Thank you for this video. Even as a vocal based sound artist, I received a lot from this. "you are not the master of the bowl, but the servant of the sound" As I was practicing my alankars in the car this morning, I shifted my attitude even towards my voice, and the sound came out shining, clear as bell (or bowl!) ॐ 🙏
Servant of the sound. Yes! Thankyou so much! I often have to ask healers to be very gentle because I feel everything and hear very acutely. Thanks for talking about respect for the bowls and the people who are receiving.
After having trouble getting any volume on the video all day, tonight I got it to work. Well done! You offer some very good and important information. Thank you!
Thanks a lot for fine tuning in such topic. Could you please advise where all the naming of red, blue, yellow mallets comes from? Is it kind of standard series of mallets or a kind of professional for drums or something like that? Thanks.
Wonderful, teacher, great lessons thank you. I bought a beautiful looking, small singing bowl on Facebook marketplace, but so far I couldn’t get it to sing. I hope that everything I learnt here will help me as my other bowl works beautifully.
Thank you for this video. I went to a friends house who used crystal sound bowls. She never took the mallet off the rim of the bowls not once… the vibration was so annoying and actually was disturbing and made me want to escape. she just continued rubbing continuously.. it was torture! it sounded like it was bouncing off the walls , similar to when you are driving at high speed in a car with one window cracked open and it makes that terrible vacuum Bouncing noice.... it was torturous. I had to leave it was awful. Thank you for this video. 🙏🏼😊💚🪴✨🌿💚
I am pretty sure, if you would share how you feel with your friend, you would get a standard reply "you have a blockage, that's why you don't like how I play the bowl" :)
Thanks a lot, it was really helpful but you've also made me laugh haha especially "a marching band drum". :)) I've made some mistakes myself. Thank you!
Thank you for being open to receiving a different opinion. Nothing is a mistake really but the preferences we make according to what we know or do not know.
I was actually looking specifically for a video on bad habits or mistakes to avoid. It’s an important topic in learning any thing. 🙏🏻 Unfortunately everyone does not get an A 🤣. Guidelines actually support the creative process.
Mesmerizing content,Video Thank u so much.....Can you pls share me some mallets websites which you know....Here in India i Could not able to get Mallets which you have shown in the videos
Finally. No bullshit. Just common sense. Please tell which is your more active social network to follow. Would appreciate to know where are you based and what do you do for a living.
Very good, I saw that practiciner put bowl on the head of person tapping it. I am migraine patient and hoping for the wonder of the pain release. Is that advisable to play the bowl on my head? Is an 10 to 11" correct or bigger?
I am so sorry for the audio not being loud enough. This problem should not happen again with my next videos. Please try with your headphones on. Appreciate your time 🙏
@Singing Bowls Channel with Guy Beider- I agree. The audio is barely audible, even at full volume. [edit] RUclips must be playing tricks today. After not getting any volume while trying various devices today, I tried my iPad tonight and the volume is fine. The video and its information is really needed. Great tips for all players out there. Thank you,
At this moment I travel with my bowl set and backpack any recommendations for transportation? Bubble wrap each one and them stack them together or there is better way like instead of cussions using shelf liners, Thank you for video and sharing your knowledge!
I pack my instruments in a similar way as you do. Instead of buble wrap I use thick scarfs :) Also, check out the "Makita" tool boxes. I added some padding inside and now use the tool boxes for traveling. www.amazon.com/Makita-197212-5-Interlocking-Case-Large/dp/B00ZUKZXQQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=makita+tool+box&qid=1567697592&s=gateway&sprefix=makita+tool+bo&sr=8-4
@@soundhealingcertification It also can work well with cases made for crystal singing bowls. I found I could stack many tibetan/indian bowls of different sizes within a single crystal singing bowl padded case, using bubble wrap and foam to cushion in between layers. Will also check out your Makita link for more options though! Thanks
the thing is, you can buy a bowl this afternoon, watch a video on youtube this evening and tomorrow pretend you're a practionner... that's why we see all kinds of aberrations.
