You might know me, Jessian Choy ("she/woman", not "guys" or "girl"), as that person who's been working on fun and draconian tricks for a happy, equitable, green world since 1999. My bag of tricks includes experimenting with behavior change based on studies, public speaking, journalism, advocacy, policymaking, fundraising, marketing, trauma-informed leadership, and recipe creation. Oh, and no topic is too taboo for me! Out of all my tricks to create change, learning breathwork, dreamwork, energywork, hypnotherapy, safer meditation, and sound therapy was where I saw different, long-lasting changes in myself and others.
You might also know me as that person whose mom edited her diary since I was five (with a red pen and all). And then I became a vegan treehugger to heal that and other trauma. Well, my mom also used to not let me have many of my birthday presents that people gave me. On my birthday, she'd make me log who gave me what. Then she'd put them (including the only present I wanted, a Care Bear Cousin) and other presents on a high shelf in my closet where I couldn't reach them. But I could still see them and yearn for them. Eventually, I figured out she gave them to other kids for their birthdays. But hey, I think I turned out pretty well!
What you also might not know is that asthma was my first meditation teacher as a little kid. I taught myself to focus on each inhale and exhale instead of waking my parents up for medication sometimes. Looking back, I realized my asthma left for good when I no longer lived in a stressful environment.
Despite my asthma, I got to have my share of fun in my youth. I also had friends who probably partied a little too much. Sometimes, I didn't know why I dreamt about losing certain friends who self-medicated with cannabis and other substances. Then I'd soon learn that what I dreamt was actually happening to them in real life. So, though I support whatever helps people get through the day that doesn’t cause too much harm to themselves or others, I want to offer you healing “trips” without drugs.
To deal with even more "fun" things that have happened in my life, I keep a daily spreadsheet of every modality and supplement I try. I try one modality for at least a few days and document any life changes. I try to see what heals me and when. I’ll try almost anything once when I can afford it. You never know what can help until you try it, even if it’s something science hasn’t proven. Yet.
Here are just a few things I’ve tried since 1998, most of which were with different practitioners. Don’t knock any of it until you’ve tried it!
From specific cultures:
From multiple cultures:
In 2021, my dad became very sick. I had a dream that he was scared to die and that I needed to tell him he was going to be okay. The next day, I called to tell him. A few hours later, he took his last breath. There are so many stories I could tell about what happened next. But I'll save that for when the world is more open-minded.
On Earth Day in 2022, I left my full-time job trying to create a sustainable world. I wanted to support people in creating a happier, more equitable, green, or vegan world in different ways. If hurt people hurt people, then I want healed people to heal people (and the world). One of my favorite things I've learned from loving-kindness meditation and South American shamanism is that you might get what you wish for yourself if you first wish that the rest of the world gets it too.
I learned the hard way that if healers aren't open to different ways to heal themselves, they might not try new ways to help their clients. And so I've sought healings that weren't always comfortable, where I got feedback that was hard to hear. But that helped me see more ways to help my clients. As a client, you also might benefit more if you are open to new ideas.
I try to offer sessions that are different from some sessions that I received. I try to offer collaborative sessions where I invite clients to use their own wisdom to co-create their fun and utopian "trip."
Training (931.25+ class hours, 80+ practice hours)
I do what works best based on my experience giving paid sessions and over 80 free sessions to strangers, friends, and family outside of classes. Also, sometimes I don't buy into everything each teacher below shares. During your session, I only use methods that I'm qualified to share. So your session won't include everything from trainings below.
Below is a subset of the trainings I attended in breathwork, dreamwork, energywork, intuitive counseling, meditation, hypnotherapy, sound therapy, public speaking, trauma sensitivity, and animal care (because maybe I can help your companion animal!).
Hours below exclude hours I spend weekly via books, podcasts, and videos.
Breathwork, dreamwork, energywork, intuitive counseling, meditation
Breathwork (and injury prevention, 42.25 hours plus more in Energywork and Trauma-informed sections below)
I attended Franklin Method classes (8.25 hours) on how to prevent injuries. I learned to cue breathing and everyday movements through Dynamic Neurocognitive Imagery. Studies show cuing with creative imagery is more effective than only saying things like "relax" or unintentionally assuming clients know anatomy.
I took a class (5 hours) with Dr. Melissa Koehl, a physical therapist, on how to help people with hypermobile joints through nervous system regulation, which is different from conventional tips. For example, some practitioners don't know that hypermobile people can get anxiety when breathing fully.
I'm also taking a breathwork, posture, and vocal health class (27+ hours of anatomy and exercises) for singers (and everyone) to heal our voices from physical and emotional trauma. It's from Crystal Barron, NCVS vocologist, massage therapist, and MDH Breathing Coordination Advanced Certified Practitioner. I also took her class on Singing while Hypermobile: Why Standard Vocal Training doesn’t work for you— and What to Do Instead (2 hours).
And for what it's worth, I can bring my experience as a student in pilates classes (private, small group, beginner to advanced, all in-person) since 2018 with many teachers multiple times a week.
Dreamwork (24 hours)
I attended a live workshop with Robert Moss, who used to be an editor for The Economist. Like all classes I take, I don't do it for fun. I took this class because I've had all kinds of dreams for decades. Some dreams were not so sweet, though they helped people I know and me. But I needed to find someone who could help other people and me even more.
After decades of trying so many modalities, I found Robert Moss. Through him, I learned about ancient traditions around the world on how dreams can help the dreamer and others. And I learned lucid dreaming isn't just about controlling dreams. It's more about conscious dreaming, which includes letting dreams unfold and then understanding what your dreams are telling you.
After I randomly read the book, This Is Why You Dream, by Rahul Jandial, MD, I learned I was lucid dreaming for years without realizing it because I can read in my dreams. I've had dreams where I'll see words in English and Chinese about clients and me. For example, in a dream, I saw words for a medical term that I associated with a client who had medical issues that no doctors had resolved. Months later, I learned their medical doctor strongly suspected she had the diagnosis I had dreamed about.
Kundalini activation process (KAP) (500 hours soon): client lies down and rests
After trying every modality on this page, I finally surrendered to KAP. I didn't want to try it for years for many reasons. Then, coincidentally, I ran into an old friend who said she tried it years ago and her chronic fatigue never returned. When I tried it, it was one of the trippiest things I ever experienced.
