I’m Mika, your certified sound healing practitioner, based in Atlanta, Ga. I spent about a year or so functioning in a depressive state without even knowing it. I blamed my moodiness, tiredness and listlessness on my career, menopause and the every day life stressors we all deal with. But in January of 2024, I felt different…not like myself at all. I didn’t want to hang out with family or friends, I didn’t want to eat, I couldn’t sleep more than a couple hours, and I was filled with anxiety…like all the time. It was exhausting being in that state and I knew I didn’t want to feel like that forever. I also knew I needed a holistic therapy approach, so I took a leave of absence from work and set off on my healing journey. I began to study various ways to help myself and developed a deeper interest in the healing arts as a companion to traditional therapy. Reiki, somatic healing, breath work…I studied and practiced some amazing ways to calm my anxiety and break free from the ‘fight or flight’ hamster wheel. The modality that I connected with the most was sound healing.

Sound healing is my go-to tool for quieting my mind and leading myself into meditation. It helps me reconnect with my body when I’m feeling out of sorts. It provides me immediate relief when I’m feeling triggered or anxious. It creates space for a deeper connection with the Divine. And it provides me with what my mind and body needed most; rest. It took time and it took hard work but as a result, I know how to calm myself when I’m feeling anxious, I sleep much better than I had before and I feel like myself again. I’m so very grateful.

Sound has historically been used as a gateway to achieve higher states of consciousness, relieve stress, and even ease chronic pain in the body. Instruments like singing bowls, gongs and chimes are used in ancient and modern healing practices as a way to recalibrate the mind, body and spirit on a cellular level. My own personal journey has ignited a passion to share the restorative power of sound with as many people as possible. Most especially within vulnerable communities where holistic therapy approaches may not be as common.