Opaque Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 6.5" C# Note | #757

Light you can rest inside, not strive toward

🎵 Size: 6.5" | Note: C# | Cents: +0 | Frequency: 277 Hz | Tuning: A=440 Concert Pitch | Octave: 4 | A=432 Equivalent: C#+17 | Bowl #: 757 ✨ Element: Opaque Quartz 💎 | Body Resonance: Torso, chest cavity, heart, lungs, solar plexus, diaphragm, mid-spine, core 🌬️ | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Root/Sacral transition | Cycle of Fifths: N/A 💫

This opaque quartz crystal singing bowl sounds in C# at 277 Hz, resonating with the transitional space between root and sacral chakras and vibrating through the torso, chest, and core. Opaque quartz supports gentle integration, nervous system settling, and the slow work of embodied presence. When the awakening quality of C# meets quartz in its softest, most diffused form, the experience is clarity without glare—illumination you can rest inside rather than strive toward.

BEST FOR

• Nervous system regulation and gentle grounding
• Sound healers supporting integration after deep emotional work
• Teachers creating calm transitions between classroom activities
• Morning centering before a demanding workday
• Students settling into focus for studying or test preparation
• Trauma-informed practitioners holding space for gradual healing
• Parents helping children wind down for homework or sleep
• Anyone navigating grief, transition, or overwhelm

ESSENCE

I am the stone that learned to hold light inside opacity. Where my clear siblings shine through, I gather illumination within—diffusing, softening, making brightness something you can rest inside. When you've cracked something open and now need to let it settle, I am the one who holds space for that settling. I don't push. I don't amplify intensity. I create the conditions for your nervous system to recognize safety, for fragmented parts to find their way back home.

THE ELEMENT

Opaque quartz—also called milky quartz—is silicon dioxide containing microscopic inclusions of water, gas, and minerals that scatter light into its characteristic soft, clouded appearance. This isn't a flaw in the crystal's structure; it's evidence of the stone's journey through time, pressure, and the slow work of becoming. With a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale and the same molecular framework as clear quartz, opaque quartz offers identical durability with a gentler visual and energetic presence.

Throughout human history, quartz has served as tool, talisman, and sacred object. The ancient Greeks called it krystallos—believing it was ice frozen so permanently it could never thaw. Indigenous traditions across continents have placed quartz in healing bundles and ceremonial contexts, recognizing it as a carrier of ancestral wisdom. In modern wellness practice, milky quartz is valued specifically for its soft, holding quality—ideal for integration after intense emotional work, for creating fields of safety, and for supporting the nervous system without overstimulation.

When opaque quartz is infused into a singing bowl through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its unique microstructure becomes part of the quartz itself—not a surface coating, but a molecular integration. That cloudlike structure is what vibrates when the bowl sings, producing resonance patterns with a distinctly gentle, grounded quality that people often describe as "softer" or "more held" than clear quartz alone.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in C# at 277 Hz, vibrating through the torso, chest cavity, and core. In the Western diatonic system, C# occupies a transitional space—not quite root, not quite sacral—carrying the energetic quality of awakening and emergence. This is the frequency of thresholds, of moving from one state toward another without rushing the crossing.

The C# vibration naturally targets the body's center of gravity, where breath originates and emotional holding often accumulates. When opaque quartz's gentle, diffusing presence meets this transitional frequency, the result is support for integration rather than activation. People working with this bowl often describe a sense of settling into their bodies, of thoughts slowing without effort, of being held in a space where nothing needs to happen except presence.

THE TUNING

This bowl is tuned to concert pitch (A=440), the standard tuning used by orchestras and modern instruments worldwide. This means it harmonizes naturally with pianos, guitars, recorded music, and other singing bowls tuned to the same reference. For musicians, this compatibility allows seamless integration into existing practice. For anyone creating sound in their space, concert pitch offers a familiar frequency foundation—accessible, integrative, and easy to blend with other instruments or recordings you may already use.

THE SIZE

At 6.5 inches, this bowl produces fourth-octave tones with short to medium sustain—meaning the sound blooms quickly and settles within a comfortable timeframe, allowing for rhythmic playing or gentle repetition without overwhelming a space. The intimate volume makes it ideal for personal practice, small rooms, therapy offices, or bedside use. This size travels well and fits naturally on a desk, nightstand, or altar.

The compact form allows opaque quartz's gentle quality to express with focused intimacy rather than broad projection. You'll feel the vibration in your chest and core—the body zones where this frequency naturally resonates—without the sound dominating your environment. This makes it particularly suited for one-on-one work, personal ritual, or any setting where subtlety matters more than volume.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you need to settle rather than activate—after a difficult conversation, during a transition between tasks, or when your nervous system feels overtightened. You don't need special training to work with it. Simply find a comfortable position, strike or rim the bowl, and let the sound move through you without trying to direct it anywhere.

Try placing the bowl on a table in front of you and playing it at the beginning of your workday, letting the tone establish a field of calm before you open your inbox. Use it during homework time with children, creating a shared moment of settling before focus is required. Play it in the minutes before a team meeting to help everyone arrive mentally, not just physically. If you're navigating grief or transition, let the bowl's gentle presence hold space for whatever you're feeling without demanding resolution.

Notice what happens in your chest and belly as the sound moves through. Many people report their breathing naturally deepening, their shoulders dropping, their thoughts slowing. This isn't something you need to force—the bowl creates conditions; you do the settling.

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 a lifetime of daily use.

INVITATION

Feel Connected to this Bowl?

That means something—not in a mystical sense, but in the practical one. You've read about fog and integration, about light held soft instead of sharp, about the kind of settling your nervous system has been asking for. And you haven't clicked away.

Maybe you're a sound healer building your collection with intention. Maybe you're a teacher who needs something to shift the energy when twenty seven-year-olds come back from recess. Maybe you're just someone who's tired of feeling like clarity has to burn to count. This bowl doesn't ask for credentials. It asks if you're ready to work with gentleness as a form of strength—if you're willing to trust that integration matters as much as insight, that the slow work is still the real work.

Not every bowl finds every person. But if you've read this far, if something in your chest recognized itself in these words, then perhaps this one has already found you.