Months later, I tried it with a different facilitator who practices daily meditation and dream yoga, and works on environmental and wellness issues. At that group session, everyone was encouraged to keep their eyes closed. The music drowned out everyone's spontaneous, quiet and loud emotional farts, small to big, "beautiful" and "ugly" movements. It was the most emotionally and physically obvious release out of any modality I've experienced.
I couldn't find anything wrong with that KAP facilitator. And I tried really hard to! Almost everything he did was unlike what the first facilitator I experienced. For example, he included grounding and meditations before we started. At the end, he shared tips to help us integrate the session into our lives, which to me, is the whole point of any healing.
After weeks, no unpleasant feelings I had before my session with him returned. So I felt compelled to find the right teacher for me. It wasn't easy, but I found one teaching KAP in a similar, safer, grounded way. Soon, I'll start my 500-hour KAP training and offer it around November 2025.
Motoki (13 hours): client sits or lies down, I might rest my hands on the client
Motoki means "earth energy" in Japanese. Traditionally, some martial arts schools taught how to hurt and heal people with their hands. Different lineages have different names and methods for their healing approaches. Though I have practiced various martial arts since 1998, I couldn't find anyone teaching hands-on healing from a martial arts tradition.
One night, I woke up in the middle of the night and randomly read about motoki online. I had never heard of it. It turned out to be what I had been looking for. So I took three in-person workshops with Brian Rainie and Michelle Husain. It's different than any other modality I offer. You have to feel it to believe it.
Pranashakthi (2 hours): client sits or lies down, I might rest my hands on the client
After I randomly heard from different healers about their top tips to be more effective in healing myself and others, I finally learned one of the modalities that fit their advice. I took a private Level 1 class from Carol Whitney. She helped many people with very specific issues.
Classical & Traditional Chinese Medicine (390.5+ hours): food, moxa, qigong (breathwork, dreamwork, meditation, voice, slow movement)
(As you might know, in Chinese culture, "master" means "teacher.")
When I was a kid, a caregiver taught me some basic qigong, such as gazing at trees. Also, my dad practiced qigong and taiji (sometimes spelled taichi). But I didn't want to learn that then, for various reasons. In 1998, I saw a one-sentence ad in tiny font about a white crane Chinese-Indonesian martial arts class. I was drawn to it because of one of my favorite books then, Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. I liked its challenge to the patriarchy of my culture. At my first class, I was surprised that teachers didn't accept money for their time, and the grandmaster was famous for healing students. So for years, I woke up at 7 AM on Saturdays to take an hour-long bus to train in my teacher's home. There, I learned how to throw and fall on wood floors and meditate. Since then, I learned other martial arts, read qigong books, and attended drop-in taiji and qigong classes in person with several teachers of different styles.
Here are other workshop series I attended:
I attended a workshop by Master Robert Peng. He trained in martial arts and Buddhist and Daoist healing. He can break a chopstick with a dollar bill. And he teaches a woman to shatter a granite block with her hand. What I like most is that his focus is on how to heal and be happy. So I took his live Elixir Light Qigong workshops (22 hours). In his class, when he suggested inhaling energy from the edge of the universe and exhaling back to it, I didn't know what he meant. Then I randomly read a study on the edge of the universe, and learned how the Big Bang theory doesn't explain how the universe was created and only about 5% of the energy density of the universe is things we can sense, such as through our eyes, microscopes, and telescopes, and our sense of smell, taste, and touch. I'm also taking another workshop by him with live question and answer sessions (34 hours). There, I learned about all meridians in our body and that his main teacher was a famous vegan monk, martial artist, and healer.
I also took a live Pure Land qigong workshop by Master Teresa Yeung for menopause and pre-, peri-, and post-menopause (10.5 hours). Out of 53 women between the ages of 32 and 82 who took that workshop, 73% reported very different changes in their reduction of fatigue and stress. When I had my free consultation with her, she told me about a specific thing I was experiencing without me mentioning it. And during class, she gave personalized healings for what each student requested. I also liked her focus on helping students understand where their energy is, rather than just focusing on the movements.
And I attended a live Daoist medical Wu Ming Qigong (which translates to "Nameless Qigong") workshop (12 hours) from Grandmaster Nan Lu, Oriental Medicine Doctor (OMD), acupuncturist, and herbalist. It's for emotional balance, digestive health, and immunity. Women have shared reviews on specific medical issues that he helped with. I appreciated that he interacted with students to ensure correct form and taught key acupressure points. I learned so much from 45 hours of his other videos and podcasts, such as the importance of finding a practitioner who practices qigong and currently doesn’t have the same issues you're trying to heal in yourself. And I like that he reminds students that everything is connected, what we do affects ourselves and our planet, and if we become more spiritual, we can become less materialistic.
I took classes in person (5 hours) with Grandmaster Alex Feng, PhD, OMD. His medical qigong class is unlike similar ones I've experienced. Maybe it's because he is also an ordained Daoist priest, tuina massage therapist, acupuncturist, herbalist, and martial arts and tai chi teacher. He was one of the first practitioners to be licensed when acupuncture was legalized in California in 1976. He served as the first Chief of Integrative Medicine at the Alameda Health System at Highland Hospital. I like that he encourages people to decide what works best for themselves, instead of doing only what they're told. For example, if mixing qigong with other energywork feels right, try it. And I appreciate that he is well-versed in all kinds of spiritual matters, teaches injury prevention and key terms in English and Mandarin, and asks students to share why they're in each class and what they'd like to learn. He has good reviews on Facebook, Google, and Yelp.
As for internal martial arts (neigong), I attended a live workshop by Master Helen Liang on liuhebafa, which translates to "Six Unities, Eight Principles." It blends principles of other neigong: qigong, taiji (sometimes spelled taichi), xingyi, and bagua (10.5 hours). I like that she explains how each movement stimulates certain meridians and energy points, and how to prevent injuries during movements. She has been trained in martial arts since she was a little kid.
I also attended a live Daoist Wudang Temple qigong workshop (17.5 hours) with Lindsey Wei. She also teaches martial arts. One of the teachers in her lineage is a woman abbot born in 1915 in China who lived and practiced alone there for many years. I'm learning so many key acupressure points for eyes, headaches, congestion, and more. Unlike other classes I took, this class taught acupressure points to avoid for people who are pregnant or menstruating.
