Malas have been used throughout time to support prayer and meditation practices, while symbolizing our connection to higher consciousness and spiritual oneness. Malas are also beautiful and worn to make us feel good!
In this calm and relaxing 3 hour workshop you will learn how to string together Mala Beads while infusing each knot with positive and healing energy. Setting an intention with every bead strung. We will also make our own tassels from scratch and learn how to attach them securely to your Mala.
The Heart Chakra, or Anahata in its original Sanskrit name, colors our life with compassion, love, and beauty. Driven by the principles of transformation and integration, the fourth energy center is said to bridge earthly and spiritual aspirations. Explore what makes the essence of this chakra and how to unravel its powerful energy to enrich your life.
The Heart chakra is associated with the following psychological and behavioral characteristics:
Capacity to love
Integration, bridge between earthly and spiritual aspirations
Transcending personal identity and limitations of the ego
Experience of unconditional love and connection with all
Heart-centered discernment
Appreciation of beauty in all things
Experiencing deep and meaningful relationships
The fourth chakra connects the lower and upper chakras. In other words, the heart chakra acts as a center of integration of earthly matters and higher aspirations. Far from seeing these energies as separate, the experience of the heart integrates them effortlessly and harmoniously.
The Heart chakra is all about connecting and relating. The emphasis here is on love, giving and receiving, and how open we are in relationships. Love is the energy that helps transfigure emotions and experiences. It’s an essential element in any relationship, whether it’s is with others or oneself.
Love experienced through the fourth chakra is not just about romance, but about going beyond the limitations of the ego and personal preoccupations to open up more fully to compassion and acceptance of all that is, as it is. When we live from our heart and our heart energy is opened and balanced, we can see clearly and position ourselves in any situation, no matter how challenging it is, with discernment and compassion. To open to love is to reach to the deepest places and connect with our true essence, our spirit, and our soul.
The heart chakra is also a center through which we experience beauty in life. Seeing the world through a balanced fourth chakra is being in a state of openness and acceptance that brings us in touch with our world and ourselves in profound and fulfilling ways.
Stone Options
Green Aventurine - $60 FOR MATERIALS
Aventurine grounds your emotional body and re-balances your heart's desires. The love you experience in romance, friendships, and other relationships can affect your emotional well-being, so be sure to keep Aventurine near your heart while you sleep to “re-calibrate” your emotions each night.
Aventurine helps you stay focused on eating healthy and exercising regularly to maintain a healthy heart. On another level, this is a prosperity stone. Keep it near you to attract the physical rewards that comes with financial success
Frosted Rose Quartz - $70 FOR MATERIALS
The pink vibration of Rose Quartz activates the bridge between the upper three chakras and the lower three. This is significant because this bridge helps connect your human existence as a grounded individual on this planet with your spiritual one. This stone aligns your consciousness with Divine Love, compassion, mercy, tolerance, and kindness.
Rose Quartz add the element of love to the thoughts you hold in your consciousness. With this stone in hand, practice thinking through your heart. Put your attention and focus on your heart when you try to think things through, and you will find a peaceful loving solution to whatever you are contemplating.
Rose Quartz is the perfect stone to help you attract romance and love into your life. It aids in attracting your soul mate. The soothing pink colour of the Rose Quartz crystal is perfect for situations when you need to feel comforted and surrounded by unconditional love. Use it when you need to amplify your own feelings of unconditional love for others as well. It is a good stone for grief, loss of love, loss of friendships, and to make a better connection with babies and children.
Ruby in Zoisite - $80 FOR MATERIALS
Ruby in Zoisite amplifies the love you give to others and aligns you with your sacred heart and the sacred heart of all beings. Your heartfelt love reaches all the corners of the earth. Use this stone to send healing vibrations to areas where the people and the earth have experience suffering or disaster. With this stone in hand, amplify your loving prayers and focused intentions to contribute to world peace.
Ruby in Zoisite helps you shift your perceptions so you can see everything through the eyes of love. With this stone in hand, silences your thoughts, and look within your heart. If you are really disciplined, this stone with help you gain clarity on all that you want to know. It also helps you bring your thoughts to the forefront of your awareness and place them in your heart before you make a decision.
Zoisite with Ruby amplifies the vibration of love. It is especially comforting to use during the grieving process, as it helps mend a broken heart. The red energy of the Ruby actives passion. This stone helps you speak from your heart and allows the vibration of love to flow through you. It helps you receive love and attention.
SPACE IS VERY LIMITED!!!
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Fees: Workshop: $35, plus materials (dependant on chosen stone) and taxes.
Materials include: muslin mala/bead bag, 108 8mm mala beads (semi precious gemstones), pewter guru bead, beading cord, silk tassel thread and beading needle.
After making your required $65 deposit a Materials Selection Form will be sent to you via email. Once the form is completed your invoice will be sent to you, which is to be paid before the day of the workshop.
*Once materials are ordered, the deposit becomes non-refundable. If you are unable to attend the workshop, you will still receive your mala kit.
**Cancellations within 24 hours of the event are non-refundable.