The Sleeping Beauty Mala

🦋 👑 The Sleeping Beauty Mala 👑🦋   Materials: Natural gemstones (dark blue sapphire & rainbow moonstone ) hand-knotted with 100% pure white silk, with an excellent teardrop rainbow moonstone focal bead with lots of inner fire. 14k solid gold spacer beads are used for this one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This beautiful mala was inspired by the serenity of night in all her gentle hues of moonlit blue…not to mention the distorted wisdom found in the pearlecence of our deapest dreams, only barely remembered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What are malas? Malas, also called mantra beads, meditation beads, or Buddhist prayer beads, are spiritual tools used to count intentions, prayers, mantras, or breaths during periods of focused meditation. They consist of 108 beads, not including the meru or “mountain” bead (also referred to as the “guru bead”) at the end. This last bead is usually the largest and signifies the beginning and end of the counting process and meditative session. Focusing on t