How it all began
I specialize in integrating anthropology, ethnomusicology, sound energy science research, brain–body entrainment, sound therapy, and embodied practices (Qi Gong, yoga, and meditation) into customized wellness experiences for individuals, groups, and organizations seeking innovative, human-centered approaches to health and performance.
My work emerged from practicing these modalities in urban and corporate environments, where changing pollution levels and ecological stress revealed how built spaces directly affect the nervous system and the eight pillars of wellness. This insight helped inform scalable wellness systems that align individual, employee, and organizational wellbeing with environmental consciousness.
Through customized instrument design, pure nature field recordings, and therapeutic sound design, I translate natural environments into accessible mindfulness tools for personal, corporate, institutional, and municipal partners. These soundscapes and vibroacoustic applications support stress reduction, focus, and emotional regulation, while also preserving disappearing ecosystems through acoustic archiving.
By connecting environmental stewardship with evidence-informed wellness strategies, I support clients and organizations in achieving wellness goals through sustainable, research-grounded innovation.
Audio Pharmacology™ was initially developed as a personalized wellness service offering non-invasive, sound-based therapy to support individual health outcomes. As global interest increased, demand emerged for scalable solutions that could be implemented across diverse communities and organizational settings. In response, Frequency As A Pharmacy™ was created as an evidence-informed wellness platform designed to extend accessibility across multiple locations and socioeconomic groups—transforming individualized care into a scalable model for public health, corporate wellness, and community-based engagement.
Ethnomedicine
My work is rooted in audio/visual anthropology and ethnomusicology, where documenting human experience through sound and image became a gateway to understanding how cultures engage with healing, environment, and consciousness. Through this practice, I began to recognize sound not merely as documentation, but as medicine—an essential component of ethnomedical traditions across many communities. Fieldwork and cultural immersion led me beyond urban landscapes into natural environments, where I encountered the therapeutic intelligence embedded in ecosystems themselves. These experiences revealed how indigenous and ancestral healing practices often center on vibration, rhythm, and environmental listening, shaping my approach to sound as both a research methodology and a restorative modality.
This intersection of anthropology and sound science guided me toward recording natural habitats and translating their acoustic signatures into therapeutic frameworks. By bridging ethnomedicine with contemporary wellness design, I create sound-based experiences that honor traditional knowledge while meeting modern needs. These field recordings now serve as the foundation of my mindfulness and sound therapy work—bringing the healing properties of intact environments to communities, institutions, and organizations that may otherwise lack access. In this way, my practice connects cultural preservation with wellness innovation, transforming environmental sound into accessible tools for resilience, regulation, and collective well-being.
Medicinal Music
My journey with medicinal music began as a deeply personal practice—recording sound and music intentionally to support my own physical, emotional, and cognitive wellness. What started as self-guided healing evolved into a disciplined exploration of music medicine: the purposeful use of sound, rhythm, and melody to regulate stress, reduce pain and anxiety, elevate mood, and support nervous system health. Drawing from audio/visual anthropology, ethnomedicine, and embodied practices, I began creating sound experiences that incorporated active listening, meditation, and ceremonial elements rooted in nature-based traditions. These sessions often mirrored the foundations of medicine music—where sound becomes ritual, presence becomes ceremony, and vibration becomes a bridge between the body, environment, and spirit.
As this practice deepened, I expanded beyond personal use into structured sound therapy frameworks informed by scientific research and cultural healing modalities. Medicinal music—recognized across clinical and ceremonial contexts for its ability to modulate stress responses, enhance cognitive function, support neuroplasticity, and improve emotional regulation—became the cornerstone of what I now call Audio Pharmacology™. This work synthesizes evidence-based music therapy principles, clinical music medicine applications, and ceremonial sound practices into accessible wellness systems for individuals, communities, and institutions. Through curated recordings, therapeutic soundscapes, and intentional listening experiences, I translate both ancestral knowledge and contemporary neuroscience into modern healing environments—where music functions not merely as art, but as medicine.
Brain/Body Entrainment
My foundation in computer science and professional experience in computer programming directly inform the structure and precision of my brain and body entrainment programs. Early in my career, working with leading organizations including IBM, AT&T, SBC, and LaSalle Talman Bank, I developed a deep understanding of systems architecture, data flow, and pattern recognition—skills that now translate into designing sound experiences that support neural regulation and physiological coherence. This technical background allows me to approach wellness through both creative and analytical lenses, treating sound not only as art but as structured information capable of influencing brainwave activity, nervous system responses, and embodied awareness.
By applying computational thinking to sound design, I create entrainment frameworks that mirror principles found in software development: feedback loops, synchronization, and optimized signal delivery. These concepts guide how frequencies, rhythms, and spatial audio are layered to encourage states of relaxation, focus, or restoration. My training enables me to build scalable, evidence-informed wellness systems that integrate neuroscience with intentional sonic architecture. In this way, Audio Pharmacology™ bridges technology and healing—transforming code-level logic into therapeutic sound environments that support cognitive performance, emotional balance, and whole-body wellness.
Pure Nature Field Recordings
My field recording work is deeply informed by bioacoustics—the scientific study of sound in living ecosystems—and serves as a foundational pillar of Audio Pharmacology™. By capturing the acoustic signatures of healthy environments, I document how birdsong, water, wind, and natural rhythms communicate vitality across species. These recordings are not simply aesthetic; they are data-rich sound environments that reflect ecological balance. Through this process, I translate living soundscapes into therapeutic frameworks, allowing natural frequencies to become accessible wellness tools for individuals and communities who may lack direct access to restorative landscapes.
A growing body of evidence-based research demonstrates that listening to nature sounds can reduce stress hormones, lower blood pressure, improve mood, enhance cognitive performance, and support nervous system regulation. Studies in neuroscience and environmental psychology consistently show that natural soundscapes activate the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting relaxation and recovery while decreasing anxiety and mental fatigue. Audio Pharmacology™ integrates these findings by transforming field recordings into intentional sound therapy and mindfulness experiences—bridging bioacoustics with neuroscience-informed wellness design. In this way, environmental sound becomes medicine: supporting brain-body entrainment, emotional resilience, and holistic health while preserving the acoustic memory of ecosystems increasingly threatened by global development.
Wellness Platform Design
My work is inherently interdisciplinary and deeply personal—I design wellness platforms from concept to completion, integrating anthropology, bioacoustics, sound therapy, environmental recording, and technology into unified healing systems. Every element of my offerings is created in-house: from field recordings of natural environments and original sound compositions to custom instrument design, audio engineering, coding, graphic design, and immersive experience architecture. This holistic, hands-on approach allows me to curate controlled, intentional environments where sound, science, ceremony, and design converge. By overseeing every stage of production, I ensure each platform maintains both technical integrity and therapeutic coherence—transforming ecological sound and cultural knowledge into accessible brain-body entrainment experiences grounded in evidence-based wellness.
Beyond creation, I collaborate with corporations, individuals, and institutions seeking to implement customized wellness platforms within their own ecosystems—whether for workforce well-being, public health initiatives, educational environments, or community engagement. I provide consulting services to help organizations integrate sound-based mindfulness systems aligned with their unique goals, values, and infrastructure. In addition, I offer licensing of my original audio content and therapeutic frameworks for personal, private, professional, and commercial applications, enabling partners to deploy high-impact wellness experiences while honoring intellectual and environmental stewardship. Through Audio Pharmacology™, I bridge art, science, and technology—delivering scalable, culturally grounded wellness solutions designed for both human resilience and planetary care.