Send us Fan Mail

Description: Michelle Cassandra Johnson was trained as a clinical social worker, and later was influenced by people and experiences which led her to appreciate how becoming a racial equity consultant for companies in the corporate to nonprofit world could help alleviate situations these organizations were not recognizing as an issue when addressing people of color. While she was going through these changes she also became attracted to and trained in yoga, meditation, mindfulness, spiritual practices, and other types of holistic practices that built up her skill set and today makes her one of the most unique healers in the world of racial equity among her peers but also as a stand alone healer in the world of leading holistic centers throughout the US. She is also able to teach writing classes, with a unique approach to reduce the fear of writing; she is able to teach meditation as form of empowerment, she is able to help people understand how to help a taxed nervous system; and use spiritual practices to address how to build up our body’s energetic boundaries or fields as well as how to protect our minds from outside forces and prevent mental overload.

Guest Bio:
Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an author, activist, spiritual teacher, racial equity consultant and educator, and intuitive healer and shamanic healer. She has led transformative work dismantling racism and systems of oppression, disrupting the wellness industry to make it more inclusive and accessible, as well as parts of corporate America, creating space for healing in myriad ways, and through her work for over two decades as a clinical social worker. Michelle’s work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, so one can return to a mindset of wholeness, by aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart. Michelle has a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official in North Carolina from 2011 to 2016. She has led Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, Spotify, Mercedes,The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Auburn Seminary, Kripalu, Yoga Alliance, Lululemon, and many others. Of her seven books her most recent release in 2026 is You Are Protected: Invoking Spiritual Support to Sustain Your Energy . Michelle facilitates workshops and immersions, leads retreats nationwide, and offers an array of healing services for individuals and groups. She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019. Michelle inspires change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. Michelle has taught at holistic centers which include Menla, Kripalu, Omega Institute, Esalen, San Francisco Zen Center, and many others. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, sweet dog, Jasper, and her honeybees.

Guest Contact:

https://www.michellecjohnson.com

Host Contact:
Enoe Aracely Brown
Producer & Host
www.holisticedgeradio.com
holisticedgeradio@gmail.com

Support the show

Host Contact Information:

Enoe Aracely Brown:
Email: holisticedgeradio.gmail.com
Website:
.

Send us Fan Mail

Description: Silvia Nakash, a Grammy-nominated musician and pioneer in sound healing and music therapy. discussed her unique approach to vocal instruction through the "Yoga of the Voice" technique, which combines elements of Indian raga music, Western classical traditions, and Eastern meditation practices. She has become an expert in understanding how to bring the sacred into a space and use her vocals and music sounds to bring about meditative states to the listener as well. She explained how her therapeutic methods help her work with dying patients in hospice care to bring about healing benefits. Silvia distinguished her work from traditional music therapy by emphasizing the importance of psychological understanding and the need for proper training in sound healing practices, particularly when using therapeutic instruments like Tibetan singing bowls. She also discussed her latest album "Pema Journey" which was designed specifically for psychedelic-assisted therapies, and shared her teaching philosophy that emphasizes the importance of breath, spinal position, relaxation, and proper hand movements in vocal practice.

Guest Bio: Silvia Nakkach M.A, MMT is a Grammy® nominated composer who is known to have built a unique bridge between American and South Asian musical traditions for more than 30 years. She is a Hindustani raga musician, and presents embodied improvisation. She is an internationally accredited specialist in transcultural sound and music therapies, including music in shamanic practices. Silvia Nakkach holds a Master’s Degrees in Psychology, Music Psychotherapy, and Music Composition. Silvia is an internationally renowned vocal artist, a recording producer, as well as a sought after educator and author. She is on the faculty of the California Institute of integral Studies (CIIS), an academic institution where she created the premier certificate program on Sound, Voice and Music in the Healing Arts. Through the continued sponsorship of the Vox Mundi Project Study Abroad Program, she is able to travel extensively offering keynote presentations, training students and teachers across four continents anddifferent cultures. She is the author of the ground breaking vocal teaching technique /certificate – The Yoga of the Voiceand is recognized internationally as a leading authority in the field of sound healing and the implementation of music to convey expanded states of consciousness. Silvia has released 18 albums.Her therapeutic vocal techniques are landmarks in the field of music healing, and are used in Hospices, Wellness and Integrative Medicine centers. Silvia resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Guest Contact:

www.silvianakkach.com

voxmundiproject.com Silvia's personal school in Berkeley , CA

CIIS/Sound Certificate

Host Contact: Enoe Aracely Brown

Producer & Host

www.holisticedgeradio.com

holisticedgeradio@gmail.com

Support the show

Host Contact Information:

Enoe Aracely Brown:
Email: holisticedgeradio.gmail.com
Website:
.

Send us Fan Mail

Description: Tracee Stanley started out in the film business at the same time she started studying yoga. The promise of ancient scriptures about how this form of yoga could remove sorrow from our being became inspiring to her. She found out how Yoga Nidra has been used at Walter Reed Medical Army Medical Center for soldiers with PTSD since the 1970's. One woman is quoted about her experience with yoga nidra who was married with two young children and a job outside of the household. She explains how Yoga Nidra gave her new tools she did not know existed in herself, immediately after a one week such as calmness in the middle of chao, her personality became more loving and patient with husband and children. She eventually became a practitioner. Tracee has a new book out called Living Ritual out this month August '26, that is made for the everyday person who doesn't have hours to devote to rituals. Basically 3 minutes a day can change your brain and create new neural pathways, just that simple. Do it!.

Guest Bio: Tracee Stanely was raised in Huntington, Long Island, NY. Tracee started out with a career as a film producer spanning over 20 years with hit films such as the Whole Nine Yards with Bruce Willis, but retired from film to focus on spiritual study. Today she is a sought after teacher of yoga nidra, meditation, and self-inquiry, as well as a bestselling author. In addition she is the host of Radiant Rest Podcast, which prioritizes the rituals of rest, sacred dreaming, and self-care.; and she is also the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community inspired by over 28 years of study in the wisdom of yoga, Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan masters. Tracee also has a deep interest in spiritual ecology and holds certificates from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Advanced Eco-Therapy, New Thinking, Best Practices, & Emerging Modalities, and a certificate in Advanced Ecopsychology. She leads retreats and trainings in the US and internationally. Tracee is the author of the bestselling book

Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation & Awakened Clarity, which remains in the top 100 yoga book category on Amazon. Other titles include: The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices & Rituals to Remember Who You Are and her new release this August 2026 Living Ritual: Infuse Each Day with Purpose & Spirit . She was named as an inspirational leader by Good Morning America and ABC News. She has also been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, and Well and Good. Tracee is currently a faculty member at Esalen Institute, Omega Institute, Kripalu, and Menla.

Guest Contact:

www.traceestanley.com
Host Contact: Enoe Aracely Brown

Producer & Host

www.holisticedgeradio.com

holisticedgeradio@gmail.com

Support the show

Host Contact Information:

Enoe Aracely Brown:
Email: holisticedgeradio.gmail.com
Website:
.