What are crystal bowls?
Crystal bowls are made from 99.992% pure crushed quartz and heated to about 4000 degrees in a centrifugal mold.
They are available in clear or frosted bowls in a variety of sizes, ranging from 6 to 24 inches in diameter. They are also available with a wide variety to precious metals and gems integrated into the bowls, such as gold, platinum, silver, amethyst, moldavite, ruby, rose quartz, and citrine. The bowls emit a powerful, pure resonance. The larger bowls are much more reverberant, with the tone lingering longer, simply because of the size and amount of crystal. The clear bowls, somewhat more expensive, are more readily available in smaller sizes.
The size of the bowl does not necessarily determine its note, although the larger bowls sound lower octaves and notes. Each bowl is tested with digital technology to identify its sound. One will have a sense of which tone “feels” most congruent with individual needs or desires. The notes, C, D, E, F, G, A, B correspond with one’s energy centers or chakras.
Some bowls harmonize with other bowls, and when both are played simultaneously, the effect is exquisite and synergistic.
What is intention?
Because thoughtforms are energy, the intention with which one approaches healing work is of utmost importance. Intention is a clearly formed thought or prayer, and is the real healer. Of course, group intention is even more powerful.
Jonathan Goldman, in a letter to Renee Brodie, writes:
…Perhaps because we are all unique vibratory beings, our chakras may all resonate to different frequencies depending upon our level of development (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual) and our intention. Indeed, it seems that if our intention is clear enough, we can balance or activate chakras with intent alone.
Thus, any sound might be useful for chakra resonance when coupled with clear intention. This may account for a number of existing systems which utilize different notes for the chakras and work.
It is said that Tibetan singing bowls are forged with a prayer in every hammer blow, infusing them with a million prayers of pure intention for the highest good.
Crystal bowls, too, containing the qualities of amplification, storage, transfer, and transformation, are powerful tools in effecting change in one’s life. It is important to approach the use of the bowls with a reverence for the potential contained in combining intention with the properties of crystal.