I took a live Spring Forest qigong series (16 hours) and many more with Grandmaster Chunyi Lin and Master Rong Li. You can see a peer-reviewed, randomized, controlled, clinical study, other studies, and many reviews on how his self-healing qigong helped people with very specific emotional and physical issues. His approach to healing is different than any other qigong class or book I've known of. I decided to take more classes because during one of his free annual meditations for world peace, I learned that a rainbow meditation I thought I made up was actually exactly like one of his guided meditations. So I enrolled in another class (14 hours). It was on how to help any living being (animals, humans, and plants). A few months later, I had a dream about a place I hadn't seen before in real life. Days later, I learned it was their retreat location. But I couldn't spend more money on healing retreats or classes. Then two people surprised me and covered the cost of more beginner to intermediate classes (48 hours) and a 5-day in-person advanced retreat (30 hours plus 10+ hours of homework). Neither of them knew my situation. One was a fellow student I just met for the first time online. The other person was someone with whom I hadn't been in touch for years. I was so touched because I hadn't received gifts like that before. After I experienced a miracle at that retreat, I signed up for another advanced live class (25 hours). In it, I was surprised to finally learn about the mysterious classical Chinese characters I saw in a dream four years ago.
As for other magical coincidences, the day after I had a dream about certain ancient Chinese characters, I attended an I Li Quan neigong class with Bernard Langan, a martial arts teacher and healer (bodywork, somatic education, and more). When I got there, I was surprised to see very similar Chinese characters. And the class was unlike any neigong or martial arts class I attended. It was about complete awareness of my breath and body and my partner's, based on Chinese medicine anatomy, what seemed like hundreds of injury prevention tips, and how to incorporate Daoism and Zen Buddhism into every moment. So I signed up for classes with Bernard (12 hours of class, and workshops with his teachers: Grandmaster Sam FS Chin (67 hours) and Master Hsin Chin (30 hours)).
I randomly found out about an uncommon acupuncture method for helping people with trauma. A while later, an acupuncturist randomly mentioned they just took a class on that method from Jeffrey Yuen, Phd, LAc. After I watched some of his videos, I learned things I didn't know about qigong and, most of all, how our thoughts affect our health. And I learned he's an 88th-generation Daoist priest who studied Chinese herbal medicine under Master Gong Song-Liu, a eunuch for the last two emperors of the Qing Dynasty and an apprentice to the imperial medical physicians. He also studied martial arts. By age 16, he was allowed to serve the community. He's been teaching acupuncturists for decades about classical Chinese medicine (CCM), which is older and more shamanic than traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which started in the 1950s. For example, a CCM session can give patients more time to help them see their trauma differently. So, of course, I had to take his class on how to tailor qigong for each person (6 hours) because some qigong can harm certain people's health. And then I took another qigong class (2.5 hours). And then another one on food (3 hours)!
After trying almost everything for some health issues, I turned over a new leaf and started learning that studies show that mugwort can help with many issues in ways that other modalities can't, such as asthma, cancer, immunity, fatigue, fractures, muscle, ligament, and tendon injuries, menstrual pain, and knee osteoarthritis. So I took classes on how to make and use mugwort pastes and smoke (moxibustion) with Lorraine Wilcox, LAc, PhD (12 hours), Dr Heidi Lovie, DACM (1.5 hours), and Susan Johnson, LAc (2.5 hours).
Reiki (51 hours): client sits or lies down, I might rest my hands on them
I spent days searching online for reiki teachers because I only wanted to work with one who:
I found two people who checked all the boxes:
Practicing with what some call reiki masters from different reiki lineages has helped me feel what works.
If you want to learn reiki, what people might not tell you is that you might become even more sensitive. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Space clearing and blessing: beyond incense, palo santo, sage, sprays
Once upon a time, I went to many medical doctors, and energywork and space clearing practitioners for a years-long issue. Some helped in the short-term. Then I learned longer-term solutions, such as fengshui space clearing from two of my qigong teachers. They taught info that I hadn't seen in fengshui books I read.
After years of reading fengshui books that contradict each other and have complex methods, I decided to try short beginner classes in intuitive and Flying Star fengshui. One of those short courses was by Safrina Kadri. She is of Chinese descent, fluent in Mandarin, and born and raised in Malaysia. Unlike many fengshui classes, she learned from Asian teachers and doesn't sell fengshui charms.
Though I didn't officially offer space clearings and blessings, several people asked me to help with the discomfort they felt in their home that they didn't feel in other spaces. Through helping myself and others, I learned that it's most effective to figure out exactly what's causing the discomfort, and provide energywork to the people in the space, and the space itself. So sometimes something beyond fengshui is needed.
Other energywork training (68 hours)
Other meditation training (118 hours)
Intuition (133 hours plus more above)
I sat through months-long guided meditation classes to develop my intuition and boundaries. I participated in one-on-one mentorship and small groups, such as with Lili Hibarino and Ted Harris. Also, a vegan teacher who's creating a more equitable and sustainable world asked if I'd join her six-month weekly mentorship. I said, "I do!"
Tibetan Bön Buddhist tummo: breathwork, chanting (10 hours)
After I tried many modalities for specific health issues, I knew it was time to try something new. I had already known for years that studies showed tummo led practitioners to have voluntary control over their "fight-or-flight" response – something previously considered to be impossible by medical science. Repeated experiments found tummo practitioners could raise their body temperatures to levels of a mild or moderate fever to stay warm in cold temperatures.
As luck would have it, I saw a local in-person Bön Buddhist tummo class with Chaphur Rinpoche. Unlike some tummo classes, this class was much longer, with most of it on spiritual and mystical teachings instead of breathwork how-tos. And he reminded us that the point of tummo was to experience bliss (and possibly superduper bliss) and release other emotions.
The class had no prerequisites. But luckily, I had accidentally prepared years ago by learning some basics of Tibetan dream yoga and Tibetan Traditional Medicine. All that helped me get a little more up to speed in tummo.
Healing justice: diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and more (4 hours)
As a member of the Healing Clinic Collective (HCC), I attended two gender justice workshops. HCC aims to provide healing to people who are domestic violence and state violence survivors, sexual assault survivors, in recovery/rehabilitation, previously incarcerated, LGBTQIA2S+, low-income, or undocumented.
