10 years ago my friend a. was in Bodgaya, India for the Kalachakra that the Dalai Lama held. She had bought a small 6' singing bowl for me there and it got blessed by him!
In the fall of 2012 one of my shamanic patients decided to sell one of her Canadian "cottages" and buy a bigger condo in Toronto. She also had 2 large storage garages full of stufffff and antiques and wanted to "trim down " a bit. She had about 45 LARGE Crystal Singing Bowls - the expensive ones where the silica sand is mixed with tiny flakes of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and... you name it.
She also had about 10 of the "practitioner bowls" - the ones with the handle. Each of these items cost a fortune, from several 100dreds to several thousand $$$$.....
They each had their own padded travel and storage case....
Anyway.
One late night at her place, she pulled them all out and sorted through them, stating, that she just did not like the white ones - and either I could have them all - or they are going into the trash!
NOW!!!
OK, soooo: Stunned and not even trusting our luck my husband Peter and I packed them all into our car. There were 7 of them.
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So I had to get familiar with my new prize and sort out, which bowl intones with which chakra.
I learned quickly to appreciate these simple treasures and learned to work with them. A few month later I did a workshop for the 12.12 2012 and used them with clients for the first time.
Previously I always only used drums and rattles for shamanic work.....
My clients and the workshop participants loved the bowls!
Over the next few years until today I got several more bowls.
One magnificent practitioner bowl for the throat chakra ♥
Another heart chakra one
Then in the Goodwill store in Barrie I found yet another one - for $ 6.00 - among the salad bowls.....
then there is a very generous soul here on AT who via gregory gifted me yet another beautiful bowl! ♥
Right now this one serves - and delights as our "group bowl" for our weekly community drum circle and my friend Fran, who does Rei Ki and massage uses it for her clients.