Shaman Yawna Shakti playing a large crystal singing bowl, with a gong and candlelight behind her
Alkhemiyah · Chicago

ALKHEMIYAH— Sound Healing, Breathwork & Ritual in Chicago

Immersive experiences in sound, breath, rhythm, and stillness.

Designed for individuals, organizations, retreats, and gatherings seeking space to pause, reconnect, and experience something beyond the ordinary. Every experience is facilitated live, shaped around the room, and grounded in consent, cultural integrity, and intentional practice.

Where to begin

Two ways into the practice.

For individuals & private groups

Come as you are.

Personal sound healing, breathwork, and ritual — one-to-one, with people you love, or in a small private circle.

For organizations & teams

Make room in the workday.

Live, facilitated experiences for offsites, leadership gatherings, retreats, hotels, and studios — planned and delivered end to end.

Alkhemiyah welcomes
IndividualsPrivate groups
Families and friendsRetreat hosts
Wellness practitionersCorporate teams
Nonprofit organizationsHotels and studios
Community leadersEvent planners

No previous experience is required. Every Alkhemiyah experience is guided with care, allowing each person to enter the practice exactly as they are.

How Alkhemiyah Works

Four principles behind every experience.

Live

Facilitated in real time rather than delivered from a recording or a rigid script.

Responsive

Pacing, sound, breath, rhythm, and silence respond to the people and the environment in the room.

Rooted

Cultural influences, rhythm, voice, instruments, and ancestral traditions are acknowledged rather than stripped of context.

Consent-led

Participation is invitational. No one is required to disclose, perform, release, or reach a particular emotional state.

The Practice

MORE THAN A
SOUND BATH.

Alkhemiyah is more than a sound bath. It is an intentionally guided experience where breath, vibration, rhythm, stillness, and presence work together to create space for deep rest, reconnection, and inner listening.

Each experience may weave together crystal singing bowls, gong, drum, flute, voice, breathwork, guided meditation, and moments of intentional silence. No two gatherings are exactly the same. Shaman Yawna Shakti responds to the people, energy, environment, and purpose of each experience in real time.

What a session may include
  • Crystal singing bowls
  • Metal / Himalayan bowls
  • Gong
  • Drum
  • Chimes
  • Voice
  • Rhythm
  • Guided breath
  • Somatic awareness
  • Stillness
  • Reflection
  • Ritual or ceremonial elements

Nothing here treats or diagnoses anything. It is a practice, held with care, and shaped to meet the room where it is.

Shaman Yawna Shakti seated in a candlelit circle with her hand over her heart, surrounded by crystal singing bowls

Slow down. Listen. The body already knows.

Experiences

Eight pathways to
work with Alkhemiyah.

Each format is built from the same instruments and practices, scaled to fit a single person, a private circle, a leadership team, or a full retreat.

Three quartz crystal singing bowls on travertine with palo santo and a single ranunculus

Sound is the medium. Presence is the experience.

What to Expect

What actually
happens.

Most sessions run 60 to 90 minutes and follow the same basic shape, whether it’s one person on a mat or a full conference room.

Arrive

Enter the space, settle into your mat, cushion, or chair, and receive a simple orientation that allows you to become present before the experience begins.

Breathe

Shaman Yawna Shakti opens with intentional breath and grounding practices designed to quiet external noise, deepen awareness, and prepare the body to receive.

Experience

Sound begins to move through the space through crystal bowls, gong, drum, flute, voice, and other instruments selected for the experience. Participants are invited to rest, receive, breathe, and listen.

Integrate

The experience closes gradually, allowing time for stillness, reflection, hydration, journaling, or sharing before returning to the rhythm of everyday life.

Shaman Yawna Shakti facilitating a large group sound healing session in Chicago

A pause before the work — presence, gently practiced.

Shaman Yawna Shakti, founder of Alkhemiyah, standing in a warm Chicago studio wearing a cream head wrap and gazing calmly toward the camera
Shaman Yawna Shakti · Founder
The Founder

Meet Shaman Yawna Shakti

Beyonca Johnson, spiritually known as Shaman Yawna Shakti, is the founder and lead practitioner of Alkhemiyah.

Her work brings together sound, breath, somatic awareness, rhythm, ancestral wisdom, and years of leadership and community-centered facilitation.

Every Alkhemiyah session is shaped by the room she is in — whether a private living room, a corporate conference hall, or a retreat sanctuary. She facilitates directly, with clarity and care, so participants know what to expect and can settle into the experience.

Shaman Yawna Shakti guiding a one-to-one session, her hands resting above a reclining guest
In practice · Private session
Shaman Yawna Shakti playing a quartz crystal singing bowl beside a bronze gong in candlelight
In practice · Sound bath
Shaman Yawna Shakti seated among crystal singing bowls, gong, and candlelight for the Alkhemiyah campaign portrait
Corporate Wellness

From burnout to bandwidth.

A different kind of team offsite.

Shaman Yawna Shakti and the Alkhemiyah team bring sound healing and guided breathwork on-site to offices, conferences, and staff retreats — no mats or experience required from participants. Sessions run 30 to 90 minutes and are facilitated live, scaled to the group size and the space available.

Experiences may be provided for
  • Leadership retreats
  • Employee wellness programs
  • Staff development days
  • Conferences and summits
  • Nonprofit and community teams
  • Workplace appreciation events
  • Burnout-prevention initiatives
Guests resting on floating loungers at sunset while Shaman Yawna Shakti plays a crystal singing bowl at the pool's edge
Floating Sound Baths

Rest on water. Receive the sound.

An immersive sound experience where guests rest on floating loungers while sound, vibration, water, breath, and stillness create a deeply restorative environment. Designed for private residences, hotels and resorts, retreats, celebrations, and destination wellness.

Shaman Yawna Shakti seated among crystal singing bowls in a warm ceremonial environment
Retreats & special events
Retreats

Built for the room you actually have.

Alkhemiyah builds sound-healing and breathwork sessions for retreats, hotels, studios, conferences, and community gatherings. Shaman Yawna Shakti works directly with hosts ahead of time on room setup, group size, and timing so the session fits the day rather than the other way around.

  • Wellness retreats & yoga studios
  • Hotels & hospitality partners
  • Conferences & summits
  • Community gatherings & special events
Shaman Yawna Shakti in ceremony, clearing with a feather in warm candlelight
Begin

What are you creating?

Private session, small group, retreat, corporate experience, conference, hospitality partnership, or community gathering — Shaman Yawna Shakti reviews every inquiry personally and follows up with next steps.

The request form asks for the specifics — format, headcount, date, and setting — so the first reply can include a recommendation and a price. Prefer to ask a question first? Write to the practice.

Private · Held with care · Never shared