​See studies below on why bother coming on sober, fun and utopian "trips" to be happy, equitable, green, or vegan through dreamwork, energywork, hypnotherapy, safer meditations, sound therapy, and yoga. Come with me on trippy experiences without psychedelics to help you heal yourself (experience balance). It's a different kind of night club where you can create your dreams. And it's where you can try thinking about your life differently. 

Worry and stress can trigger mental and physical conditions, such as anxiety, digestive disorders, and heart attacks. But there's hope! Like the Care Bears, I'll beam care to you. For example, one of my missions is to help people imagine how the world would be if everyone is relaxed and sleeps soundly. I've been known to put people to sleep! 

Why get "forked" by me or lulled to sleep with lullabies and more

Since 2002, I tried too many holistic healing modalities and practitioners to list. In 2022, I finally realized some key answers to my healing were inside me, such as dreamwork, energywork, hypnotherapy, and sound therapy like lullaby-ish music boxes and tuning forks. But I couldn't find anyone offering all that together and in a way where I could feel comfortable having a decades-old, overdue, healing ugly-cry I didn't know I needed. Then I accidentally had a healing ugly-cry as soon as I heard a music box song from when I was a kid living in chaos. When I told a friend what happened, she told me that crying releases the feel-good chemicals oxytocin and endorphins. When I looked it up, I also learned that people who bottle their emotions can experience them more intensely and be more aggressive. The good news is people cry more in societies with greater gender equality.

Most recently, everyone who knew that I got vibrating tuning forks wanted to "fork." I'd never experienced so many people wanted to get forked by me. I've forked new people everyday since. But don't take my word for it. See studies below. If you want to fork though, you have to pay. You just have to lay there. But don't get any ideas! We'll be fully clothed.

Why join me in not being like other people

Though my techniques pay respect to safety protocols I learned from over a hundred hours of classes, I do it differently. See for yourself in my story and sessions. In case you haven't noticed, I'm not trying to be like anyone else. I can help you do that too. Studies show being your true self can make you happy.

Why try different practitioners

There are many different dream and energy work, hypnotherapy, and sound therapy methods. So you might have different experiences with different practitioners. And studies show the more motivated you are to change, heal, and trust your practitioners, the more you might benefit. Plus, people who are more open-minded tend to live longer. 

Dreamwork studies

If you don't dream, you might experience fatigue, irritability, changes in memory, cognition and problem-solving issues, cardiovascular issues, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. If you want to remember your dreams, I can share tips based on studies.

If you wake up in a bad mood, you might have had a bad dream. For example, people with depression often have dreams of anxiety and fear and might still feel that when they wake. If you have bad dreams, the good news is at least you're dreaming and you might even be healing. A study showed that only patients who dreamt about their painful experiences gained resolution from their depression. But if you feel too much fear in your dreams, you might need help. US veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) received a lucid "dream plan" to enact in sleep to change the outcome of a recurring nightmare or stay present in the dream to let it integrate. After a week, 85% of veterans no longer had PTSD.

Other studies:

• When a study showed participants upsetting images, the more fear they felt in their sleep the night before, the less fear they felt in response to those images. 
• 50% of people who asked their dreams for answers to issues in their waking life felt their dreams solved their issues.
• Students who had nightmares about a test performed better than ones who didn't.
• If you feel in awe of your dreams, you might have a better day. 

​People who had high-intensity lucid dreams reported lower levels of psychological distress including reduced symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress, compared to those with low-intensity lucid dream. High-intensity lucid dreams include strong control, confidence, and vividness. But inducing lucid dreams through techniques like waking up several times in the middle of the night might cause harm. That technique has been linked to sleep disturbances and schizophrenia-like symptoms. So if you work with me, we can play with other techniques, such as intuitive consultations or guided meditations. 

