Prayer Beads

Nearly two thirds of the world’s population – pray with beads.

Each bead counted is an individual prayer or mantra, and the repetition of prayers and mantras is meant to facilitate complete focus on the prayer or mantra itself. For many people prayer beads have symbolized the commitment and connection to a spiritual life.

We may wear them, carry them, touch them as they remind us of the divine presence of spirit in everyday life. They offer us a way to ground ourselves in the present moment and enhance our meditation practice.

They have become an integral part of my spiritual practice. I keep my beautiful prayer beads on my bedside table, and use them as part of my morning and evening meditation. When I awake and reach for my prayer beads I am comforted by the texture and shape of each bead as my fingers move from one bead to the next.

Several years ago, I created two prayer bead necklaces with a variety of gemstones, ceramic beads, seeds, bone and finished the ends with amulets and charms. In the photo above you can see the many different shapes of beads I used.

“To use beads with a prayer, Indian, Moslem or  Christian, is to enflesh the words, make thought tangible.” – Madeleine L’Engle – The summer of the Great – Grandmother

Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi