Barker'S Beadery

✨ Winner Announcement! ✨
Thank you everyone for participating and be sure to watch the page for future contests!
Huge congrats to Hannah T who won the FREE pendulum!! Seeing as Rose Quartz was your favourite, you will be winning a rose Quartz Pendulum! 🌹 (Photo in comments!)

✨ Did you know that we can accommodate custom orders? ✨
🎄 Christmas order deadline is December 15! 🎄
➡️ If you are local to YYC I can meet up in the city to deliver.... ➡️ If you aren’t local I can price out the best shipping options for you. If you decide to ship through Canada Post I cannot be held responsible if your items don’t arrive in time ⏰
All custom orders are final sales, not eligible for exchange.
PM me for more info!
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✨ 111 likes! ✨ Tomorrow is your last day to enter the contest for a FREE pendulum!

✨ 109 likes! ✨ Don’t forget to comment on the original status update with your favourite crystal for a chance to win a FREE pendulum! Draw is on December 4!

✨ 103 likes! ✨ Thank you to everyone for their continued support of my little shop ❤️
To show my appreciation I am going to be doing a draw for a FREE pendulum! To enter the draw comment on this post with the name of your favourite gemstone/crystal!
... Bonus entry if you say why its your fave 💎
Bonus entry if you share this post!
You have to 👍🏻 our Facebook page to qualify!
➡️➡️ Winner will be chosen and announced on December 4! ⬅️⬅️
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😱 We’ve reached 99 likes!!! Contest announcement when we reach 100!

❤️✨ Thank you to everyone that came down to the market today to say hi! I’m grateful to each of you and thrilled to have met so many new faces today! ✨❤️

✨✨ I can’t wait to see you all today!! ✨✨

✨ Today is the day!! I can’t wait to see everyone’s smiling faces at the Fair today! Come by our booth, say hello, and enter our draw for a free mala! ✨

Mercury Retrograde got you down? 😩 Stop by the Barker's Beadery booth tomorrow at the Spirit and Soul Fair tomorrow at the Glamorgan Community Association to check out our Mercury Retrograde Survival Kits! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 ✨ Limited quantity so be sure to make us one of your first stops! ✨

The market is coming up fast! Don’t forget to mark your calendars - you won’t want to miss it!!

✨ Only 9 more days! Come check out the market next Sunday! ✨

One more market lined up this year! Stay tuned for details on the new offerings we will have next month!

Last chance to get your Zodiac Mala! On sale until the end of the market! One more hour to come down and check out what’s going on at the YYC Local Treasures Market!

Come check us out at the YYC Local Treasures Market today!

Market prep! Come check us out at the YYC Local Treasures Market tomorrow!!

What is a 'Mala'?
Also known as Buddhist Beads, Malas were traditionally used in prayer and meditation. They dateack to the 8th Century BCE, originating in India.
Traditionally, Malas were made of wood - usually sandalwood or rudraksha seeds. In modern times, gemstones are usually added for specific healing qualities or attributes. This also makes them unique fashion pieces, on and off of your mat.
... Each Mala consists of 108 counting beads, 4 marker beads, one Guru, and a tassel.
- The marker beads are placed every 27 beads, and are used as a sensory cue to refocus your meditation or practice. - The Guru bead is traditionally a matching wood bead, although more modern Malas use either a gemstone, shell, or other type of pendant. It is said to represent the student-guru relationship, and acts as a start and end point for meditation. It is believed to be disrespectful to cross the Guru, and if you wish to continue your meditation past 108 counts, you turn your Mala and count in the opposite direction. - The tassel holds your prayers and intentions. It represents enlightenment, and oneness with the Divine. It is also believed to symbolize our prana and consciousness.
Why 108?
The number 108 has many significant meanings, and is open to interpretation. Some reasons include: - there are 108 stages on the journey of the human soul - there are 108 energy lines connecting to the heart - there are 54 letters in the Saksrit alphabet, and each letter has a feminine and masculine form, totaling 108
Modern Malas have a slightly different twist. Many don't include markers, and tassel free Malas provide an easier every day wear.
In the end, it is about finding (or creating) a piece that represents something to you - either by the stones that make it or the intentions that are set in it.
There really is no right or wrong! 📿
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