Sapphire Quartz Crystal Singing Bowl | 9" D# Note | #1136

I am the blue that steadies your voice

🎵 Size: 9" | Note: D# | Cents: +10 | Frequency: 626 Hz | Tuning: A=440 Concert Pitch | Octave: 4 | A=432 Equivalent: D#+42 | Bowl #: 1136 ✨ Element: Sapphire 💎 | Body Resonance: Head, throat, sinuses, skull, cervical spine, brain cavity, upper energetic field 🗣️ | Chakra Connections Western Diatonic: Sacral/Solar Plexus transition | Cycle of Fifths: Not in traditional Cycle of Fifths 💫

This sapphire crystal singing bowl sounds in D# at 626 Hz, resonating at the transition between the sacral and solar plexus chakras while creating vibration through the head, throat, and upper energetic field. Sapphire supports mental clarity, authentic communication, and grounded focus that comes from deep stillness. When a gemstone formed over 200 million years meets a frequency that activates the upper body, the result is elevated awareness anchored by ancient patience.

BEST FOR

• Mental clarity and focus during study or deep work
• Executives centering before presentations or difficult decisions
• Teachers creating focused, calm classroom environments
• Sound healers supporting throat chakra and communication work
• Writers and creatives breaking through blocks with grounded clarity
• Athletes preparing for competition through visualization and stillness
• Anyone navigating moments that require speaking difficult truths

ESSENCE

I am the blue that holds the sky to the earth. For two hundred million years, I formed in silence—pressed together six miles beneath your feet, shaped by forces that move continents. When you hold me, you hold deep time. I don't rush. I settle beside you like an old teacher who's seen every excuse, every fear, every brave attempt at truth. I recognize the tightness in your throat—the words you swallowed, the song you never sang. I don't pry them loose. I create the conditions where you might choose to speak them yourself.

THE ELEMENT

Sapphire is a variety of corundum—aluminum oxide crystallized under extreme heat and pressure 6-18 miles beneath the Earth's surface. This formation process takes 150-200 million years, producing a gemstone rated 9 on the Mohs hardness scale, second only to diamond. The characteristic blue comes from trace titanium caught in the crystal structure during formation—a whisper of metal that mirrors the throat of heaven.

Ancient Persians believed sapphire was the pillar holding up the world, its blue reflecting the vault of the sky. Greeks associated it with Apollo, god of prophecy and music. In Hindu and Buddhist traditions across Sri Lanka and Myanmar, sapphire has been worn by clergy for centuries to support serenity and truthful expression. The throat chakra connection runs through nearly every tradition that has worked with this stone.

When sapphire is infused into quartz crystal through Divine Bowls' proprietary process, its molecular structure becomes part of what vibrates—not a surface coating, but a true integration. The gemstone's patient, grounding signature is woven into every frequency the bowl produces. This is why people often describe sapphire bowls as having unusual steadiness in their tone—a quality of endurance that you can hear. When you work with this bowl, you're working with a stone that took longer to form than your entire lineage has existed. That kind of patience has a way of settling the nervous system.

THE FREQUENCY

This bowl sounds in D# at 626 Hz, resonating at the transition between the sacral and solar plexus chakras in the Western diatonic system. The frequency carries an energetic quality of breath, release, and transformation, vibrating through your head, throat, sinuses, and upper energetic field.

Here's what makes this bowl particularly interesting: its 9-inch size would typically ground energy into the lower body, but its higher D#4 frequency creates resonance in the upper body instead. This duality offers both foundational stability and elevated activation—you feel anchored while your awareness rises. When sapphire's throat-centered clarity meets this upper-body frequency, the combination supports authentic expression that comes from a grounded place. People often notice their thoughts settling while their voice feels clearer.

THE TUNING

This bowl resonates at 626 Hz. Using A=440 as reference—the universal standard for modern instruments—it plays D#+10. (Using A=432 as reference, this same frequency is D#+42.)

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 9 inches, this bowl produces fourth-octave tones with long sustain—meaning each strike or rim-sung note continues resonating, filling the space without requiring constant playing. The full, rich volume makes it ideal for group settings, classrooms, yoga studios, or larger living spaces, while remaining manageable for personal use at home or in an office.

This size allows sapphire's patient, grounding quality to express with presence and authority. The bowl commands attention without demanding it. The fourth-octave resonance naturally targets the upper body, creating an interesting interplay with the physical weight and grounding presence of a 9-inch instrument in your hands.

WORKING WITH THIS BOWL

Reach for this bowl when your thoughts spin like a storm, when you need to speak something difficult, or when clarity matters more than comfort. It serves the student preparing for exams, the executive before a board meeting, the parent who needs three minutes of stillness before the household wakes.

To begin, simply strike the bowl once and listen. Notice where the sound lands in your body—many people feel it in the throat or head. If you're working with communication, place your hand on your throat while the bowl sings. If you're seeking focus, let your eyes soften and your breath slow. There's no wrong way to work with this bowl. The frequency does its work whether you're meditating deeply or simply letting it play in the background while you write, study, or prepare for what's ahead.

Teachers find this bowl useful for transitioning classrooms into focused work time. Athletes use it during visualization before competition. Writers play it to break through resistance. The common thread isn't the activity—it's the need for grounded clarity.

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 99.998% pure quartz—no welds, no weak points—built to last lifetimes of use.

INVITATION

This is a bowl for the moments when clarity matters more than comfort. For the presentation you've rehearsed but haven't quite found your voice for. For the classroom that needs settling. For the conversation you've been circling around for weeks.

Sapphire doesn't rush, and it doesn't pretend. Two hundred million years of formation taught it patience; the throat chakra work it supports taught it that some truths need space before they're ready to be spoken. The D# frequency rises through the upper body while the 9-inch weight grounds your hands. Elevated and anchored. That's the offering.

It ships from our Ohio workshop, formed in a single seamless vessel, ready for whatever you're building—a practice, a ritual, a Tuesday morning that needs one clear tone before the chaos begins.