Hypnotherapy training (78 hours)
I spent weeks researching hypnotherapy classes worldwide. I chose to earn my Certificate in Evidence-Based Hypnosis from the UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy (UKCHH) because they:
I learned so much in 50 hours in class, 15 hours reading, 10 hours in one-on-one practice sessions, and three hours getting feedback from my coach.
For interested clients, I can incorporate guided meditation and dream work into hypnotherapy sessions.
Sound therapy training (40 hours, more in Qigong and Breathwork above)
Once, as soon as a reiki practitioner played a hand drum, I was surprised at how it made me release tears I didn't know I had. Then, a few months later, a friend gave my partner and me a singing bowl out of the blue. I had never talked about sound healing with her. I didn't know what to do with it. So I didn't play it. Weeks later, my partner and I were in a car accident. My partner asked me for reiki because they were really shaken up. I randomly decided to play the singing bowl on parts of their body. I had never seen anyone perk up so fast. And they confirmed I wasn't imagining it. (They're not shy about being blunt!) So I started searching online and learned about a Buddhist tradition of playing singing bowls on bodies to help people heal.
So I took six hours of live classes on how to address specific issues with sound from the Globe Institute with singing bowls, gongs, tuning forks, and melodies. Biofield Tuning tuning forks certification was not available during COVID. But they have good testimonials with before and after photos from non-certified people. Also, a non-certified Biofield Tuning practitioner helped me with things in my session that she couldn't have known about. Biosonics tuning fork classes also aren't available in person yet. So I practiced on myself and other energyworkers based on books and four hours of videos I bought. I started to offer sessions after people I practiced with asked me to do so.
But wait, there's more! I'm offering sound therapy I haven't seen anywhere else. Even after I experienced all the sound healing I just mentioned, I didn't have the kind of emotional release I didn't know I needed. But I randomly found a hand-crank music box song online that I had forgotten about from when I was a kid. It instantly took me on the wildest, hours-long, best ugly-cry that I wasn't able to have through 50 modalities at the top of this page (and even more I didn't have time to list). So I became obsessed with collecting vintage music boxes. You also might get a much-needed release. The good news is, you get to pick the song and pace. You might even benefit from humming to it!
I also took a cathartic, live workshop, Somatic Tools for Healing Trauma and Reclaiming Your Voice (7 hours), with trauma therapist Linda Thai, LMSW, ERYT-200. I learned theoretically and experientially about:
I've also taken two one-day On-camera Communication Skills workshops from the University of California Berkeley (UCB) Extension. And I was part of a one-day training by Mark Rittenberg, UCB Executive Education, on unleashing your authentic voice.
The three voice classes above either taught people to change or accept their voice. You might consider either one depending on your situation. I also took very important vocal injury prevention classes in the Breathwork section towards the middle of this page.
And no, you won't see me on Instagram offering group or crystal singing bowl sessions because I find that one-on-one sessions are more healing for people.
Soon, I'll learn how to sing and write the least cheesy healing songs for all your clubbing needs. Now accepting teachers! Stay tuned!
Other trauma-informed training (25 hours, more in Breathwork section above)
I attended these trainings:
I'll take this class when it's offered: Neuroscience of the Mind Body Relationship in the Aftermath of Trauma: Implications for Treatment (1.5 hours) with Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD, a psychiatry professor.
Animal care (lost count of hours :)
I love animals. For example, I spent too much time around horses and getting trained in how to muck their poop, groom them, and read their emotions before they literally and metaphorically step on my toes.
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Updated July 29, 2026
You might also know me as that person whose mom edited her diary since I was five (with a red pen and all). And then I became a vegan treehugger to heal that and other trauma. Well, my mom also used to not let me have many of my birthday presents that people gave me. On my birthday, she'd make me log who gave me what. Then she'd put them (including the only present I wanted, a Care Bear Cousin) and other presents on a high shelf in my closet where I couldn't reach them. But I could still see them and yearn for them. Eventually, I figured out she gave them to other kids for their birthdays. But hey, I think I turned out pretty well!
What you also might not know is that asthma was my first meditation teacher as a little kid. I taught myself to focus on each inhale and exhale instead of waking my parents up for medication sometimes. Looking back, I realized my asthma left for good when I no longer lived in a stressful environment.
Despite my asthma, I got to have my share of fun in my youth. I also had friends who probably partied a little too much. Sometimes, I didn't know why I dreamt about losing certain friends who self-medicated with cannabis and other substances. Then I'd soon learn that what I dreamt was actually happening to them in real life. So, though I support whatever helps people get through the day that doesn’t cause too much harm to themselves or others, I want to offer you healing “trips” without drugs.
To deal with even more "fun" things that have happened in my life, I keep a daily spreadsheet of every modality and supplement I try. I try one modality for at least a few days and document any life changes. I try to see what heals me and when. I’ll try almost anything once when I can afford it. You never know what can help until you try it, even if it’s something science hasn’t proven. Yet.
Here are just a few things I’ve tried since 1998, most of which were with different practitioners. Don’t knock any of it until you’ve tried it!
From specific cultures:
- Chinese (so much acupuncture, bodywork (chi nei tsang, tui na), qigong, cupping, fengshui geomancy, herbs, kung fu, moxa, tai chi). While many modalities and practitioners from my culture helped, I still had recurring issues. So I knew I needed to branch out. And then I learned that I actually needed to go deeper.
- Hawaiian: energy healing from a kahuna
- Indian: Ayurvedic marma therapy, chakra balancing, herbs, yoga (ashtanga, kundalini, Kundalini Activation Process, nidra, yin)
- Indonesian: Balinese blessings
- Japanese: reiki (different lineages, including the non-Western form Jikiden), shiatsu
- Peruvian: Andean and Amazonian shamanism
- Thai: massage, womb healing
- Tibetan: Traditional Tibetan Medicine, energy work, dream yoga
From multiple cultures:
- Allopathic: blood tests (thyroid, vitamins, etc.)
- Aromatherapy: essential oils
- Biofeedback: neurofeedback
- Bodywork: abdominal, Active Release Technique (ART), acupressure, Alexander Technique, Breema, chi nei tsang, craniosacral, deep tissue, Feldenkrais, Franklin Method, Hanna Somatics, lomi lomi, lymphatic, Melt foam rolling, Muscle Energy Technique (MET), myofascial, neuro-muscular reprogramming, neurokinetic therapy (NKT), neuromuscular therapy (NMT), osteopathy, Proprioceptive Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR), Rolfing, shiatsu, Somatic Experiencing, Structural Integration, Swedish, Thai, tui na, visceral manipulation, Zen Bodytherapy. (If your organs are twisted and you don't know it, you might not breathe fully, which can affect your emotions and body. Abdominal massage can help. And studies show it can reduce back pain, bloating, cramping, and constipation.)
