Mala for Birth: A Sacred Tool of Intention & Support
During labor and delivery, a mala can be a powerful tool to help you stay grounded, focused, and connected to your intentions. As each contraction rises, you can move your fingers bead by bead—breathing deeply, repeating a mantra, prayer, or affirmation, and allowing the rhythm to guide you through the intensity. The tactile motion of the beads offers something steady to hold onto, helping to calm your nervous system and anchor your mind in the present moment. Whether you’re centering yourself in your breath, drawing strength from a higher power, or connecting with the love and support woven into the mala, it becomes a sacred companion—offering peace, presence, and strength as you bring your baby into the world.
Incorporating Your Mala into a Blessing or Baby Shower
To make your mala even more meaningful, you can involve your loved ones in its creation. During a blessingway or baby shower, we begin with the beads unassembled and placed in small bags. Friends and family are invited to hold a bead and speak a prayer, mantra, wish, or intention for you and your baby.
Once all beads are infused with these blessings, I will hand-string your mala and return it to you before labor. This creates a tangible circle of support — a beautiful, sacred keepsake that carries the energy and love of your community into the birth space and beyond.
Pink Petrified Rhodonite, Rhodonite, Riverstone
Pink Petrified Rhodonite, Rhodonite, Riverstone
Pink Petrified Rhodonite, Rhodonite, Riverstone
Rhodonite is a "Stone of love" and helps one to achieve their greatest potential. It activates and energizes the heart chakra and confers the resonance of unconditional love to the physical plane. It is excellent for clearing and activating the heart chakra, while providing for grounding of the physical and mental energies.
The considerable energy of Riverstone is thought to invigorate the aura and facilitate change and resolution to one's inward and outward processes. It is also thought to enliven physical as well as mental activities such as problem solving and meditation leading to more profound spiritualization.
Amethyst, Picture Jasper
Pink Petrified Rhodonite, Rhodonite, Riverstone
Pink Petrified Rhodonite, Rhodonite, Riverstone
Amethyst is a stone of spiritual protection and purification. It stimulates the third eye, crown and etheric chakras and is an aid to meditation, helping one to move into higher states of consciousness. It facilitates the creation of an energetic "shield" around the body to protect from negativity.
Picture Jasper is said to be the Earth Mother speaking to her children. Contains messages within its pictures. Brings to the surface hidden feelings which, when released, can be seen as lessons along the way. Instills a sense of harmony, brings comfort, and alleviates fear.
Kambaba Jasper, Matte Onyx, Kambaba Jasper
Pink Petrified Rhodonite, Rhodonite, Riverstone
Kambaba Jasper, Matte Onyx, Kambaba Jasper
Kambaba Jasper is known as "Guardian of the forest". A stone of peace and tranquility imbued with the nourishing green energies of nature. Calm and relaxes, restoring balance to the body and spirit. Encourages one to open the heart to loving oneself and others. Eliminates negative energy and stabilizes the aura.
Onyx facilitates centering your energy and aligning it with a higher power, accessing higher guidance. It promotes vigor, steadfastness, and stamina. Onyx can be used to heal old grief, sorrow and physical trauma that are affecting the present life.
Chohua Coffee Bean Jasper, Garnet
Multi-Color Moonstone, Rose Quartz
Kambaba Jasper, Matte Onyx, Kambaba Jasper
Coffee Bean Jasper is known to release all the tension and stress from the body, bringing in calming energies. It creates a fantastic aura around the person making them feel happy and pleasant throughout the day. The energies of coffee bean jasper allow its holder to speak out his thoughts and ideas. It improves attentiveness, awareness, analytical abilities and unwraps the energies settled beneath the ill emotions. It makes you emotionally stronger and brings in the feelings of compassion, humbleness, and liberty. It helps you in regaining your normal routine after facing all unpleasant situations. It makes you emotionally consistent and brings in the sense of contentment.
Garnets are commonly believed to aid in the healing of broken bonds of love. Garnets are also known to aid in the treatment of melancholy and depression by acting as a heart and blood stimulant. Garnet is thought to be extremely beneficial in the realm of business.
Multi-Color Moonstone, Rose Quartz
Multi-Color Moonstone, Rose Quartz
Multi-Color Moonstone, Rose Quartz
Moonstone is a stone of "new beginnings". The energy is balancing, introspective and reflective. It is a stone for feeling via intuition. Assists with the changing structures of one's life on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. Provides spiritual nourishment.
Rose Quartz stimulates and opens the heart chakra, clears the emotional body, and assists in the resolution of old emotional programs. It opens one to receiving and sharing love, compassion, and kindness. Its soothing vibrations calm and cleanse the auric field, help release stress and anger, and engenders the rebirth of hope and faith.