Colorful beads adorn Tracy Aaker's wrist. Green stands for growth, blue for baptism, black for sin and red for Christ's blood. The 34-year-old Fargo woman made the bracelets to symbolize her faith. To ...

Walk into many a meditation or yoga studio here in Los Angeles and beyond and you’ll see a treasure-trove of malas, made from all variety of gemstones and crystals. At heart, these prayer beads are a ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Imam an-Nawawi and al-Haakim ...

Traditionally, prayer beads are used by such religions as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism, as a tangible form of prayer, held in the hands while reciting devotions. In their non-religious ...

Click to open image viewer. Commonly used for individual meditation, these wood prayer beads are embellished with intricate patterns of inlaid silver wire, a technique usually reserved for fine ...