How to fix a broken crystal singing bowl
How to fix a broken crystal singing bowl
Early in the summer I was on my way to Sheffield to deliver a private sound bath session, like I would do most weekends. It didn’t seem particularly out of the ordinary. I turned up at the house, met the family I’d be with for the next few hours, and began setting up. I got to the last bowl, my Yagna Crystal Tones Alchemy singing bowl, a 10 inch deep, resonant tone. Opened the bag, and there it was. Smashed. In the bottom of the bag. A big hole, maybe 6 inches across and 3 inches wide. In several pieces. I was GUTTED. The bowl had cost me a good few thousand pounds as an initial payment. And despite the thought of losing a very expensive musical healing tool, I was also sad because it was the bowl I favoured and we’d made some incredible memories in our year together.
In all honesty, after speaking to several people who had broke their bowls, I thought well that’s it, to the crystal bowl graveyard and hope my insurance on the bowl pays out. But what I thought was the end of the story, was actually the beginning of a whole new world.
To cut a long story short so I can get into the actual technical bits of fixing my bowl, the breaking of the Yagna turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I had to completely change my sound and sound baths to account for the deepest bowl being missing, and as I did, I uncovered the world of light language. I welcomed in two new bowls into my collection to help with this, a gorgeous Indigo Alchemy in F# which kicked off my light language journey, when literally words and visions and shapes just started coming through and out of me. It was strange, but that’s for another time! And an Egpytian Blue as a nod to all the visions I began seeing at the beginning of my light language initiation.
So I truly feel like the breaking of Yagna bowl was actually to help me move into this new realm of light language and stop me from just being in the physical, tangible realms. AND, I managed to fix up Yagna bowl ready for the autumn, winter… as I feel now she has a new message to share.
How to fix a broken crystal singing bowl
Ok so, here’s the actual information you’ll need. I did this all myself, and it was a little trial and error. But, it’s a beautiful way of honouring your bowl and still allowing it to sing. The fix didn’t really change the sound or note of my bowl, but of course each fix will be different.
I kept all the smashed peices of crystal within the bowl so I couldn’t lose any, as you’ll need those!
You will need:
rubber gloves
2 part resin
resin friendly colour pigment
patience and a steady hand!
Collect all the peices of bowl together and check where each peice fits (a bit like a jigsaw starter)
Mix some 2 part resin, I bought mine from here, and add some coloured pigments if you like. I went for a yellow gold colour as the message coming through with this bowl is that it wanted to honour ancient egpytian language and living. So I used a really bright gold for this. There are LOADS of colours though, so be creative and use a pigment that works for you.
The resin starts to go all gloopy and ‘stringy’ within 20 minutes or so, so you need to use it before that happens. My best advice would be to mix very small amounts at a time and work with one piece or a few small pieces at a time. I began with the largest parts and fixed each large part to the bowl first, and then added the smallest parts afterwards. NOTE: You will have to hold each piece in place for at least 10 minutes while the resin fixes, as it’s not like glue and won’t hold straight away. It can get a bit messy so make sure you’re wearing gloves.
The resin is likely to drip as you push the pieces together. You can either use a damp cloth to wipe this off as soon as it happens (don’t leave it, otherwise it won’t remove it’ll just smudge), or you can let it drip like I have. There’s also the option to use a suitable sand paper to remove larger ‘blobs’ once it’s dry.
This process can take a few hours so you will need a little patience. But keep going until all the peices are attached. Set your bowl to one side where it won’t be disturbed for at least 2 days and let it set. The resin is extremely strong and your bowl will be tough when it comes through it’s recovery period.
Cleanse your new bowl with whatever you would normally use and ta-dah, they’re ready to sing again.
Outside of the Crystal Singing Bowl
Inside of the Crystal Singing Bowl
Healing with Light Language… honouring my journey
The final thing I did to heal my bowl was to honour the journey it took me on over the 3-4 months it was out of action. While at my light language initiation I met a lovely person called Mayra who you can find at Sound Universe London, who had had light language written on one of her bowls by Yantara Jiro, a well known healer. Anyway the thought stuck with me that this would be a beautiful way to honour my beautiful bowl and seal the healing journey it has been on, as well as the journey it has taken me on.
So the final thing I did was to channel light language and draw it around the singing bowl where the wound initially was. This channeled language came through while sitting in meditation and I’m so pleased with how it turned out. The bowl now honours light language and new beginnings, as opposed to karma release which was how it began its journey as a Yagna. For those interested, I used a sharpie metalic gold colour pen to draw on the crystal.
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