Energywork studies (kundalini, qigong, reiki, space clearing)

Kundalini activation process (KAP): breathwork, light touch, movement (spontaneous), sound, voice, yoga

It's not the KAP or kundalini yoga you might think of! The KAP I'll learn soon is safer and not cult-ish from a yogi of Indian-descent in India. He teaches many kinds of yoga that he learned since he was a kid. He blends modern KAP with ancient kundalini yoga.

In a KAP session, a practitioner can help activate your energy. I finally tried KAP after years of avoiding it and trying other modalities on my website. During KAP, I spontaneously moved and released emotions in big, uninhibited ways that I never had before. It wasn't pretty or planned. And no, it's not ecstatic dance, though it might feel like that for some people.

What made KAP different from everything I tried was that during a very difficult time, I felt love and peace that lasted for weeks and counting after the session. Afterwards, I searched online to see if anyone studied people's experiences. Then I found that research shows that with a kundalini awakening:

• 85% of participants feel unusual flows of energy.
• Some experience increased sensory sensitivity, creativity, and other things listed in historical texts (a sense of love and peace that can lead to a life of service).

Qigong: breathwork, dreamwork, light touch, movement, voice

Qigong is pronounced "chigong" and translates to energy work. Mind-body exercises like qigong significantly reduced anxiety. Preliminary research shows qigong can help with a wide-range of health conditions, such as mood, depression, anxiety, stress, cognitive functioning, attention, memory, immunity, inflammation, pain, headaches, lung function, arthritis, bone density, blood pressure, heart health, and substance use. It also helped perimenopausal people to sleep.

However, I need to warn you about something that unfortunately isn't mentioned by some teachers and practitioners. It's called qigong induced psychosis, or qi sickness or deviation. So if you had a severe mental health condition or personal or family history of negative experiences with qigong, maybe avoid qigong. Or work with a practitioner who helped people with qi sickness. And don't say I didn't warn you! It even happened to some people with no previously diagnosed personal or family history of mental health conditions.

Reiki: light touch

Reiki treatments and training are in 15% of hospitals in the United States​. Studies show reiki:

• Has no adverse effects. However, if you have a history of psychosis, maybe avoid learning or receiving reiki.
• Promotes relaxation.
• Boosts mood and sleep.
• Improves anxiety and depression, insomnia, and nausea.

​Since the 1990s, studies showed reiki dramatically altered people’s experience of emotional and physical pain, reduced negative side effects of chemotherapy, and improved surgical outcomes. One study was on people with burnout (mental exhaustion, emotional detachment, a lowered sense of personal accomplishment) who received reiki from someone trained in reiki versus from someone pretending to give reiki. That study used a quantifiable physiological measurement that reiki helped people's nervous systems relax.

Space clearing and blessing: beyond incense, palo santo, sage, sprays
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Research shows that:

• A cluttered space increases stress, have a harder time finishing projects efficiently, making decisions, and sleeping well.
• ​Having too much stuff is linked to overindulgence and procrastination.
• Decluttering and cleaning helps people feel calm and in control. 
• People with clean homes tend to be healthier than those with messy or cluttered homes.
• People in indoor spaces with Chinese fengshui principles experienced more positive emotions.

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When I work with you, I go beyond what a personal organizer does and I also avoid palo santo or sage. 

Hypnotherapy studies

Hypnosis tracks that aren't customized for you might not work as well as one-on-one sessions where you tell a hypnotherapist your specific triggers and wishes. And then the hypnotherapist can create a custom session for you.

Hypnosis is a form of meditation. Most meditation styles fall under two types: focused attention and open monitoring. Hypnosis is more like focused attention.

Studies show that:

• If you can imagine it, you can do it.
• Hypnosis is not a state of sleep or unconsciousness. Hypnosis can feel different depending on if you're focused versus sleepy. 
• Clients are in control and can oppose suggestions. Asking clients at the start of hypnosis to relax can help clients respond to suggestions.
• Most hypnotized clients describe their experience as focused attention instead of "trance." 
• The more a client uses their imagination during hypnosis, the more likely they are to benefit.

