Music is the language of the soul.

I started playing drums when I was four. I studied jazz at Indiana University, played in soul bands, played batá with Michael Spiro, and picked up steel pan and congas along the way. These days the drum I play most is the mṛdaṅga. I've also spent years in professional studios, including Chicago Recording Company and Classick Studios, and as SPLPH I produce, mix and make music for artists and projects.

Now I lead sound baths and teach meditation to help people get back in touch with their nervous system. Devotional music (mṛdaṅga, kirtan, voice-led group practice) taught me that a single struck tone can change a room, and that people find it easier to rest when something steady is holding the space.

I have a particular passion for people in recovery and people with ADHD. What gets called a problem often carries real fuel: the drive, the intensity, and a capacity for discipline once it has somewhere good to go. Helping people turn that into a strength is some of the work I care about most.

I also care about helping people get back in tune with their bodies, and about natural, holistic ways of looking after themselves alongside the care they get from their doctors.

The Soul & the Scale is the home for that side of the work: sound baths, Reiki and energy sessions, courses, and writing on Substack. The courses are published under the name Bhālu, the name I use for teaching and contemplative work.

The courses live in Practice, a companion that keeps your sits, journal and place together on your own device. The free ones are open now. The Circle opens February 18, 2027, after a small private beta from January 9.