CFC Tea Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 8" D# Note | A=432 Tuning | #2601

The breath between who you were and who you're becoming

🎵 Size: 8" | Note: D# | Cents: -3 | Frequency: 305 Hz | Tuning: A=432 Natural Tuning | Octave: 3 | A=432 Equivalent: D#-3 | Bowl #: 2601 ✨ Elements: CFC Tea (ginger, helichrysum, lavender, lemongrass, marshmallow root, mullein, peppermint, violet leaf) 🍵 | Body Resonance: Pelvis, hips, legs, sitting bones, lower spine, foundational connection to earth 🌬️ | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Sacral/Solar Plexus Transition | Cycle of Fifths: Not a primary note (transitional sharp) 💫

This CFC Tea crystal singing bowl sounds in D# at 305 Hz, resonating at the bridge between the sacral and solar plexus chakras—the energetic territory where creative flow meets personal power. CFC Tea, a blend of eight respiratory-supporting herbs including ginger, helichrysum, lavender, lemongrass, marshmallow root, mullein, peppermint, and violet leaf, supports breath deepening and authentic expression. When this transitional frequency meets herbs traditionally used for opening the lungs and throat, the result is an instrument that creates conditions for releasing what's been held and speaking what's true.

BEST FOR

• Breath deepening and respiratory support during meditation
• Teachers guiding classroom transitions or calming overstimulated students
• Those navigating grief, loss, or unexpressed emotion
• Sound healers supporting throat and heart opening work
• Writers and speakers preparing to find their voice
• Morning ritual and intention-setting before a full day
• Caregivers needing their own moment of exhale and reset

ESSENCE

I am the breath that remembers itself. Not the sharp gasp of surprise or the shallow pant of anxiety, but the long, slow exhale that finally lets the shoulders drop. Eight plants woven into one intention—ginger's warm insistence, lavender's purple calm, peppermint's cool focus, mullein's gentle opening—together becoming something older than any single remedy. When you've been holding your breath without realizing it, when words have crystallized in your throat, I am the space where softening becomes possible.

THE ELEMENT

CFC Tea comprises eight synergistic herbs spanning botanical families and continents: ginger from Southeast Asia, helichrysum from the Mediterranean, lavender and peppermint from European traditions, lemongrass from tropical climates, marshmallow root and mullein from European and North American herbalism, and violet leaf from temperate zones worldwide. Each brings distinct properties—the warming gingerols of ginger root, the soothing mucilage of marshmallow, the cooling menthol of peppermint, the gentle expectorant quality of mullein—yet together they become something none could offer alone.

These herbs share a common thread across their diverse traditions: they've been reached for when breath becomes shallow, when the throat tightens, when something needs to move that has become stuck. Medieval European monasteries documented marshmallow and mullein for respiratory soothing. Ayurvedic practitioners combined ginger and lemongrass to kindle digestive fire and clear stagnation. Indigenous North American traditions honored mullein as a friend to the lungs. This isn't coincidence—it's convergent wisdom across cultures recognizing what supports the human capacity to breathe fully and speak clearly.

When this herbal blend is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, the botanical compounds integrate at the molecular level during formation. Even as some volatile elements transform at over 3,000°F, their structural imprint remains—creating a unique microstructure within the quartz that vibrates with each strike. This is why people often describe CFC Tea bowls as having a "softer" or "more layered" quality than clear quartz alone. The herbs aren't coating the surface; they've become part of what sings.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in D# at 305 Hz, a transitional note that bridges the sacral chakra's creative, flowing energy with the solar plexus chakra's clarity and personal power. D# carries the energetic quality of breath, release, and transformation—the sharp notes in music often mark moments of awakening or emergence, the breath between states. This frequency vibrates through the pelvis, hips, and lower spine, creating a grounding presence while simultaneously supporting upward movement.

When CFC Tea's breath-opening properties meet this transitional frequency, something interesting happens. The herbs traditionally used for respiratory and throat support find expression through a note associated with release and transformation. People often report feeling their breathing naturally deepen when this bowl sounds—not through effort, but through the body remembering what full breath feels like.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 305 Hz. Using A=432 as reference, it plays D# -3 cents—nearly a true tone, just three cents from perfect. Using A=440 as reference, this same frequency is D# -34 cents.

This bowl is categorized in the A=432 tuning because its frequency aligns with instruments tuned to A=432 Hz—often called "Verdi tuning" or "natural tuning." Many people find A=432 produces a warmer, more organic quality that feels easier on the nervous system. If you have instruments tuned to A=432, or simply prefer this earth-connected sound, this bowl will harmonize beautifully with them. The near-perfect alignment at -3 cents means this bowl sits remarkably close to a true D# in the A=432 system—a sweet spot that's neither sharp nor flat.

(For fine adjustment, adding water to the bowl lowers the pitch slightly—a technique some use to dial in precise intervals when playing with other instruments.)

THE SIZE

At 8 inches, this bowl produces third-octave tones with medium-long sustain—enough time to breathe fully into the sound before it fades. The full, projecting volume fills a room without overwhelming it, making this size versatile for both personal morning rituals and small group settings. An 8-inch bowl travels well between rooms, fits comfortably on a desk or nightstand, and works equally well in a therapy office, classroom, or living room.

This size allows CFC Tea's layered herbal qualities to express with clarity—each botanical note audible within the whole—while the third-octave resonance naturally targets the core body, bridging upper and lower energy centers. For teachers transitioning a classroom, parents settling children before homework, or anyone needing a reset between the demands of the day, this bowl offers enough presence to shift the room's energy without requiring a dedicated sound healing space.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when your breath has become shallow without your noticing, when words feel stuck somewhere between your heart and your throat, or when you simply need permission to exhale completely. You don't need training or technique to begin. Strike the bowl once and breathe with the sound—let the inhale fill your belly as the tone swells, let the exhale empty completely as it fades. Notice where your body softens. Notice what wants to release.

This bowl serves the teacher who strikes it once to signal a classroom transition, the executive who plays it before a difficult conversation, the parent who uses it to mark the shift from homework time to bedtime calm. It supports the caregiver who needs three minutes of their own breath before returning to giving, the writer who plays it to clear mental static before sitting down to work, the athlete centering before competition. You might place it near you during journaling, play it at the start of a team meeting, or simply let it sound in your kitchen while you make morning tea. There's no wrong way to work with breath.

Each Divine Bowls singing bowl includes a pure quartz mallet wrapped in premium silicone for optimal resonance, plus a silicone O-ring for stable playing on hard surfaces. Every bowl is formed in a single seamless vessel from 99.995% pure quartz—no welds, no weak points—built to last lifetimes of use.

INVITATION

Still here? Good.

This is a bowl for the breath you've been holding. Not the dramatic gasp—the quiet one. The shallow rhythm that became so normal you stopped noticing. CFC Tea doesn't fix that. But it does create the kind of space where your lungs might remember what full actually feels like.

Eight herbs. One intention. A frequency that sits right at the bridge between creative flow and personal power. Whether you're a sound healer building your collection or a teacher who just wants three seconds of calm before the bell rings—the bowl doesn't care about your credentials. It cares about your exhale.