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Singing Bowls

Tibetan Singing Bowls

A Mantra of Sound in the Palm of your Hand

How to choose and commune with your Bowl ?

In ancient times sound was used as a powerful tool for self-transformation. No less valuable to sound is it's counterpart of silence - for who can appreciate light without darkness ? They are merely creations of activity & stillness.

  1. Place the Singing bowl in the palm of your hand, holding it away from your body. Gong it softly with the wooden mallet and with your eyes closed, absorb the sound. Listen not only with your ears, but also get in touch with how it makes you feel and how your body responds. The labyrinth of over-laid sounds and harmonics is always a unique experience for each person. You will have an intuitive sense of which bowl you are in harmony with, instilling feelings of great peace, space and paradoxically profound silence.

  2. Then, strike the Singing bowl lightly again and with pressure, slowly rub the mallet firmly around the edge. It starts to sing quietly and increases in volume with successive rotations. Do not force the sound louder than it wishes to vibrate, otherwise it will rattle unpleasantly. If you have no immediate results, perservere and you will slowly gain the necessary skill. Each bowl has a life of its own and sings it's unique song. If you do not in accordance with our accumulated experience, therefore making this choice an entirely personal one. You will recognise your sound immediately but you have to experiment to find it.

  3. The singing bowl may also be placed on different parts of your body and "gonged" as described above. The resonance flows around and through the body, sympathetically tuning and healing it. The intention is to create harmony of body & heart through the vibration of sound - like the alchemist, who changes leaden hearts into gold.

  4. Your bowl may be placed on a small firm cushion or a rubber ring. "Gong beaters" for percussion instruments can be used. Every mallet produces a different sound, especially those covered with tape, felt, leather, cork, rope or wood.

  5. When the singing bowl is singing place it close to your lips. By opening & closing your mouth you will hear the various harmonics. Also, you can hum directly into the resonating bowl. The voice reinforces when the ears are hearing and creates a circuit connecting the ears with the voice, resulting in a more focussed listening mode. The difference between hearing and listening now become obvious.

  6. The shape of sound becomes visible when you rub your bowl, which has been filled with a little water. It then hums, the vibrations of which can even cause a fountain of tiny, sparkling droplets. These sounds pattern themselves in the water much like a mandala.

  7. Two of the advised guidelines for meditation are the focussing on breath or alternatively on sound. The vibratory sounds of the Singing Bowl are ideal for stilling the mind and bringing it into a centered clarity.



Tibetan Singing Bowls

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Tibetan Singing Bowls - The sound that enhance mind and body