Mala beads can help you with different aspects of meditation, which is linked to a range of health benefits. Meditation can help greatly reduce stress levels, improve sleep, and lower blood pressure, among other mental and physical health benefits, but it isn't always easy to stay focused as our minds can often wander. You can use mala beads in a variety of ways during meditation, but breath control and mantra repetition are two good starting points. The repetitive movement of your fingers across the beads helps ground you and touching each bead as you say a mantra will help you to keep track of how many times you’ve repeated the mantra.