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Stillness Practices

Singing Bowl Fade-Away

Auditory / Sound-Based

A beautiful listening exercise where you trace the ringing tail-end of a sound all the way down into complete silence. It trains your brain to notice the very moment where sound transitions into stillness.

Instructions

  1. Strike or play a bowl: Strike an actual singing bowl, or play a high-quality video/audio clip of a single singing bowl strike. 

  2. Catch the initial ring: Listen to the loud, resonant ring that immediately fills the room. 

  3. Track the fading vibration: As the sound begins to lose volume, sharpen your focus to track the long, tapering tail of the noise. 

  4. Hunt for the whisper: Follow the sound down as it becomes incredibly faint, like an ultra-quiet whisper. 

  5. Pinpoint the exact silence: Try to identify the precise split-second where the sound dies out completely. 

  6. Rest in the aftermath: Sit in the profound, leftover silence that remains for 1 full minute.

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