The bowls we use are handmade Himalayan singing bowls. These particular bowls are hand hammered by local Nepalese Shakya clans, and with each strike they chant their spiritual mantra, using the same method that goes back to the time of Buddha. The bowls are made of seven sacred metals aligned with the seven chakras of our body, and when played can harmonize the chakras while stimulating our life force energy, among many other benefits.

The sounds are used in the same way as breath in meditation: to influence shifts in our brainwaves from beta waves down to alpha, theta, and even delta waves. The overtones of the singing bowls produce “binaural beats” and frequencies, encourage brain “entrainment”, stimulating brain waves through pulsing sound or light waves that help you feel relaxed. Studies have shown that singing bowl sound meditation can produce physiological and psychological responses, reducing negative affect and increasing positive affect, improving blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate and activating the parasympathetic nervous system. The vibrations of the bowls, when used near or on a client's body, sometimes referred to as “vibroacoustic massage”, penetrates deep into the muscles and tissues , releasing tension and leaving the client with a sense of lightness and ease in their body.