1 chapter: The origins of Tibetan bowls
2 chapter: Physical and spiritual effects
3 chapter: different types of singing bowls and using purpose
- The ancient Himalayan tradition and spiritual practices of using singing bowls, have roots in Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhist monks have used these bowls in meditation since ancient times. Singing Bowls is a nearly symmetric metal bowl that produces a musical sound either by rotating a wooden stick around the outside rim or softly hitting the wooden stick on the outer rim. The wooden stick is called “Puja” in Nepali and mallet in English, these wooden sticks are covered with felt or leather. Singing bowls are commonly known as Tibetan Singing Bowl, Tibetan healing bowl, Tibetan Meditation bowl and Himalayas Singing bowl. Due to its name many people believe singing bowls are originated from Tibet but in reality, it has originated from Nepal and Eastern India.Few researchers believe singing bowls were first made in Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago. As such, singing bowls are believed to be one of the most ancient artisan crafts in human history.
- Sound has been used from ancient time for meditation and healing by using Tibetan bells: Himalayas singing bowls, Bells, Tibetan Gongs, didgeridoo, wind chimes and other ancient musical tools. The use of singing bowls for their therapeutic value has been traced back to more than 1000 years. According to Study published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, it has been found that an hour-long sound meditation has helped people reduce their tension, anger, fatigue, anxiety and depression while increasing a sense of spiritual well-being. The main instrument used was the singing bowls for 95% of the session. People who had never done sound meditation experienced significantly less tension and anxiety afterward, as well as those who had done it before. The sound from Himalayas Singing Bowls take our brain to Theta waves (4-8 Hz) which induce deep meditative state of mind as in this state our senses are withdrawn from the external world and we are able to concentrate on indication from within. The sound vibration helps us to be in peaceful states, clarity of mind, and intuition. When our brainwaves are out of balance, there will be corresponding problems in our emotional or neuro-physical health. A combination of under-arousal and over-arousal is seen in cases of anxiety and depression. The brain wave can be altered by using Singing Bowl sound vibration, one of the ancient ways of healing through brainwave entraining. Tibetan Singing Bowls or Himalayas Singing Bowl is an ancient method used in Eastern culture to balance the Chakras. The sound waves, in the form of sine waves, run correcting frequencies to the unbalanced chakras, bringing them back to normal functioning. As the vibration from the sound of the singing bowl runs through your body, it is calibrating your chakras to run at their most optimal tone.
Each chakra resembles to a different body area, neural network, organ system, vibration, color – and a different musical note or frequency:
1st chakra- NOTE C- skeletal/spine
2nd chakra- NOTE D- reproduction/bladder
3rd chakra- NOTE E- stomach/ liver
4th chakra- NOTE F- heart/ circulation
5th chakra- NOTE G- lungs/throat
6th chakra- NOTE A- sinus/ lower brain
7th chakra- NOTE B- nerves/ upper brain
The overall balancing effect of the Tibetan Singing Bowls and theta brainwave entrainment combine to enhance and support the corrective rebalance of the sine waves effect on each chakra. The result is balanced chakras which then, in turn, enhance cellular and systemic healing throughout the body that is facilitated by the theta rhythms.