Trash Book of Extra.

Part 72 - I had no idea that this would actually work!

So lately I got introduced to an instrument called a Standing bell. Some people call it a singing bowl. I really don't know the official name but that's ok whatever.

So the one I bought was medium sized but it was still small enough to fit on my palm.

I was interested in this because it provides stress relief, reduces anxiety, helps with meditation, improves concentration, boosts creativity etc and I was reading through a bunch of articles and I said to myself, 'Why don't I have this? Is this legit? I wanna buy it.'

And so, I bought myself a singing bowl and it came with a cool looking cushion and mallet.

With me in particular.

1) I can't play for longer than 5 minutes. I don't know why but I get this odd feeling which makes me not wanna play it anymore. The longest I've played so far was 4 minutes 20 seconds.

2) I don't like striking the bowl because the sound is too intense for me but I play by lightly dragging the mallet around the outer edge of the bowl and it makes a more wonderful sound than when I strike it.

3) After only 3 days of playing, I felt the effects and I actually felt relaxed. Normally, I'd get nervous whenever I'd have to go outside for work or whenever I'd get unexpected phone calls so playing the standing bell before work or in the morning actually makes me less anxious and more relaxed.

4) I can't stand it when other people play it, it's sounds strange and too loud. My siblings wanted to try to play it and I was like ok that's enough, you're playing it all wrong. One of them even held the mallet upside down I was like what are you doing 😂?