The Singing Bowl: A practical and spiritual handbook for metal and crystal bowls

A singing bowl asks very little of you. It does not need to be played well to be felt, and it does not need you to believe in it. What it does ask for is patience, and almost nobody has that the first time.

This is a book for anyone who has picked up a bowl and wondered what else is in there. It starts with one bowl on a cushion and ends with three bowls resting on a person, and it explains every step in between: striking, rimming and damping, how a bowl actually makes its sound, choosing bowls and what the hammer marks tell you, where these instruments really come from, and sonic massage with the anatomy that makes it safe.

Written by Éanna Healy, who teaches sound medicine at Revival Harmony in Limerick, Ireland. Includes the complete twenty four step Three Bowls Treatment with a placement diagram for every step, a full page safety reference, summary boxes throughout, a glossary and an index. For complete beginners and practising sound therapists alike.