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Healing
with Singing Bowls
by
Diane Mandle
Sound healing is rapidly gaining recognition internationally as
an integral part of the healing process for cancer patients. It
has been effective in relieving pain and in the treatment of stress
related afflictions. Mainstream medical teaching facilities like
Duke University and the University of North Carolina have added
programs that link body/mind and spirit to the treatment of cancer.
I, like many healers, believe that illness is a manifestation
of dis-harmony within the body; an imbalance in the cells or a
given organ and that healing can be achieved by restoring the
normal vibratory frequencies of the diseased, out of harmony parts
of the body. Vibrational healing, especially with sound, is a
potent way of restoring the body to its normal frequency.
Another way of saying that is the fundamental state of the universe
is a state of bliss. Our core state, because we are part of the
natural universe, is also one of bliss and great ease. When we
disconnect from our core state through stress, distraction, illness
and the challenges of daily life, it creates dis-ease – spiritual,
physical and mental. Sound from the singing and Crystal bowls
gently nudges us back to our natural state of bliss.
Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, director of Medical Oncology and Integrative
Medicine at the Cornell Cancer Prevention Center in NY has been
using sound, including Tibetan Bowls, Crystal bowls and chanting
in work with cancer patients for many years. “If we accept
that sound is vibration and we know that vibration touches every
part of our physical being, then we understand that sound is heard
not only through our ears but through every cell in our bodies.
One reason sound heals on a physical level is because it so deeply
touches and transforms us on the emotional and spiritual planes.
Sound can redress imbalances on every level of physiologic functioning
and can play a positive role in the treatment of virtually any
medical disorder.” According to an article in Spirituality and Health magazine, his research
shows that the sound vibration of the bowls affects the disrhythmic
motion found in cancer cells and cause a harmonious transformation.
Research by Dr. David Simon, medical director of neurological
services at Sharp Cabrillo Hospital in San Diego, who now directs
the medical services at the Chopra Center, found that chants are
chemically metabolized into 'endogenous opiates,' that
act on the body as internal painkillers and healing agents.
I utilize the Tibetan Singing Bowls and other Himalayan instruments
as healing tools to conduct vibrational sound therapy. Over the
past four years I have been working in conjunction with sound
pioneer Richard Rudis who founded Sacred Sound Workshops and conducts
sound certification workshops for practitioners nation-wide. These
workshops and our work focuses on the vibrational healing properties
of the Himalayan Sound instruments (bowls, gantas, tsing shahs).
Richard also conducts "gong baths" nationwide. Our client
reports have supported the scientific findings with people reporting
everything from the disappearance of tumors, joint or muscular
pain, clearing of sinuses, regaining of vision, relief from ear
problems and more.
Himalayan or Tibetan Singing bowls have been traced to the shamanistic
Bon tradition which predates Buddhism by thousands of years. Gaynor
mentions, in an article in Shaman's Drum magazine, that the
reason sound (and chanting) are still used in shamanistic cultures
is that the sound induces trance states of consciousness conducive
to healing. The ancient Himalayan Bowls are made from a consecrated
seven metal alloy which, when skillfully stimulated, produce five
individual and simultaneous tones, each at its own consistent
frequency, which vibrationally dance with each other. The raw
materials were collected, smelted and purified, cast, reheated
and hammered into shape and tone. Mantras or sacred chants were
sung and infused intent into the bowls. Their sound synchronizes
sentient brain waves and creates a therapeutic effect upon the
mind/body realization.
Singing Bowls produce the primordial sound of 'AUM,' the
fundamental utterance of energy metamorphosing into matter. They
alter space, mind and time; awakening cellular memory and healing
the energy body. The act of listening to their captivating overtones
effectively stops one's internal dialog, the 'Monkey Mind.'
The individual is transported into a space of tranquility and
balance where the 'Universal Chord,' found within each
self, is touched, joined with, and understood. The Universal Chord
is the primordial substance from which our whole reality is made
and from which our universe originated. The energy can be directed
to a specific area for healing purposes with the bowls, they work
more on a core level.
These instruments are used within meditations and physical vibrational
healing techniques. Their harmonic resonances are used for:
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inducing stress reduction
• chakra balancing, dynamic centering
• vitality synchronization and spontaneous healing
• They effectively alter consciousness into a peaceful and
expansive meditative state (trance induction)
• meditation
Participants
report a fundamental shift in their view of phenomenal space,
accentuated clarity of mind and body, enhanced creativity, vigor,
joy and sense of peace.
Three types of bowls I use are Bhutanese, Nepalese and Tibetan.
The Bhutanese bowls were created specifically for the purposes
of healing with the secondary effect being altered consciousness,
and Tibetan bowls were created mainly for altering consciousness.
The end result of both is the same -- healing and transformation.
Diane
Mandle conducts healings and presentations with the bowls. Contact
her at 760.944.3441 or by emailing diane@lifeinprogress.net. Richard
Rudis conducts Sound Healing Gong Baths and Sacred Sound Certification
workshops nationwide.
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