THOUGHT WORK + BREATH WORK + SOUND MEDITATION
THE SKIRNA METHOD
Transformation begins where thought, breath, and sound converge.
With Clarity
Profound Change Is Possible
Skirna Supplemented Meditation
Thought Work
We turn inward toward the unquestioned, presumed, and inherited truths that shape perception itself, letting certainty give way to curiosity.
Skirna Meditation
Breath Work
A guided practice that explores consciousness where it lives
in cognition, in the nervous system, and in resonant sound that shapes experience.
When you take a step upon the path
the path will open before you
If you remain sitting
you will not see the road
~ Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī
1.5 ~ 2 Hours
Private & Group Sessions
چون یکی گامی نهی در راه او
راه پیشت بر گشاید بیعدو
گر نشینی تا ببینی راه را
راه ننماید ترا جز در سُرا
~ مولانا جلالالدین محمد بلخی
Sound Meditation
Consciousness reorganizes itself into something clearer, steadier, and more capable of change.
Skirna Micro Meditation
Before the meditation begins, carefully curated tools are used to help quiet the monkey mind, the mental chatter. Through entrainment using active, participative breath work and the phenomenality of sound, the mind gives way, and is able to let you go. On this path, the self can be free to speak easy. To be heard. To be listened to. To be attended to. To be curious. To be trusted. To become clear ~ Skirna
Skirna Supplemented Meditation
When metacognition sharpens our ability to observe our own thoughts and patterns,
the body regulates, perception organizes, fear softens, and rigid patterns loosen.
In that convergence, consciousness doesn’t just change — it transforms into a state where new insights, connections, and possibilities become available.
Meditation, breath, and sound then become tools for sculpting that plasticity. Instead of raw intensity or fragmentation, the experience is directed. Old narratives can be dismantled, new associations formed, and emotional truths faced without collapse.
Supplemented meditation is not about escape, but about entering the center of consciousness at its most malleable point, and giving it a chance to reorganize itself.
The Science of Transformation
Thought Work
How it Works
Trauma and limiting beliefs create rigid loops in the brain, often keeping the amygdala in a state of high alert. By examining and reframing these patterns, the prefrontal cortex regulates fear responses and interrupts those loops.
The Effects
Over time, this process rewires the brain — weakening rigid fear pathways and strengthening new, adaptive ones. The result is greater resilience and more freedom of choice.
Breath Work
How it Works
Breathing directly influences the autonomic nervous system. Slow, steady breathing activates the parasympathetic branch, lowering stress hormones and calming the body. More vigorous breathing alters blood gases and brain perfusion, shifting awareness into expanded states.
The Effects
Breath changes blood chemistry, which changes brain activity. This allows the nervous system to move from stress and reactivity into balance, clarity, and sometimes non-ordinary states of awareness.
Sound
How It Works
Sound is vibration moving through air, water, or matter. Each sound has a frequency — how fast the vibration repeats per second. The brain itself also operates in rhythms, and when exposed to layered tones, overtones, or resonant instruments like gongs, singing bowls, and vocal toning, its activity can begin to entrain — aligning internal patterns with external vibration.
The Effects
This synchronization reduces noise in the nervous system and increases coherence between brain regions, allowing perception and awareness to become more ordered. The vibrations also move through the body, resonating in tissue and bone, calming stress pathways and resetting the dialogue between body and mind. The result is not just relaxation but a shift in consciousness itself — toward clarity, integration, and transformation.
Supplements
How It Works
Certain nutritional and botanical supplements — such as those that influence neurotransmitters, support mitochondrial energy, or regulate stress hormones — can make the brain more receptive to change. By modulating serotonin, dopamine, or GABA pathways, supplements may stabilize mood, enhance focus, or calm hyperactive stress responses.
The Effects
Rather than inducing dramatic shifts, supplements create neurochemical support: they steady the baseline so that practices like thought work, breathwork, and sound can have a stronger impact. In this way, supplements act as amplifiers — not the transformation themselves, but conditions that help transformation take hold.
About Me
"You have a beautiful way
of tuning in and reflecting back
the gold in others."
~That's what Jimmy said
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Education:
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Alexandre Tannous: Mystery School, Sound Facilitation Training, Sound Facilitation Training II, Co-facilitator
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David Shemesh: Sound School, Assisted
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David Elliot: Breathwork Training Program
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Martha Beck, Wayfinder Program
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The New School Of Cooking
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SMU
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Hunter College
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Musicians Institue
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Dick Grove School Of Music
I have traveled far and wide inside and outside my mind. What I have arrived at is clarity. What got me to this point in my life is the amalgamation of searching, deep introspection with the incredible and renowned Alexandre Tannous, The Reluctant Healer, David Elliot, My Magical Mother, Cloris Leachman, The Genius, Martha Beck, and
"All the People that you meet when you're walkin' down the street each day..."
Testimonial
Having done numerous journeys in the past two decades for self-reflection and self-betterment, the most transformative experience that I have had has been under the guidance and facilitation of Dinah Englund. She is a gifted life coach and a true medicine woman with a magical tool box of top-quality sound instruments that she plays like a master musician, a powerful breathwork session that engages the participant in deeply emotional and even psychedelic states of mind, gorgeously moving pieces of music that she carefully curates for what is being worked on, and an environment in which you feel safe, held, and nourished. If you have the auspicious fortune to experience Dinah’s work, do not hesitate.
The gods are blessing you.
~ Shila Ommi
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