This entry was posted on Jun 27, 2023 by Charlotte Bell.
Tingsha Bells initially come from Tibet. Usually paired with variously pitched singing bowls, the bells are historically utilized in Buddhist meditation rituals. Today, yoga and meditation practitioners use them in a wide range of methods. Following are some methods you should utilize these bells to boost your yoga observe and educating
My introduction to Tingsha Bells was on the primary five-day silent mindfulness retreat I attended in 1988. The bells introduced the whole schedule of the day—wakeup time, every sitting and every strolling meditation, yoga observe, meals and bedtime. After we heard the clear, dulcet tones of the bells, we knew it was time to maneuver on to the following factor.
Often known as Tibetan chimes, Tibetan cymbals, or Kartals, Tingsha Bells are small, cymbal-shaped bells linked by a leather-based twine. Like cymbals, they sound after they strike one another. However in contrast to cymbals, they sound when the edges, somewhat than the flat surfaces, make contact. Tingsha Bells are additionally a lot thicker than percussion cymbals, giving the edges a wealthy sonority. The sound is a transparent, high-pitched, long-ringing tone.
Find out how to Use Tingsha Bells
Tingsha Bells initially come from Tibet. Usually paired with variously pitched singing bowls, the bells are historically utilized in Buddhist meditation rituals. Today, yoga and meditation practitioners use them in a wide range of methods. Following are some methods you should utilize these bells to boost your yoga observe and educating
Utilizing Bells in Yoga and Meditation
- Beginnings and endings in yoga lessons: Some yoga academics like to start and finish their lessons with the sound of bells. It’s a stunning strategy to settle college students onto their mats, and to set an intention to show consciousness inward. The bells can gently convey individuals out of Savasana (Rest Pose) as nicely.
- Dwelling observe: You needn’t be in a category setting to make use of Tingsha Bells to bookend your observe. Use them to mark the start and finish of your individual residence yoga and meditation observe.
- Sound therapeutic: Sound is vibration. You’ve in all probability skilled, greater than as soon as, how a thumping bass line in music can vibrate in areas of the physique apart from your ears. The flexibility of sound to vibrate throughout the physique is among the purpose most of us love listening to music. Within the yoga system, totally different pitches are stated to resonate with every of our chakras (power facilities). Due to their larger pitch, Tingsha Bells are likely to vibrate the higher chakras. Yogic sound therapeutic rituals mix Tingsha Bells with singing bowls of assorted pitches to “tune” the chakras.
- Outside yoga and meditation: In the summertime, I train an outside mindfulness class on the native arboretum. Within the class, we observe sitting and strolling meditation. Individuals usually unfold out throughout the strolling interval as a result of there are such a lot of stunning locations to observe. I exploit Tingsha Bells to inform folks that strolling meditation is over and it’s time to return again to our assembly place. Their excessive pitch cuts by means of different sounds and makes it straightforward to collect everybody collectively.
About Charlotte Bell
Charlotte Bell found yoga in 1982 and started educating in 1986. Charlotte is the creator of Conscious Yoga, Conscious Life: A Information for On a regular basis Observe and Yoga for Meditators, each revealed by Rodmell Press. Her third guide is titled Hip-Wholesome Asana: The Yoga Practitioner’s Information to Defending the Hips and Avoiding SI Joint Ache (Shambhala Publications). She writes a month-to-month column for CATALYST Journal and serves as editor for Yoga U On-line. Charlotte is a founding board member for GreenTREE Yoga, a non-profit that brings yoga to underserved populations. A lifelong musician, Charlotte performs oboe and English horn within the Salt Lake Symphony and people sextet Crimson Rock Rondo, whose DVD gained two Emmy awards in 2010.