Sound Journeys for Deep Rest by BlackCrow

Awesome sound journeys this week at Attika Studio!

We accidentally overbooked but people generously shared mats and pillows so everyone could be included.

The energy in the room was amazing!

This is the power of the bowls (and Chiang Mai!)—community, connection, kindness. I am so grateful to share this 🥰

Super duper thrilled to be sharing The Good Sounds podcast! 🥳

My dear friend Lauren began this podcast as a way to explore her passion for bowls through conversations with sound practitioners, healers, and teachers.

She interviewed people like Ali at Chiang Mai Holistic and Jonathan Goldman. I was so so honoured that she chose to chat with me and feature our conversation! It was really a lot of fun! 😄

If you watch/listen (also on Spotify) and enjoy it, please subscribe to and like her channel, and feel free to leave a comment! 🙏🤟

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BLUE MOON SOUND JOURNEY - May 31st 🌕

A huge THANK YOU to all who joined this event! It's soooooo wonderful to bring people together this way! 🥰

50% of the donations from this event went to support Freedom Restoration Project for at-risk migrant women & children. Please learn more about this important initiative and share with others to raise awareness. 🙏

And thank you to beautiful Lauren who offered her lovely assistance 🙌

Stay tuned for the next Sound Journey by BlackCrow 😎🐦‍⬛🖤

BELIEVE ✨
The power of singing bowls in action. 🎶

It’s not just the bowls that sing—they inspire people to share their voices, to believe in the magical feeling that the voice creates within.

Nothing makes me happier than witnessing people like Chai, in post-sound journey bliss and inspiration, find their voice and bring it out into the world.

It’s a privilege to be a part of this sweet personal revelation. 🥰

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Seven weeks ago I went to Nepal with the idea to start a little business hand-selecting singing bowls and connecting them to people. Since then, several bowls & sets have found their way to open hands and curious hearts. BlackCrow was born.🐦‍⬛🖤

I am so pleased to now have a website in which to showcase what this BlackCrow endeavour is all about.

If you too are curious, please take a moment to read the back story below and then link to the website to check it out. 👀 Look for the small play button (bottom right) & subscribe if you wish!

Thank you so much! 🙏

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The Bird & The Bowl: Why BlackCrow?

I fell in love with black crows when I visited Nepal. I saw them everywhere, heard their caws scrape across the sky like 100-year cigar smokers. I watched them congregate in trees, confer with each other, and fly off again in different directions, always returning simultaneously to the same tree. I imagined the crows on a mysterious mission, and I was bewitched.

They reminded me of my childhood, since they are also birds of the Pacific Northwest. I grew up surrounded by their scratchy caws that echoed in hollow winter skies, but gave them little regard for being anything more than an ordinary black bird.
Decades later, around the time that singing bowls properly entered my life, I learned that in Nepal, black crows are regarded as messengers between worlds. In Hindu mythology, they are associated with Yama, the God of Death. While that might sound ominous to some, death symbolizes transformation, of crossing a threshold—a void between the seen and the unseen.

And on Kaag Tihar, the first day of the Hindu Tihar festival of lights, Nepali people worship the crow (kaag = crow). They offer food on rooftops and open spaces in both reverence and request for protection—for staying on good terms with Yama.

Far from an ordinary black bird.

The pairing of the bird and the bowl extends beyond geography. Over time and through hundreds of conversations with bowls, I have come to regard their sound as far more than just a beautiful art. For me, singing bowls are also messengers of the in-between spaces—those gaps between what our senses can register and some other porous and unnameable place. In a sense, the bowls bridge that gap, much like the crow relays messages from one world to another.

So, when the time came to name this new venture—which I had not formally planned and whose direction shows itself one day at a time—BlackCrow was the obvious, heart-home choice. It exists to bridge the gap between seeker and bowl, to help others cross over from curious to captivated by the simple, sacred beauty of sound.

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P.S. Full disclosure: I created the site using AI. Most of the copy is mine (including the story above—once a writer who lost her job to AI), but the tech & design were largely AI.

BlackCrow Singing Bowls — Hand-Selected Himalayan Bowls for Practitioners & Wellness Spaces Authentic Jambati singing bowls hand-selected in person in Kathmandu by a practitioner who listens for tone, character, and resonance. Individual bowls, curated sets, and studio sourcing. Ships worldwide.

With all the buzz about vibration & frequency these days, it's easy to forget that this too is a musical art. 🎶

That the simple sound of one special bowl struck with pure intention can be devastating to the iron ego, the walls we build, the stories we cling to.

I often end my sound journeys and private practice in tears—the kind that are just quietly expressing whatever pain has built up in the background of everyday life. It's normal 😅

This is so much less exhausting that trying to figure it out or fitness it out.

So, if you have a bowl (or 23), play, sing, make music from your heart, and please—share it with the world. ❤️

And if you don't have a bowl, well, let me help connect you with one. 🥰 (https://www.instagram.com/blackcrow.sound/)

And join us every Thursday for a sound journey and we can have a little cry together 😆🥰

My teacher calls a sound bath "the sounds of silence". 🙊

When you're drawn so deeply into the sound and vibration during a sound bowl meditation that the mind goes silent and the body quietly hums.

Nothing takes me into this space of inner silence like my sound bowl & singing practice.

And things—stresses, fears, stories—get "worked out" without having to do anything but follow the sounds.

So I can reconnect with what's beautiful & loving within myself and in others. ❤️

After a month in Nepal, I'm back at Attika starting this Thursday March 26th for sound journeys with Alan Strydom. Three sessions to choose from. DM to save your spot.

INTRODUCING BLACK CROW 🐦‍⬛

I am crossing a threshold into something both new & familiar and would love to have your support.

You follow this page, which means you have been touched by the power of sound bowls—as a musical art, a healing modality, or a beautiful meditation companion.

I am expanding my sound learning journey alongside starting a small collection of carefully selected bowls to connect more people with the power and beauty and joy of sound—a venture I've named Black Crow.

If you're curious, I invite you to follow along with me on this journey on Instagram (.sound).

Thank you so much... I hope to see you there ❤️

Himalayan Singing Bowls
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Considering acquiring a bowl for self-healing, meditation, or just as a beautiful, timeless companion?

I’m in Nepal!🇳🇵Bowl hunting 👀 Taking orders 🤩

DM asap if interested as I am only here for 3 days.

Fun informal workshop last Sunday! Looking forward to the next one 🥰