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Gandaki – Root Chakra Crystal Singing Bowl

A frosted quartz bowl, played around the rim with the mallet or struck for a single note.

  • Tuned to C, the root chakra note
  • 99.99% quartz, so it rings for seconds
  • Mallet and o-ring included
  • Frosted, so the mallet catches

Price range: $149.00 through $189.90

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One clear note

A quartz bowl speaks a single tone where a hammered bowl gives several at once. It is played one bowl at a time, and that one note is the whole point.

Diameter sets the pitch

A wider bowl speaks lower and holds longer; a small one speaks higher and moves between rooms more easily. Choose the size for the room, not for the price.

Fragile, and we say so

Quartz chips and it travels badly. If your bowl is going to a class every week, a hammered metal one is the easier companion.

Frequently asked questions

What does root chakra tuning mean?

The bowl sounds a particular note, traditionally associated with the root chakra. The note is a measurable fact; the correspondence between note and chakra is a convention of the practice, not a physical property.

How is a crystal bowl played?

The mallet goes slowly around the outside of the rim, with steady pressure and no hurry. Struck instead, the bowl gives a single note that fades.

What should I not do with a crystal bowl?

Do not set it directly on a hard surface - use the o-ring it ships with. Do not use it with wet hands, and do not stack bowls inside one another. Quartz is hard but brittle.

Is a frosted bowl different from a clear one?

In appearance and handling, yes. Frosted quartz has a matte surface that grips the mallet, which makes a continuous tone easier to hold. Clear quartz is worked differently and looks quite unlike it.

One bowl is enough to begin

The advice you will hear most often from people who play is to start with one bowl you like the sound of, rather than a set of seven you will use twice. A single bowl teaches you the strike, the pressure and the pace. A set is a second decision, not a first one.

A single frosted quartz singing bowl and its mallet on a wooden floor

Frosted or clear, and why it matters

A frosted bowl has a matte surface that grips the mallet, so it takes less effort to bring the tone up around the rim. A clear bowl is denser and rings longer, but the mallet slips more easily. Neither is better made. It changes how the bowl behaves in your hand, not what it is worth.

A frosted quartz bowl beside a clear one, the clear bowl throwing light onto the floor
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Gandaki - Root Chakra Crystal Singing Bowl Price range: $149.00 through $189.90