The right tools can help you achieve a deep state of relaxation, which is beneficial for both physical and mental health. By slowing brainwave frequencies, meditators can reach a state of trance that allows them to let go of negative thought patterns and conditioning that may be holding them back.
A variety of musical instruments can be used in sound meditation, including kalimbas, singing bowls, and frame drums. These instruments produce a rich, soothing, and resonant sound that can help support meditative practice, healing, and spiritual connection.
Similar to wind chimes, Chinese wind gongs make great meditation aids due to their resonant sounds. They are available in a wide range of sizes and can be played for relaxation or meditation, or even in shamanic healing ceremonies.
A simple yet effective tool for meditators, tuning forks can help you relax by producing a consistent sound with long sustain. Their vibrations can also affect your sense of balance, space, memory, and healing.
Despite its name, the rainstick is actually a very powerful sound healing instrument that helps you relax and enter a state of deep meditation. This calming instrument is made of a tube that contains pins that are arranged in a specific pattern that causes pebbles to fall against them and produce the sound of falling rain.
While harmony balls aren’t as powerful as mystical instruments that provide relaxation and serenity, they do a good job of helping you relax and enter a meditative state by giving off a soothing chime when you shake them.
