AWAKENING Spokane: Light + Sound for Nervous System Renewal
By Dustin Daugherty
A New Healing Modality for the Holistic Community
As holistic healers, we know wellness is never one-size-fits-all. Whether you work with your hands, your intuition, your energy, or your words, what unites us is a shared mission: to support others on their healing path. That’s exactly what Awakening is here to do—and we’re excited to introduce ourselves.
Awakening is a new wellness experience that integrates powerful, pioneering light and sound therapy. While “healing with light and sound” might sound futuristic, it draws deeply on both cutting-edge science and the ancient principles of resonance, rest, and renewal.
At its core, the Awakening Experience is designed to support nervous system regulation, mental clarity, and emotional healing—using technology to induce the same beneficial brain states that, for generations, only experienced meditators and consciousness explorers have been able to reach.
We like to say that Awakening is “where science meets soul”—because while the clinical benefits are well documented, the experience itself often feels like something far more personal, intuitive, and even spiritual.
What is the Awakening Experience?
The Awakening Experience combines hypnagogic light therapy (Lucia N°03) and vibroacoustic sound healing (Sage Space X1) in a serene, private suite that we call “The Cocoon.” You can select from a range of relaxing, fully customized 20- to 75-minute journeys, each with its own therapeutic objective, technique, and theme.
As you settle in, you’ll lie comfortably on the Sage Space X1 sound lounge, a high-tech vibroacoustic bed that delivers powerful, low-frequency sound vibrations to the body while playing soothing music and harmonic frequencies on noise-canceling headphones (you hear it, you feel it).
Above you, the Lucia N°03 hypnagogic light is suspended, flickering in astonishingly complex patterns as you rest with your eyes gently closed. These pulsing lights engage not only the pineal gland—often called the “seat of the soul”—but also the visual cortex, thalamus, and other regions associated with memory, emotion, and self-awareness. The stimulation guides your brain into deeply relaxed states like alpha, theta, delta, and even gamma—those elusive brainwave frequencies linked to creativity, healing, insight, and flow.
When we talk about the hypnagogic (hip-no-gah’-jick) light, here’s what we mean: the precisely calibrated frequencies of the flickering light guide your brain into the “hypnagogic state”—that deeply relaxed, in-between space you pass through as you're falling asleep. In this twilight-like state, the conscious mind softens, and the subconscious becomes more accessible, allowing for incredibly deep relaxation, vivid visionary experiences, emotional integration, creative insights, and profound nervous system regulation.
“Awakening is where science meets soul—a sanctuary for the nervous system, and a portal to presence.”
Neuroplasticity: Strengthen Your Brain from Within
Every Awakening session is a gentle workout for the mind. Each unique light program relies on rapidly shifting flickers that stimulate the brain to produce matching brainwaves—a process called brainwave entrainment. As your body relaxes and your nervous system unwinds, your brain syncs with the light, entering deeply restorative states. This is what makes the Lucia N°03 so effective.
We call it “yoga for the mind” or “brain gymnastics”—a powerful way to strengthen neuroplasticity and cognitive flexibility. Why does that matter? Because a highly neuroplastic brain is sharper, more resilient, and retains memory & function longer.
Lucia sessions don’t just relax the mind—they stimulate it. Brain imaging shows that hypnagogic light therapy with the Lucia N°03 stimulates the growth of new dendrites—tiny branches of neurons essential to memory, learning, emotional regulation, and complex thinking.
Until recently, scientists believed the adult brain couldn’t grow new neural tissue. But thanks to discoveries in neuroplasticity, we now know that the brain is capable of remarkable repair and renewal. Lifelong neuroplasticity. The Lucia N°03 helps make that renewal not just possible—but accessible to everyone.
When paired with vibroacoustic sound therapy, these benefits multiply—supporting executive function, ADHD brain regulation, emotional healing, and trauma integration. This enhances focus, clarity, creativity, and the elusive flow state. This is where science meets possibility.
