Green aventurine promotes leadership skills and aids decision making. It can ease anger and irritation. It is beneficial for blood pressure, headaches, eyes and skin allergies.
Bodhi Mala Beads
It was under a Bodhi tree, at Bodhgaya in India, that the Buddha attained enlightenment. For this reason Bodhi beads are highly valued and said to enrich the mind.
Carnelian Mala Beads
Carnelian is a grounding stone that increases confidence, motivation and ambition and protects against negative emotions. It aids concentration during meditation by easing distracted thinking and mental laziness. It can ease anger, resentment, envy and depression and bring warmth, happiness & restore a love of life. Carnelian can ease lower back pain, arthritis & rheumatism.
Chrysocolla Mala Beads
Chrysocolla is a tranquil calming stone that cleanses, heals heartache & increases the capacity to love. It is a good stone for meditation and helps rocky relationships, communication and eases guilt. It encourages inner balance, confidence, self-awareness and inspires creativity. Chrysocolla is re-energising and cooling and can help arthritis, PMS, tonsils and burns.
Citrine Mala Beads
Citrine is a cleansing and energising stone that increases intuition, motivation and creativity. Citrine attracts wealth & success, raises confidence and self-esteem. It helps to overcome depression, anger & fear and promotes balance and inner calm. It is a warming stone that can help balance hormones and is good for digestion, kidneys and bladder.
Conch Shell Mala Beads
The Conch Shell is one of the 8 auspicious symbols and symbolises the speech of the Buddha. The conch is played like a trumpet; it is believed the sound of the conch can banish evil spirits and prevent natural disasters. The conch is a symbol of authority and sovereignty.
Coral Mala Beads
Coral is an aid to meditation and brings happiness. It can ease depression and protects against curses and nightmares. Coral brings courage and can help one avoid violence.
Crystal Mala Beads
Crystal amplifies prayers, healing, thoughts, wishes and positive visualisations. It works on every level to bring the body into balance and boosts the immune system. It is believed to supply positive energy and help dispel negative energy.
Dragon Blood Jasper Mala Beads
Dragon Blood Jasper helps you to reside in the present moment and gives courage. Dragon Blood Jasper removes toxins, cleanses the blood and detoxifies the kidneys, liver, spleen, intestines and bladder.
Dzi Mala Beads
Dzi beads can help to protect from the negative elements and energies thereby promoting physical and spiritual harmony. They are believed to balance the body hence improving the body’s immune system, promoting overall health and a feeling of calm within oneself. Dzi (pronounced ‘zee’) means shine and brightness. Genuine antique dzi beads are highly prized in Tibetan culture and made from banded brown, black and white agate. These beads are black, brown and white agate and are not antique dzi beads.
Ebony Mala Beads
Tiger Ebony is a dense hardwood found in the Kamagong fruit trees. It has a smooth, soft sheen in shades of beige, dark brown and black bandings. Tiger ebony wood is grounding and is believed to ward off negative energy.
Fluorite Mala Beads
Fluorite is highly protective and is used in healing to remove stress and negative energy. It helps to focus the mind, heightens intuition and brings about stability and grounding. It is known to reveal the truth and dissolve illusions.
Fancy Jasper Mala Beads
Fancy Jasper, also known as indian agate, promotes well-being, channels positive energy, strengthens boundaries and helps to release obsessions.
Garnet Mala Beads
Garnet is known to revitalise, purify and balance energy. It inspires devotion and love, alleviating emotional disharmony. It is used as a protective talisman to warn of approaching danger.
Green Opal Mala Beads
Green Opal is a cleansing stone, helps to make life meaningful and supports relaxation. It is associated with the heart chakra, heals emotions and relationships, clears up confusion, fear and guilt, and can bring about restful sleep. Green opal is a variety of opal with nontronite.
Hematite Mala Beads
Hematite harmonises mind, body and spirit and is particularly effective at protecting and grounding. It increases confidence, boosts self-esteem and enhances willpower. It is useful for overcoming addictions and compulsions, treating any form of overindulgence including smoking and overeating.