My favorite gongs are Chinese bronze Chao gongs. These are no name no brand gongs. I was lucky to play over 60, 44" Chao gongs before I choose my favorite one. There is no consistency in their quality and sound character, therefore you want to play them before purchasing one. A second favorite one is Tone of life 60" Cosmo, but I prefer to put a down payment for a house rather buying one of these. A third favorite one is Cosmo 42" and then 30" Sheemoon and 30" sun. Paiste are good gongs as well but it is all up to you! You may find a cheap Chinese gong that you will love and love is above any rational explanation or a label such as Paiste, Meinl or Tone of life. This is MY OPINION. Also, check out the work of Martin Blase!!! He is a magician!!! ruclips.net/video/MT8lOY7t_JE/видео.html
Sorry about that. I did use a good microphone. Something happened while the video was uploaded. It is so strange, but many people say that the audio is great and some complain about it being very quiet.
@@soundhealingcertification Thank you for your response..i went back and tried it a few more times..I love your teachings and will look at your other vidoes.
You know I do like some of his ideas but he is a perfectionist and I am against this type of people. I'm sorry but he's a pain. There are all kinds of people in the world. 😮
Thank you for liking some of my ideas and reassuring me about my perfectionism. I don't like perfectionists myself; they can be a pain... There are all kinds of people in the world, and some just don't like others, and that's ok :).
@@soundhealingcertification I learn years ago, that to make people listen, is best to speak quietly, maybe this is your version jajaja, I had to put my earphones, worth every word. Blessings brother.
Thank you for your question. I commented on the post of Bhajan "teaching" the gong a fraud! I am proud of many practitioners, who don't follow his absurd "teachings". Gongs were used for thousands of years before this "guru" started to abuse this instrument with such a rude way of playing. Who the .... is he to call the person that uses a different technique "a prostitute"? Is the goddess of music satisfy with his strikes? Because many adequate people are not satisfied with such a rude sonic tsunami. For the real artist, the gong is an instrument that is able to unveil the subtleties of the sonic beauty. Don't listen to the false "teachings" and explore the gong by yourself!
I also appreciate this question a lot, because there is a playing technique issue spreading over the planet, which is rooted in Yogi Bahjan's school. This place here isn't suitable to explain or discuss that matter properly, but all gong artists I have heard playing, which come from this very lineage of teaching, are sounding terrible. They are doing kind of all wrong, in terms of playing technique, which starts already how they hold the mallet. I have first-hand information, that often gongs stop singing, after being played in that intense way. At videos, I often think the gongs will jump out of their frames every second, they scream for help and the hearing of the audience is in danger of getting damaged. All videos I have seen with Yogi Bahjan playing the gongs are terrible examples for gong playing. His background is the key. He started to play with Asian gongs and they are traditionally banged hard to scare away the ghosts. There were never used to meditate with. Later Bahjan got a symphonic gong and nobody introduced him into the correct playing technique. He didn't have a gong training and just banged it hard like he knew it was right for the Asian gongs. The followers would never question his holiness and therefore we are dealing with an army of really badly trained gong masters. So, technically we know this playing style is destroying the instruments and they need tuning after being played that way. Jens Zygar is for sure one of the most advanced gong artists alive on this planet with a high-grade experience in training people in integral sound work all over the planet. When he plays, the gongs sing and the universe is unfolding. That is gong sound at their best. It is called "the soft manner" style and like playing any other instrument, there is also a perfect way of playing a symphonic gong. The rest is for Jens to write finally his book about the integral sound work and make things clear. Play gentle, play breathing waves, let time pass, use dynamics with great care, listen to what you actually create, feel the instrument, learn to read it's vibrations and when the best moment for the next stroke is. The instrument is talking to you. You just need to learn it's language. It takes patience. A lot of it... Playing the gongs is exciting and we need to control that excitement because if we go with it, we play too loud, too fast, too hectic or simply not good at all. Guy Belder has also a fine set of ears and is super sensitive to the soul of the sound. He feels it as pain, when the sound is getting too harsh. I play crescendos, and I play them with great care and controlled for a very short period, like only for seconds and I never go full-on, because this is only suitable for a heavy metal concert, but not for what we are doing. The gong smashers hurt people! I received already numerous emails from gong victims, who found their way to me asking for help. So, it is not about some sensitive freaks complaining about something. We are highly specialized listeners and we feel the music like we are the music. I feel with Guy and I can say, that I have the same. It is nearly impossible for me to watch any of the available gong videos on youtube. That's how bad the playing quality actually is. Maybe we will have a proper conservatorium one day, based on Jens Zygar's school and train the best sound workers this planet has ever seen. We don't wanna spread bad energy, we try to find a way, that awareness will grow for this and we want you all to understand how important it is because if we play the wrong way, we can actually harm people and it happens, which is unacceptable.
