Crystal Singing Bowls: What You Need To Know

In this video, Didge Project team members take you through a sampling of what crystal bowls are all about and some ideas about what you can do with them.
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Index
00:00 - Start
00:10 - Welcome
00:34 - T-Shirts!
01:10 - Meinl 7 Tone Crystal Singing Bowl Set
01:37 - Wand selection for crystal bowls
02:35 - Medicine Buddha Mantra with crystal bowls
03:29 - Didgeridoo with crystal singing bowls
05:21 - Tuning: A=432hz
06:29 - Association with the 7 Chakras
07:07 - Closing words
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[@lanissaburton9383]

Very informative. Thank you, for taking the time to demonstrate the difference wands. Great video👍🏾💜

[@didgeproject]

Our pleasure!

[@BarryGrueter]

Very cool guys thanks for sharing 🙏

[@wanderer.antonio]

Thank you for this!

[@ShardHarte]

Loved this video so much!

[@alisonheppermann431]

This is INCREDIBLE! I can’t believe I didn’t know it existed till now. Saw it on your website. Crystal bowls are my thing! Wish I would have gotten 432hz from the start. Y’all have influenced me with so many other instruments.. this with the didge omg! I am currently desperately wanting to get better on the didge

[@didgeproject]

Happy you found us! Crystal bowls and didge are amazing together!

[@pollystyrene99]

I didn't think I would like the diggery doo with the crystal bowls but it was magic. And the singing, her voice is balm.

[@didgeproject]

Glad you came around to the didge magic!

[@stefcox5346]

Her singing 😍😍😍

[@angelcrowl2376]

Singing Bowls, & Didgeridoos, Rocks & Sings till ones heart is content* Magical sounds that are healing to the bodies and souls.. Healing the Earth, One sound at a time.

[@Vladyslava-fq8vy]

Thank You

[@olgakuchukov6981]

So great when there are multiple bowls!

[@didgeproject]

Yes having multiple bowls is where you really start to hear some cool combinations

[@mothersgauri4137]

Thanks for the video. Your presentations are always helpful. It's a rather herculean ( or maybe a better word is just "impossible" ) task trying to mic / record the sound of a lot of these "sound" instruments, for obvious reasons. Because they are working more on a vibrational level, one really needs to experience them live to fully appreciate what they can do.. With these bowls, the beauty is to actually physically "feel" the vibration. So I guess what I am saying is that if anyone watching this is interested in the bowls, if you like what you hear here, you will be blown away when you actually have them and experience them live. Hope this might be of some help....💖

[@didgeproject]

Agreed. So many instruments have an effect that can only really be harnessed in person.

[@ndjubilant8391]

Thank you. Now I know I would like to hear these in person

[@comehonoreyes]

Can you play with wet fingers?

[@mercurad]

Hey there who is singing at the end?

[@SirFrederick]

I like the metal singing bowls slightly more than the crystal ones. Still nifty.

[@HOLISTICJOURNEY2HEALTH]

Yeah of course!

[@cassandraharrington7189]

Where would you guys suggest purchasing a didg? Thanks for this video!

[@didgeproject]

DidgeProject.com is our best recommendation!

[@bennguyen1313]

Does sound therapy work primarily thru the body (not the ears)? If so, what is the difference between generating the sound thru a floor speaker versus a bowl or tuning fork? Are the sound/vibrations from a crystal or metal bowl somehow different from the sound vibrations coming out of a speaker? Would a high quality player/speaker be 10% as effective.. 90%? Also any thoughts on those $1500 authentic hand-made Tibetan ("healing" or "therapy" grade bowl) that uses 7 different metals.. versus the more affordable machine-made ("Tourist" grade) metal bowls? Crystal / Quartz bowls? I've read that all bowls are in C-key/major (260hz), and the difference is in the pitch (B, A, G, F, E, D, C : 100hz-900hz)? Is it best for someone else to perform the sound-therapy on you, or is it just as effective to do it one self?

[@didgeproject]

Sound therapy happens on many levels, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. To say one is more than the other could not be justified. Hand hammered himalayan bowls are incomparable to anything else because the subtle irregularity in shape makes for unique sets of overtones with each copy of an instrument. So these bowls are some of the richest sounds you can find in an acoustic instrument. I hope this answers your questions.

[@carpenterfamily6198]

2:20 So I don’t like the ‘ hissing ‘ noise made when rubbing the wand on the bowl ~ can anything be done about that ? I’m tempted the sand the outer lip of the bowl smooth ~ but don’t want to ruin the bowl.

[@didgeproject]

Smoother bowls with silicone rods will have less friction sound than rough bowls with felt wands

[@melissasmuse]

Get a copper bowl. They are deeper.

[@paulj9587]

Can you link so some of those studies that the resonace of the Earth is 432hz

[@didgeproject]

This video presents some more detailed info about the 432hz tuning system: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKWWdnSGedNgi8k

[@mikeboris8586]

Are these 432 or 440?

[@didgeproject]

White ones are 432. The color frosted ones we sell are 440.

[@andrewlankes]

So amazing people will buy a singing bowl at 440 Hz, or any other random bowl. All about 432 Hz and 444 Hz.

[@AwokenMinds]

Accuracy of bowls?

[@didgeproject]

the meinl bowls are very consistently tuned. the white ones in 432hz and the color frosted in 440hz

[@karenlewkowitz5858]

Bypass the sales pitch

[@youareright8536]

I am so sorry to leave a negative comment in this beautiful place, but the guy is very out of tune when singing. She could perfectly sing alone! He can play, but cannot sing holding the tune and I find it slightly disturbing, because your brain is hoping for the perfect note, or at least tuned, specially if you are open to get some healing.

[@ktammi]

I would advise to play singing bowls clockwise. It hurt my eyes to see two white people play them in different directions while humming a Tibetan mantra. Spiritualism is more than wearing white clothes.

[@didgeproject]

Can you explain why you advise to play them clockwise?

[@ktammi]

@@didgeproject Start to play the bowl by rotating the mallet in a clockwise direction. It is important to start in a clockwise direction as this is the direction for sending energy out from the bowl. Also, when making an offering for Lord Buddha we walk around stupa always clockwise.

[@stulee5314]

Anti clockwise brings the energy into the bowls…

[@funkytomtom]

I would advise to comment kindly. It hurts my eyes to see your racist comment.

[@Bob-os8sy]

This is a sacred tool used to convert kenetic energy, produced by taking the wand and embracing the outside of the rim of the bowl..while still continuing to keep the wand in contact with the outside rim of the bowl you apply a clockwise motion around the bowl which takes your kenetic energy and converts it into friction and heat which causes the quartz crystal in the bowl to vibrate which then the quartz crystal molicules begin to resonate harmonously with one another and the friction\heat is transformed into a sacred healing cleansing energy in the form of a sound wave..as a result the sacred wave is sensed by the ears and each bowl resonates at a different freqeuncy then the other which produces a different sacred tone as a result each tone stimulates a different part of the brain..7 bowls 7 tones 7 locations in the brain which controls and is conected through your central nervous system which runs down the axis of your spine and these 7 different locations in the brain control 7 different chakras which are aligned with the center of the body starting at the head and runing down to the base of your abdomen...this sacred energy in the form of a sound wave travels into the mind and body and causes the chakras to excrete negative energy that was creating a blockage and stoping the flow of energy between you and your enviroment..when a blockage occurs your mental physical and spiritual bodies begin to be affected and diminishes.