Metal singing bowls are far more than decorative objects. Hand-forged in Nepal from the traditional seven-metal alloy, they have been used for centuries in meditation and healing practices. Unlike crystal bowls, which project sound only outward, the metal bowl can be placed directly on the body.

This article is for those who already own a bowl, or are considering getting one. Here are 7 short, accessible, and precise practices designed for daily use, to support stress relief, attention difficulties, light insomnia, or simply the need to ground yourself.

Practice Guidelines

In all these exercises, one rule comes first: let the bowl sing until the sound has completely faded. Whatever its size or vibration length, give it the time to reach the end of its breath. The absence of sound becomes a doorway back into meditation. Each practice teaches the 'slowing down', where things find their natural resolution.

1. Vibrational Morning Awakening

Before coffee, sit for a few minutes. Strike the bowl three times. Inhale deeply with each vibration.


Low frequencies gently awaken the nervous system and stimulate breathing. Three strikes are enough to activate the day’s energy.

2. Breath Guided by Sound (Nada Yoga)

Play your bowl softly and let the vibration carry on. Inhale through the nose while lifting the heart area slightly, and exhale while relaxing the shoulders, without forcing. Continue breathing calmly until the sound has completely dissolved.

This exercise restores a natural breathing rhythm, useful in cases of anxiety or scattered focus. The vibration becomes a “sound compass” that guides concentration.

3. Harmonising a Room (Sound Clearing)

Hold the bowl in front of you and slowly move through the room, making it sing in each corner.


This practice creates a homogeneous vibrational field that helps release accumulated tension in the space. Perfect after a busy day or to prepare an atmosphere.

4. Sound Body Scan (Natural Massage)

Place the bowl on a key area: abdomen, chest, feet. Make sure it’s stable. Make it sing and let the vibrations do their work.

Each resonance acts like an internal massage, stimulating blood flow and releasing muscular tension. For those prone to chronic stress, this simple gesture can ease the feeling of diffuse tightness.

5. Evening Grounding

Place the bowl beside you in bed, or directly on the lower abdomen, and let it sing softly.

This intimate ritual helps release the day’s accumulated tensions. The low vibrations support a slower heartbeat and prepare the body for restorative sleep.

6. Meditation for Two

Sit next to each other with the bowl within reach. One plays the bowl while the other closes their eyes and receives the vibration. Switch roles.

This practice develops mutual listening and subtle connection through sound. It works like a sensory language, especially powerful for couples seeking a shared moment of recentering.

7. Sound Intention (Mantra Practice)

Hold the bowl in front of you. After making it sing, state a simple intention that feels right in the moment: “I choose calm.” / “I listen and care for my body.” / “I strengthen my energy.”

Formulating positive intentions regularly acts like self-hypnosis: through repetition and intensity, the brain rebalances itself, opens new inner pathways, and lays the foundation for deep changes in mind and body.

Going Further into Tantric Sound Healing

In Tantric philosophy, sound is perceived as a fundamental vibration that permeates everything, the body, emotions, thought, but also matter, space, and time. The bowl is not an end in itself: it becomes a reminder, a gateway to a broader perception of our vibrational field as a whole.

Each vibration connects the dense and the subtle, the inner and the outer, silence and movement. By experiencing these resonances, we reconnect with the elemental mechanisms of life: the fluidity of water against the stability of earth, the warmth of fire dissolving into the lightness of air. These elements are not only around us, they vibrate within us and respond to our own frequencies.

Namaste xxx