Crystal Frequency Meditation

Try out this singing bowl sound healing meditation from Hope Healing and Transformation. This thirty-minute audio is an unguided meditation, intended to promote healing by creating a sense of peace and reducing anxiety.

Guided vs. Unguided Meditation

Guided meditation is meditation that is led by someone else, either in-person or via a recording. Unguided meditation is meditation done without leadership, done in the presence of others or alone. Unguided meditation may be done in silence or to calming sounds such as singing bowls or gentle music. For those who are in a more difficult situation or are new to meditation, it is often easier to begin with guided meditation. However, many feel that unguided meditation can lead to a deeper meditative state.

Tips For Unguided Meditation

For this meditation, it’s encouraged that you:

• Find a comfortable position in a place where you will not be disturbed
• Silence your phone and other electronics
• Take deep, slow, and paced breaths
• Acknowledge your thoughts, but let them roll past you
• Avoid self-judgement
• Remember that meditation is a practice

What are Singing Bowls?

Also known as Tibetan Singing Bowls, these bowls are often made of metal or crystal and come in a variety of sizes. They are gently tapped, struck, or brushed with a small mallet or finger, causing the bowl to produce a resonant sound that reverberates. Singing bowls are a type of sound healing that has existed in Tibetan, Buddhist, Himalayan, and other cultures for centuries. They are still a popular practice today, often used in meditation or sound baths.

Research has found that singing bowl meditation can reduce anxiety, tension, depression, anger, and fatigue. While also improving heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate.^1,2 Researchers aren’t certain why singing bowls and other forms of sound healing are effective, but there is evidence to suggest sound waves may have positive and observable interactions with human brain waves.³

Sources

1. Seetharaman, R., Avhad, S., & Rane, J. (2024). Exploring the healing power of singing bowls: An overview of key findings and potential benefits. Explore (New York, N.Y.), 20(1), 39–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2023.07.007
2. Goldsby, T. L., Goldsby, M. E., McWalters, M., & Mills, P. J. (2017). Effects of Singing Bowl Sound Meditation on Mood, Tension, and Well-being: An Observational Study. Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine, 22(3), 401–406. https://doi.org/10.1177/2156587216668109
3. Goldsby, T. L., & Goldsby, M. E. (2020). Eastern Integrative Medicine and Ancient Sound Healing Treatments for Stress: Recent Research Advances. Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.), 19(6), 24–30.