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.

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.