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Tibetan Singing Bowls: How They Relieve Stress and Why You Should Try It
Let’s talk about the healing properties of the instrument for spiritual practices.
Tibetan singing bowls are a powerful tool for spiritual practice, massage and healing. They say that their sound can relieve stress, improve the physical and emotional state of a person.
Is this really so and who was the first to use them, says our expert – yoga practitioner Alexei Starovoitov.
Tibetan bowls: origin, properties, sound
The first singing bowls came to us from the countries of the East, where for many centuries they were used in various ceremonies and rituals. The main property of the bowls is the creation of strong energy fields with the help of sound, which saturate the surrounding space with positive energy.
They are made from metal, stone and various crystals. Most often, metal bowls are used, made of alloys, the composition of which allows you to get a clean, deep sound. The forging method also plays an important role. If you compare ten handcrafted bowls, each one has a unique sound, even if they are the same size and made from the same alloy.
The depth and timbre of the sound depend on the diameter: the larger it is, the lower the bowl sounds. Both the wall thickness and the size ratio of the bottom and rim are important. But in general, one should focus not on the shape or material, but on the sound quality: a properly made bowl has a deep, clear and clean sound, does not rattle or create dissonance.
The healing properties of the singing bowl
According to the sages of Ancient India, the entire world around us consists of sounds and vibrations. And the human body is no exception. The speed of sound is different in different environments. For example, in air it is 330 m / s, in water – 1500 m / s. We are 70% water and are excellent conductors of sound, and our body reacts to vibrations at the cellular level.
However, the tissues in the human body have different densities, so vibrations in the lungs, bones and skin will propagate at different speeds. Tibetan bowls create vibrations that have a beneficial effect on organs and tissues, relieving tension and triggering self-regulation mechanisms. During sound therapy, the wave penetrates absolutely all parts of the body and even affects the bone marrow.
With the help of bowls you can:
improve sound exchange;
help the body fight stress, calm the mind and achieve a state of inner harmony;
fight pain and other destructive conditions;
restore balance in case of physical illness and psychoemotional problems (even one session can relieve headaches, lower blood pressure);
create a powerful flow of positive energy, which always has a beneficial effect on a person.
Singing bowls for massage and treatment
Vibrations are widely used in medicine, for example, doctors often listen to a patient in order to determine the disease by vibrations. When massage with cups, the same principle works: we tap and reveal the clamp, in such a place the bowl will vibrate in a different way.
This method requires an individual approach, since for each person the sound source must be selected personally. Firstly, its timbre and pitch should create vibrations in the right parts of the body, and secondly, the sound should be pleasant for the practitioner himself, cause relaxation and pacification.
Another area of sound resonance therapy is the impact of vibrations of a certain frequency on specific organs and systems. It was found that each of them has its own note:
“Before” is responsible for the reproductive and genitourinary system;
“Re” – for the lungs and heart;
“We” – for intuition and clairvoyance;
“Fa” – for the musculoskeletal system;
“Salt” – for the digestive system;
“La” – for immunity.
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By choosing singing bowls that sound according to these notes, you can change the physical and emotional state of a person.
Harmonizing space with sound
We live in a world oversaturated with harmful vibrations that are produced by literally all objects around us: high-voltage wires, mobile devices, fluorescent lamps, televisions, vehicles, etc.
With the help of bowls, you can displace the old sound from the room, and with it harmful energies, create a new one and preserve its effect. It must be said that not only bowls have a similar effect, but also other sources of sound, for example, church bells.