Custom Malas and Prayer Tools - DestinationOM.com

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Our Studio is closed from December 1, 2024 to March 7, 2025. Gauarang and Catherine will be travelling through Nepal, India and Bhutan on a buying trip. During our absence, online purchasing will not be possible. Upon Catherine's return March 7 she will again be responding to orders and making any custom piece you desire at that time. Thank you for your understanding.

Feel free to browse through the site and if there is something you like you can order the mala # by emailing DestinationOM here.

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Order your DestinationOM Custom Mala by following this link and filling out the form.

Gaurang and Catherine are the sole mala makers on this site which is based on Saltspring Island, BC CANADA. You will find malas completed and ready for sale on the site, in addition to the malas there are videos created by Gaurang to assist new meditators in basic practices.

SIGNATURE: The most obvious design that sets these malas apart from others is that we incorporate a "stretcher" into every mala, which we call a slip knot. It is placed either at the top of the mala (opposite the guru bead) or as the guru bead itself; and allows the meditator freedom to adjust the spacing between the beads by sliding this knot. CLICK TO WATCH HOW DestinationOM Malas SLIP KNOT WORKS.

Gaurang learned how to make malas in Bodhgaya, India (where the Buddha obtained enlightenment) and continues to get many of my supplies from the Northern region of India and Nepal.

All malas are hand made by Gaurang and Catherine and come with a GUARANTEE FOR LIFE! We repair the malas for FREE! You post back the beads and we post you back a newly strung mala. With love. We don't want to see a mala go unused, and they do break in time...so this is why we have this guarantee.

Email DestinationOM if you have any questions or click the link here to fill out the form for your DestinationOM custom mala.

Do you think I need a mala?

Click this link for FAQs regarding meditation, mantra, or using DestinationOM custom malas.

The good thing about a mala is that while you are sitting in meditation you can use the beads to count inhale and exhale. Once you become focused on a certain path then you will be given a mantra to recite.

The benefit to counting on a mala is that you are able to gauge the time that you have been sitting in meditation. Often times our mind wanders, we get frustrated or "fidgety" and wonder "Is it over yet?" :) But with a mala, you know how long it takes for you to do a "full round (108)"...so maybe it takes you 40 minutes to do 108 beads (counting your inhale and exhale).

In the taming of the mind and overcoming its ability to force you out of meditation...you can entertain it at times be knowing "how much longer you have". As you become better at your meditations and your ability to sit becomes longer...you can lengthen your inhales and exhales or begin reciting mantras.

One mantra that is commonly used is "HUM SA" or "SO HAM" which means "I am That" or "That is I". At DestinationOM we recommend this mantra to beginners because it is non-denominational and is tuning you into your breathe.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO INSTRUCTION BY DESTINATION OM - "HUM" is on the INHALE and "SA" on the EXHALE - PAY ATTENTION to your breathing and the space between breaths, eventually this space will increase but don't force it - otherwise it becomes contrived.