MRI scans of people's brains under hypnosis showed important changes in areas responsible for mental clarity, pain regulation, and self-reflection. These changes can help you break old patterns. Hypnosis also helps people change their biases of other people. 

A sleep lab found that slow-wave sleep—which is critical to restoring your body and brain—increased by 81% in people who received hypnosis before sleep.

One meta-analysis (a study of studies) found that the average participant receiving hypnosis reduced anxiety more than ones who didn't receive hypnosis.

More studies show how it can help with all kinds of conditions, especially pain. You can watch a documentary of a someone using only hypnosis as anesthesia during surgery. The more hypnotizable someone is, the greater the reduction of in their pain. 

Meditation studies on how to do it safely

Research found long-lasting negative effects of meditation in some people who had no previous mental health conditions or only meditated a little. Other studies found that people who meditated for more than 30 minutes a day, five days a week, woke up more in the middle of the night and had shallower sleep than those who meditated less. In a study of 73 Western Buddhist meditation practitioners and experts, 47% experienced delusions, 82% experienced fear, anxiety, panic, or paranoia, 73 described "moderate to sever impairments," and 17% required hospitalization. If you pay too much attention to bodily sensations, you might increase the part of your brain that manages excessive arousal, which can then lead you to shut down your limbic system and experience intense fear and disassociation, sometimes for years. 

A different study found that time spent in mindful meditation did not increase mindfulness, non-judgment, or acceptance of present thoughts and emotions. But bonding with the group seemed to increase mindfulness.

If you have general anxiety and stress, it might help to listen to this focused attention meditation on your breath. That's also known as a tranquility practice. If you have depression (such as anger and irritability) or feel forgetful, it might help to listen to this open monitoring meditation to accept the present.

For looping thoughts (rumination), people who distracted themselves with random thoughts ruminated less than people who just practiced mindfulness.

If during or after meditating you experience disturbing sensations, emotions or no emotions for a long time, confusion, sleep issues, or hallucinations, ground yourself:

• Bend over to pull energy toward your feet.
• Bathe or swim in salt water.

Or get help from professors at the Cheetah House. They study negative reactions to meditation.

Sound therapy studies

Music:

• ​Music that triggers memories could improve conditions such as dementia and other memory issues, anxiety, stress and depression, learning disabilities, and many physical illnesses, such as chronic pain, cancer, and Parkinson’s disease. ​If the person with pain chooses the music, their pain can be reduced. 
• ​Also, playing music for 20 minutes to people with dementia from when they are aged 10 to 16 can calm them for days. And when people with PTSD hear familiar and calm music and talk about a traumatic memory, they might recontextualize that memory. 
• Listening to music reduces insomnia and improves sleep quality with effects comparable to prescription sleep medications, such as Z-drugs and benzodiazepines.
• Chinese Five Element Music Therapy: It can redyce anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Also, it can positively affect cell growth, unlike Western classical, rock, or heavy metal music. Ideally, listen to music made only with classic Chinese instruments and no vocals. 

Singing:

• ​Some people don't treat women equally no matter how women sound or look. That can be a form of femmephobia. If you have it, maybe a therapist or hypnotherapist trained in energy, somatic, and transpersonal psychology can help you notice suppressed stereotypical feminine parts of you and why you might not value femininity as equally as masculinity. If you're a woman or non-binary person frustrated by how some people treat you, choose your own singing adventure with me. Singing reduces stress hormones. 

Other sound therapy:

• Singing bowls improved emotional and physical health, such as for people with metastatic cancer.
• Theta wave music is the dominant frequency in healing and creativity.
• Tuning forks might help relieve muscle and bone pain. Biofield Tuning can relieve anxiety symptoms.
• Vibroacoustic therapy: Sounds and vibrations are applied directly to the body — could be an effective treatment for chronic pain and injury recovery.

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My website and communication with you are not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition or situation, and is not a substitute for medical or other treatment.  

Updated April 12, 2025

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