- Breathwork
- Chiropractic: Network Spinal, Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET), laser therapy, ultrasound
- Colonics: Hooked on colonics worked for me! It helps to literally look at your own crap first instead of asking others to clean your crap.
- Doctors: functional, integrative, regenerative medicine (e.g., Shockwave, platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP), prolotherapy)
- Energy work: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), too many modalities to list
- Float tanks
- Heat treatments: infrared saunas, hot springs
- Hypnotherapy: too many modalities to list!
- Light therapy: red light
- Meditation. Asthma was my first teacher ever since I was a little kid in the 1980s. I never knew when I'd get asthma. Instead of jumping for medication, each time I'd spend what felt like forever by myself, focusing on each breath to save my life. So yeah, I clocked many hours of dark nights of the soul meditations without knowing it. As an adult, I learned more fun meditations like ancestral healing, qigong, loving-kindness, compassion with equanimity, and mindfulness.
- Movement: dance, martial arts, Pilates (so many years!)
- Nutrition testing
- Physical therapy: Active Release Techniques, Proprioceptive Deep Tendon Reflex, visceral manipulation
- Plant medicine: No, I didn't touch kambo or bufo (both of which can be extracted in a cruel way from a frog or toad) or ayahuasca. I know of energy workers who tried ayahuasca and then spent years healing themselves from its effects. If you try psychedelics, I'd only suggest taking them with people who received permission from indigenous healers to hold ceremonies and are sober during your session in case you'll need help. Yeah, some aren't sober. Also, maybe ask who can afford to design psychedelic-assisted therapy and receive it, and how that differs from indigenous protocols. I don't make the rules! Watch indigenous protestors ask Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) conference attendees to stop erasing their culture while promoting psychedelics. Or at least do it with a therapist and when you can be around people and things that don't trigger you for a few weeks after.
- Psychotherapy: Brainspotting, Buddhist philosophy, cognitive, depth hypnosis, developmental somatic psychotherapy, dream analysis, expressive arts, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, psychodynamic, somatic
- Shamanism: Central and South American
- Somatic therapies without touch: Trauma Release Exercises
- Sound healing: Acutonics, Biofield Tuning, sound baths
- So much more out of desperation :)
In 2021, my dad became very sick. I had a dream that he was scared to die and that I needed to tell him he was going to be okay. The next day, I called to tell him. A few hours later, he took his last breath. There are so many stories I could tell about what happened next. But I'll save that for when the world is more open-minded.
On Earth Day in 2022, I left my full-time job trying to create a sustainable world. I wanted to support people in creating a happier, more equitable, green, or vegan world in different ways. If hurt people hurt people, then I want healed people to heal people (and the world). One of my favorite things I've learned from loving-kindness meditation and South American shamanism is that you might get what you wish for yourself if you first wish that the rest of the world gets it too.
I learned the hard way that if healers aren't open to different ways to heal themselves, they might not try new ways to help their clients. And so I've sought healings that weren't always comfortable, where I got feedback that was hard to hear. But that helped me see more ways to help my clients. As a client, you also might benefit more if you are open to new ideas.
I try to offer sessions that are different from some sessions that I received. I try to offer collaborative sessions where I invite clients to use their own wisdom to co-create their fun and utopian "trip."
Training (931.25+ class hours, 80+ practice hours)
I do what works best based on my experience giving paid sessions and over 80 free sessions to strangers, friends, and family outside of classes. Also, sometimes I don't buy into everything each teacher below shares. During your session, I only use methods that I'm qualified to share. So your session won't include everything from trainings below.
Below is a subset of the trainings I attended in breathwork, dreamwork, energywork, intuitive counseling, meditation, hypnotherapy, sound therapy, public speaking, trauma sensitivity, and animal care (because maybe I can help your companion animal!).
Hours below exclude hours I spend weekly via books, podcasts, and videos.
Breathwork, dreamwork, energywork, intuitive counseling, meditation
Breathwork (and injury prevention, 42.25 hours plus more in Energywork and Trauma-informed sections below)
I attended Franklin Method classes (8.25 hours) on how to prevent injuries. I learned to cue breathing and everyday movements through Dynamic Neurocognitive Imagery. Studies show cuing with creative imagery is more effective than only saying things like "relax" or unintentionally assuming clients know anatomy.
I took a class (5 hours) with Dr. Melissa Koehl, a physical therapist, on how to help people with hypermobile joints through nervous system regulation, which is different from conventional tips. For example, some practitioners don't know that hypermobile people can get anxiety when breathing fully.
I'm also taking a breathwork, posture, and vocal health class (27+ hours of anatomy and exercises) for singers (and everyone) to heal our voices from physical and emotional trauma. It's from Crystal Barron, NCVS vocologist, massage therapist, and MDH Breathing Coordination Advanced Certified Practitioner. I also took her class on Singing while Hypermobile: Why Standard Vocal Training doesn’t work for you— and What to Do Instead (2 hours).
And for what it's worth, I can bring my experience as a student in pilates classes (private, small group, beginner to advanced, all in-person) since 2018 with many teachers multiple times a week.
Dreamwork (24 hours)
I attended a live workshop with Robert Moss, who used to be an editor for The Economist. Like all classes I take, I don't do it for fun. I took this class because I've had all kinds of dreams for decades. Some dreams were not so sweet, though they helped people I know and me. But I needed to find someone who could help other people and me even more.
After decades of trying so many modalities, I found Robert Moss. Through him, I learned about ancient traditions around the world on how dreams can help the dreamer and others. And I learned lucid dreaming isn't just about controlling dreams. It's more about conscious dreaming, which includes letting dreams unfold and then understanding what your dreams are telling you.
After I randomly read the book, This Is Why You Dream, by Rahul Jandial, MD, I learned I was lucid dreaming for years without realizing it because I can read in my dreams. I've had dreams where I'll see words in English and Chinese about clients and me. For example, in a dream, I saw words for a medical term that I associated with a client who had medical issues that no doctors had resolved. Months later, I learned their medical doctor strongly suspected she had the diagnosis I had dreamed about.
