Mala Meditation Bracelets

Mala beads are a beautiful tool for keeping count during mantra meditations. Mala bracelets can also be made of 27 beads or 21 beads and can be used for some mantras for balancing depending on the syllables. The mala will be hanging between your third, or ring, finger and your thumb. Your second, or middle, finger is used to rotate the mala beads one at a time toward you with each repetition of the mantra. 

There is a specific way of holding a Japa Mala. One just doesn't dangle it over one's fingers. Actually, one has to hold it lightly in one hand and the strand should be over the ring finger. While reciting the mantra, one should hold the first bead after the guru bead, which is the largest bead in the centre of the mala. As the mantra is repeated each time, the thumb should be used to bring the consequent beads towards one. The guru bead is passed away.

Violet is the shade of the Crown chakra, also known as Sahasrara the seat of infinite consciousness with the brilliance of the sun. Where the conscious breath merges into the infinite realm of Shiva. This chakra is situated at the highest point of the head. The Crown chakra is connected to the crown of the head, sensory system, and the cerebrum, and is illustrative of pure thought and action, eternal, Divine existence.

Different stones have different meanings. Each one has a power that the Earth has set it for. There are some with healing properties, others that imbue calm in the wearer and still others that are for clarity of mind and to allow the person to release negative feelings. When deciding on the materials of the Buddhist prayer beads you wish to have it is wise to discuss what the personal reason is. In this way the right set will be in possession and the desired result can be reached.

Sphatik mala is the perfect adornment for someone who may be afflicted by stress or headaches, and works very effectively for accentuating the healing process in a holistic way. The wearer is blessed with an enhanced intuition. It works very effectively for someone who works, and also works very nicely for someone involved with religious activities.

Historically mala meditation bracelets have been made of a variety of materials from bones, stones and wood with materials later crafted from metals such as copper, bronze, and eventually gold, silver and gemstones. Greek soldiers wore leather bracelets for both practical and fashionable reasons. These forearm decorations shielded blows from attackers and also let one know a man's status as a warrior during ceremonial celebrations.