Sound Bath Sessions 247: Dennis Pasang Lama

I recorded Dennis in his studio in the Sanxia District near the National Taipei University. He is Nepalese and has been living in Taiwan for many years. He sells metal singing bowls from his studio. You can feel the slowness of life here, and it reflects in his sessions.

We had a great conversation between sessions, and he dispelled some of the myths that intimidated me about singing bowls and sound baths, mainly that it is just sound and any spiritual connections to Shakras, etc., are purely up to the beliefs of the individual. With less doubt on my shoulders, I feel that I can fully connect with sessions on my own terms and not feel like I am missing out on some deeper meaning.

Dennis's style is slow and precise. He strikes each bowl and lets it fade to silence, allowing you to listen to the entire life of each sound. Some of the bowls have inherent harmonics that modulate its sound, changing over time as they decay into silence.