Kundalini activation process (KAP) (500 hours soon): client lies down and rests
After trying every modality on this page, I finally surrendered to KAP. I didn't want to try it for years for many reasons. Then, coincidentally, I ran into an old friend who said she tried it years ago and her chronic fatigue never returned. When I tried it, it was one of the trippiest things I ever experienced.
Months later, I tried it with a different facilitator who practices daily meditation and dream yoga, and works on environmental and wellness issues. At that group session, everyone was encouraged to keep their eyes closed. The music drowned out everyone's spontaneous, quiet and loud emotional farts, small to big, "beautiful" and "ugly" movements. It was the most emotionally and physically obvious release out of any modality I've experienced.
I couldn't find anything wrong with that KAP facilitator. And I tried really hard to! Almost everything he did was unlike what the first facilitator I experienced. For example, he included grounding and meditations before we started. At the end, he shared tips to help us integrate the session into our lives, which to me, is the whole point of any healing.
After weeks, no unpleasant feelings I had before my session with him returned. So I felt compelled to find the right teacher for me. It wasn't easy, but I found one teaching KAP in a similar, safer, grounded way. Soon, I'll start my 500-hour KAP training and offer it around November 2025.
Motoki (13 hours): client sits or lies down, I might rest my hands on the client
Motoki means "earth energy" in Japanese. Traditionally, some martial arts schools taught how to hurt and heal people with their hands. Different lineages have different names and methods for their healing approaches. Though I have practiced various martial arts since 1998, I couldn't find anyone teaching hands-on healing from a martial arts tradition.
One night, I woke up in the middle of the night and randomly read about motoki online. I had never heard of it. It turned out to be what I had been looking for. So I took three in-person workshops with Brian Rainie and Michelle Husain. It's different than any other modality I offer. You have to feel it to believe it.
Pranashakthi (2 hours): client sits or lies down, I might rest my hands on the client
After I randomly heard from different healers about their top tips to be more effective in healing myself and others, I finally learned one of the modalities that fit their advice. I took a private Level 1 class from Carol Whitney. She helped many people with very specific issues.
Classical & Traditional Chinese Medicine (390.5+ hours): food, moxa, qigong (breathwork, dreamwork, meditation, voice, slow movement)
(As you might know, in Chinese culture, "master" means "teacher.")
When I was a kid, a caregiver taught me some basic qigong, such as gazing at trees. Also, my dad practiced qigong and taiji (sometimes spelled taichi). But I didn't want to learn that then, for various reasons. In 1998, I saw a one-sentence ad in tiny font about a white crane Chinese-Indonesian martial arts class. I was drawn to it because of one of my favorite books then, Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. I liked its challenge to the patriarchy of my culture. At my first class, I was surprised that teachers didn't accept money for their time, and the grandmaster was famous for healing students. So for years, I woke up at 7 AM on Saturdays to take an hour-long bus to train in my teacher's home. There, I learned how to throw and fall on wood floors and meditate. Since then, I learned other martial arts, read qigong books, and attended drop-in taiji and qigong classes in person with several teachers of different styles.
Here are other workshop series I attended:
I attended a workshop by Master Robert Peng. He trained in martial arts and Buddhist and Daoist healing. He can break a chopstick with a dollar bill. And he teaches a woman to shatter a granite block with her hand. What I like most is that his focus is on how to heal and be happy. So I took his live Elixir Light Qigong workshops (22 hours). In his class, when he suggested inhaling energy from the edge of the universe and exhaling back to it, I didn't know what he meant. Then I randomly read a study on the edge of the universe, and learned how the Big Bang theory doesn't explain how the universe was created and only about 5% of the energy density of the universe is things we can sense, such as through our eyes, microscopes, and telescopes, and our sense of smell, taste, and touch. I'm also taking another workshop by him with live question and answer sessions (34 hours). There, I learned about all meridians in our body and that his main teacher was a famous vegan monk, martial artist, and healer.
I also took a live Pure Land qigong workshop by Master Teresa Yeung for menopause and pre-, peri-, and post-menopause (10.5 hours). Out of 53 women between the ages of 32 and 82 who took that workshop, 73% reported very different changes in their reduction of fatigue and stress. When I had my free consultation with her, she told me about a specific thing I was experiencing without me mentioning it. And during class, she gave personalized healings for what each student requested. I also liked her focus on helping students understand where their energy is, rather than just focusing on the movements.
And I attended a live Daoist medical Wu Ming Qigong (which translates to "Nameless Qigong") workshop (12 hours) from Grandmaster Nan Lu, Oriental Medicine Doctor (OMD), acupuncturist, and herbalist. It's for emotional balance, digestive health, and immunity. Women have shared reviews on specific medical issues that he helped with. I appreciated that he interacted with students to ensure correct form and taught key acupressure points. I learned so much from 45 hours of his other videos and podcasts, such as the importance of finding a practitioner who practices qigong and currently doesn’t have the same issues you're trying to heal in yourself. And I like that he reminds students that everything is connected, what we do affects ourselves and our planet, and if we become more spiritual, we can become less materialistic.
I took classes in person (5 hours) with Grandmaster Alex Feng, PhD, OMD. His medical qigong class is unlike similar ones I've experienced. Maybe it's because he is also an ordained Daoist priest, tuina massage therapist, acupuncturist, herbalist, and martial arts and tai chi teacher. He was one of the first practitioners to be licensed when acupuncture was legalized in California in 1976. He served as the first Chief of Integrative Medicine at the Alameda Health System at Highland Hospital. I like that he encourages people to decide what works best for themselves, instead of doing only what they're told. For example, if mixing qigong with other energywork feels right, try it. And I appreciate that he is well-versed in all kinds of spiritual matters, teaches injury prevention and key terms in English and Mandarin, and asks students to share why they're in each class and what they'd like to learn. He has good reviews on Facebook, Google, and Yelp.
As for internal martial arts (neigong), I attended a live workshop by Master Helen Liang on liuhebafa, which translates to "Six Unities, Eight Principles." It blends principles of other neigong: qigong, taiji (sometimes spelled taichi), xingyi, and bagua (10.5 hours). I like that she explains how each movement stimulates certain meridians and energy points, and how to prevent injuries during movements. She has been trained in martial arts since she was a little kid.
