Mala beads serve as a reminder of your intentions, empowering you to manifest the life that you truly desire.Carefully crafted in India by female artisans to reflect ethical production practices, these beads offer mindfulpromptsof how we can strive for higher consciousnessthroughoutlife's journey. Howlite is often worn as a reminder of patience. The marbled stone is associated with inner calm, stress release, and calming an over active mind. Rudraksha seeds grow inside of what look like blueberries on trees South East Asia. In Buddhism and Hinduism, the beads are believed to provide inner calm, peace, and free one from negative thought. The beads get darker over time as they absorb your oils and energy. This is thought to strengthen the rudraksha. All Gemstones and Rudraksha are 6 mm Necklace hangs approx 48cm, due to the handmade nature lengths can vary slightly Handmade in India in a Fair Trade cooperative by experienced female artisans Malas are hand-knotted between each bead while bracelets are hand-strung on elastic thread Cotton pouch included