This entry was posted on Jun 27, 2023 by Charlotte Bell.
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. Once we heard the clear, dulcet tones of the bells, we knew it was time to maneuver on to the subsequent factor.
Also called Tibetan chimes, Tibetan cymbals, or Kartals, Tingsha Bells are small, cymbal-shaped bells related by a leather-based twine. Like cymbals, they sound once they strike one another. However not like cymbals, they sound when the edges, relatively 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.
The best way to Use Tingsha Bells
Tingsha Bells initially come from Tibet. Typically paired with variously pitched singing bowls, the bells are historically utilized in Buddhist meditation rituals. As of late, yoga and meditation practitioners use them in quite a lot of methods. Following are some methods you need to use these bells to reinforce your yoga observe and educating
Utilizing Bells in Yoga and Meditation
- Beginnings and endings in yoga courses: Some yoga lecturers like to start and finish their courses with the sound of bells. It’s a beautiful option to settle college students onto their mats, and to set an intention to show consciousness inward. The bells can gently carry individuals out of Savasana (Rest Pose) as properly.
- House 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 house yoga and meditation observe.
- Sound therapeutic: Sound is vibration. You’ve most likely skilled, greater than as soon as, how a thumping bass line in music can vibrate in areas of the physique aside from your ears. The power of sound to vibrate throughout the physique is without doubt one of the cause most of us love listening to music. Within the yoga system, completely different pitches are stated to resonate with every of our chakras (vitality facilities). Due to their increased pitch, Tingsha Bells are inclined 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 educate an outside mindfulness class on the native arboretum. Within the class, we observe sitting and strolling meditation. Folks typically 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 those who strolling meditation is over and it’s time to come back again to our assembly place. Their excessive pitch cuts by way 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 Follow and Yoga for Meditators, each printed 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 Pink Rock Rondo, whose DVD received two Emmy awards in 2010.