@@GongMaster "It is nearly impossible for me to watch any of the available gong videos on youtube. That's how bad the playing quality actually is." so I fall in that camp ?
@@soundhealingcertification Two distinctive aim of sound therapy are the 2 technicalities of practice.. Nidra or/and Milam. Then there are the cymatic elements of producing inter-weaving sounds to enhance the partial frequency propagation. Therefore the technical mistakes you mention are not mistakes but rather a matter of isolated partial. When you play at least 3 bowls that have a common frequency then even the tapping or/and rim-rub scratch (which you commented as annoying/unpleasant) will harmonize with the tonal-base frequency. Info suggested: Cymatics and Audio-physic. 🙏
Thank you for your reply. I am not referring to Nidra yoga, cymatics, or sympathetic response. I am discussing the 15 common mistakes made when playing singing bowls. Are you familiar with the story of the three blind men encountering an elephant?
@@soundhealingcertification 😊 yes. You should mention the aim .. ( without the purpose of action then every technique is a personalize mistake ) and especially dangerous in misleading others by people who happen to have the instruments without knowledge of what is intended for. 😊. You still can be proud of the 30% Anyway.. no further argument needed.
If you say so. Was crystal clear to me and I didn't need to be familiar with Yoga Nidra or Cymatics or the Physics of sound (of which I have some familiarity with all 3) to be able to comprehend his excellent content!
The volume of this video is too low. Or your voice is too low. Also, your energy feels negative and arrogant. People play it how they wish. There is no one perfect way. That is the beauty of these bowls. To each their own. If you connect with it that’s all that matters. You say when you strike the bowl in the middle it won’t make a good sound, but it actually does sound good too. You see, you cannot simply say what is or isn’t with these bowls since they resonate differently for everyone. The person will eventually find what’s suited for them and have a wonderful conversation with it.
