Soundhimalaya.com in association with Tuladhar Handicrafts have more than 25 years of experience of working with singing bowls and sound healers, and as per our expertise, we have never had any complaints regarding side effects of singing bowls and sound therapy from any of our customers.

We do not feel that singing bowls are dangerous and as per feedbacks taken from our customers; people do feel a certain impacts or changes in them within few hours after sound healing. When people present negative feeling and negative emotions towards any of medications, they do get negative results, and if they do not believe in sound therapies or trust the process, the results could be in-effective for them.

There isn’t any proof that singing bowls causes serious damage mentally or physically to any individual nor are there any incidents regarding such, Therefore, singing bowls cannot be considered dangerous. However there are certain groups of people who might reconsider singing bowls and sound therapy because of following reasons:

• Singing bowls are purely made of metals, some people tend to have skin and respiratory reactio towards metals, if one has such allergies they might want to use singing bowls after confirming the metals used to make it. People who are allergic to certain types of metal should avoid putting the bowls on their bodies and limit it to hearing the sound from 80-120cm away distance.
• If individuals are going through certain health procedures like heart pacemaker, coronary stent, cardiac shunt, artificial heart valves, implantable cardio-verter defibrillator (ICD), assigning bowls may impact your heart beat rate, therefore they might take suggestions from their doctors beforehand.
• If people have  inflammatory skin disorder, such as hives, psoriasis, eczema or its variant weeping eczema, singing bowls should not be placed on your body directly but can be used above cotton or light clothing without allowing the metals to touch the skin.
• People with metal inserts, metal implants, or metal staples inside their body, might avoid placing singing bowls on body parts as singing bowls when played have chances that the vibrations could shake or disturb the metal inside of you, causing it to dysfunction.

• Pregnant women might want to avoid playing singing bowls, as during pregnancies hormonal levels are misbalanced and vibrations from the bowls may have negative effects, especially if they’re placed on the body.
• People with epilepsy should also avoid this form of therapy because in rare cases, the music and vibrations can both cause seizures. If they want to try they should start with only one singing bowl and see the reactions initially before moving on with sound healings or singing bowls above their body or near to body.
• During sound therapy sessions, it may become uncomfortable if the singing bowl aids in bringing out strong emotions or painful memories. Some people feel the need to cry or take a break from talking to people for a while which is a part of the emotional stability and healing process.

The major takeaway to question “Are singing bowls dangerous?”  is that in overall of cases, singing bowls can be used for all of the people without placing singing bowl on their body parts or near to body parts which causes absolutely no harm.

As per Science of singing bowls, they have positive health and well-being effects. The sound from the singing bowls help react with brain waves that make you feel relaxed as music therapy generally reduce levels of the stress hormone in the body and when your levels of cortisol are lowered, you feel more relaxed. While receiving sound healing or sound therapy it is highly suggested for you to prepare yourself for some traumatic experiences to resurface during your sessions because such healing process awakens you physically, mentally and spiritually as well.

1. Investing in singing bowls is equivalent but also a lot more risk free than investing in stock market because the value of singing bowls are always rising.
2. Forbes 2020 also suggests that Singing bowls, Paintings, and Crafts are long term investments and is extremely beneficial for people who aren’t looking to get rich quick, but are interested in wealth increment.
3. Investing in such is actually a pretty good diversification for investment portfolio. Any form of craft be it paintings/ crafts/ singing bowls have no relation with stock market.
4. Real investors do not just buy and sell assets in form of stocks, shares or properties, they recognize the worth, cultural and spiritual values of products like singing bowls therefore gets highly interested in participation of buying/selling and auctions of singing bowls.

On top of that, the prices of singing bowls are always rising and never falls down unlike share/ stock markets. One of the many reason why all of the singing bowls be it antique or new, acts as securities is because the manufacturing process of singing bowls have direct relation to increasing rate in metal processing and increasing labor costs. Investing in Himalayan singing bowls be it Tibetan or Nepali,; they add up benefits to your inner peace, your wealth management, and exclusively to your lifestyle.

Singing Bowls are valuable products that lasts for generations and never needs renovations. Himalayan Singing Bowls are so treasured by users all around the world. Many collectors, and museums consider singing bowls as masterpiece of art and refuse to put a price on those singing bowls which has high reverberating energies. Singing Bowls are long term investments that acts like holding of gold for future references because it is acknowledged, used and appreciated worldwide.

Collectors worldwide also hold singing bowls in advance then resell them to highly fascinated buyers, making huge share of profit. Many shareholders of galleries are interested in buying and holding of different kinds of singing bowls like: crystal tone singing bowl, chakra set singing bowl, quartz singing bowl, and many more verities of the same which can be resold in great prices bringing a good return and profit to the initial buyer.  

All the living beings in this world, by nature, are meant to move and experience different components of earth. People travel to gain new understandings about different place, culture, food and people. The most essential while travelling would be of course money and passport, but the other most essential travel needs is “correct mindset” with hopes of beautiful experiences ahead.