I also attended a live Daoist Wudang Temple qigong workshop (17.5 hours) with Lindsey Wei. She also teaches martial arts. One of the teachers in her lineage is a woman abbot born in 1915 in China who lived and practiced alone there for many years. I'm learning so many key acupressure points for eyes, headaches, congestion, and more. Unlike other classes I took, this class taught acupressure points to avoid for people who are pregnant or menstruating.
I took a live Spring Forest qigong series (16 hours) and many more with Grandmaster Chunyi Lin and Master Rong Li. You can see a peer-reviewed, randomized, controlled, clinical study, other studies, and many reviews on how his self-healing qigong helped people with very specific emotional and physical issues. His approach to healing is different than any other qigong class or book I've known of. I decided to take more classes because during one of his free annual meditations for world peace, I learned that a rainbow meditation I thought I made up was actually exactly like one of his guided meditations. So I enrolled in another class (14 hours). It was on how to help any living being (animals, humans, and plants). A few months later, I had a dream about a place I hadn't seen before in real life. Days later, I learned it was their retreat location. But I couldn't spend more money on healing retreats or classes. Then two people surprised me and covered the cost of more beginner to intermediate classes (48 hours) and a 5-day in-person advanced retreat (30 hours plus 10+ hours of homework). Neither of them knew my situation. One was a fellow student I just met for the first time online. The other person was someone with whom I hadn't been in touch for years. I was so touched because I hadn't received gifts like that before. After I experienced a miracle at that retreat, I signed up for another advanced live class (25 hours). In it, I was surprised to finally learn about the mysterious classical Chinese characters I saw in a dream four years ago.
As for other magical coincidences, the day after I had a dream about certain ancient Chinese characters, I attended an I Li Quan neigong class with Bernard Langan, a martial arts teacher and healer (bodywork, somatic education, and more). When I got there, I was surprised to see very similar Chinese characters. And the class was unlike any neigong or martial arts class I attended. It was about complete awareness of my breath and body and my partner's, based on Chinese medicine anatomy, what seemed like hundreds of injury prevention tips, and how to incorporate Daoism and Zen Buddhism into every moment. So I signed up for classes with Bernard (12 hours of class, and workshops with his teachers: Grandmaster Sam FS Chin (67 hours) and Master Hsin Chin (30 hours)).
I randomly found out about an uncommon acupuncture method for helping people with trauma. A while later, an acupuncturist randomly mentioned they just took a class on that method from Jeffrey Yuen, Phd, LAc. After I watched some of his videos, I learned things I didn't know about qigong and, most of all, how our thoughts affect our health. And I learned he's an 88th-generation Daoist priest who studied Chinese herbal medicine under Master Gong Song-Liu, a eunuch for the last two emperors of the Qing Dynasty and an apprentice to the imperial medical physicians. He also studied martial arts. By age 16, he was allowed to serve the community. He's been teaching acupuncturists for decades about classical Chinese medicine (CCM), which is older and more shamanic than traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which started in the 1950s. For example, a CCM session can give patients more time to help them see their trauma differently. So, of course, I had to take his class on how to tailor qigong for each person (6 hours) because some qigong can harm certain people's health. And then I took another qigong class (2.5 hours). And then another one on food (3 hours)!
After trying almost everything for some health issues, I turned over a new leaf and started learning that studies show that mugwort can help with many issues in ways that other modalities can't, such as asthma, cancer, immunity, fatigue, fractures, muscle, ligament, and tendon injuries, menstrual pain, and knee osteoarthritis. So I took classes on how to make and use mugwort pastes and smoke (moxibustion) with Lorraine Wilcox, LAc, PhD (12 hours), Dr Heidi Lovie, DACM (1.5 hours), and Susan Johnson, LAc (2.5 hours).
Reiki (51 hours): client sits or lies down, I might rest my hands on them
I spent days searching online for reiki teachers because I only wanted to work with one who:
- Honors their teachers by listing them on their website.
- Doesn’t take credit for what they learned from others.
- Doesn’t charge an arm and a leg.
- Is generous with their time.
- Actually helped people with specific emotional and physical issues.
- Is honest and helps clients be self-sufficient so they don’t need to pay for more sessions.
- Is constantly learning.
- Teaches in-person to small classes (no more than eight people) and uses a method to check if each person I work on might need more treatment before they get off the table.
- Gives reiki by phone or online. Clients reported online sessions were just as effective as in-person.
- Teaches how to give intuitive sessions, rather than ones based on a formula.
I found two people who checked all the boxes:
- Oran Paul. He is trained in four different reiki lineages. After I took his Usui I and II (which I was lucky to experience one-on-one) and Holy Fire III Level I Reiki classes (35 hours), I experienced too many positive life changes to list here. Many of my close relationships changed for the better. And I healed my back within minutes.
- Caroline Vigery. I took her Usui Reiki III class (16 hours), the highest level class she offers, to be what some call a reiki master. Her class helped me feel that I had finally shed things that weren't for my higher self.
Practicing with what some call reiki masters from different reiki lineages has helped me feel what works.
If you want to learn reiki, what people might not tell you is that you might become even more sensitive. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Space clearing and blessing: beyond incense, palo santo, sage, sprays
Once upon a time, I went to many medical doctors, and energywork and space clearing practitioners for a years-long issue. Some helped in the short-term. Then I learned longer-term solutions, such as fengshui space clearing from two of my qigong teachers. They taught info that I hadn't seen in fengshui books I read.
After years of reading fengshui books that contradict each other and have complex methods, I decided to try short beginner classes in intuitive and Flying Star fengshui. One of those short courses was by Safrina Kadri. She is of Chinese descent, fluent in Mandarin, and born and raised in Malaysia. Unlike many fengshui classes, she learned from Asian teachers and doesn't sell fengshui charms.
Though I didn't officially offer space clearings and blessings, several people asked me to help with the discomfort they felt in their home that they didn't feel in other spaces. Through helping myself and others, I learned that it's most effective to figure out exactly what's causing the discomfort, and provide energywork to the people in the space, and the space itself. So sometimes something beyond fengshui is needed.