Yes, people can play the bowls how they wish. This video is for those called to the path of holding space for sacred sound healing for others. What individuals choose to do with their bowls are their business. What practitioners do with the bowls "for" or "to" their audience is what he's trying to remedy here and make the healing spaces a better place for everyone. His energy is humorous and playful to me but it also conveys his deep reverence and respect for the instruments and those walking this path and their responsibilities which are not to be taken lightly. This is one of the best if not the best and most informative video on playing singing bowls correctly that you can find on the internet - and I've watched in the hundreds of them. If I can be so forward as to add to the tips / mistakes, though I saw you were naturally doing it in your video, you didn't explicitly mention it that I could hear at least - When you hold the singing bowl in the palm if you are choosing to not do the fingertip method which I find more difficult to balance - it works even better when bending the fingers and thumb of the palm back towards the ground while balancing the ball which seems to take away some of the contact with the bowl that still often dims/ quiets the vibrations when holding the palm with fingers merely flat. On another note, I am being trained on Paiste gongs by someone who was trained by Yogi Bhajan but doesn't play with the same disrespect or ferocity that show in a lot of Bhajan's vids - especially the awful performance on Jens' gongs - total disrespect for the gongs and Jens - unacceptable. I've also taken kundalini yoga teacher training as taught by Yogi Bhajan lineage - and despite everything awful I've learned about Bhajan as a person, leader, teacher, sound healer, etc the teachings for the most part seem to work and help a lot of people so I will keep offering them though but not in a way that looks at my students (students who the universe brings for me to help elevate / act as an ego-less forklift to) as subservient in any way to the teacher. Thank you for this video and for serving to help this entire practice of sacred sound. - Darren in Vancouver @sonikalkhemy on insta. 🙏
Thank you for this video. Even as a vocal based sound artist, I received a lot from this. "you are not the master of the bowl, but the servant of the sound" As I was practicing my alankars in the car this morning, I shifted my attitude even towards my voice, and the sound came out shining, clear as bell (or bowl!) ॐ 🙏
Thank you ❤
Easily the best video on the subject of playing Himalayan bowls. This Guy, knows what he's talking about.
Servant of the sound. Yes! Thankyou so much! I often have to ask healers to be very gentle because I feel everything and hear very acutely. Thanks for talking about respect for the bowls and the people who are receiving.
Love that you point out about leaving space between striking different bowls. About leaving your ego outside too! So important.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my video and your feedback 🙏
Thank you. Good information
Thanks for this! I use non-slip mats for ages. It gives better sound quality then playing on cushions.
Thank you for your comment :)
I greatly appreciate your video and learned some new tips. Thank you. I also appreciate your humor
Thank you 🙏
Thank you 🙏
Best tutorial. He is the best I’ve heard/seen: respectful and wise, also a musician, from what I can tell.
Thank you for your compliment 🙏
So helpful, thank you for sharing your wisdom.
Thank you for receiving it 🙏
Thank you 🙏
Wonderful, thank you SO MUCH for your gifts of wisdom!
Thank you 🙏
So much to learn! This video tutorial comes to me at the perfect time as I patiently await the delivery of my singing bowls.
thank you for receiving my offerings :).
It's a very nice experience to watch you talking with passion...I wish I can experience your sound healing in real
Solid information, I can tell you have a respect for these instruments and how they want to be worked with.
Thank you 🙏
SO glad to find your channel!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thank you for posting your comment.
#7 and #8! 🤣
Thank you for this video!
Thank you 🙏
I just bought some Himalayan bowls, and I certainly learned a lot from your video. I also enjoyed your peaceful, kind energy. Thank you
Thank you 😊
After having trouble getting any volume on the video all day, tonight I got it to work. Well done! You offer some very good and important information. Thank you!
I love this video. I’m just about to start practicing sound healing and this video is gold. Thank you so much ❤
Thank you!!!
No, thank you. You made me look at the bowls, and the entire ceremony from a completely different perspective ❤
@@soundhealingcertificationAnd you are funny too ;) 😘
Breathtaking scenery
😂
So beautiful to hear your passion & professional approach. Can’t wait for your next offering 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
Thank you so much for following me 🙏
Thanks a lot for fine tuning in such topic. Could you please advise where all the naming of red, blue, yellow mallets comes from? Is it kind of standard series of mallets or a kind of professional for drums or something like that? Thanks.
Absolutely! You can find the links here
bellsofbliss.com/products/singing-bowls-free-course
Wonderful, teacher, great lessons thank you. I bought a beautiful looking, small singing bowl on Facebook marketplace, but so far I couldn’t get it to sing. I hope that everything I learnt here will help me as my other bowl works beautifully.
Thank you ❤
@@soundhealingcertification I managed to get it singing beautifully today after using your techniques - so thrilled it’s amazing!
I laugh, I learn and I love it all!!!!! Thank You!!!