Honeystone Mala
Honeystone, also known as honey jade, gently amplifies energy and assists in the challenges associated with change. It is said to enhance higher consciousness, intellect and memory. Physically, honeystone is beneficial for kidneys, bladder, female organs and menopause.
Howlite Mala Beads
Howlite is a calming stone, teaches patience and helps to reduce anger, it strengthens postive characteristics.
Jade Mala Beads
Jade promotes love, courage, justice and wisdom. It is also believed to calm the mind by helping to release negative thoughts. It is thought to calm the nervous system, cleanse the blood, and to remove toxins. It is said to be an excellent stone for the kidneys.
Labradorite Mala Beads
Labradorite connects with universal energy and raises consciousness. It is an iridescent stone – a bringer of light, highly mystical and protective. It can relieve menstrual tension, balances hormones and lowers blood pressure. It is used to treat rheumatism, colds and gout.
Lapis Lazuli Mala Beads
Lapis lazuli is a protective stone of truth and friendship, supporting healthy, loving relationships. Lapis Lazuli is associated with the throat chakra and can assist in verbal communications and speaking your truth. It enhances spiritual journeying and dream work, can help to achieve clarity of mind and aids spiritual development. It can ease stress, depression and anger, and brings peace & harmony to relationships. It can ease headaches, insomnia and problems with the throat.
Larvikite Mala Beads
Larvikite is a grounding and protective stone that repels negative energy. It is often referred to as “Black Moonstone”. Larvikite stimulates creativity, inner vision, wisdom and helps us to connect with our higher self.
Lepidolite Mala Beads
Lepidolite is a calming stone good for clearing blockages, bringing awareness & emotional healing, freeing feelings and thoughts from other lives. Lepidolite reduces depression, stress, obsessive thinking, addictions, mood swings and insomnia.
Lotus Seed Mala Beads
The lotus seed symbolises spiritual knowledge and power. The seed has calming properties that alleviate restlessness, palpitations and insomnia. It is said the lotus seed improves concentration and benefits the spleen, kidney and heart.
Malachite Mala Beads
Malachite is a powerful stone, a protector, a cleanser and amplifier of positive & negative energy. It assists in transformation, encouraging change and revealing hinderances to your spiritual growth. Malachite supports emotional healing; releasing old trauma and negative experiences. Cleanse regularly by placing in the sun on a quartz cluster.
Mookaite Mala Beads
Mookaite, a jasper from Mooka Creek in Western Australia, promotes an inner desire for new experiences and acts as a guide for choosing the right path. A balancing and stabilising stone that cleanses the blood, boosts immunity and heals wounds.
Moonstone Mala Beads
Moonstone is known as a fertility crystal and is traditionally used to aid women – during pregnancy and childbirth, to ease menstrual cramps and to rebalance hormones during the menopause.
Obsidian Mala Beads
Obsidian brings clarity of mind, expands consciousness, helps you to know who you truly are and aids in identifying old behavioral patterns. It is said to reduce the pain of joints problems, arthritis and cramp.
Onyx Mala Beads
Black Onyx is a soothing and comforting stone, useful in times of grief or excessive mental or physical stress. It is said to help alleviate fears and worries and to help you feel comfortable within your self and in your surroundings. It is also believed to promote stamina and vigour and to encourage the making of wise decisions.
Pearl Mala Beads
Pearls are said to have a strong magnetic healing power and are believed to strengthen the nerves, adrenal glands, spleen and muscular system. Pearls are said to stimulate digestion, provide vitality and are associated with purity, honesty, friendship, patience, understanding and peace.
Picture Jasper beads
Picture Jasper is an excellent grounding stone suitable for deep states of meditation. The brown and black bandings form a “picture” revealing a message from the past. Picture Jasper brings balance, stability, creative vision and can help uncover hidden feelings of envy, guilt, hatred and love. It is believed to bring harmony & comfort, ease fear and clear toxins from the body.
