Ep. 135 - Freedom Through Sound Healing with Kelvin Young

03/12/25 • 64 min

Certified sound healer Kelvin Young joins Chris Grosso to discuss how to find freedom within institutions and systems.

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This time on The Indie Spiritualist, Chris and Kelvin explore:

Kelvin’s first encounter with holistic healing in the prison system
How Kelvin became inspired to change his life and get sober for himself and his daughter
Becoming anchored through sound healing
How we at the subatomic level, we are vibration and sound
Having spiritual experiences at concerts regardless of genre
Integrating holistic practice into hospitals and other facilities
Moving from hypervigilance to relaxation through sound healing
Meeting people where they are at on their healing journey
The science of sound and rituals around the world that utilize sound
The power of humming and using our own voice as a tool
The gong as an instrument of interconnection
12-step healing as integral piece for many people in recovery

About Kelvin Young:

Kelvin Young is a Certified Sound Healer and Owner of Kelvin Young, LLC. He is also a person in sustained recovery which means Kelvin hasn’t used alcohol or any other drug to cope with his mental and emotional distress since March, 6th 2009. Kelvin received his recovery coaching training at CT Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) and Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) certification at Recovery University. Kelvin has presented around the country in diverse settings, including CCAR Multiple Pathways to Recovery Conference, Alternatives Conference, Yoga Reaches Out, Newtown Yoga Festival, The Shift Network, Indie Yoga in San Francisco, CA, Alex Grey’s Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Copper Beech Institute, CT Women’s Consortium, yoga studios, retreat centers, conferences, high schools, colleges, prisons, addiction treatment centers, psychiatric hospitals and mental health agencies. Today, he publicly speaks on addiction recovery to people from all walks of life. Kelvin also facilitates private and group sound healing sessions at different locations throughout the United States. Keep up with Kelvin HERE.

“Sound has been that foundation for me to explore and understand that sound itself is life itself. It humbles me to be in awe of what all of sound is, the vibrations. Down to the subatomic level, we are vibration, we are sound, we are energy, we are frequency.” – Kelvin Young

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Certified sound healer Kelvin Young joins Chris Grosso to discuss how to find freedom within institutions and systems.

Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.

This time on The Indie Spiritualist, Chris and Kelvin explore:

Kelvin’s first encounter with holistic healing in the prison system
How Kelvin became inspired to change his life and get sober for himself and his daughter
Becoming anchored through sound healing
How we at the subatomic level, we are vibration and sound
Having spiritual experiences at concerts regardless of genre
Integrating holistic practice into hospitals and other facilities
Moving from hypervigilance to relaxation through sound healing
Meeting people where they are at on their healing journey
The science of sound and rituals around the world that utilize sound
The power of humming and using our own voice as a tool
The gong as an instrument of interconnection
12-step healing as integral piece for many people in recovery

About Kelvin Young:

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Ep. 134 - Unraveling Inner Landscapes with Tori Olds

Psychologist Tori Olds helps listeners unravel inner landscapes by examining emotions, identity, and the patterns in our lives.

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In this episode, Chris and Tori explore:

Tori’s early interest in emotions and psychology
Interfacing with our emotional reactions
How experiences shape identity
Irrational and self-defeating behaviors
How what we learn as a child influences how we protect ourselves as an adult
Emotional knowing versus logical knowing
Implicit memory and fear conditioning
How witnessing new evidence can help us unlearn negative patterns
Mindfulness for regulation of the nervous system
The importance of working with a trained professional
The potential within psychedelic-assisted therapy

If you are unable to work with a therapist but feel therapy may be helpful, check out this book recommendation from Tori: Self Therapy

About Tori Olds:

Tori Olds, PhD is a psychologist and a mother, but there is much more to her identity. Songwriting, meditation, and teaching are also important aspects of her life. She helped start Deep Eddy Psychotherapy alongside her sister Charlotte, her husband Glenn, and both her parents, which has provided her with numerous opportunities to train and supervise aspiring therapists. Ten years ago, she began leading a 6-month training group called “Minding the Heart,” offering a deep dive into experiential methods of therapy. She is drawn to these approaches because she believes the most profound transformation occurs when we connect with the deepest parts of ourselves—those that can only be reached through direct, experiential contact. Keep up with Tori on her website.

“Making a prediction and seeing that what is happening is not what we predicted makes the memory labile...it’s in a state where it can change. If we introduce new knowing in two seconds the whole neural network can be rearranged or dissolved.” – Tori Olds

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Ep. 136 - Wetiko: Understanding Our Collective Malady with Paul Levy

Paul Levy, a pioneer in spiritual emergence, chats with Chris Grosso about the concept of Wetiko and healing our collective malady.

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In this episode, Chris and Paul explore:

The diagnosis of our collective malady and defining Wetiko
Waking up through the darkness
Life as a collective dream we are all manifesting
The mind virus we are all suffering from and what it can reveal to us
The primary importance of the psyche in creating world events
Accessing our divine inheritance and divine power
Psychologist and Dream Analyst Carl Jung’s exploration of Wetiko
The danger of turning a blind eye to our shadows
Quantum physics as a dreaming phenomena
Shedding light into our unconscious mind
Compassion as the ultimate dissolver of Wetiko

About Paul Levy:

Paul Levy is an author, speaker, and facilitator who describes himself as “a wounded healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality.” Paul brilliantly synthesizes wisdom streams from quantum physics, Carl Jung, Buddhism, alchemy, shamanism, Kabbalah, mystical Christianity, and the work of science fiction author Philip K. Dick. He has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for over 35 years, was the coordinator for the Portland Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, and is the founder of the “Awakening in the Dream Community.” Paul’s books include The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality, Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil, and Awakened By Darkness. Learn more about Paul on his website.

"Wetiko is a Native American term but every spiritual tradition talks about it, just in different languages. This is the diagnosis. We've made a huge breakthrough. There's been a diagnosis of what's at the bottom of our collective malady. We're in the middle of a collective psychosis of titanic proportions, that is what Wetiko is.” – Paul Levy

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