Thanks for sharing👍
Thanks for watching
Excellent~ thank you. Your instruments are lovely and you have command of them. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you too!
This was most helpful. Many many thanks ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you ❤
Thank you for this video.
I went to a friends house who used crystal sound bowls.
She never took the mallet off the rim of the bowls not once… the vibration was so annoying and actually was disturbing and made me want to escape. she just continued rubbing continuously.. it was torture! it sounded like it was bouncing off the walls , similar to when you are driving at high speed in a car with one window cracked open and it makes that terrible vacuum Bouncing noice.... it was torturous.
I had to leave it was awful.
Thank you for this video. 🙏🏼😊💚🪴✨🌿💚
I am pretty sure, if you would share how you feel with your friend, you would get a standard reply "you have a blockage, that's why you don't like how I play the bowl" :)
Send her this video
Hello! Thank you for teaching us, very informative and proffessional, bless you! Thank you.
Thank you 😊
Thank you for the session, Sir
My pleasure!
Loved this❣️ Thank You🤗🌸
Thank you 🙏
Love this! Thank you Guy!
😂😂😂 This was golden and high quality content. Thank you, Guy!
Thank you 🙏
Thanks a lot, it was really helpful but you've also made me laugh haha especially "a marching band drum". :))
I've made some mistakes myself. Thank you!
Thank you for being open to receiving a different opinion. Nothing is a mistake really but the preferences we make according to what we know or do not know.
I was actually looking specifically for a video on bad habits or mistakes to avoid. It’s an important topic in learning any thing. 🙏🏻 Unfortunately everyone does not get an A 🤣. Guidelines actually support the creative process.
Absolutely 😊
Great information but In the future please boost the audio, even with headphones it was hard to hear. Thank you for your work
Thank you. I am aware of the problem. It won't return with the next video. Appreciate your time.
Thank you 🙏☺️ Great advice!
Thank you 🙏
Mesmerizing content,Video Thank u so much.....Can you pls share me some mallets websites which you know....Here in India i Could not able to get Mallets which you have shown in the videos
Thank you 🙏. Steve Weiss music website should have them all.
Thank you, fantastic.
Thank you for watching ❤
Wow one of the most informative videos I've seen yet...good tips on what not to do..😊
Thank you for your feedback 🙏
Excellent educational video. Thank you so much!!
Thank you 🙏
Really helpfull..thank you so much
Thank you for your feedback 🙏
Wonderful tips. Thank you!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you Guy for a sharing your passion for the bowls and sound
Thank you for your acknowledgement!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
THANK YOU🎉❤
Very helpful thanks
Thank you 🙏
So good thank u.
Thank you so much.
Thank you
Thank you
My pleasure!
Finally. No bullshit. Just common sense. Please tell which is your more active social network to follow. Would appreciate to know where are you based and what do you do for a living.
Thank you. I am not active on social media.
Really enjoyed watching and listening to this, some useful reminders, thank you 🙏🏼
I am melting down ❤
Very good, I saw that practiciner put bowl on the head of person tapping it. I am migraine patient and hoping for the wonder of the pain release. Is that advisable to play the bowl on my head? Is an 10 to 11" correct or bigger?
Worth trying, but be careful and strike very gently with a SOFT mallet. 10-11" should be good enough. Consider the weight of the bowl.
@@soundhealingcertification thank you so much :-) God bless 🙏
Love this!
I thought these tips were very helpful. It is important to provide the best sound for your listener.
Thank you for your feedback 🙏
😀
Useful video, thank you. Do you have any recommendations for places to buy quality bowls?
That would depend on the budget. I sell antique superior quality bowls but they are expansive.
bellsofbliss.com/
I wish I could hear you. I am sure you have lots of good tips.
I am so sorry for the audio not being loud enough. This problem should not happen again with my next videos. Please try with your headphones on. Appreciate your time 🙏
Please re do the audio..its too soft to hear the detail's in the sound
Thank you for your note. I'll do my best to get it done.
