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After 35 years as a cellist, Sol Wais brings Tibetan bowls to thousands

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • Argentine cellist Sol Wais has spent two decades studying sound therapy and Tibetan bowls, after finding little local training when she began.
  • She now creates immersive sessions that combine classical music, quartz and metal bowls, bells, percussion and carefully designed staging.
  • Wais will lead a large sound-healing experience at the Bienestar Fest in Buenos Aires on Oct. 25.

Sol Wais began with a cello, not a Tibetan bowl. She has played the instrument for more than 35 years, studied at Buenos Aires’ Manuel de Falla Conservatory and worked with orchestras in educational institutions.

When I started, there was nobody with a bowl. Nothing, nothing.

· Sol WaisWais recalled how little access Argentina offered to Tibetan-bowl training when she began.

Twenty years ago, she began studying sound therapy, when Argentina offered almost no teachers who could show her how to play Tibetan bowls. She trained abroad and spent the next decade investigating what happens in the body when certain sounds enter it before offering a session to a stranger.

That research turned Wais into one of Argentina’s leading figures in sound healing. Her immersive experiences combine classical music with quartz and metal bowls, bells, percussion and instruments that imitate the sound of the sea. She also pays close attention to the setting, using candles, blankets and what she calls her “artillery.”

For me, it was about bringing classical music together with this whole universe of harmonic sounds.

· Sol WaisShe described how her classical training shaped her sound-healing practice.

Wais has worked with Deepak Chopra at his retreat in Punta del Este, Bruce Lipton during his visit to Buenos Aires and Mabel Katz at gatherings where as many as 300 people lay on the floor. This year, she will lead a sound-healing experience designed for a large audience at Bienestar Fest, organized by La Nación and OSDE at the Palermo Hippodrome on Oct. 25.

It’s like telling a story, taking someone on a journey through different sound landscapes.

· Sol WaisWais explained why she calls her sessions experiences rather than classes.

She prefers to call what she does an experience rather than a class. Her aim is to guide a group toward deep relaxation and build a musical journey through different sound landscapes. She designed her own set of seven quartz bowls, specially made and tuned note by note so that each instrument works with the next. “I don’t like them to sound like tin, boom, bang, like the flashy bowls that don’t blend,” she says.

I don’t like them to sound like tin, boom, bang, like the flashy bowls that don’t blend.

· Sol WaisShe described her preference for carefully tuned bowls that work together musically.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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