What Are Crystal Singing Bowls?

Well first thing you should know about singing bowls, islook around, but you'll find they are very rare and very
that they originated in Tibet around 1000 years ago.highly priced compared to their modern counterparts.
They appear to be based on similar items that haveCrystal Singing bowls are generally hand carved out of
been found in Asia and India as far as 3,000 yearsa big block of crystal and because of this, they are
ago, but they had a slightly different use then theusually unique and have their own personally. Some
singing bowls of the Tibetan's. The use of singingBowls are made out of composite crystal material and
bowls in the Tibetan Culture is often credited to a sectare uniform in nature, but in saying that, using one of
of shamans called "Bon" who used them in their rituals.them would defeat the purpose of using a crystal
When they where first created, they were made ofbowl.
either five seven or nine different metals. The mainSinging bowls are often used for meditation, in that
metals that they used were iron, tin, copper, mercury,they help the mediator achieve a higher state of
silver and gold. But it also believed that some of themediation while using them. The crystal Bowls help
first singing bowls also had metals from meteorites increate a higher pitch sound then their metal counter
them.parts, and are often preferred by people who have
Modem Metal Singing bowls, are often made using theintegrated meditation into their lives.
same metals that the Tibetan's used back in ancientSinging bowls are easy to learn how to use, most
times. But they use casts to ensure that they aresinging bowls have straight edges, and to use them in
uniform in nature, making them all easy to use, and youyour meditation, you hold the singing stick vertical to the
won't have to learn how to play each individual singingedge of the bowls, and rotated around at a slow
bowl, which can be a great help to people who arespeed.
time poor. You can still get the Antique bowls if you