Himalayan Energy Journal

Yak Bone Jewelry: From the High Himalayas to Yo...

Yaks live above 4,000 meters. Their bones are denser than cattle bone. Thinner air. Colder winters. Steeper ground. Evolution makes no mistakes — the animal that survives at altitude builds...

Yak Bone Jewelry: From the High Himalayas to Yo...

Yaks live above 4,000 meters. Their bones are denser than cattle bone. Thinner air. Colder winters. Steeper ground. Evolution makes no mistakes — the animal that survives at altitude builds...

Why 108 Beads? The Number Behind Every Mala

You pick up a mala necklace. You run your thumb over the first bead. You do not think about the number. You just count. But someone, centuries ago, decided it...

Why 108 Beads? The Number Behind Every Mala

You pick up a mala necklace. You run your thumb over the first bead. You do not think about the number. You just count. But someone, centuries ago, decided it...

What's in the Box: Why We Give Three Gifts with...

Every order from Himalaya Alchemy comes with three things tucked into a velvet pouch. No one asked us to do this. No marketing person told us it would boost sales....

What's in the Box: Why We Give Three Gifts with...

Every order from Himalaya Alchemy comes with three things tucked into a velvet pouch. No one asked us to do this. No marketing person told us it would boost sales....

Thokcha: The Metal That Fell from the Sky

A shepherd in eastern Tibet, sometime in the 8th century, finds a dark lump of metal in a field. It is heavy. Cold. Magnetic. Nothing around it looks like this....

Thokcha: The Metal That Fell from the Sky

A shepherd in eastern Tibet, sometime in the 8th century, finds a dark lump of metal in a field. It is heavy. Cold. Magnetic. Nothing around it looks like this....

Tiger Eye Meaning, Benefits, and How to Wear It

Tiger eye catches light like no other stone. The golden-brown bands shift as you move your wrist. It looks alive - and in Tibetan tradition, it practically is. Tibetan practitioners...

Tiger Eye Meaning, Benefits, and How to Wear It

Tiger eye catches light like no other stone. The golden-brown bands shift as you move your wrist. It looks alive - and in Tibetan tradition, it practically is. Tibetan practitioners...

Finding My Way, One Bead at a Time

I didn't set out to start a jewelry brand. Three years ago, I was in Lhasa for reasons I still can't fully explain. I had just quit a job I...

Finding My Way, One Bead at a Time

I didn't set out to start a jewelry brand. Three years ago, I was in Lhasa for reasons I still can't fully explain. I had just quit a job I...