Mala Making Tutorial - Right handed 

Donations: ko-fi.com/sanyamatma 🙏 What type of cotton thread to use? 'Six strand cotton embroidery thread'. I use industrial sized cones, but it is usually sold in 8m length bundles. You’ll need: About 6-8m for the knots and about 3m for the tassel. Buy at least 2x 8m bundles. If you want a multi coloured tassel, buy 1x bundle for the knots and 3x for the tassel. It's best to buy a more expensive brand as good quality thread is more forgiving, it will slip better without breaking when making knots and ultimately it will last longer and keep it’s colour. To my knowledge ‘six strand cotton embroidery thread’ is roughly the same thickness regardless of the brand. Good brands include: DMC, Madeira, Anchor etc. The thread ‘bundles’ look like the ones on this link. www.dmc.com/us/six-strand-embroidery-floss-489-colors-available-9003292.html#null​

This is hands down the best educational video on mala-making that I've seen, and not just on RU-vid, but online in general. Thank you!

I used this video to make my first mala. I chose a thread that ended up making the task far more difficult. Next time I’ll know better! It took me a while to get the knots down but it eventually became very easy with practice. Your instructions were the most helpful that I could find and helped me create a mala that I am very happy with. Thank you! 🙏🏻

Thank you! That was the best video I've seen on how to make a mala.

Hare Krishna Best detailed tutorial .

Making malas has been sooooo frustrating for me….until I discovered this amazing video. Thank you.

I love that this is not simply threading beads, this is by itself some meditational handcraft. Cheers!

OK...there were some tips here that were seriously mind blowing :) I've been making malas for years and it was so interesting to learn from you.

Excellent video! Thank you so much.

Thank you so much. I was really struggling to find a detailed tutorial for this mala I'm making for my partner as an aniversary gift. This video really helps and lets me focus more on the energy, thoughts and emotions I want to put into it before gifting it.

Such a beautiful craftsmanship that has been perfected over so many years with so much compassion and tenderness. Thank you 🙏 so very much for all this learning to become available to all of us.

Beautiful work and excellent instructions! Thank you for sharing your expertise with mala making! I'm excited to give it a go! 😊

Thank you for this tutorial! I made mine today and I’m very happy with how it turned out :)

Thanks so much for the video. All the mala tying videos I was finding was more for just jewelry so it was lacking knots that I could use for meditation during the making. Nice clear video and instruction, too. Thank you!

This was so beautiful and accurate Mala making tutorial. I really loved it. Thank you so much for sharing with us.🙏

Thank you so much for sharing the technique, I really enjoy knotting my mala the „traditional“ way.

Hari Om... Absolutely brilliant Guruji.

Brilliant tutorial!!! The BEST mala video I have watched! Thank you for very clear instructions and perfect visuals to see what each step is. Gratitude and blessings to you!

I loved watching this! Thank you. You are a wonderful teacher.

Staying in Maharashtra 67 years from my birth , today I got the perfet information about Mala making ! धन्यवाद महानुभाव !! राम कृष्ण हरी !!!

Thank you so much for the tutorial. I made my first chanting mala with knots, took quite some hours to get hang of it but the result feels so good. I had gotten big wooden beads in excitement and used to just thread them in one go. The thread would fray/break every couple months. First thing I noticed with knots was that the mala felt so light in hands despite the size of beads. I'm sure the thread will last longer too. Once again thank you so much :)

Добрый день! Благодарю Вас за видео 🙏🙏🙏 Лучшее видео на эту тему.

Thank you very much. I enjoyed watching the video, it is the first I clicked on and won't click on any other. Can't wait to start working on my mala and will get back to you once I have gone through the entire process. Blessings

Wow that was amazing, took me half a day before......thank you. Namaste!

Thank you! What a great tutorial.

So detailed and yet simple tutorial. Thank you! My mala looks fabulous thanks to this tutorial. Despite I had trouble with knotting at the beginning and managed to do it the first time. Almost...😊

You made that look so simple! Thank you for the detailed instructions.

Seriously the best tutorial video on how to do this!!!! I watched it on slowmo probably a million times but now I’ve got it!!! Thank you!!!

This was really helpful, thanks for sharing!

I am glad he typed down the materail needed to make the mala. Thanks

God bless you with a beautiful life ! Thank you !

Thank you! Beautiful tutorial!

Thank you for your shared knowledge of such a peaceful practice ❤️

Thank you very much for your helpful tips. Very much appreciated 🙏🏼

Thank you Sanyamatma - great tutorial and I really enjoyed your mala making workshop, would highly recommend it. Carmel

Very Nice..Very Superier work ...Hare krishna..

very peaceful my friend, thank you

What a beautiful mala! This is a fantastic instructional video! Namaste Now I must try my hand at making my own mala.

Thank you. Amazing demontration and explanation. Very good technique.

This video is so informative, clear, peaceful and blew my mind! What a meditation goes into the making of the Mala 📿🙏✨ blessings to you!

