8 Powerful Reasons You Should Wear Waist Beads

by Lyn Lomasi; Owner of Intent-sive Nature & Brand Shamans Content Community

Wearing waist beads is a powerful ancient tradition, utilized by many cultures. It is believed to have started with Yoruban women, but is worn all over the African continent and has now spread all over the world, even in America! In addition to health and spiritual benefits, wearing waist beads is a fashion statement. Tap in! Here are 8 powerful reasons you should wear waist beads.

Choosing Waist Beads

Before wearing any waist beads, it's important to know how to properly choose them. Everything carries a certain energy. That energy can affect how your waist beads work for you. Choosing waist beads from an artisan you re aligned with is one way to ensure you have the right ones for you. If you landed here, you might be aligned with our family's energy. You should know the intentions and meanings behind the beads. Each color, gemstone, and other materials will represent a specific meaning or intention. Some, like ours, will also be blessed by a healer for more power and protection. You should always cleanse any beads before wearing them, even if you know the creator. 

1. Enhance Your Divine Energy

Some wear waist beads with specific gemstones and bead colors to help enhance their natural divine  energy. Charms and shells may also be used to make the waist beads even more powerful. Paying close attention to the materials used will help to enhance existing divine energy.

2. Weight Loss And Management

Historically, waist beads have also been used in weight loss, as well as management. The beads will move up or feel tighter if you are gaining weight, which can be inspiring toward weight loss actions. If the beads you wear are the newer, stretchy type, they may just stretch further but stay in the same place. When you lose weight, both types of waist beads will usually start to feel looser and move down lower on the belly. Wearing multiple waist beads may act as a corset and produce slimming results, especially when combined with specific crystals and gemstones.

3. Spiritual Protection

Protecting your own divine energy from various energies is a must. Many choose to wear waist beads for this purpose. The key to optimal protection is ensuring the beads are blessed and you've chosen ones with the correct materials for your specific intentions. Keeping the waist beads on can help to close off your energy from any malevolent (ill-intentioned) forces. 

4. Healing

You may be aware that gemstones have healing properties. Carefully selecting those with properties matching your needs can help your body heal. Even if you don't have physical ailments, it is good to utilize waist beads for your overall health. Check the meanings, benefits, and intentions behind them and intentionally choose your waist beads to help keep your body healed and whole.

5. Sensuality

Waist beads can be used for attraction and to enhance your natural sensuality. Some wear them concealed under clothing for only their life partner to see, while others show them off and may even adorn them with bells as a signal of fertility. Specific beads can be worn during the conception process to increase fertility, as well as during the pregnancy to protect mother and baby.

6. Balancing Chakras

Inner healing is necessary to protect your soul. Balancing your chakras can help with this healing. It is also necessary for alignment and ascension. Choosing and wearing chakra waist beads can help with this process. Be sure to cleanse your waist beads regularly to keep them flowing with benevolent (good) energy.

7. Unique Style

Wearing waist beads that match your personality and style can also add to your overall aura and accent your wardrobe choices. The combination of extra aura energy and materials that flatter your specific mind, body, and soul gives you a unique style that is your very own and can't be matched with anyone.

8. Body Positivity

Going along with having your own your unique style, as well as weight management aspects, wearing waist beads can help with body positivity. Even if you aren't yet comfortable with your shape, looking at the beautiful jewelry can help you start feeling better about your midsection. Then, once weight management aspects start to set in and you get more used to looking at the area, your feelings about your body can start to change for the good.

Whether you choose to wear waist jewelry for the look or for health or body positivity reasons, as you can see there are so many benefits. You may start wearing waist beads for one reason and then gain all of those above and more.

We invite you to share in the comments all the reasons you choose to wear waist beads and what your personal experiences with them have been like.