Singing Bowl Therapy

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Singing bowls have been used over hundreds of years as a Buddhist instrument for meditation and other religious ceremonies. Believed to have been used as food bowls originally, singing bowls have found their way into people’s hearts and minds due to its multiple uses and characteristics. Due to the bowls’ peculiar rhythmic traits, the ancient people from the foothills of the Himalayas used Tibetan Singing bowls for their own version of singing bowl therapy. In ancient times Tibetan as well as Nepali singing bowls were used as a powerful tools for healing, meditation and self-transformation. Fortunately, the knowledge, skills and the ways of constructing of this Buddhist art have been taught over many generations and are available in present days.

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Singing bowls, especially antique singing bowls, have been used from many centuries in various meditational purpose. The resonant sound produced by the bowl gives out a sense of calm and benevolence to the user, resulting the surroundings to be more aiding for the purpose of meditation. Not only meditation, the singing bowls have been used by the Buddhists throughout its history as an instrument for producing sounds during numerous rituals, spiritual chanting and rites. Thus these singing bowls are also called Buddhist singing bowls. Alongside their religious as well as meditational purpose, singing bowls have been used as an important instrument for singing bowl healing and singing bowl therapy.

Singing bowl therapy’s sole purpose is to restore the vibratory frequencies of the body, mind and soul that are diseased. The sounds produced by striking and stroking the rim of the bowl during the therapy work as a type of medicinal energy that has been known to be able to reduce pain, depression and stress disorders from centuries. Interestingly, the singing bowl therapy trains the brain waves to sync with the harmonic sounds of the bowl, which prepares one for deep meditation, creative thinking and intuitive messages. Singing bowl therapy awakens ones ability to hear much more than he or she normally hears in the daily life. The pure overtones of this therapy can be felt just as much as they can be felt. The pleasant but complex resonant tones of these singing bowls have the ability to penetrate both body and mind. The therapy touches the fundamental part of the soul making these harmonic sounds very beneficial to the ones who wants to rediscover their humanity by syncing the body with mind and soul.

One of the major benefits of the singing bowl therapy is its ability to reduce stress. Stress is the primary cause of many physical conditions in the body. These ailments are taken away swiftly when the patient undergoes through the therapeutic vibrations of the singing bowl. People tend to lose their equilibrium when their inner harmony is disturbed. The stress from the daily life makes one prone to illness and ailments. Singing bowl therapy helps to remove such tensions and blockades in the body, mind and soul can be gently and effectively loosened. In the same way, the singing bowl therapy effectively influences our emotional as well as our physical bodies at the same time. Imbalances in emotions are the reason for many physical diseases and healing them imbalances result in the removal of physical ailments. Sound has an excellent ability to connect a human mind with its emotions. The sound of singing bowl affects all the cells of the body due to its vibrations. Similarly, singing bowl therapy provides deep relaxation making it possible for the user to connect with his or her higher self. Singing bowl therapy can also be used to heal chakras of a person using various chakra singing bowls. Many researchers are known to have proven the fact that the singing bowl therapy is also beneficial for the hearing impaired. Even if they are not able to hear the sound, they can still fell the vibrations of the bowl and can take healthy benefits from the bowls. Furthermore, there have been many researches which has shown that the singing bowl therapy to be useful in improving the aggressive and anti social behavior in children and youth.

With all these benefits, singing bowl therapy and singing bowl healing are surely effective in giving out solutions. If you want a singing bowl for your singing bowl therapy, take a look at our online singing bowl shop.