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These pairs of Meditation Balls are made from Indigo Gabbro or Mystic Merlinite from Madagascar. Meditation balls have been very popular in many Eastern Cultures for a very long time and have many names.

This pair weighs 82g and each sphere has a diameter of approximately 3cm.

Meditation balls – also known as “Chinese medicine balls,” “Baoding balls,” “relaxation balls” and “Zen Meditation balls” – are two little balls that can be held in one hand. As you roll them in the palm of your hand, the relative positions of both balls is constantly switching. Initially, the balls maintain contact even as they are rotated. With practice, your hands eventually learn to manipulate these balls without having them touch each other. Meditation balls purportedly improve brain function while they exercise your hand muscles. Some people believe that meditation balls help reduce stress, in which case they may be called “worry balls.”

While these Chinese balls are often referred to as “meditation balls,” their use is more focused on stress reduction, relaxation, and strength and dexterity training. Although it would be distracting to rotate them during an actual meditation session where the focus is on mindfulness of the breath, they can certainly be used as an adjunct to actual sitting meditation practice.

Chinese meditation balls, or Baoding balls, date back to the Ming dynasty. They are said to originate from the small town of Baoding in the North China Plain and are one of the so-called “Baoding treasures.” Their adepts came from diverse classes of society, and included emperors and paupers. Before Baoding balls, soldiers and the general public exercised their hands by rolling walnuts around. This continued until iron Baoding balls that doubled as weapons began to be manufactured.

Nowadays, meditation balls are made using a variety of materials such as marble, agate, stone, and jade. Most are made of steel and are usually hollow inside; when manipulated, they produce a pleasant chiming sound. The balls vary in weight and texture. Craftsmen often choose to work with metal since metallic Baoding balls can be engraved with beautiful designs. The gorgeous hand-made designs that decorate “cloisonné” balls depict characters and symbols associated with health, harmony, wellness and a myriad of other positive forces. Balls made from stone are solid and are much heavier; most people use them to exercise their hand muscles. Since stone balls tend to chip when dropped, they must be handled with care.

There’s a reason why the Chinese have been using relaxation balls for centuries. Doctors in China sometimes recommend Baoding balls to patients who suffer from fatigue, since the balls are believed to activate different therapeutic pressure points found in the palm of the hand. As a consequence, the patient’s internal energy flow is enhanced.

The surfaces of some meditation balls sport minuscule bumps. When these bumps come into contact with the skin, the pressure is thought to enhance blood circulation. Baoding balls are also used for certain forms of physical therapy, especially when seeking to improve dexterity and exercise muscles around wrists, hands and arms. Some people claim that prolonged use of these balls even improves memory and sharpens intelligence.

If you’d like to incorporate meditation balls into your daily routine, roll the balls around in your palm – you’ll be sending positive signals to your brain and may find it easier to let go of thoughts that are making you anxious or worried. Experienced ball handlers are able to rotate 3 or 4 balls at the same time. Dexterity and concentration are boosted by increasing the degree of difficulty, and handlers’ hands become noticeably stronger.

Mystic Merlinite (also known as Indigo Gabbro) is made up of Quartz, Feldspar, and multiple trace minerals. It is black and white in colour with occasional spots of chatoyancy due to the feldspar within it. Indigo hues can also be found within this stone. It has been found in Madagascar and forms when magma cools into crystalline formations. The overall colour may vary significantly due to different proportions of the Minerals contained within the individual piece.

Mystic Merlinite is a truly magical stone. It is a powerful ally in all types of magic and can accelerate one’s learning of each type, as well as how they are related. It aids one in seeing through the veil of the visible and invisible worlds, and in turn, allows one to develop intuitive and psychic abilities. Such abilities include Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Clairsentience, and Prophetic Vision, as well as recalling previous knowledge and talents from past lives. It awakens the dormant parts of the mind, bringing them together as a whole and activating the mind’s full potential. This also enhances one’s abilities to speak to the spirits of plants, animals, and other entities in the spirit realm. Although it is a stone of fire and earth, Mystic Merlinite is strongly linked with the energies of all the elements, and aids one in using these energies for magical manifestation and awakening to the knowledge of one’s true self.

Although it has a wide range of properties, one of Mystic Merlinite’s strongest abilities is to bring a full understanding of both our light and shadow sides. It brings one to their inner core where the light and darkness are fully visible (similarly to the stone’s colours) and one can see the current state of both sides. The purpose of this is to bring the parts of the self that are exiled or shrouded in darkness into the light of the heart, so that one may achieve harmony with both sides.

During this process, one must embrace these negative qualities with love and acceptance, and forgive oneself for the very things you may be wishing to forget. The lessons learned from the shadow side can lead one to a completely new direction in life, allowing one to truly appreciate all other beings and find meaning in each moment of life. The energy that pulses from Mystic Merlinite guides us through this process which aids in repairing fragmentation of the self, and leads to true self-realisation.

Mystic Merlinite fully aligns the chakra column, sending balanced currents from the root to the crown. It enhances the ability to manifest and co-create to the maximum potential. In dream work, Mystic Merlinite aids one in studying within the dreams, increases recall, and makes them far more vivid than they may typically be. Its recommended to hold it near the heart or forehead during meditation, as this will directly link one to the journey into the self. 

The alignment properties of this stone also apply to the joints and spine, assisting one in recovering from related misalignments. The vibrations of this stone are extremely powerful and relate directly to the ex-planet Pluto.