When you introduce a gemstone mala into your meditation practice, consider the following steps:
Beginning with a fine intention.
Before you start, you have already decided what to grow; more patience, deeper self-love, greater clarity? This intention should accompany you with gemstone choices and ensure that it follows up all future recitations.
Be Present and Observant:
Being within the instant, take note throughout meditation how this texture, color, and energy of stone in reality serves or produces effects on one's psyche. Are you then feeling less tense, more well-centered, or even more compassionate? Let such observations guide your practice while reinforcing the intention you've formed.
Pair with Supporting Practices:
Enhance experiences by tying the gemstone mala with any other mindful meditations. Examples include feeling the stones flow into your heart space when you visualize them, or gifted each loving energy bead that infuses your mantra with new life. Some practitioners use gemstones with breathwork, sound healing, or aroma therapy in order to create a rich textured sensory experience.
Caring for Your Gemstone Mala
Just like the spiritual aspect of your mala, the physical beads require care too. Most gemstones are durable, but they can be made to "fresh" by cleansing fairly frequently. Some of the common methods of cleansing are:
·Moonlight Bath: Under the moonlight overnight, mala is put for energy recharging.
•Sage or Incense Smoke: Cleanse with parting smoke and visualize the parting away of negative energies.
•Sound Cleansing: Using a singing bowl or tuning fork, produce melodious vibrations that recharge the mala.