| Well first thing you should know about singing bowls, is | | | | look 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 have | | | | Crystal Singing bowls are generally hand carved out of |
| been found in Asia and India as far as 3,000 years | | | | a big block of crystal and because of this, they are |
| ago, but they had a slightly different use then the | | | | usually unique and have their own personally. Some |
| singing bowls of the Tibetan's. The use of singing | | | | Bowls are made out of composite crystal material and |
| bowls in the Tibetan Culture is often credited to a sect | | | | are 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 of | | | | bowl. |
| either five seven or nine different metals. The main | | | | Singing 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 the | | | | mediation while using them. The crystal Bowls help |
| first singing bowls also had metals from meteorites in | | | | create 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 the | | | | integrated meditation into their lives. |
| same metals that the Tibetan's used back in ancient | | | | Singing bowls are easy to learn how to use, most |
| times. But they use casts to ensure that they are | | | | singing bowls have straight edges, and to use them in |
| uniform in nature, making them all easy to use, and you | | | | your meditation, you hold the singing stick vertical to the |
| won't have to learn how to play each individual singing | | | | edge of the bowls, and rotated around at a slow |
| bowl, which can be a great help to people who are | | | | speed. |
| time poor. You can still get the Antique bowls if you | | | | |