Mala Making Workshop with Enchanted Strands

Are you ready to connect with the healing power of crystals and infuse deeper meaning into your meditation practice?

Join Hana Pepin for a hands-on and heart-centered Mala Making Workshop, where you’ll be guided step by step in creating your own 108-beaded gemstone mala, infused with your personal intentions and prayers.

In this transformative and creative experience, you’ll explore:

• The origin and symbolism of the 108-bead mala and its connection to ancient meditation traditions.
• How to select gemstones based on their energetic and healing properties to support your intentions.
• The power of vibration through mantra (sound) and how to weave it into daily life for grounding, focus, and self-healing.
• An introduction to mantra and deity sadhana, grounded in Vedic philosophy and traditional chanting.
• Step-by-step hand-knotting techniques for creating a one-of-a-kind mala infused with mindfulness and care.

Whether you’re new to meditation or wish to deepen your practice, this workshop offers a sacred space to create, learn, and connect—with yourself, the crystals, and the ancient wisdom behind this timeless practice.

Hana Pepin has been leading mala-making workshops around the world since 2016 and creating custom malas since 2013. With a background in astrology and Ayurvedic gemology, she personalizes malas to reflect each individual’s unique energy blueprint. Her teachings blend ancient tradition with modern intention, offering participants practical tools for mindfulness, spiritual growth, and authentic expression.

You’ll leave this workshop with:

• A handmade 108-bead gemstone mala, uniquely yours
• A deeper understanding of mantra, meditation, and crystal energy
• A sense of clarity, inspiration, and connection to your practice

Investment: $100
(Includes all materials and 108 semi-precious gemstone beads)

About the Facilitator:

Hana Pepin, 500 E-RYT, Mindfulness Mentor, Herbal Practitioner, and Trauma Informed Yoga Guide

Hana had been walking and guiding others on the yogic path since 2011. She believes yoga is a practice to expand your level of body awareness, mindfulness, and consciousness. She is inspired to create positive change and independently thinking humans who trust within themselves to learn the language of their uniqueness and live it. She invites students to practice listening to their bodies while collectively holding a safe space to explore their creativity. Each class and workshop is diverse with breathing techniques, awareness of alignment, meditation and intelligent sequencing while effortlessly weaving themes such as Yoga philosophy, Neuroscience, Shamanic Principles, and Buddhism.

Hana started practicing yoga at Corepower yoga and quickly realized how white washed and appropriated yoga was and how the emphasis on just asana (postures) did not allow for all that yoga encompasses. She deepend her practice through reading sacred scriptures of yoga, and advanced her yoga training in Peru with The Kula Collective and Sacred Paths Yoga to better learn of the spiritual world through shamanic studies. This opportunity led to serving cacao ceremonies throughout the entire US and overseas. Hana is certified as a Mindfulness Mentor with Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield, has studied NVC (non-violent communication) with Marshall D. Rosenberg, and holistic herbalism with Sajah Popham at Evolutionary School of Herbalism. She advocates for meditation and mantra practice as a way to connect with your higher self and live a more fulfilled and mindful lifestyle. Most recently she studied ayurvedic astrology, medical astrology and ayurvedic gemology with David Drawley & Judith Hill for customizing mala beads per each person’s unique blueprint at the moment of their birth via their birth chart reading.

It is Enchanted Strands that created a bridge for her to connect with other beings who want to live a more authentic lifestyle while practicing these ancient traditions with reverence.

Hana Pepin
enchantedstrands.com

”Each bead is a seed of love to the flower of infinite wisdom and oneness that lies within us. The string is the universal self, existing in everything! The beads are you and I, the unique expressions of the whole. Together we grow in the garden of eternal bliss”.-Hana Pepin

About the Soul of Yoga:

The Soul of Yoga is a heart‑opening, consciousness‑expanding space rooted in ancient yogic wisdom yet enlivened by modern insights, dedicated to personal and collective transformation. It honors authenticity and lineage while welcoming all paths—offering deep support as practitioners set powerful intentions, cultivate purpose, and become vessels of healing and service. Whether through classes, training, or community, it’s a vibrant, inclusive tribe, guiding each soul to discover their truth, elevate wellness, and live with greater love, clarity, and impact.

Also located in Encinitas CA, the Soul of Yoga Institute is one of the world’s most respected yoga schools and a sanctuary for personal growth. Think Hogwarts meets Harvard. It’s an education both magical and rigorous. Our yoga teacher programs go beyond poses helping you release old patterns, deepen your practice, and teach from lived experience with confidence. We offer flexible hybrid options (in-person, live online, or recorded) for our 200, 300, and 500 hour teacher training, as well as our Yoga Therapy and Masters programs. Join a global community of like hearted wisdom keepers and experience training that blends ancient philosophy, spirituality, anatomy, and modern science. More than a school, this is a sanctuary for transformation, a place to find your voice and a community that walks beside you.

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