Amber Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 7" F Note | C=528 Tuning | #1345

I am the steady thing that remembers warmth

🎵 Size: 7" | Note: F | Cents: +30 | Frequency: 355 Hz | Tuning: C=528 Love Tuning | Octave: 4 | A=432 Equivalent: F#-40 | Bowl #: 1345 ✨ Element: Amber 🌟 | Body Resonance: Torso, chest cavity, heart, lungs, solar plexus, diaphragm, mid-spine, core ❤️ | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Heart | Cycle of Fifths: Root 💫

This amber crystal singing bowl sounds in F at 355 Hz, resonating with the heart chakra and the chest, lungs, and mid-body core. Amber supports nervous system regulation, emotional softening, and gentle grounding for those carrying too much for too long. When heart frequency meets forty million years of fossilized sunlight, the experience is warmth that reaches the places you've forgotten how to soften.

BEST FOR

• Nervous system regulation and gentle stress release
• Caregivers needing their own moment of restoration
• Teachers creating calm transitions in busy classrooms
• Those navigating grief, exhaustion, or emotional heaviness
• Sound healers supporting clients through burnout recovery
• Parents soothing anxious children at homework or bedtime
• Anyone who has been strong for too long and needs permission to rest

ESSENCE

I am older than your grandmother's grandmother—what remains when ancient forests wept their golden resin and time turned those tears into something that remembers warmth. When you've been holding everything together, when your chest feels tight with words you haven't spoken, I don't ask you to crack open. I simply make the holding a little lighter. I am the steady thing. The patient thing. The companion for the long, quiet afterward.

THE ELEMENT

Amber is an organic gemstone formed from the fossilized resin of ancient conifer trees, preserved over thirty to ninety million years through slow polymerization deep within the earth. Unlike mineral crystals with rigid lattice structures, amber carries the warmth of its living origins—honey-gold to deep cognac in color, lightweight enough to float in saltwater, and sometimes holding perfect impressions of insects, plant matter, or air bubbles from prehistoric forests. Major deposits come from the Baltic region, the Dominican Republic, and Myanmar, each with distinct characteristics shaped by the trees and conditions of their formation.

For over ten thousand years, people have reached for amber as a protective companion. Baltic and Slavic traditions tell of amber as sacred tears from sea goddesses, worn by children and travelers for safety. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, amber (hupo, meaning "tiger's soul") is associated with calming the spirit and settling anxiety. Throughout medieval Europe, it was used in folk remedies for respiratory support and protection. The Greeks called it ēlektron—the root of our word "electricity"—discovering that rubbed amber attracts small objects, a quality that seemed magical before science explained static charge.

When amber is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its organic molecular structure integrates at the deepest level—not as a surface coating, but as part of what vibrates when the bowl sings. This creates resonance patterns unique to amber-infused instruments: a tone people often describe as warmer, softer, more enveloping than clear quartz alone. The bowl carries amber's signature of gentle constancy—support for the exhausted, the over-responsible, the ones who have been carrying everyone else's weight and have nowhere to put their own.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in F at 355 Hz, resonating with the heart chakra in the Western diatonic system. The F frequency carries the energetic quality of compassion, balance, and emotional opening, vibrating through your chest cavity, lungs, and the soft space around your heart. In the Cycle of Fifths system, this same note connects to root energy—grounding through the heart rather than bypassing it.

When amber's patient, warming presence meets heart frequency, something particular happens. The combination doesn't push for emotional release or demand catharsis. Instead, it creates conditions for what has hardened to remember it can move. People often notice a loosening in the chest, a slow exhale they didn't know they were holding, a sense of being met rather than fixed. This is the frequency for softening, not breaking through.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 355 Hz. Using A=440 as reference, it plays F+30 cents. Using A=432 as reference, this same frequency is F#-40 cents.

This bowl is categorized in the C=528 tuning because its frequency aligns with instruments tuned so that middle C equals 528 Hz—known as the "Love Frequency" in Solfeggio tradition. This brighter tuning carries heart-opening qualities that complement amber's gentle warmth, creating an uplifting yet grounded resonance. If you have instruments tuned to C=528, this bowl will harmonize beautifully with them. The slightly elevated pitch adds a quality of quiet hope to amber's patient steadiness.

(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 seven inches, this bowl produces fourth-octave tones with medium sustain—long enough to settle into, short enough to layer or use in transitions. The room-filling yet balanced volume makes it versatile: intimate enough for personal morning rituals or bedside use, present enough for small group settings, classrooms, or treatment rooms. This size travels well between spaces and fits comfortably in most environments without overwhelming them.

The seven-inch form allows amber's warming quality to express with gentle fullness rather than intensity. The fourth-octave resonance naturally targets the mid-body—chest, solar plexus, and core—where many people hold unspoken stress and swallowed emotions. Whether you're a massage therapist transitioning between clients, a parent creating calm before bedtime stories, or someone who needs three minutes of golden sound before facing another demanding day, this size meets you where you are.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you notice you've been clenching—your jaw, your shoulders, your patience. It serves the moments when you're tired of being brave: the end of a caregiving day, the pause between back-to-back meetings, the evening when you've given everything to everyone else. You don't need special training or a meditation practice. You just need a few minutes and willingness to soften.

Place the bowl on a stable surface or hold it in your palm. Strike it once with the mallet and simply listen. Notice where the sound lands in your body—many people feel amber's frequency first in the chest or solar plexus. Let your breath slow without forcing it. You might place one hand on your heart while the bowl sings, or close your eyes and imagine late-afternoon sunlight warming your back. Teachers use this bowl to signal quiet transitions; therapists play it between sessions to clear the room and themselves; parents strike it as a gentle signal that homework time is ending and rest is beginning. There's no wrong way to work with amber—it has been patient for forty million years and can wait for you to find your own rhythm.

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

The bowl doesn't ask what you do for a living. It doesn't care if you're building a sound healing practice or just trying to get through Tuesday without your shoulders up around your ears. Amber has been patient for forty million years—it can wait while you figure out if this is the one that helps you remember how to soften. Some people need fire. Some people need lightning. Some people just need permission to stop being so goddamn brave all the time. If that last one landed somewhere in your chest, this might be yours.