Healing sound from singing Tibetan bowls
Healing sound from singing Tibetan bowls
I would like share here my experience with my friend Ravi’s new acquired technique to bring « healing » to others through SOUND with “Singing Tibetan bowls”.
Today, Monday the 29th of August, Ravi invited me to experience her new acquired “healing” technique: “The singing Tibetan bowls”! – she went to UK, precisely Somerset to learn about this ancient and yet new healing technique, just for 1day course. It was a swift and intense learning process. Am just curious about the technique but mainly to see my friend Ravi practicing it…
Ravi guided me to the guestroom, a very pleasant airy room…as in everywhere in Ravi’s house, it’s immaculately cleaned, tastefully and simply decorated room. All in pastel blue shades…I felt right away at ease. Saw on the table by the window different bowls, different sizes, all perched on cute cushions, round ones and square ones. But the bowls are all round shaped and by them sticks like wooden pillar we use with mortar. Each stick, around 2”diameter, has the end adorned with sculptured face, the other end is wrapped with a suede. The stick wooden part gives a “singing echo” sound when Ravi banged a bit on the edge of one of the bowls and circle it on and on till it gives an echoing sound and the more she turns and quicker the movement, the sound amplifies…I like the sound - heard it on crystal glasses! The wrapped side of the stick gives a lesser sharp sound, more muffled but still echoing! 4 bowls have cushions but one not. Each bowl has its own stick… (Note that, am basing myself on what I see. Ravi hasn’t explained to me anything, yet!). All beautifully arranged on the table (here again, no clue if it’s just Ravi’s way or meant to be placed that way as ritual!)
Next to the table with the bowls, in the corner, an altar is lit with incense, a chair by it. All this prepares my mind for an unknown yet familiar journey, cause of the incense, altar and great “spa”; As I don’t have prejudice with people’s belief, I just go along with the flow, talking to my Jesus to stay by me! – am at ease more than ever. Am here to experience “healing” and to feel good, God would agree with me that as far as I don’t put my beliefs in trouble!
Ravi put me lying on the bed, beneath me warm electric blanket, am covered with 2 plaids and my feet are slightly elevated on a folded double blanket! Hmm I felt so nice and really comfortable already!
Ravi started with breathing and relaxation exercises! I started to drift away while Ravi was guiding me verbally with the “white ball” going around my body to “ground me”. It works as I started to feel more and more heavy. Then the sound of music has started with a “drum” rhythm. I heard Ravi putting the cassette. That’s all.
All I heard was “music”. I know the sound of the bowls, as Ravi showed me when I arrived, but as it started with (sound of the bowl), more came in, can’t say more instruments but definitely as a “music”, beautiful tune when changing very subtly and but often. It filled the room, I wanted to stay “awaken and aware” as I wanted to share with Ravi later on in the same time, I wanted to just feel the great feeling surrounding me! Loved it that’s all. My eyes are closed and let go! Hmmm, just felt good. Saw colours :mixture of pink, yellow dancing in little circles, bubbles taking different shapes, not bursting, they were dancing following the music…Change colours when tune is changing from pink/yellow, too yellow/orange, to yellow/ citrus green, to more light green to slowly light blue to turquoise all dancing !with the beautiful tune!!! I must have dozed but a flash of white bright light startled me. It was not “painful” but I didn’t expect it…a wonderful feeling followed my startling state, a thought for Ravi came : must tell Ravi about it but must tell her exactly when…so I waited for a possible “landmark”. There it came after 2 tunes : the sound of the rain ! Must tell Ravi, saw the white “flash” 2 tunes before the rain ! – Ravi’s music from the cassette continues its melodic tune. By now am “more” aware and but I just didn’t want to open my eyes…to move…too bad for Ravi, I felt too good! Music on with some Aaaaa Ooooo in between like humming with opened mouth :-D - then slowly, I felt Ravi touching the tip of my toes. Squeezing them, “No I don’t want, not yet now!” but the squeeze is as nice as I needed them, I have being very tired and achy and this helps a lot! Then, Ravi slowly and firmly run along the legs (from toes towards knees)…”No, I need to wake up, Ravi is insisting”, I said to myself but I was gone again, the music is still there, beautiful tune! Ravi’s hand run along my arm and then I felt on my forehead her warm and firm hand and in that moment, I saw BLUE, darkish turquoise, quite for a while, not dancing but staying! Till Ravi poked along my eye brows, following the contour of my eyes, down to my sinus line…she said: “Verooo, you can come back now!” I opened my eyes and closed them right away – still stiff, not wanting to open! My fingers were stiff, closed ( I think ) and I opened my eyes think “Poor Ravi, if she knew how much I don’t want to open my eyes and come back…Too soon and quickly !” But reality called. Ravi made me understand that I may stay longer so I let myself drift again but not the same thing anymore: no music, no more melodic tune L
This is my experience with the singing bowls. What did I feel?
- Bliss and wonderful music with dancing colours, all beautiful colours. I rested and God knows how I wanted to sleep and really sleep! But I was enough. Very good indeed. I have rested and felt really good!
- That night for the 1st time, I SLEPT really well. Didn’t wake up at all till good time to get up 8am J
Ravi is the one who was very tired after the therapy. Is it the journey she has just done? or has the therapy drained her ?! Physically & emotionally!
Questions I asked myself: if I have slept as Ravi said, did I snore? (coz I do during massage therapies J )
Ravi explained what happened and I couldn’t believe when she said, she had put the drums music for only less than 5min. I heard all along till end. I thought she has put a cassette all along and played the bowls with. No, there was NO cassette and she has stopped playing the bowls after 20min! I heard the music everywhere along my body, around me, on my head, EVERYWHERE…No, she might have played above my head, along my body but for a very short time 2-3min … The “rain” music was a long “maracas instrument” made of bamboo, very nice sound indeed J . Ravi explained the lights, the colours…I felt even better : saw MY Soul, the Holy Spirit, few Angels : Michael, Rafaelo…as am not into “angel” theme, I don’t know who they are. I know they exist and are around us and each one of us has one assigned to guide and protect us …
So I saw the Holy Spirit, my Soul and Angels… They might have talked to me but am not aware. Only thing I know is they were dancing and the Holy Spirit with the white light came in my life as swift as a lightning but so peaceful J
Healing received from the sound of the bowls : Peace from stressful life J Sleep from insomnia J maybe more but I need to be told then.
Vero Spooner
Nairobi, Aug 29, 2011
