Unconditional Love and Courage - 108 hand knotted mala with rose quartz and tassel

volcanic rock and pink rose quartz, hard earthyness and soft sunsets. Each bead is hand-knotted protecting the beads if the strand should break. Hand-knotted strands feel luxurious and soft and fall and drape beautifully. Every 27 beads have a pink rhodonite marker bead. A large pink quarts ball and long pink tassel finish of this lovely piece.

A Japa mala or mala (Sanskrit:माला; mālā, meaning garland) is a set of beads commonly used by Yogis, Hindus and Buddhists. Malas are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity. This practice is known in Sanskrit as japa. Malas are typically made with 18, 27, 54 or 108 beads.

Basalt is a stone of strength and courage, it allows one the opportunity for stability throughout changes in their life. If you are going through a lot of shifts in your life then basalt would be a helpful stone for you. Basalt helps to diminish the negative aspects of one’s character and allows one to see where modification of your character can be helpful.

Since basalt was once molten lava, it has the power of fire within. One drawn to basalt may need some fire energy in their life.

"Rose Quartz. The fair and lovely Rose Quartz, with its gentle pink essence, is a stone of the heart, a Crystal of Unconditional Love. It carries a soft feminine energy of compassion and peace, tenderness and healing, nourishment and comfort." Crystalvaults.com

To protect the longevity of your mala remove before sleeping, while bathing or swimming.

All my malas are made at in an environment of peace and harmony, each strand is lovingly created by me and infused with positive energies.