Over the years, I have had many people ask me "Are the Bowls healing?", "Do they align or clear the Chakras?"

I once answered someone who asked about the possible healing effect of the Bowls, "That table will heal you if believe that it will do so." My point was that all experience in life is preceded by a BELIEF. If you believe that the Bowls will heal you, they just may. But, if you don't believe they will heal you then the odds of healing occurring are 'slim to none'.

This is similar to the placebo effect in pharmaceutical research. Two groups of patients are given, let's say, a blood pressure medicine. Actually, secretly, one group gets the medicine and the other group receives a sugar pill instead. After close and identical monitoring, both groups show a similar and marked decrease in their blood pressure levels.

There was an actual medical study where patients with knee issues were told that they were to have knee surgery to correct the problem. They were sedated (put under) but no actual surgery was ever performed. The greatest % of the group reported substantial relief and actually experienced knees that healed from the existing issue.

Are the Bowls healing? Do the Bowls align Chakras? Who am I to say.........for YOU? My answer to these and similar questions is to encourage you to develop a regular meditation practice and use it as a tool to explore your own beliefs and what role they play in your experiences. Accept tools and possibilities from many teachers; accept beliefs only from your own heart.

My approach is one that focuses on the meditative influence of the Bowls and their ability to help quiet the mind. Further, I use them as one of many meditative tools with which to help people to become aware of and explore what THEY believe, through meditation.