Waist Beads

Waist beads consist of small round pieces of pierced glass strung together to adorn the waist in practice of many purposes. Some of the practices include fertility, celebration of femininity, initiation, spirituality, power, balancing of the chakras, attracting a mate, as well as promoting circulation throughout the body.

The Earliest beads were found in present day Zimbabwe, but made popular by the Yoruba tribes of Nigeria, and now sold in Ghana, the bead production capital of the world. The beads sold on this website are imported directly from Ghana, West Africa. Traditionally, waist beads are worn under clothing and anointed with special oils and herbs that will be absorbed into the skin for healing purposes. There is no age or size limit for adorning the beads. Strings of waist beads forces the wearer to be aware of their size, as the beads monitor weight. The higher up the beads go signifies weight gain as the lower down the body will signify weight loss.

The colors of the beads possess different symbolic meanings as follows:

White – Opens up the wearer to the energy around them.

Yellow – A color of optimism and knowledge, calms the nerves and has energy related to the ability to perceive and understand.

Orange – encourages the wearer to exude confidence, possess awareness of self-worth, and become sociable, energetic, and adventurous.

Pink – a color of unconditional love, romance, purity, femininity, and healing.

Red – a color of vitality, sexuality, passion, and courage.

Green – symbolizes hope, which allows the wearer to be nature loving, self-controlled, humbled, and to encourage healing and harmony.

Indigo – a color of power, inspiration, royalty, and enhancing inner peace while addressing stress. Also, allowing deep perception and intuition.

Silver – amplifies all over colors.

Brown – impresses wearer to be practical, down to earth, calm, secure, comfort, and practical.

Black – swallows up all other colors and shields wearer from outside energy.

Red – a color of self-confidence.