When did Singing Bowl first come in to your life
When Anup and I were visiting family in Nepal we were walking up a mountain and came across a man playing singing bowls on the side of the road. The sound surrounded and it felt like it came from far away. We were mesmerised and knew we had to start bringing them back to Australia so share with more people.
Anup then had the idea of creating a global meditation for peace & harmony, with everyone raising their vibrational frequency by playing singing bowls. This led to the need to share them with people and provide a better understanding and experience: so we started exhibiting at markets and festivals so more people could have this chance.
Each bowl has certain properties and purposes: why is that
Our bodies are affected by sounds and vibrations in different ways. Some bowls have a high pitched sound: this is good for clearing energy in a room because the sound will cut through any dense energy trapped in the space.
The medium sounds have a soothing clear tone and are good for meditation or promoting good sleep as the sound is clear & focussed allowing your mind to be still and present. The sound is usually deeper so it has a calming effect on the body as well as giving you a chance to become centered and relaxed.
The deeper vibrational bowls (which are usually beaten by hand) have a healing effect on the body: when we experience a lot of vibration, the properties of this particular bowl raises our own body's vibrational frequency and in turn allows us to heal better. In addition to this, the deep vibration is a wonderful form of massage (relaxing the muscle and joints) and can be used in Reiki and other energy therapies, as the vibration shifts blocked energies through the chakras.
What has been the reaction from folk who may have the "oh yeah...I've seen these things somewhere but never knew what they were about" vs those who are already in-tune with the bowls properties and purposes
I think ultimately everyone gets the same experience. By "same" I mean that individual totally unique experiences you from tuning into your own self and centre. Whether you know much about them or only a little, the ultimate gain about singing bowls is the "in the moment" experience you have when you are playing them.
Some experience deep relaxation; some feel elated or enlightened...like they had a moment to forget their worries and stressors; others feel confronted because the sound is bringing up past wounds that need healing (which is a good thing if you are ready to heal) ;and for some, they feel like they are coming home: like they are being understood, especially when they find the tone that really connects to them.
We all have our onset of frequencies that resonate with our body more than others. It really is a great feeling when you find that one which is "yours".
You are now a well entrenched and much loved stallie at Frenchs Forest Market. How has market life impacted on you both personally and professionally
We love the markets because it's a way to bring ourselves and our business to people. Singing Bowls is a product that needs to be experienced in the holistic sense (as opposed to viewing in a photo) and most specially in an environment where people are looking for new things to encounter.
Frenchs Forest Market has such a lovely community atmosphere and people are interested in better health and wellbeing. Personally, I love the wonderful friends I have made over the years and the comradery amongst the stallholders.
I also love the food: it would have to be the best food market that I know! It is also a market where we have met many of our long term and much loved customers, and get to hear their lovely singing bowl stories!
If you could sum up the beauty that is known as Singing Bowls in 5 words, what would they be
Connection
Peacefulness
Sharing Experiences
Healing
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Could not have summed it up better ourselves. We thank Anup & Brinley for sharing just a little of their story with us but more so for showing us how to connect with ourselves with the simple tone of a beautiful singing bowl which can bring peace & harmony to our ever increasingly frantic external world.
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