Tibetan Singing Bowls

Fabio Maiocchi was born into a practising Catholic family and as a child he often went to church. Music, sound and ritual were therefore part of his childhood and later of his adult life, as Fabio went on to become a professional opera singer, a career he pursued until 1999.

His “magical” meeting with Tibetan Singing Bowls master Sonam Thonla a few years ago made Fabio feel that something deeply familiar had returned to his life. The master showed him the bowl best suited to his inner nature, chose it for him and invited him to attend the singing bowls course.

Tibetan Singing Bowls are an ancient instrument originating in the Himalayan regions. Their metal alloy recalls the fundamental number seven: there are seven chakras, seven planets of the solar system with their associated metals, and the alloy traditionally used to make the bowls is composed of seven metals: Gold – Sun, Silver – Moon, Mercury – Mercury, Copper – Venus, Iron – Mars, Tin – Jupiter, Lead – Saturn.

Thanks to this blend of metals, they can produce a broad and deep range of sound. The sound of Tibetan Singing Bowls spreads in circles according to the principle of resonance/consonance, and this type of vibration is able to act on energy blockages, allowing them to dissolve.

Fabio Maiocchi decided to train with Sonam Thonla and to continue his training in the following years with master Dario Gasparato.

Today Fabio uses the bowls in his therapy sessions and is a Master in Tibetan Singing Bowls, qualified to teach.