@Singing Bowls Channel with Guy Beider- I agree. The audio is barely audible, even at full volume.
[edit] RUclips must be playing tricks today. After not getting any volume while trying various devices today, I tried my iPad tonight and the volume is fine.
The video and its information is really needed. Great tips for all players out there. Thank you,
At this moment I travel with my bowl set and backpack any recommendations for transportation? Bubble wrap each one and them stack them together or there is better way like instead of cussions using shelf liners,
Thank you for video and sharing your knowledge!
I pack my instruments in a similar way as you do. Instead of buble wrap I use thick scarfs :) Also, check out the "Makita" tool boxes. I added some padding inside and now use the tool boxes for traveling.
www.amazon.com/Makita-197212-5-Interlocking-Case-Large/dp/B00ZUKZXQQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=makita+tool+box&qid=1567697592&s=gateway&sprefix=makita+tool+bo&sr=8-4
@@soundhealingcertification It also can work well with cases made for crystal singing bowls. I found I could stack many tibetan/indian bowls of different sizes within a single crystal singing bowl padded case, using bubble wrap and foam to cushion in between layers. Will also check out your Makita link for more options though! Thanks
the thing is, you can buy a bowl this afternoon, watch a video on youtube this evening and tomorrow pretend you're a practionner... that's why we see all kinds of aberrations.
100%
no audio at all from 23:29, but thanks for tip &reminders
I did it with purpose :) thank you so much for watching it till the end :)
Btw, about your tone of life gongs' videos.... Can you please order them as your favorites? Thank you
My favorite gongs are Chinese bronze Chao gongs. These are no name no brand gongs. I was lucky to play over 60, 44" Chao gongs before I choose my favorite one. There is no consistency in their quality and sound character, therefore you want to play them before purchasing one.
A second favorite one is Tone of life 60" Cosmo, but I prefer to put a down payment for a house rather buying one of these. A third favorite one is Cosmo 42" and then 30" Sheemoon and 30" sun. Paiste are good gongs as well but it is all up to you! You may find a cheap Chinese gong that you will love and love is above any rational explanation or a label such as Paiste, Meinl or Tone of life.
This is MY OPINION.
Also, check out the work of Martin Blase!!! He is a magician!!!
ruclips.net/video/MT8lOY7t_JE/видео.html
Agree 100% 🙏🧚❣️
Shelf liners are great for flat bottom bowls, but not suitable for round bottom bowls.
That is right.
#15!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Yep
Buy yourself a good quality bowlZ! ☺️
Aho :)
Thank you (((((🙏🕉🙏)))))
Thank you 🙏
Good intentions
Absolutely!
Very hard to hear you even with my volume all the way up. Next time might be good idea to use a mic. Thank you for these tips
Sorry about that. I did use a good microphone. Something happened while the video was uploaded. It is so strange, but many people say that the audio is great and some complain about it being very quiet.
I turned up my volume and still can't hear you..:(
I am so sorry. Tried to fix this problem but no success. Please put your headphones on. Appreciate your time!
@@soundhealingcertification Thank you for your response..i went back and tried it a few more times..I love your teachings and will look at your other vidoes.
You know I do like some of his ideas but he is a perfectionist and I am against this type of people. I'm sorry but he's a pain. There are all kinds of people in the world. 😮
Thank you for liking some of my ideas and reassuring me about my perfectionism.
I don't like perfectionists myself; they can be a pain... There are all kinds of people in the world, and some just don't like others, and that's ok :).
@katja3152 Thank you for stepping in 🙏.
"There are all kinds of people in the world lol".
I don't really take this comment seriously 😐.
I can barely hear you and my volume is fully up.
Sorry about that. Thank you for listening.
mistake number 16, volume to low.
I know :( . Isn't it ironic, speaking of sound. Unfortunately, I can't get it fixed.
