Singing Bowl (Exercises for Personal Harmony)

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Did you know that you; 'have your own basic tone, that you vibrate every day, and that your tone changes as your life changes? It's a fact that sound is energy. With the right information, and practice, you can use the vibration energy of singing bowls to adjust, restore, and maintain your personal harmony. Anneke Huyser explains the symbolism of the bowls, and beaters, how their metals correspond to the planets, and how planetary energies, reflected in the frequencies of certain bowls, can be harnessed for personal transformation. She also provides information on the frequencies of colors so you can combine sound with color therapy principles, and she includes basic information about the body's seven major chakras and how they are affected by singing bowls. With till: exercises provided here, you'll learn how to:

• retrain how you listen to sounds;

• find your basic tone and choose a bowl that matches your personal frequency;

• make your bowl sing; • work with planet tones;

• experience the healing vibrations of the bowl;

• give or receive a singing bowl sound massage;

• use singing bowls in storytelling and many other activities.

ANNEKE HUYSER, is a well known author of several metaphysical Dutch books on creating personal mandalas, elemental energies, and gemstones. She has been giving lectures and workshops on creating personal mandalas and about the history and use of singing bowls. She is part of a group of women who are editing a unique, quarterly periodical about mandalas.

Each of us has our own specific methods and techniques for feeling a sense of well-being, but who is familiar with the sound of well-being?

Everything in nature consists of vibrations. Sound consists of audible vibrations. You could therefore say that the whole of creation, including humanity, is music in a solid form. It is small wonder that people find it easiest to orient themselves through sound and music. Of all the senses, the ear is the most precise, and never sleeps. The effect of sound is independent of consciousness. The influence of sounds and noise on the body, mind, and soul has been seriously underestimated until_ recently. The negative side effects of industrial noise and machinery, household equipment, transportation and so on, are becoming more evident in increasing occurrences of irritation, aggression, depression, stress, and physical and emotional pain. Fortunately, in the face of all these developments, or perhaps in response to them, we are becoming more aware of the harmonizing potential of sound, and more of us are using instruments and techniques to achieve harmony between ourselves and our environment. Sound massage is primarily a process of inner depth, inviting a person listen to him- or herself and bringing him or her into con-tact with an inner quality of trust. It helps one to regain a sense of self-worth, and promotes processes of physical recovery.

The path of surrender and encounter leads to an awareness of timelessness, which I call a sense of here and now. It is the time and place where all solutions and answers peacefully coexist with the problems and questions filling our reality. If we choose to believe that there are many questions and problems in life, we must also believe that the answers and solutions can be found in ourselves. Everyone has the ability to ring peace to the spirit, to enter the silence and to know, which is a truly restful oasis in an age overrun by schedules, probability the ories, prognoses, future expectations, surveys, and so on. The great , benefit of listening to your heart, your soul, your inner self-or whatever you wish to call it-is that you know, without any explanations or proof. You draw on wisdom rather than on information is usually warped with dubious interests, or dressed up and disguised to conceal hidden defects. What would you opt for dubious information or inner knowledge?

Singing bowls, native to the Himalayas and also known as Tibetan bowls, are becoming increasingly well-known in our Western society. However, the origin and original function of these metal bowls-with their fascinating and ethereal sounds and their undeniable influence on the body, mind, and soul-are still surrounded by an aura of mystery. Singing bowls are used as an aid in meditation, as sacrificial vessels, and for eating, yet it seems that few people have reliable information on this subject, and in so far as the people of the Himalayas themselves have any knowledge, they remain silent. In -.v search for literature on singing bowls in a large bookstore in New Delhi, I was not able to find a single Indian, Tibetan, or Nepalese book on singing bowls, but in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, did come across the book Singing Bowls, by Eva Rudy Jansen, in the bookstore opposite my hotel.

Perhaps guessing about and digging into the origin of singing z..DwIs is not very important. They exist and they have found their way to the Western world; we can make use of them and experience their transforming energy; this might be enough to know in our approach to the singing bowl. As instruments with a balanced and harmonious effect on our whole human existence, singing bowls could have a great influence-now and in the future-on our capacity for expanding consciousness, for transformation and healing. The only drawback to the increasing popularity of singing bowls in the West is that they are no longer made with the old, familiar shape and composition. With modern technology, which has also spread to the countries of the Himalayas, the craft of the of the singing bowls' original makers seems to have come to an end. All the original Himalayan bowls that are still in circulation appear to be at least forty-five years old. Occasionally, you'll come across new, factory-made bowls, which are a long way from producing the sound of the old, hand-crafted bowls, because they were cast, rather than beaten and hammered. Although they vibrate for a long time and can "sing," they lack a certain vitality; the spirit which is so characteristic of the old Himalayan bowls is missing. By playing them, you can increase the spirit and fullness of the sound; they have to be intensively played, so that the molecules of the bowls become rear-ranged in a certain way, just as a new guitar or a new piano has to be "broken in." In fact, this also applies to the old hammered bowls. It is only with use that the sounds are fully realized. In addition, crystal singing bowls were designed a few years ago in the United States. These have particular pitches that affect specific chakras. However, the original metal singing bowls are the only ones with the unique, full, warm, deeply penetrating sounds that affect every part of the body, mind and soul.

I first came across singing bowls when I bought one in 1986 from a backpacker who had brought a number of bowls back from the Far East. The bowl, which produces the most intriguing sound, has a diameter of about 4.5 inches, and I still have it next to my other bowls.

The publication of Jansen's book Singing Bowls met a large demand from people who wanted to know more about the history, purchase, use, and effects of singing bowls, and Tibetan and Buddhis ritual instruments such as tingshas, bells, and dorje. Since its English publication in 1990, the book has been translated into French, English german and Spanish.

**Contents and Sample Pages**