What is a sound healing?

Sound healing is a process of healing physical and emotional aspects of human beings by utilizing several ranges of sound sources. It can be described in terms of sound waves that brings a state of harmony and healing to your physical and emotional health. These sound waves are believed to reduce stress of human body and help it to function properly.

Sound healing offers guidance on how we can utilize sound to enhance the higher consciousness and move towards the ideal state of peace, devotion and integrity. Various physical diseases like pain, post-operative healing and numerous critical diseases can be healed or reduced by sound healing. It helps to find the solutions to emotional issues where releasing depression, anxiety, fear and distressing emotions become easy.

How does it work?

• The whole universe is made with the vibration of sound, every single living being has a unique vibration and remains in a continuous state of vibration and sound has the ability to produce a physical change within a human being.
• It is a medium that reforms the internal disorganization and conflict into a melodious feeling of peaceful self-centeredness. Applying sound waves can positively affect the vibrational state of human body by reducing stress and anxiety.
• Each and every activity that a human body executes has a conscious or unconscious purpose behind it. Sound healing transfers the intentions, emotions and spirit in the body of a person undergoing treatment. It also impacts the limbic system of the brain uplifting our sensation and feeling.
• Sound Healing promotes a situation of intense comfort where releasing of emotional suffering and wounds become much effortless.

How singing bowls are made?

Archaeologists believe that singing bowls or popularly known as Tibetan bowls have originated about 5000 years ago and no manuscripts have been found till date about them. Yet it is assumed to be first used by the people of the Mesopotamian civilization. Therefore, these bowls are considered to be one of the most primitive artefacts of all time which were utilized by humans.

According to a legend, the very first Tibetan bowls were constructed with iron having high magnetic properties. They were usually found at higher altitudes such as the Himalayas which is considered sacred by people. This was the reason why the bowls were used during religious ceremonies.

The principal metal used to create singing bowls is Bronze, which is an alloy of tin and copper. Bronze, as we know is a durable and tough alloy that has been used in producing ancient Indian utensils as it is believed to prevent the growth of micro-organisms.

Singing bowls were initially used by monks for spiritual ceremony, these metal bowls are made by combining various metals like gold, silver, mercury, copper, iron, tin and lead. The common procedure of making singing bowl is to cast and reheat the alloy followed by hand- hammering into a specified structure. Another process includes pouring a hot metal into a container, which forms the shape of moulded container. Neck is later formed and connected with the bowl before being polished. This process creates a more confined shape, which generate prolonged vibrations and sound when struck.

How do they heal?

Singing or Himalayan bowls, uplift relaxation and offer strong healing effects by producing a soothing sound when played. Singing bowls are used in deep inhalation and meditation for reducing emotional suffering by making favourable changes in brain waves.

According to science, whenever there is a dissonance within the body or a disturbance in the cells then a person is said to be affected by a disease. This is when Singing Bowls come to the rescue. It is a universal fact that all matter possess energy and they all have their sets of vibration. It is the change in this vibration which can reconstruct the structure of the matter. When the Tibetan Bowls are placed to vibrate, they emit sound which enter the brain and then migrate into the Theta Brain wave frequencies. This results the body to move into a state of intense meditative and relaxed states, soothing the nervous system and relieving the body from stress or agony.