| Singing Bowls have been used for centuries for | | | | rather than down. If you are successfully doing |
| relaxation and healing. They are traditionally made from | | | | meditation in your yoga practice, but would like to |
| a combination of seven metals. These metals include | | | | further your meditation practice, they may help. They |
| silver, gold, mercury, copper, iron, tin, and lead. The | | | | help the mind to connect with the body, and your mind |
| seven metals are said to correlate to the seven | | | | can focus on the tone, rather than other things that |
| planets. Modern ones are often made from 3-5 | | | | sometimes come up during yoga and meditation. |
| different metals. They can be played by striking the | | | | Singing bowls are often used by teachers, or |
| mallet against the side. The strikers used to hit them | | | | musicians who come to play in yoga practice, as well. |
| are made from materials such as wood, or wood | | | | Cast bowls have a more finished surface on the |
| wrapped in leather. They are not difficult to learn how | | | | outside, and this makes them slightly easier to play. |
| to play after the beginning stages of learning. And the | | | | Hand-hammered ones have a unique character, and |
| more it is played, the better it sounds. | | | | their sound changes slightly over time. Hand-hammered |
| Singing bowls are wonderful to use during yoga | | | | bowls look rough and unfinished on the outside, but |
| classes because the sound waves from the bowls | | | | they are wonderful to play. Because hand-hammered |
| resonate in our bodies. They also help to quiet the mind | | | | bowls have such a unique sound, the sound of a |
| during yoga. They are also used in healing. When you | | | | particular bowl cannot be duplicated, and the expense |
| play the instrument, hold it in one hand and strike the | | | | for these bowls is higher than cast bowls. |
| bowl with the mallet. They always have a primary | | | | The aspect of meditation during a yoga practice is an |
| tone, with smaller tones within that primary tone. You | | | | important part of the yoga practice. It is easy to focus |
| can also play them by rubbing the mallet around the | | | | on the physical aspects of yoga, and to forget the |
| outside of the bowl. The friction of the striker on the | | | | emotional and spiritual aspects. Using singing bowls |
| bowl allows the bowl to continuously sing for as long | | | | during your yoga practice can give a boost to your |
| as you play. | | | | ability to reach the mental state needed for the |
| Tibetan singing bowls look similar to a regular bowl, but | | | | emotional benefits of meditation. |
| they ring like a bell. They are played with the rim up, | | | | |