A singing bowl.  These are marvelous objects:  run a wooden handle around the top edge and you get an amazing resonating hummmmmmm.  It can take a little practice and the sound you get will vary with the quality of the bowl, the metals used, and the skill of the player.  This particular bowl is in the yoga studio where I take classes.

My first experience with these bowls was at The Floating Lotus, an import store in Rockport, Massachusetts.  They have many singing bowls, one big enough to stand in.  The owner gave me a good dose of the thing, telling me it would awaken my chakras in a profound way, and I was thinking “yadda yadda yadda”.  But after a couple of minutes standing in this giant vibrating bowl, I felt fundamentally different somehow, I can’t explain it, but it straightened something out, some wrinkle I hadn’t been aware of.  I remember floating around the rest of the day like I was on painkillers.

Your results may vary.

The picture was enhanced with Jazz, my new go-to.  Bloom, burnt-photo grunge, and contrast effects applied.

– the Daily Grunge