Hari Om 🙏 thank you for this! OM Shanti

Great tutorial! This is how to make premium quality mala! Thank you very much for this!🙏

Sou do Brasil,e este foi o melhor vídeo explicando como se faz um japamala. Está de parabéns !!!! Gratidão 🙏🙏🙏

Beautiful tutorial.

HOW BEAUTIFULLY YOU MADE IT ! ITS AWESOME !

THANK YOU DEAR YOGA BROTHER. Help me a lot 🙏🙏🙏HARI OM God bless You 😇❤ Greeting from Slovenia 🇸🇮

What a wonderful video! You are so very kind to share this instruction. Thank you!

Thanks a lot for teaching how to make mala. Hari Om🙏

muchas gracias tus conocimientos me ha servido para despejar muchas dudas y poder realizar mi japa mala te estoy profundamente agradecido desde la hechura hasta la borla gracias gracias gracias

Made it easier. Thank you.

This really is the best method for getting a nice symmetrically globular knot that doesn't have the little pointy irregularities in them that make the knot lopsided and, thus, they don't sit squarely in the hole in the bead. Most of the bead knotting tutorials on here are for extremely much finer synthetic, practically invisible, knotting threads for beads with much smaller holes than the wooden beads and traditional mala designs use. The result of those other knotting techniques produce something that you can't see, between the beads, how the knot, even with a knotting tool, is lopsided, because it's so small. Those same knotting techniques, even with good silk cord, produce lopsided knots. The knots themselves are actually part of Inner Eye's more traditional design for malas and natural materials add to how a mala feels when you use it. My only personal concern is being limited to a white, contrasty, knotting color, so I'm thinking about how to match the color of wooden beads closer by dying Brahmin cotton cord with tea or coffee. I tried a lot of different methods and came back to the first and best tutorial I watched. Thank you for your guidance.

Very good presentation..🙏 Hari Om🙏

i don't like many videos.... but when i do... its because they are as good as this one. excellent explanation and demonstration. Just wonderful.

Thank You and Namaskar🙏 Hari Om... 🙏❤

I'm so excited to say that I'm starting my 3rd Mala...thank you again for your kind instruction... the slow-mo was very helpful....I've also become an expert at un-tying my "granny" knots...and learned to laugh at myself! Enjoy your coffee. Nameste

I love this! Thanks so much. ❤️

Thank you. Amazing technique. 🙏🏼

बहुत सुंदर आपने सभी चीजें बहुत अच्छे से बताएं

I have watched many videos about how to make mala/ rudraksha mala. Among all videos, this video is the best ( best technique and best way of explanation and explanation in a very simple way ). Lot of thanks for bringing this video.

Thanks a lot! With the help of this video I could mend my dismantled mala.

A beautiful video! Thank you!

It's awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍🏻

Thank you ! This is the best mala making video I have found. I just made my first and it’s beautiful.

Maravilhoso! Gratidão pela linda partilha. 🙏🏻

Thank You for the Video.

Wowwwwww.. So neatly explained!!! 😍🙏Hari Om

Wonderful. Thank you for this.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful and simple way to make our beloved malas ur awesome

You do a beautiful job on the tassel. Thank you for the tutorial

Pranam...you are simply awesome. The best mala making tutorial...the best possible way of mala making...

Very nice explanation, thank you from Texas.

Did it for the first time! Feeling like I've accomplished something great.

Many thanks for sharing, your techniques are creatively stunning in their simplicity, effectiveness and result in absolute perfection.

Very nice ! Thanks for teaching good Mala making!🙏🙏

What a beautiful mala, thank you for sharing

This was amazing. Thank you. X

Since long I was looking for this technique

Nice.... Thanks... very helpful 👍... Hare krishna🙏

very nicely explained. thank you 🙏🏼

Thank you for sharing!!

I enjoyed your video very much. Thank you for sharing this. I added this video to a private Playlist specifically for MALA making. Now I can loop the Playlist and repeat it until I successfully learn your MALA making technique. Thank you again 💓 💖.

Thank you for this superb video 🙏🏼

Eu amei!!! Muito obrigada ❤️❤️🇧🇷 Thank you!❤️❤️

🕉 HariOm 🙏 Excellent demonstration Guruji my humble pranams 🌻🙏🌻

Next level information

Excellent Experience ♥️ ♥️ 👍👍And Fantastic Work 👏 👌

This was VERY helpful, thank you 🙏🏻❤️

You make to us so simple, otherwise you made be true deep faith .. 💙 thanks

Thank you for this excellent tutorial 🙏🏻

Beautiful mala.

Best detailed description with visuals and alternative methods🙌🙌also without any fancy product or advertisement 🙌🙌❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

amazing...m in love with dis mala

Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you so much for such a great tutorial !!!🙏🙏🙏 God bless !!!

The most accurate to what I was having in my mind Thank you so much

Amazing! Thanks so much!

Thank you so much. I just broke my mala n now m able to make it again. Very helpful video

Excellent work!!!

Thank You so very much for your beautiful video. Namaste 🙏🏻

This was a very very good video!! Thank you!