Off White Crystal Singing Bowl, 10 Inches

A 10 inch quartz bowl. The full sized format, with the volume and sustain to fill a room.

Complete and ready to play. Includes the sounding mallet and a rubber ring base for stable placement.

Long, clear sustain. Unleaded quartz crystal rings pure and holds its note far longer than metal.

• Size: 10 inches; off white quartz crystal (unleaded)
• Includes mallet and rubber ring base
• Bowls of this type are tuned to a note; individual bowls vary, so confirm with us if a specific note matters to your set
• Handle with care: crystal bowls are resonant and breakable
• SKU: FSB10W

Sound practice is one of the oldest and most widely shared tools of meditation: a sustained tone gives the attention a single, physical thing to rest on, and the body follows the breath into it. The quartz singing bowl is the modern West's contribution to that tradition, prized for a tone that is unusually pure and unusually long, so a single strike can carry a whole minute of settling. Practitioners open and close meditation sittings with it, wash a room in tone before ritual, mark the beginning and end of yoga practice, and simply play it in the evening the way other households put on quiet music. The bowl does not act on its own; it produces one of the most persuasive invitations to stillness ever built, and stillness does the rest.

1. Set the bowl on its rubber ring on a stable, level surface, away from edges.
2. Strike the outer wall gently with the padded mallet for a single bell-like tone.
3. Or circle the rim steadily with the mallet, letting friction build the continuous singing tone; slow and even wins.
4. Let the tone decay fully on its own at the close of a sitting, and store the bowl where nothing can knock it.

• Nirvana Incense Sticks by Escential Essences, 16 Sticks: the meditation scent for the meditation tone.
• Meditation Lailoken's Awen Candle: a quiet flame to sit with the sustain.
• 7 Chakra Stone Leather Journal: for the notes a practice generates.

What note is the bowl tuned to?

Bowls of this type are note-tuned and individual bowls vary; if a specific note matters for your existing set, contact us and we will confirm what is in stock rather than guess.

How is it different from a metal singing bowl?

Quartz rings purer and sustains far longer, with a tone many find more enveloping; metal bowls offer richer overtones in a smaller, sturdier package. Both are honest instruments.

What comes with it?

The 10 inch bowl, a sounding mallet, and a rubber ring base for stable placement.

Does sound healing work?

What we can promise is what the bowl does: a long, pure, deeply settling tone that gives meditation something to rest on. The rest is practice, and practitioners have found that trade worthwhile for a very long time.

How do I care for it?

Keep it on its ring away from edges and hard knocks, dust with a soft cloth, and wash the rim occasionally with mild soap if mallet residue builds up.