@@soundhealingcertification I learn years ago, that to make people listen, is best to speak quietly, maybe this is your version jajaja, I had to put my earphones, worth every word. Blessings brother.
For all your wonderful advice we can't hear you.funny that.
🙏 this will not happen again on my next videos. Thank you for your time!
17:02 he does the same mistakes in his own videos when he plays multiple bowls.
Thank you for watching my other video and your sharp observation.
Your camera exposure is Mistake #1
Thank you.
you think Yogi Bhajan is a fraud..why ??
Thank you for your question.
I commented on the post of Bhajan "teaching" the gong a fraud!
I am proud of many practitioners, who don't follow his absurd "teachings". Gongs were used for thousands of years before this "guru" started to abuse this instrument with such a rude way of playing. Who the .... is he to call the person that uses a different technique "a prostitute"? Is the goddess of music satisfy with his strikes? Because many adequate people are not satisfied with such a rude sonic tsunami. For the real artist, the gong is an instrument that is able to unveil the subtleties of the sonic beauty. Don't listen to the false "teachings" and explore the gong by yourself!
I also appreciate this question a lot, because there is a playing technique issue spreading over the planet, which is rooted in Yogi Bahjan's school.
This place here isn't suitable to explain or discuss that matter properly, but all gong artists I have heard playing, which come from this very lineage of teaching, are sounding terrible. They are doing kind of all wrong, in terms of playing technique, which starts already how they hold the mallet.
I have first-hand information, that often gongs stop singing, after being played in that intense way.
At videos, I often think the gongs will jump out of their frames every second, they scream for help and the hearing of the audience is in danger of getting damaged. All videos I have seen with Yogi Bahjan playing the gongs are terrible examples for gong playing.
His background is the key. He started to play with Asian gongs and they are traditionally banged hard to scare away the ghosts. There were never used to meditate with. Later Bahjan got a symphonic gong and nobody introduced him into the correct playing technique. He didn't have a gong training and just banged it hard like he knew it was right for the Asian gongs.
The followers would never question his holiness and therefore we are dealing with an army of really badly trained gong masters.
So, technically we know this playing style is destroying the instruments and they need tuning after being played that way.
Jens Zygar is for sure one of the most advanced gong artists alive on this planet with a high-grade experience in training people in integral sound work all over the planet. When he plays, the gongs sing and the universe is unfolding. That is gong sound at their best. It is called "the soft manner" style and like playing any other instrument, there is also a perfect way of playing a symphonic gong.
The rest is for Jens to write finally his book about the integral sound work and make things clear.
Play gentle, play breathing waves, let time pass, use dynamics with great care, listen to what you actually create, feel the instrument, learn to read it's vibrations and when the best moment for the next stroke is. The instrument is talking to you. You just need to learn it's language. It takes patience. A lot of it... Playing the gongs is exciting and we need to control that excitement because if we go with it, we play too loud, too fast, too hectic or simply not good at all.
Guy Belder has also a fine set of ears and is super sensitive to the soul of the sound. He feels it as pain, when the sound is getting too harsh.
I play crescendos, and I play them with great care and controlled for a very short period, like only for seconds and I never go full-on, because this is only suitable for a heavy metal concert, but not for what we are doing.
The gong smashers hurt people! I received already numerous emails from gong victims, who found their way to me asking for help.
So, it is not about some sensitive freaks complaining about something. We are highly specialized listeners and we feel the music like we are the music. I feel with Guy and I can say, that I have the same.
It is nearly impossible for me to watch any of the available gong videos on youtube. That's how bad the playing quality actually is.
Maybe we will have a proper conservatorium one day, based on Jens Zygar's school and train the best sound workers this planet has ever seen.
We don't wanna spread bad energy, we try to find a way, that awareness will grow for this and we want you all to understand how important it is because if we play the wrong way, we can actually harm people and it happens, which is unacceptable.
