Photo Gallery: Mala Mia Jewelry
By Laura Yen Solito
Confidence to Be Mala
Because just being IS our truest power.
Carnelian - a stone associated with the creative light that shines in all of us, and promotes us to share it.
Aventurine - a stone associated with the heart chakra which increases vitality, attracts abundance, and makes us more willing to receive.
Grey Agate - a stone that grounds us- and balances emotional, physical, and intellectual energy. Harmonizes yin and yang- so that we can stay centered in all that we move into.
Moon Over The Water Mala (blue and white)
Larimar - found in the ocean of the Dominican Republic and carries the energy of flow and water. It helps to remove emotional energy blockages, increases intuition, promotes a soothing and relaxing vibe, and brings inner peace.
Agate - found on the shore of the Achates river in Sicily, has a soft and steady grounding energy, brings a balance of yin and yang from within, brings harmony to all aspects of the physical, spiritual and emotional body, giving a sense of equilibrium.
Howlite - found in deposits of sedimentary rock formations, is a calming soothing stone that relieves anger, tension, and stress. It promotes peace and calmness and reduces negativity, self-sabotage and brings a sense of kindness and patience to the wearer.
Freshwater Pearl - attunes the wearer to the ebb and flow of life, gives a sense of personal integrity, balances the emotions, has a lunar charge, is associated with faith, charity, and self-nurturing.
Tree of Life Mala Necklace
Onyx - absorbs and transforms negative energy and helps prevent the drain of personal energy, aides in the development of emotional and physical strength and stamina.
Black Obsidian - shields you from psychic attack, and harmful entities. Brings repressed or denied parts of yourself to the surface of your awareness so that they can be healed.
Hematite - centering, grounding, absorbs toxic emotions that hold you back from your highest good
Traditional Dark Wood Beads (8mm round)
I love making and wearing Mala Bead Jewelry because each piece holds the power to focus and enhance your personal intentions. When you wear them, they serve as a daily reminder to check in with what is most important to you. Whether they are used for meditation or not- they are a physical reminder to be true to yourself.
My goal is to create beautiful healing energy jewelry that has all of the properties of crystal energy to support your life and can be purchased at a reasonable price.
When creating my pieces, careful consideration is given to overall healing impact of each theme that I create. I use only high-quality natural beads and each piece is cleared using sage and charged with a selenite crystal before shipping.
Laura Yen Solito is NYC-based Actor, Singer, Energetic Healer, and a Certified Wild Woman Project Circle Leader (a group that focuses on healing the sacred wounds of society and those that identify as woman through the lens of the wild woman archetype, the divine feminine, astrology, and cycles of the moon).
Through her personal experience of practicing meditation, yoga, chakra clearing and alignment, and crystal energy healing she started her own business called Mala Mia NYC-(Malamianyc.com). Using an energetic apothecary of 100% natural crystals and gemstones, she customizes modern adaptions of the traditional 108 Mala Bead Meditation Jewelry for her clients to heal and replenish the mind, body, and spirit. She works closely with each persons aspirational goals, personal intentions, and deepest desires to find the right crystal combinations to wear that support and enhance their daily lives.
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