singing bowls massage allegedly appeared about 3,900 years ago in the ancient state of Shang Shung (modern China) and continuously have been developing over the centuries along with Tibetan medicine.
Traditional Tibetan singing bowls massage is a procedure of the massage performed by contact or non-contact method of using Tibetan singing bowls.
Tibetan singing bowls have certain physical properties that allow bowls to work on the physical body, the CNS and PNS, tissues and organs, organ systems. In addition, Tibetan singing bowls have certain properties that exist but haven’t been recorded by modern scientific measuring devices yet. That means that they have certain esoteric features.
In the tradition of Tcering Ngodrub, two basic techniques of Tibetan singing bowls massage are used: a technique of “Contact sound” and methods of “sound bath”, as well as individual, group or couple practices that use Tibetan singing bowls. In addition, there are practices of Tibetan singing bowls with animals. Methodology “Contact sound” is characterized by the fact that Tibetan singing bowls have a contact with the human body. A method of “sound bath” is when singing bowls are not in contact with the human body, although they are located very close. The meditative practices with Tibetan singing bowls show thar elements of these two methods can be combined – for example, in the couple practices of the harmonization of interaction of man and woman or Bonpo or shamanic practices of journey into altered states of consciousness (ASC).
Tibetan singing bowls (TSB) have been used in one or another form in human activities since ancient times.
What gives Tibetan singing bowls sound massage
1. The meditative state, a state of trance;
2. Deep relaxation, accompanied by the release of endorphins in the blood;
3. The synchronization of the left and right hemispheres;
4. Formation of the state of relaxation, inner peace and well-being;
5. Improves the functional state of the body;
6. Increased the level of stress resistance;
7. Accelerating recovery;
8. Increases the ability to learn;
9. The balance of the human energy field;
10. Promotes deeper and more restful sleep, relieves headache, fatigue, insomnia, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, complex or muscle pain, menstrual disorders, emotional imbalances;
11. Starts rehabilitation mechanisms (self-healing) of the human body;
12. Promotes immunity;
13. The beneficial effect on the liquid medium and the connective tissue of the body (lymph, blood);
On a psychological level – by opening the sensual sphere and unlocking the body, there is release from the repressed unconscious feelings (as a result of a trauma);
14. In the course of the practice, massage allows specialist to develop;
15. Has a beneficial harmonizing and preventive effect on the patient, and the specialist;
16. No aspect of personal energy using in the practice of Tibetan singing bowls sound massage – there is only sound and vibration;
17. Sound therapy with singing Tibetan bowls is an effective method of correction of psycho-emotional sphere;
18. It normalizes the general psychophysical condition;
19. In some cases, it can remove the pain;
20. Sound Massage makes a person “very open” to all the contacts and interventions by the therapist.
Procedure of Tibetan singing bowls’ massage (full version)
How the procedure is going
The procedure is performed on the floor on a comfortable mat, in a warm and well ventilated area. If possible, in the twilight or in soft light. While using the technique of “sound bath” and meditative practices, good soundproofing of the room from outside noise is recommended. In the case of technique “Contact sound” there is no need to have perfect sound insulation.
The technique of vibro-acoustic singing bowls massage “sound bath”
While the procedure patient is wearing cotton loose clothes, or he is naked and covered with a cotton sheet. Patients are advised to abstain (for one day before the procedure and for one day after it) on products of animal origin, smoking and alcohol. After the procedure of the Tibetan singing bowls massage it is extremely useful to spend the rest of the day in a relaxed atmosphere, eliminating the possibility of stress.
In the course of the procedure and the preparation for it is recommended to use the procedure of “Fumigation” (LUNG DOUG / RLUNG DUG) from the section “External procedures” of traditional Tibetan medicine. In addition, it is necessary to have a burning candle. Close to the patient it is advised to put the things symbolizing or representing the five elements.
At the beginning the person receiving a procedure and the Master of the Sound sit on the floor facing in the direction to that side of the light, which is conformable for the purpose of the procedure. If the aim is to harmonize, then choose the direction to the east. The patient is encouraged to imagine himself in the rainbow transparent sphere. The therapist is configured to the procedure and removes the first sounds of the Tibetan singing bowl according to the technology. Next, the therapist moves the singing bowl around the patient’s body, periodically removing the sound.
After that the therapist puts Tibetan singing bowl upside down on the patient’s head and removes the sound according to the method of the massage. At the end of this stage the patient is asked to lie down on his stomach in a comfortable position, and the ankle should be enclosed under the roller. The body of the patient is hiding with a light natural tissue, the head can be covered with a towel. Next, the therapist removes the vibration from Tibetan singing bowl and sets it on the body of a patient according to the scheme which is necessary in a particular case. He performs this manipulation on the back surface of the patient’s body, and then removes the bowl from the body and offers the patient to turn back.
After the patient is turned back on, the therapist covers his eyes with light tissue, and performs light traction (stretching) of the lower and upper extremities. And then removes the vibration of Tibetan singing bowl and sets the bowl on the body of the patient. Then he moves the bowl on the patient’s body, removing the bowl’s sound.
After finishing the proring, the therapist removes singing bowl from the human body.
If the patient is performed to the technique “Contact sound” and methods of “Sound Bath”, then after proring of the front surface of the body therapist puts the bowls around the patient lying on his back on the floor, according to the methodical recommendations of extracting from them the sound from the scheme, which is necessary in each case.
Recommendations for the procedure of Tibetan singing bowls’ massage
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