Sound Treatments with
Crystal Singing Bowls

I was inspired to get a set of quartz singing bowls and start working with them after I went to Spa Moksha in Birmingham, Alabama in 2001 for Ayurvedic Purification Treatments. The treatments included sound healing massage. The sound therapist named Neko played the bowls as part of the massage sessions. The quartz singing bowl’s sound was amazing; my body took in the sound in an amazing way. It made me aware of what was happening not just with my physical body but my energy field as well. The sessions I had with Neko were magical and transformative. As the crystal bowls were played in the small massage room, the pure sound moved all over the place, around me, above me and through me; it was incredible.

In 2004 I met Patricia Kilpatrick who runs Harmony Learning Center and began monthly quartz singing bowl sessions at her center. After months of sessions I developed my own style from working with the singing bowls and my voice using the crystal bowl sound as a tool for meditation.

The research I did on the bowls lead me to a book entitled” The Healing Tones of the Crystal Bowls” by Renee Brodie which had stories of how sound healers work with the bowls. I used a technique from the book that included sounding the bowls from base chakra to the crown chakra and then going down from crown chakra to base chakra so the receiver would be back in their bodies and grounded. I also came up with an arrangement of the bowls that works well. I set the bowls up in a V pattern with the crown bowl above the head on the floor and the base bowl below the feet on the floor. This arrangement encourages the flow of energy to move around the triangle and allows the bowls to communicate with each other.

In 2006 I attended a Chopra Center Meditation retreat at a Lake Lanier resort that featured a quartz singing bowl master named Andrew Clark. I had the opportunity to exchange sound treatments with him and he showed me a new way of working with the bowls. He placed my largest bowl on my chins and played it while his partner played a second bowl on the floor above my head. My bones resonated with this incredible sound and harmonics were created by the sound of the second bowl mixing with the sound with the one on my legs. He also placed a bowl on my lower back and played it while a second one was played on the floor above my head. Andrew showed me how to use the bowls as tools for massage and how to combine bowls to create amazing harmonics using Pythagorean Musical Correspondences. The work that I do now with the bowls incorporates what I have learned from both Neko and Andrew plus my own research and experience.

Daniel with Crystal Singing Bowl

At my monthly sessions at Harmony Learning Center, I get a chance to refine what I do with the bowls and my voice. I experiment and try new ways of working with the bowls and my voice establishing my own style and method in a unique and healing way.

Basic Treatment

I place the 15inch C bowl on the lower back and play it, then
I place the 13 inch B bowl on the upper back and play it, then
I place the 18 inch E bowl on the shins and play it. I end the session with the tingshas and the energy chime.

Advanced Treatment

I start with a chakra clearing and energizing with the bowls beside the body starting at the base chakra and going up to the crown chakra.
I then place the 15 inch C bowl on the lower back and play it.
I place the 13 inch B bowl on the upper back and play it
I place the 16 inch G bowl on the back of the knees and play it.
I place the 13 inch B bowl on the bottoms of the feet and play it
I place the 18 inch E bowl on the shins and play it.
I place an edge of the 13 inch B bowl on the forehead and play it. I end the session with the tingshas and the energy chime.

Opportunities for Sound Treatments

In addition to the schedule in Current Happenings, individual sessions are available at my home in Tucker. The 15 minute basic treatment is $50 and the 30 minute advanced treatment is $100.

I am also available to come to your group of seven or more who want treatments. The cost of this starts at $300. Contact me for details.