The rudraksha beads are tied together with pure silver. The mala has a beautiful swan pendant at the end, again made of pure silver.
Rudraksha holds special significance in spiritual and yogic philosophy and 108 beads mala has been used by people since ages in their meditations and japa.
Rudraksha - The Divine Bead
The Tears of Lord Siva that are Rudraksha, are the original Vedic Beads of Power worn by the Yogis of India and the Himalayas for thousands of years to maintain health and to gain self empowerment and fearless life on their path to Enlightenment and Liberation. The many Devotees of Truth who deliberately live their lives according to Eternal Natural Law that is Sanatana Dharma Know that Rudraksh Beads are a Gift from The Almighty God and are a Natural Birth Right of the Mankind. The Holy Rudraksha Beads are based in the Absolute Field of Consciousness and they manifest in the Relative Field for the good of all concerned to help relieve sin and suffering and pain world wide. Rudraksha Beads have been used for thousands of years as an aid to Self Empowerment and the Fearless Life.
Properties of Rudraksha
The term Rudraksha (Rudra i.e. Shiva + aksha i.e. eye) literally stands for the eyes of Lord Shiva or Rudra implying thereby that it was pleasant to the eyes of Lord Shiva, and hence so named in His honour. The beneficial powers of Rudraksha are by virtue of its Electrical and Magnetic Properties. Rudraksh beads act as a Stabilizing Anchor. Rudraksha beads' electrical property are: Resistance, Capacitance or the Dielectric Properties, Inductance. Rudraksha has the ability to Change it's polarity.
Wearing Your Rudraksha Firt Time: Rituals
Rudraksha need to be purified and energised before they are worn.This is done by chanting of Rudrabhishek and Pranpratishtha mantras and washing the beads with water panchamrit and offering incense, sandal paste and other offerings. Since the beads from Hamsa-Yoga Sangh are blessed and energized before dispatch, you only need to directly wear the Rudraksha on a morning after bath and after chanting "Om Namah Shivaya" mantra for 9 times.
Chanting "Om Namah Shivaya" mantra on a regular basis in your daily spiritual discipline energizes the beads.
Hamsa (swan/gander)
Apart from the literal meaning, this term also refers to the breath (prana) as it moves within the body; the individuated consciousness (jiva) propelled by the breath; see jiva-atman; see also parama-hamsa
A school of philosophy has endeavored to penetrate its name. Ham-sa when inverted reads as sa-ham, which in Sanskrit means the oneness of human and the divine. During pranayama, which is a yogic exercise of breath control, the inhalation is believed sound like ham, while the exhalation is believed to sound like sa. Thus, a hamsa came to epitomize the prana, the breath of life.