As Nepal is rich in natural beauty with highest mountains, beautiful trekking destinations, fast flowing rivers, and exciting activities, most of the tourists in Nepal, seek for adventurous experiences like hiking, mountain climbing, paragliding, rafting, sight-seeing, to see the rich culture Nepalese hold, beautiful heritage places  and many more exciting things to do in Nepal. Alongside this, numbers of tourists, trekkers, and Nepalese travel within Nepal seeking spiritual peacefulness.

Bipashna, sound healing, yoga, meditation within the hills of Nepal is extremely famous worldwide, where numerous Europeans, Asians, Americans and celebrities like David Beckham, Prince Harry, Selena Gomez have experienced the spiritual peacefulness in Nepal.

Singing Bowls are one of the most used instrument for sound healing and during Bipashna meditation as it rings positive sound waves and help stimulates all the happy hormone creating glands that are connected to pituitary gland.

Travelling with singing bowl is an excellent idea for trekkers, hikers, and all the travelers as it is handy, price worthy and helps give correct state of mind whenever played. Travelers in Ancient times used to travel with instruments like flutes as it is light and keeps away from boredom, singing bowl acts as a travel buddy when travelling alone or with other people.

Although it is folk saying, ancient travelers believe that playing singing bowls in the woods attracts positive energy and keeps away negative energies and mis-happenings. Spiritual travelers instead of gadgets and speakers, enjoy the harmonious sounds of nature like waterfall, birds’ singings in the woods, wind blowing in the hills along with vibrating sound of the singing bowls. Singing Bowl is not just an instrument but a travel buddy to go on road-trips, and trekking with.

I bet we all have.

We often hear meditation is key to relaxation, Positive mindset brings happiness and breathing well brings calmness. But we time and again forget the path to that content feeling, isn’t it?

During COVID-19, we all stayed inside our homes hoping for better days to come; days, weeks and then months passed, but COVID situation worsened. It brought negativity among many lives. People had too much of time to do nothing. Some people stressed about finances, job and career and most people got anxious over future. Throughout the years, numerous studies and research has shown correlation between happy life and optimism.

People have understood the importance of being positive and habituated the progressive and productive things like: many people started to explore their area of interests, so many people developed new hobbies like cooking, dancing, reading, and the number of people who wants to build healthy habits have inclined steeply.

Wake up every morning in time and remind yourself that:

1.     I only think positive.

We attract what we think, so being positive should be our priority amidst this disaster. To do so, we must stop ourselves from overthinking and divert our minds to something indulging like singing along the lines to our favorite songs, sketching, and writing or the thoughts, this gradually decreases the thoughts within our head.

2.     I practice gratefulness.

Being thankful for what you have is important as this makes you realize all the achievements you have made and all the things you can count on. Point out 5 things you are grateful for everyday and it can be the same thing too.

3.     I take my time to do my things.

Being overly productive will only drain down our energy and interests. We all have our own timing and ticking and realizing what to do in which time in a healthy way is important.

4.     I practice diaphragmatic breathing.

Breathing well gives calmness in any mood. Practicing meditation, exercising, playing singing bowls, while meditating helps in improved breathing as the rhythm can help align breathing pattern.

5.     I have faith.

Hope keeps us alive. Having faith in the goals we set, the wishes we create and efforts we make is important.

6.     I walk away from stressful conversations.

Involving in any conversation that might stick to our head for hours is very harmful for our mental health, staying away from those conversations and avoiding people who make such conversations is crucial way of keeping away from negativity.

7.     I prioritize myself.

Prioritizing self needs and taking care of own physical and mental being helps in keeping up positive mindset as our body feels happy.

Meditation is a process where mindfulness is achieved, by training our self-awareness techniques to keep control on our chakras. If we notice carefully, we unrecognizably practice the shortest meditation on us by breathing calmly and slowly every once in a while, during the most anxious moments or after completing a long project or every once in a while. It gives our body, mind and soul a break to rejuvenate. Now imagine how much goodness and beneficial would practicing meditation every day for a few minutes routinely would result on our body. Our body is our home, and giving it rejuvenating breaks to restart is the most wonderful way, to make the best out of our day.

You might have gone through a lot of playlists of relaxing music, studying music, concentrating music, and many more throughout your rough days. You might have burnt numerous of scented candles which surely gives relaxation. But as per the tradition practitioners the most helpful way to calm the mind and body is by meditating to the sounds of ringing bells and singing bowls and nature’s sounds along with burning incense that are made with withered flowers and herbs which in combination helps a lot in releasing negative energy of the body and therefore helps in awakening your mind.

So next time, if you’re looking for ways to relax your body, mind and soul, go for a meditation to the sounds of singing bowls along with lightened flower herbal incense and feel the magic of all the earthly, traditional energies awakening your soul and balancing your chakras.

