Booking a Singing Bowl Sound Healing Session in Thamel
A short Nepali dialogue at a Thamel sound healing studio — confirming session length, the shoes-off rule, beginner singing-bowl selection, and the cash-only payment.
The situation
A small sound-healing studio above a Thamel bookshop, late afternoon. You climbed two flights of narrow stairs. The owner — a quiet woman in her forties — gestures to a row of seven-metal bowls. You want a 60-minute session this evening and you want to know what you're paying for.
The dialogue
Lodge owner
Namaste. Please remove your shoes.
। ।
Namaste. Kripayā juttā nikālnuhos.
Tourist
Namaste. How long is the sound healing session?
। ?
Namaste. Sound healing satra kati lāmo hunchha?
Lodge owner
Sixty minutes — fifteen hundred rupees. Cash only.
— । ।
Sāṭhī minet — pandhra say rupaiyā̱. Nagad mātra.
Tourist
Please show me a singing bowl for a beginner.
।
Kripayā suruwātīko lāgi euṭā singing bowl dekhāunuhos.
Lodge owner
This six-inch bowl is good for starters — three thousand five hundred.
— ।
Yo chha inchko bowl suruwātīko lāgi rāmro chha — tīn hajār pā̱ch say.
Tourist
Please book me for seven this evening. I'll pay in cash.
। ।
Malāī āja sā̱jha sāt baje book garidinuhos. Ma nagadle tirchhu.
Comprehension check
Three quick questions to test what you heard. No pressure, no streaks.
Cultural notes
Shoes off is a non-negotiable threshold for sound-healing studios — they are quasi-meditative spaces, not retail shops.
Most small Thamel sound-healing studios are cash only. ATMs nearest are on Tridevi Marg, two blocks away.
Authentic seven-metal singing bowls run NPR 4,000–15,000+. Anything under NPR 2,000 is tourist-grade brass.
Sessions typically include a 5-minute intro, 45-minute lying-on-mat work, 10-minute integration. Confirm before booking.
Phrases from this dialogue
Each phrase as a stand-alone reference — open for the full pronunciation and cultural context.
कृपया जुत्ता निकाल्नुहोस्
Please remove your shoes
Kripayā juttā nikālnuhos
साउन्ड हिलिङ सत्र कति लामो हुन्छ?
How long is the sound healing session?
Sound healing satra kati lāmo hunchha?
कृपया सुरुवातीको लागि एउटा सिङ्गिङ बाउल देखाउनुहोस्
Please show me a singing bowl for a beginner
Kripayā suruwātīko lāgi euṭā singing bowl dekhāunuhos
म दस दिनको ध्यान शिविरका लागि आएको हुँ
I am here for a ten-day meditation retreat
Ma das dinko dhyān shibirkā lāgi āeko hu̱
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यो धेरै महँगो छ
That's too expensive
Yo dherai mahango chha