Est. read time: 5 min Sound healing gets filed under "relaxation" more often than it should. There's a real physiological process behind it — and a growing, credible body of research measuring what actually changes in the body during a session. The core benefits Nervous system regulation. Slow, sustained, low-frequency sound — from Tibetan bowls, crystal bowls, or gongs — tends to shift the body from a sympathetic ("fight or flight") state toward a parasympathetic ("rest and

Est. read time: 6–7 min A singing bowl sounds simple — strike it, or run a mallet round the rim, and it sings. What's happening underneath is a layered wave of tone and overtone that the body responds to before the mind has a chance to interpret it. That's the short answer to how it works. Here's the longer one. What actually happens in a session When a bowl is struck or played, it produces a fundamental tone along with a cluster of overtones — secondary frequencies layered o