If you ever need to find your spirit and your demons to keep it in control, the energies that will extract it out are just near somewhere deep rooted in all these earthly matters. It’s all in the earthly energies. Every matter, every item, and every feeling is a form of energy that rests in the earthly matters. And when we have control in what we need to absorb, we can achieve limitless positivity from these earthly energy.

Singing Bowls, also known as ‘dabaka’ in Nepal, are made using seven earthly metals: tin, zinc, lead, copper, silver, mercury and gold which are believed to give minerals to our bodies, and energy that comes from it is positive and advantageous to us. These same metals are used to make bells in the temples, churches, and Gongs in monasteries that rings the inner soul and brings out all the goodness from within. These metals were widely used to make jewelries and armors because of its beneficiary factors.

Singing Bowls when strike with a wooden stick, gives a reverberating peaceful sound, which when rubbed by the wooden stick continues the hymn and the vibration of all the metal mixtures gives out the energy that will touch your skin, that will awaken your all seven chakras of the body and ring your inner peacefulness to come out. Ancient Tibetan and Nepali Buddhists believe that this sound energy heals your body, cleanses your body aura and creates a shield to protect the body from worldly negative energy- at least for a day.

Singing Bowls when played alone connects the body with earthly metal energies along with the energy of air, as sound travels through the air, and when played with water in it, gives energy of watery vibrations too. Singing Bowls can be used in many ways for many purposes.

Handmade singing bowls are made by melting the mixtures of metals in high fire flames, then is beaten and handcrafted to make a perfect bowl, when water is kept in the bowl and played along it gives the most pleasurable vibrations, connecting your mind and chakras to earthy energies. Machine made singing bowls has high importance in making rhythms and are played along with gongs, flutes, keyboards to make music that can helps in stress-free study, or paintings or reading books which help mind connect to a particular subject or an object to focus on.

Singing Bowls are much more than handicraft, sovereign, showpiece or hobby. Mainly purposed for sound therapy and sound healing to treat anxiety, stress, insomnia, Singing Bowls also help in achieving mental clarity and emotional stability. Himalayan singing bowls, which are mainly crafted in the Himalayas of Nepal are believed to have the highest positive energy transferring capacity.

Singing bowls are used for different purposes like meditation, sound healing, sound bath, chakra healing, music and more. Everyone has a different perception regarding the benefits of singing bowls. Singing bowl benefits in different levels physical, psychological and spiritual.

The keys to unlock the benefits of singing bowls are belief and trust. First of all, you need to believe that the bowls are going to do good for you and you need to trust the singing bowls as everyone does not feel the energy of singing bowls for the first time they try the bowl. You may need some time to realize the energy. The vibration and the sound do not make any difference until and unless you are connected with the singing bowl. The connection can only be created when you believe and trust. You will require a lot of patience as you choose the singing bowl; the singing bowl has to choose you too. The physical and psychological benefits are interrelated to one another. Once you feel the energy of the singing bowl you can meditate to the sound of the singing bowl.

Meditating to the sound of the singing bowl will help you to be calm, improve concentration and reduce stress.

Singing bowls helps to relax migraine headache and body muscles. Put the bowl upside down on the head like a cap or helmet then slowly strike the bowl do not strike too hard. The vibration of the singing bowl will help to relax the headache. (30 cm diameter size singing bowl is recommended to play overhead.) If there is any pain in body muscles you can rest the bowl over the area where you feel pain and strike the singing bowl with drumstick, do not touch on the rims of the bowl as it will kill the sound. The vibration of the singing bowl will help to relax the body muscles.

The spiritual benefits of singing bowls are: it helps in chakra balancing, reduce anxiety, depression, emotional balance and many more. Chakra balancing or healing help to relax the body and the mind as singing bowls play a role as a bridge between body and mind.

The energy of the singing bowls helps to connect the four elements of human body air, water, fire, and earth. Cosmic energy flow through human body then the four elements are in balance.

I would recommend you to choose a handmade singing bowl.  Handmade singing bowl has long lasting sustain sound. Handmade singing bowl are used for meditation and sound therapy.

 Machine made singing bowls are used as decoration, gift and for meditation but it do not have long lasting sustainable sound. Machine made singing bowls are not used for sound healing.

It would be better if the singing bowl is at least 20cm in diameter as this size singing bowl is easier to play for beginners. Now you explore and get more information about the singing bowl in the future you will not have to regret your first purchased singing bowl if it is handmade.

The singing bowl selection process

• Choose a handmade singing bowl. (How to recognize handmade singing bowls?)  Handmade singing bowls do not have perfect well finishing. The rim of handmade singing bowl is not perfect round shape. Handmade singing bowl creates vibration.
• Play the singing bowl and listen to the sound carefully.
• Select singing bowl that creates vibration, stable sound, and long lasting sound.

You do not have to buy a singing bowl under anyone’s influence make sure you are totally satisfied with your choice try different singing bowls and compare the sound

The first singing bowl welcomes you to the world of spirituality. Now you can start meditating and exploring more about chakras.

Positive energy , peacefulness of mind and spirituality body feels close to ground mind wants to fly.