Singing bowls are used as souvenirs as well as for meditation and healing purpose. The sound produced by the singing bowl makes one calm and relaxed. The golden colored round metal bowl produces vibrating “singing” sound when a wooden stick is struck against or rubbed round its circumference. The Tibetan singing bowl has its place in religion, meditation and therapy. It is made up of seven different metals – gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, zinc and iron. The objects are made in two ways, handcrafted or machine tooled. Handmade bowls are made with great care and produce great sound and is thus used for different therapies. A handmade bowl is original and is more effective in healing. Singing bowls are used mainly in sonic therapeutic treatment.

People with depression and mental sickness recover by the soothing music that the bowl produces. Some just listen to the sound of it, some place the vibrating bowl in the head for relaxation while some stand on the vibrating bowl, which are some ways of how the bowl is used for healing purposes.