Conch

Conch is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal. In North America, a conch is often identified as a queen conch, indigenous to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. 

When you blow the conch, your lung muscles are expanded, improving their aerial capacity. Also, people perform these yoga asanas for healthy lungs. Conch blowing also exercises your thyroid glands and vocal cords and helps in correcting any speech problems.

The blowing of a conch shell enhances the positive vibrations such as courage, determination, optimism, and willpower. The blowing of “shankh” makes the atmosphere pure and conducive for the spiritual practice (sadhana) of an individual. Keeping a shankh or conch shell in the house is also helps get rid of Vastu dosha and bring good luck and prosperity.  Shankh or shankham in Sanskrit, stands for shum, meaning something good, and kham, meaning water.

You may bring home a conch for the sacred properties it holds. These are available big & small sizes, also in varied shapes.