Holistic Boat Tours

Sound Wellness on the Water: A Floating Sanctuary for Healing, Culture, and Community

I am launching a new chapter of SoundWellness® that expands healing beyond the walls of a studio and into the living, breathing waters of the Bay. I am raising $30,000 to purchase and outfit a boat that will serve as a floating sound wellness studio, a mobile office, and a holistic tour vessel offering sound healing experiences departing from San Francisco and Oakland.
This boat is more than a vessel. It is a bridge that connects my Bay Area community to the land-based retreat space I am building in Berry Creek and creates a sustainable pathway for my business to grow beyond the nonprofit and grant funding that has significantly decreased over the past year.

Why a Boat and Why Now
For three years in Washington, DC, I worked on two educational vessels as a maritime educator, first mate, and education manager. I know how to run safe, meaningful, and culturally grounded programming on the water. I have seen how being held by the water softens people, opens them, and prepares them for deep healing.

Bringing sound wellness to the Bay is a natural evolution of my work. The boat will allow me to:

• Offer sound healing tours, sunset sessions, and restorative wellness experiences on the water
• Host small group healing journeys, private sessions, and community-centered offerings
• Create holistic cultural tours that weave together sound, ecology, history, and ancestral connection
• Build a sustainable revenue stream that supports my land-based retreat center and educational programs
• Work from a dedicated mobile space that reflects the expansiveness of my practice
• Train toward my captain’s license with the support of a hired captain

What the Funding Covers
Your contribution directly supports the launch of this transformative project by covering:

• Purchase of a safe, reliable vessel
• Insurance, registration, and Coast Guard compliance
• Slip fees in San Francisco or Oakland
• Hiring a licensed captain to operate tours and support my captain’s license training
• Basic outfitting to create a serene, accessible, and culturally grounded healing environment

The Impact
This project creates a new, sustainable model for community-rooted wellness that is not dependent on unstable nonprofit contracts or shrinking grant pools. It allows me to continue offering accessible healing experiences, expand my reach, and build a thriving ecosystem that includes:

• Water-based sound healing
• Haptic healing and multisensory wellness
• Retreats and land stewardship in Berry Creek
• Education, training, and community programming

Over the past year, I have also been navigating significant health challenges after being diagnosed with advanced scoliosis that includes multiple spinal curves and severe pelvic misalignment. This condition has limited my physical capacity and required ongoing chiropractic and therapeutic care that is not covered by insurance. The cost of treatment, combined with the reduced ability to work during flare-ups, has used up all of my financial reserves. I have continued to show up for my community and my work, but the truth is that my body is asking for a different kind of support. This boat project is part of my healing plan. It allows me to continue offering my services in a way that is sustainable for my body, while creating a stable foundation for my long-term wellness and the future of my practice.

This boat becomes a portal. It is a place where people can reconnect with themselves, with the water, and with the ancestral technologies of sound and vibration that have always guided us home.