Other energywork training (68 hours)
Other meditation training (118 hours)
Intuition (133 hours plus more above)
I sat through months-long guided meditation classes to develop my intuition and boundaries. I participated in one-on-one mentorship and small groups, such as with Lili Hibarino and Ted Harris. Also, a vegan teacher who's creating a more equitable and sustainable world asked if I'd join her six-month weekly mentorship. I said, "I do!"
Tibetan Bön Buddhist tummo: breathwork, chanting (10 hours)
After I tried many modalities for specific health issues, I knew it was time to try something new. I had already known for years that studies showed tummo led practitioners to have voluntary control over their "fight-or-flight" response – something previously considered to be impossible by medical science. Repeated experiments found tummo practitioners could raise their body temperatures to levels of a mild or moderate fever to stay warm in cold temperatures.
As luck would have it, I saw a local in-person Bön Buddhist tummo class with Chaphur Rinpoche. Unlike some tummo classes, this class was much longer, with most of it on spiritual and mystical teachings instead of breathwork how-tos. And he reminded us that the point of tummo was to experience bliss (and possibly superduper bliss) and release other emotions.
The class had no prerequisites. But luckily, I had accidentally prepared years ago by learning some basics of Tibetan dream yoga and Tibetan Traditional Medicine. All that helped me get a little more up to speed in tummo.
Healing justice: diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and more (4 hours)
As a member of the Healing Clinic Collective (HCC), I attended two gender justice workshops. HCC aims to provide healing to people who are domestic violence and state violence survivors, sexual assault survivors, in recovery/rehabilitation, previously incarcerated, LGBTQIA2S+, low-income, or undocumented.
Hypnotherapy training (78 hours)
I spent weeks researching hypnotherapy classes worldwide. I chose to earn my Certificate in Evidence-Based Hypnosis from the UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy (UKCHH) because they:
- Have the most evidence-based program I could find. They cite studies for each step they teach students to take.
- Do not ask clients to recall potentially traumatic events.
- Are the only externally verified hypnotherapy diploma training course approved by The British Psychological Society Learning Centre as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for registered psychologists.
- Teach Hypno-CBT because studies found that for 70-90% of patients, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was more effective when integrated with hypnosis compared to CBT alone.
- Have coaches listen to confidential and anonymous audio recordings of each student's one-on-one practice sessions with volunteers. Then, coaches give one-on-one feedback to students via meetings.
I learned so much in 50 hours in class, 15 hours reading, 10 hours in one-on-one practice sessions, and three hours getting feedback from my coach.
For interested clients, I can incorporate guided meditation and dream work into hypnotherapy sessions.
Sound therapy training (40 hours, more in Qigong and Breathwork above)
Once, as soon as a reiki practitioner played a hand drum, I was surprised at how it made me release tears I didn't know I had. Then, a few months later, a friend gave my partner and me a singing bowl out of the blue. I had never talked about sound healing with her. I didn't know what to do with it. So I didn't play it. Weeks later, my partner and I were in a car accident. My partner asked me for reiki because they were really shaken up. I randomly decided to play the singing bowl on parts of their body. I had never seen anyone perk up so fast. And they confirmed I wasn't imagining it. (They're not shy about being blunt!) So I started searching online and learned about a Buddhist tradition of playing singing bowls on bodies to help people heal.
So I took six hours of live classes on how to address specific issues with sound from the Globe Institute with singing bowls, gongs, tuning forks, and melodies. Biofield Tuning tuning forks certification was not available during COVID. But they have good testimonials with before and after photos from non-certified people. Also, a non-certified Biofield Tuning practitioner helped me with things in my session that she couldn't have known about. Biosonics tuning fork classes also aren't available in person yet. So I practiced on myself and other energyworkers based on books and four hours of videos I bought. I started to offer sessions after people I practiced with asked me to do so.
But wait, there's more! I'm offering sound therapy I haven't seen anywhere else. Even after I experienced all the sound healing I just mentioned, I didn't have the kind of emotional release I didn't know I needed. But I randomly found a hand-crank music box song online that I had forgotten about from when I was a kid. It instantly took me on the wildest, hours-long, best ugly-cry that I wasn't able to have through 50 modalities at the top of this page (and even more I didn't have time to list). So I became obsessed with collecting vintage music boxes. You also might get a much-needed release. The good news is, you get to pick the song and pace. You might even benefit from humming to it!
I also took a cathartic, live workshop, Somatic Tools for Healing Trauma and Reclaiming Your Voice (7 hours), with trauma therapist Linda Thai, LMSW, ERYT-200. I learned theoretically and experientially about:
- Playful, whole-body vocal warm-ups
- The mechanics of the voice
- How Polyvagal theory and Reichian-based somatic approaches shape our neuromuscular system and our voices
- In utero and early postpartum experiences can reshape the neuromuscular system
- How soothing songs can help people feel their bodies
I've also taken two one-day On-camera Communication Skills workshops from the University of California Berkeley (UCB) Extension. And I was part of a one-day training by Mark Rittenberg, UCB Executive Education, on unleashing your authentic voice.
The three voice classes above either taught people to change or accept their voice. You might consider either one depending on your situation. I also took very important vocal injury prevention classes in the Breathwork section towards the middle of this page.
And no, you won't see me on Instagram offering group or crystal singing bowl sessions because I find that one-on-one sessions are more healing for people.
Soon, I'll learn how to sing and write the least cheesy healing songs for all your clubbing needs. Now accepting teachers! Stay tuned!
Other trauma-informed training (25 hours, more in Breathwork section above)
I attended these trainings:
- Meditation-Related Adverse Effects Research Overview course (2.5 hours), such as ways to work with hyperarousal and dissociation.
- Meditation-related mental health symptoms, causes, and remedies in Tibetan Buddhist traditions (1.5 hours) with Dr. Susannah Deane, a medical anthropologist.
- Somatic education with Bernard Langan (6+ hours of how to breathe and move after trauma, such as Hanna Somatics)
- In 2003, I attended San Francisco Women Against Rape's volunteer training. I don't remember how many hours it was. But it was at least 15 hours.
I'll take this class when it's offered: Neuroscience of the Mind Body Relationship in the Aftermath of Trauma: Implications for Treatment (1.5 hours) with Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD, a psychiatry professor.
Animal care (lost count of hours :)
I love animals. For example, I spent too much time around horses and getting trained in how to muck their poop, groom them, and read their emotions before they literally and metaphorically step on my toes.
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Updated July 29, 2026
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