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.

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.