Halite Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 12" D Note | #2515

I dissolve what scatters you, and what remains is home

🎵 Size: 12" | Note: D | Cents: -4 | Frequency: 146 Hz | Tuning: A=440 Concert Pitch | Octave: 3 | A=432 Equivalent: D+22 ✨ Element: Halite 🧂 | Body Resonance: Pelvis, hips, legs, sitting bones, lower spine, foundational connection to earth 🦶 | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Sacral | Cycle of Fifths: Heart 💫

This halite crystal singing bowl sounds in D at 146 Hz, resonating with the sacral chakra and the pelvis, hips, and lower body. Halite—pure salt crystal formed from ancient seas—supports grounding, emotional release, and nervous system regulation. When the creative, flowing energy of the D note meets salt's purifying essence, the result is a bowl that helps dissolve what no longer serves while anchoring you firmly in your body.

BEST FOR

• Grounding and nervous system regulation
• Executives centering before high-stakes decisions
• Sound healers supporting clients through overwhelm or burnout
• Students seeking focus for exams and sustained concentration
• Creating calm for anxious children at homework or bedtime
• Athletes preparing for competition or recovering afterward
• Anyone navigating stress, grief, or major life transitions

ESSENCE

I am the mineral that dissolves on your tongue before you can name me. When you've been scattered across too many obligations, when your nervous system hums like an overtightened wire, I am the substance that says: come home to your body. I don't pull you down—I remind you that depth is not the same as heaviness, that the ground beneath you has been waiting all along.

THE ELEMENT

Halite is sodium chloride in its purest crystalline form—the same compound that seasons your food, preserved ancient civilizations, and still fires the neurons that let you read these words. It forms when seas retreat and lakes evaporate, leaving behind cubic crystals of concentrated essence. Major deposits span the globe: the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Death Valley's shimmering crust, Poland's Wieliczka mine where entire cathedrals have been carved from salt beds over seven centuries.

Human hands have reached for halite for six thousand years. Sumerians traded it as currency. Egyptians used it in mummification. Romans built roads specifically to transport it, taxing it so heavily they called it "white gold." Indigenous peoples of the Great Salt Lake region—the Ute and Shoshone—revered salt as a life-sustaining gift, using it in purification rituals and healing practices. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, salt balances yin energies and harmonizes fluids. Ayurvedic traditions employ it for detoxification and dosha balance.

When halite is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its molecular structure integrates at the deepest level—not a surface coating, but a fundamental part of what vibrates. The salt's grounding signature weaves through every frequency the bowl produces. People often describe this bowl's tone as "anchoring" or "settling"—sounds that draw you inward rather than scattering you outward. Working with halite invites purification of the simplest kind: not punishment, but the clarity that comes when you finally exhale and set down what was never yours to carry.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in D at 146 Hz, resonating with the sacral chakra in the Western diatonic system. The D frequency carries the energetic quality of creativity, flow, and emotional expression, vibrating through your pelvis, hips, and lower spine—the body's center of gravity and foundational connection to earth.

When halite's purifying essence meets the sacral frequency, something particular happens. The D note governs emotional fluidity and creative energy, while salt knows exactly how to dissolve what's stuck. Together, they create conditions for emotional release that feels safe rather than overwhelming. People often notice a softening in the hips, a deepening of breath into the belly, a sense of settling into their own bones. The combination supports both the letting go and the staying present—dissolution with ground beneath you.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 146 Hz. Using A=440 as reference—the universal standard for modern instruments—it plays D-4 cents. (Using A=432 as reference, this same frequency is D+22 cents.)

This bowl is categorized as Concert Pitch because its frequency falls within ±10 cents of A=440. Like a piano tuned to concert pitch, this bowl will sound in tune when played alongside guitars, keyboards, orchestras, or any instrument using standard tuning. If you play with other musicians, use recorded music in your sessions, or want your bowl to blend seamlessly with other instruments, this compatibility makes integration effortless.

(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 12 inches, this bowl produces third-octave tones with very long sustain—meaning a single strike continues singing for an extended period, filling space without requiring constant attention. The deep, penetrating volume makes it ideal for large group settings, ceremonial spaces, yoga studios, and conference rooms, while remaining beautiful for personal use where you want sound that truly envelops you.

This size allows halite's grounding quality to express with full depth and presence. The low D resonance naturally targets the pelvis and lower body, creating vibrations you feel as much as hear. Whether you're leading a team meeting, teaching a classroom, guiding a sound bath, or simply wanting your living room to feel like a sanctuary, this bowl commands the space with quiet authority.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when you need to come back to yourself. After a day of too many demands. Before a difficult conversation. When anxiety has you living three steps ahead of the present moment. The D frequency and halite's grounding essence work together to remind your nervous system that right here, right now, you are safe.

Begin simply: strike the bowl once and listen. Notice where the sound lands in your body—many people feel it first in the hips or lower belly. Let your breath drop. You don't need to meditate perfectly or achieve any particular state. Just listen. For morning ritual, a single strike can set intention for the day. For classroom transitions, the sustained tone signals shift without words. For team meetings, beginning with thirty seconds of shared listening creates presence that changes what follows. For bedtime routines with children, the long sustain provides something to focus on as the body settles. For athletes, the grounding quality supports visualization and pre-competition centering. There's no wrong way to work with this bowl—only your way, discovered through use.

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

Some bowls arrive with fanfare. This one settles.

Halite doesn't promise transformation—it offers ground. The kind you remember you had all along, underneath the scattered attention and the too-full calendar and the way your breath has been living in your chest instead of your belly. At 146 Hz, this D note hums through the pelvis and hips like a reminder: you have a body, and it's been waiting for you to come back.

This is a bowl for the executive who needs three minutes of silence before walking into the room. For the parent whose nervous system hasn't unclenched since the baby was born. For the teacher who gives all day and has nothing left. For the athlete visualizing the race. For the person who doesn't know why they're here, only that something about salt and sound and ancient seas made them keep reading.