Crown Chakra ~ Tibetan Singing Bowl ~ Beautiful Sound !

Every handmade Tibetan singing bowl is different from the next one ... this particular one measures approximately 6 1/2" wide, stands 3" tall, and weighs just over 1 lbs 5 1/2 oz. This bowl is graded as 'old' from Nepal being 15-35 years. This bowl has a great shape, beautiful hammer dented look, and is predominantly B note, the Crown Chakra. Playing around the rim, there is a fairly strong secondary A note, the 3rd Eye Chakra. Click below to listen to the bowl being 'gonged', struck lightly with a felt wrapped mallet. (All our sound clips are struck with the same striker for consistency / the bowl can sing much longer than this short sound clip) The bowl comes with the pictured wooden striker which measures approximately 7 1/2" long.

( Click here to download the sound file instead of playing it above. Below is a visual representation of the sound clip. )

Shipping within the U.S. for this singing bowl is $8.30 by priority mail, with optional insurance for $2.05 , and we are always happy to combine shipping charges for multiple auction wins. Global bidders are welcome, please inquire as to international rates (we use usps.com)

Have a look in our Ebay store: Singing Bowls for singing bowls in a wide range of sizes, including some rare xlg 14"+ bowls. Also available are Tingsha, gongs, and prayer bells and much more great artwork and himalayan handicrafts brought to you from Hither and Yon! aloha.

A singing bowl is simply a type of bell that is shaped like a bowl. They are sometimes called 'standing bells' because they sit on a surface, rather then being suspended like a hand bell or church bell. Singing bowls have been made for centuries, since the time of the Buddha Sakyamuni (560 - 489 BCE.). They were brought to Tibet from India with the teachings of Buddha, and yet they are not mentioned in the Buddhist cannon. There function is thus something of a mystery, but it is thought that they were used in Tibet for meditation and ceremonial purposes. Today they are used for the same reasons, as well as holistic healing, relaxation, stress reduction, reiki, balancing of the body's chakras, or simply as a wonderful piece of art.

Singing bowls are traditionally constructed of seven metals: gold, silver, mercury, copper, iron, tin and lead, which correspond to the seven planets known at the time - sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, respectively. The exact composition of each bowl is a closely guarded secret from the maker. Most bowls are handmade, apart from some tools used for shining and polishing, and fall into two categories. The first is the hand-hammered or hammer-beaten kind manufactured using traditional methods, .that we offer at Hither and Yon, most of which come from Nepal and India. The second type is the colored and carved bowls often decorated with Buddhist symbols. These bowls mostly come from Nepal and are popular more as decorations and souvenir items.

The pitch of a bowl depends upon it's thickness, size and weight. The pitch is fixed but may be controlled as to tone and volume by the force of the tap, the hardness of the mallet used. and the point of percussion. Creating a contemplative and soothing sound, singing bowls are used throughout the Himalayas in monasteries and homes to aid meditation. The sound of a singing bowl can be used to mark the beginning or end of a meditation period, or during meditation to focus the mind. It is believed that mantras chanted during the making of a singing bowl are released into the universe when the bowl is played, similar to the function of a Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheel. Singing Bowls are also commonly used for chakra healing...chakras are energy centres located at specific points throughout the body - The seven traditional chakra points are the top of the head, the middle of the forehead (third eye), the throat, the heart, the solar plexus, the spleen, and the root chakra located at the base of the spine.

Tibetan Singing Bowls are used to produce a blend of harmonic resonances, which in turn are used to induce a meditative state and assist spiritual seekers to the state of enlightenment. To hear the tone of the bowl, hold the singing bowl on your fingertips (or on the palm of your hand for larger bowls) and strike the bowl at the rim with the wooden mallet. This method of playing is known as "striking" or "gonging" and is used for the audio recording above. To play the bowl using the 'around-the-rim' method, hold the bowl in the same manner. Grasp the mallet with one end in your palm and your fingers pointing downwards along the length of the wood. Maintaining even speed and pressure, rub the outside of the bowl along the rim in clockwise direction. The bowl will begin to sing! (It takes practice :) You don't need to go very fast but it does help if you remember to keep your speed constant and to maintain pressure.

We don't call any of our bowls 'antique' or attempt to date the bowls - to accurately do so, a piece of the bowl would have to be broken off and have metalurgical testing performed on it! Singing bowls have become very popular in the West in recent decades, making it extremely difficult to find an authentic 'antique' bowl. Storage conditions can really affect the look of a bowl, often making it seem older than it is. All of the singing bowls that we offer at Hither & Yon are sourced either directly from villages in western Nepal or from family-run businesses in northern India and Nepal whom we had the pleasure of meeting during our last overland travels throughout China, Tibet, Nepal, and India.