@@GongMaster "It is nearly impossible for me to watch any of the available gong videos on youtube. That's how bad the playing quality actually is." so I fall in that camp ?
😂😂😂
The poop cushion!! 🤣
70% Misleading.
Could you please share what exactly is misleading? Thank you.
@@soundhealingcertification Two distinctive aim of sound therapy are the 2 technicalities of practice.. Nidra or/and Milam.
Then there are the cymatic elements of producing inter-weaving sounds to enhance the partial frequency propagation.
Therefore the technical mistakes you mention are not mistakes but rather a matter of isolated partial. When you play at least 3 bowls that have a common frequency then even the tapping or/and rim-rub scratch (which you commented as annoying/unpleasant) will harmonize with the tonal-base frequency.
Info suggested: Cymatics and Audio-physic.
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Thank you for your reply.
I am not referring to Nidra yoga, cymatics, or sympathetic response. I am discussing the 15 common mistakes made when playing singing bowls. Are you familiar with the story of the three blind men encountering an elephant?
@@soundhealingcertification 😊 yes. You should mention the aim .. ( without the purpose of action then every technique is a personalize mistake ) and especially dangerous in misleading others by people who happen to have the instruments without knowledge of what is intended for.
😊. You still can be proud of the 30%
Anyway.. no further argument needed.
If you say so. Was crystal clear to me and I didn't need to be familiar with Yoga Nidra or Cymatics or the Physics of sound (of which I have some familiarity with all 3) to be able to comprehend his excellent content!
The volume of this video is too low. Or your voice is too low. Also, your energy feels negative and arrogant. People play it how they wish. There is no one perfect way. That is the beauty of these bowls. To each their own. If you connect with it that’s all that matters. You say when you strike the bowl in the middle it won’t make a good sound, but it actually does sound good too. You see, you cannot simply say what is or isn’t with these bowls since they resonate differently for everyone. The person will eventually find what’s suited for them and have a wonderful conversation with it.
Thank you for the beautiful addition to the content I presented.
It seems like you might be projecting your own negative energy onto him. I don't see what you're pointing out, not even the low volume.
Thank you, it is really ok :) I don't take it personally :)
Yes, people can play the bowls how they wish. This video is for those called to the path of holding space for sacred sound healing for others. What individuals choose to do with their bowls are their business. What practitioners do with the bowls "for" or "to" their audience is what he's trying to remedy here and make the healing spaces a better place for everyone. His energy is humorous and playful to me but it also conveys his deep reverence and respect for the instruments and those walking this path and their responsibilities which are not to be taken lightly. This is one of the best if not the best and most informative video on playing singing bowls correctly that you can find on the internet - and I've watched in the hundreds of them. If I can be so forward as to add to the tips / mistakes, though I saw you were naturally doing it in your video, you didn't explicitly mention it that I could hear at least - When you hold the singing bowl in the palm if you are choosing to not do the fingertip method which I find more difficult to balance - it works even better when bending the fingers and thumb of the palm back towards the ground while balancing the ball which seems to take away some of the contact with the bowl that still often dims/ quiets the vibrations when holding the palm with fingers merely flat. On another note, I am being trained on Paiste gongs by someone who was trained by Yogi Bhajan but doesn't play with the same disrespect or ferocity that show in a lot of Bhajan's vids - especially the awful performance on Jens' gongs - total disrespect for the gongs and Jens - unacceptable. I've also taken kundalini yoga teacher training as taught by Yogi Bhajan lineage - and despite everything awful I've learned about Bhajan as a person, leader, teacher, sound healer, etc the teachings for the most part seem to work and help a lot of people so I will keep offering them though but not in a way that looks at my students (students who the universe brings for me to help elevate / act as an ego-less forklift to) as subservient in any way to the teacher. Thank you for this video and for serving to help this entire practice of sacred sound. - Darren in Vancouver @sonikalkhemy on insta. 🙏
It sounds good to me.
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