Mala Shah, Founder and Designer
For Mala Shah, designing jewelry is like putting together an awesome mix tape. You need just the right combination of songs (or beads!) to come together in one beautiful piece that’s perfect for the recipient. Her favorite thing is the moment when she sees someone connect with a piece that really speaks to them. Mala truly believes that “The right piece goes to the right person at the right time.”
Mala makes Reiki-infused jewelry using a variety of semi-precious stones, accenting pieces, unique charms, and toggles to create pieces that both look beautiful and promote health and healing. Having traveled extensively in Latin America, as well as in India, China, and Africa, she incorporates the rhythms and colors of the cultures she’s experienced into the patterns and textures of her jewelry.
She offers bracelets, charms, necklaces, earrings, and more. She has recently branched out into making fun silver pieces (that’s the Mala Shah Design part of the business), and also takes custom orders like Reiki-infused medic-alert bracelets with changeable chains.
Mala has a background in Public Health, HIV Prevention, and Latin American Studies. But it was only after establishing her own Reiki practice when she noticed that a heightened relaxing effect could be achieved when she combined crystals with her healing process. The result was enhanced healing. So she decided to blend her Reiki practice with her jewelry design. After all, why carry a bunch of rocks around in your pocket when you could wear them? Why not look great and feel even better?
When she’s not creating, Mala can be found practicing capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art), playing in Timbeleza (a Pittsburgh-based samba band), running in Frick Park, or creating some sort of smoothie surprise in her beloved Vitamix.
Mala makes Reiki-infused jewelry using a variety of semi-precious stones, accenting pieces, unique charms, and toggles to create pieces that both look beautiful and promote health and healing. Having traveled extensively in Latin America, as well as in India, China, and Africa, she incorporates the rhythms and colors of the cultures she’s experienced into the patterns and textures of her jewelry.
She offers bracelets, charms, necklaces, earrings, and more. She has recently branched out into making fun silver pieces (that’s the Mala Shah Design part of the business), and also takes custom orders like Reiki-infused medic-alert bracelets with changeable chains.
Mala has a background in Public Health, HIV Prevention, and Latin American Studies. But it was only after establishing her own Reiki practice when she noticed that a heightened relaxing effect could be achieved when she combined crystals with her healing process. The result was enhanced healing. So she decided to blend her Reiki practice with her jewelry design. After all, why carry a bunch of rocks around in your pocket when you could wear them? Why not look great and feel even better?
When she’s not creating, Mala can be found practicing capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art), playing in Timbeleza (a Pittsburgh-based samba band), running in Frick Park, or creating some sort of smoothie surprise in her beloved Vitamix.