"I was experiencing a sudden phase of five months of excruciating physical pain in my arm and shoulders on one side and facial numbness. Also loss of appetite, Bell’s palsy, trapped nerve in my arm and thunderclap headaches, like a heavy axe through the skull, heart palpitations and poor sleep, taking myself to A&E several times. Pain killers made no difference. I had not been a headache-y person until then. I drank lots of water and tried exercising to address these pains. I got depressed. I was able to go to work despite headaches through the day and fear of painful attacks. I had a scan to check my brain. Once I cried down the phone to a GP, thinking that this pain was going to kill me.

I was fully cooperative with doctors and desperate for any relief.

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I had experienced Sandira’s sound baths in previous years. Each time I achieved a deep state of peace and relaxation. In desperation, I got in touch with her hoping sound healing could work - even if only for temporary relief. Sandira took notes at first. The setting of her front room is soothing. I believed my case was complex and was daunted to recount my symptoms as so many times with doctors. She listened. She provided me with a single sound somewhere above my head, explaining the uniqueness of its frequency. Something weird and unexpected but pleasant happened - like a magnetic spherical pull through my head… like a pull switching into opposition and staying there, righting itself. A second sensation came through me like many small balls of energy in my brain in chaos returning sharply to where they belonged. I felt instant ease in my head, different and better. I was looking at Sandira from the back of my mind as we were talking wondering if she realized what she had just done. I told her something powerful happened just then. Her eyes smiled at me with their own energy but she didn’t overreact even if I was in awe!

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Later on we looked at my family and an injustice that upset me. We did visual work to change my vibe and empower my thinking, reminded that I was learning a skill at this point rather than a one-time fix. I knew my past had its bad moments and stunted my self-esteem but I figured many are in the same boat and we just have to suck it up as adults. This attitude stuck through to my 30's but I hadn’t previously suffered anything physical and certainly wasn’t planning on doing this kind of work with Sandira or anyone. She explained blocked emotions. Even though I had laid my version of the mind-body-pain theory to rest previously, I put my trust in Sandira and went with it.

We went through some verbal and physical exercises led by her that were focused on deeper healing. I felt as if I were being washed on the inside, made lighter, permission given to me to let go of nasty feelings I’d suppressed for years. I was in disbelief at first yet thrilled to find that my headaches that I experienced routinely from Aug through to Jan just STOPPED from that day. I thought if I can make it for 24 hours pain-free then something definitely has changed.

I’d imagined energy healing would just be a pleasant kind of indulgence or luxury with only temporary benefits; here’s me dabbling in a fancy new type of self care. For me energy healing turned out to be an unexpected simple solution. I was lucky to discover this turning point in my life. How to express my appreciation and relief, the joy of feeling pain-free again? Sandira said in a text it is her chosen work and she loves what she does. I do accept that whatever I had could have had a medical explanation, but the fact is although doctors and osteopaths tried, they couldn’t diagnose or prescribe any treatments. I am writing this review one year later in lockdown. I have not returned, having felt quite OK, not forgetting how bad I once was. I follow Sandira online. I will definitely go to group sound baths again, they’re fantastic… If pain like that ever does come back, I expect I will be her private client once more."   ..............Dylan Scot