Poppy Jasper Mala Beads
Poppy Jasper is a grounding stone that strengthens boundaries and calms the emotions. It provides insight into challenging situations and promotes problem solving.
Rhodonite Mala Beads
Rhodonite is perfect for a Buddhist Mala as it is said to enhance mantra-based meditation. It stimulates the heart chakra and is an emotional balancer; clearing resentment, anger & old wounds, and promoting forgiveness & self-love.
Rose Quartz Mala Beads
Rose Quartz is known as ‘The Stone of Unconditional Love’. It is said to open the Heart Chakra and to encourage forgiveness helping us to let go of anger, resentment and jealousy. Placing Rose Quartz by your bed or under you pillow can aid sleep.
Rose Quartz is said to smooth the complexion, sooth burns and blistering, strengthen the physical heart, alleviate vertigo and heal chest, lung, kidney and adrenal problems.
Rosewood Mala Beads
Rosewood has compassionate and loving heart qualities. The energy of rosewood is primarily feminine, and focused on spiritual, intuitive health and beauty. Rosewood is especially effective in spiritual healing and nourishing.
Ruby Zoisite Mala Beads
Ruby Zoisite is a powerful aid to past-life work and soul healing and facilitates access to spiritual learning.
Rudraksha Mala Beads
Rudraksha is a Sanskrit word consisting of: Rudra (one who weeps) and aksha (eye). Using Rudraksha beads can assist us in wiping our tears and providing happiness.
Sandalwood Mala Beads
Sandalwood is one of the traditional materials used for mala beads. A soothing, peaceful and fragrant wood it is said to attract positive subtle vibrations, bring clear perception, promote tranquility and a positive frame of mind.
Sandalwood is an antidepressant, antiseptic, insecticidal, and sedative wood. It can assist in the healing of cells and is used to assist the immune system in any healing process or to prevent illness.
Skull Mala Beads
The Skull Cap, or Kapala, is a ritual implement used in Tibetan Buddhism and is often depicted with wrathful and protective deities. The use of bones in Tibetan buddhism is a reminder of our impermanence – the more we contemplate impermanence and death the more fruitful our life becomes.
Smoky Quartz Mala
Smoky Quartz raises vibrations during meditation, clears the mind and has a strong link with the earth making it one of the most efficient grounding stones.
It is known to relieve stress and bring about emotional calmness & relaxation.
Sodalite Mala Beads
Sodalite deepens meditation, stimulates the third eye and opens spiritual perception. It is known as a stone of truth.
Sunstone Mala Beads
Sunstone is a joyful stone, facilitates independence and self-empowerment, increases self-worth and helps you to nurture yourself. It has a profound connection to light and the regenerative power of the sun – it restores life’s sweetness. It helps to overcome procrastination, codependency, and removes the mental and emotional ties from possessive partners and parents.
Tigerskin Jasper Mala Beads
Tigerskin jasper, also known as wood jasper, is a limestone with beige and tan striped bands giving a wooden appearance. It is a nurturing stone for well being and grounding. It Is believed to enhance healing, purification and positive thoughts.
Tiger’s Eye Mala Beads
Tiger’s Eye is both grounding and uplifting. It promotes a positive attitude, laughter and humour, and it is said to attract prosperity, wealth and success.
Red Tiger’s Eye Mala Beads
Red Tiger’s Eye is a stimulating and uplifting stone that inspires motivation, promotes confidence and increases kundalini energy.
Turquoise Mala Beads
Turquoise is a protective crystal. It can help calm the nerves when speaking in public, stabilise mood swings, bring inner calm, dissolve self-sabotage and allow self-expression. It is said to help you find your true path in life.
Yak Bone Mala Beads
Using a bone mala is a reminder of impermanence – the more we contemplate impermanence and death the more fruitful our life becomes. Yak bone is also said to maintain good blood circulation.
Bibliography
Hall, J. 2003. The Crystal Bible. Great Britain: Godsfield Press Ltd.
Please note: the healing information given here and throughout this website is a general guide, always consult a qualified doctor/practitioner for any medical condition or treatment.