What It Does—and Why It Matters
The benefits of combining light and sound therapy are both wide-reaching and deeply personal. While every person’s session is unique, common experiences include:
Reduced anxiety & depression
Deep relaxation & nervous system regulation
Increased focus & mental clarity
Treatment of trauma & PTSD
Emotional release & processing
Better sleep
Heightened creativity & insight
Reduced ADHD symptoms
Relief from chronic pain
A felt sense of peace & reconnection to self
Spiritual journeys and visions
The science is compelling and undeniable. Research on hypnagogic light therapy shows that the Lucia N°03 can help the brain shift into deep meditative states in less than a minute. Vibroacoustic therapy has been proven to reduce cortisol levels, lower blood pressure, and even improve cellular health and bone density. Together, these tools create conditions for the brain and body to shift out of fight-or-flight and into what many call “rest and repair.”
For our fellow practitioners in the wellness and healing fields, this means something special. You’ll love that Awakening doesn’t replace what you do—it enhances it. And you’ll love that many of our clients are massage therapists, psychotherapists, acupuncturists, yoga teachers, trainers, energy workers, healers, and coaches who use Awakening to support their own nervous system health, while also recommending it to clients as part of a broader care and wellness plan.
Imagine your clients entering their session with you -- already in a deeply relaxed, open, and present state. Imagine the enhanced benefits they can gain from their time with you. Imagine, then, giving them a space between sessions where they can integrate and deepen their healing. That’s the role Awakening plays in your practice.
“I had my first session today, and it was amazing. Raef did such a great job explaining how everything worked. He has a very calming demeanor. During the session, I felt completely relaxed as I experienced so many different colors amid the calming music. I can’t say enough about the bed and the sensation of the sound waves moving through my body. After the session, I felt calm, happy, and focused. I booked my second session today and can’t wait to see the results in the future.”
A Complement, Not a Replacement
We’ve been asked if this is similar to meditation, psychedelic therapy, or sound baths. The answer is yes—and no. It shares elements with all of them, but what makes Awakening different is the unique way that light and sound work together. The Lucia N°03 induces a lucid, dreamlike state that is both restorative and expansive. The sound lounge delivers physical, auditory, and emotional grounding.
But together, they help users reach altered states of consciousness that are safe, drug-free, and fully guided by the body’s own rhythms. It’s a space of new possibilities: for rest, for healing, for breakthrough, for reconnection.
Clients often report experiences such as:
A wave of long-held emotion, finally moving
Insight about a long-standing block or pattern
Creative visions or problem-solving clarity
A full-body exhale and a sense of returning “home” to themselves
This experience is especially powerful for healers. Many of us give so much of our energy to others that we struggle to fully receive. Awakening provides a structured, supportive container where even the busiest practitioners can recalibrate, recharge, and reconnect.
“I’ve never tried anything like this before… However, it was an amazing experience! The combination of light and sound therapy was a therapeutic escape from everyday stressors. I can’t wait to do more sessions, and have even signed my husband up for an introductory session. The gentleman that assisted me was so kind and patient. He entertained my never-ending questions. I can’t wait to go back.”
Who Is It For?
Anyone under stress
Creatives facing blocks
Athletes seeking flow state
Professionals under pressure, needing clarity and focus
Trauma survivors, or those working through emotional release
Clients with anxiety, depression, insomnia, or burnout
Those struggling with symptoms of ADHD
Seekers of spiritual, emotional, or cognitive growth
Therapists, coaches, and healers in need of nervous system support
If you serve any of these populations—or count yourself among them—Awakening offers a gentle-but-powerful, non-invasive way to support deep healing and integration.
Join the Movement Toward Brain Wellness
In cities like LA, New York, Miami, and Vienna, Lucia N°03 light therapy is booming. High-functioning professionals and healers alike are turning to technologies like the hypnogogic light and vibroacoustic beds as tools to regulate, recharge, and expand. But you don’t have to go to the coasts (or Europe) to access it—it’s right here in Spokane.
We’re excited to bring this offering to our local community, and we want to make it easy for you to try. Whether you’re curious to experience it for your own wellbeing, or wondering if it might support your clients, we invite you to step into the Awakening Cocoon and discover this extraordinary therapy for yourself.
Have questions?
Want to discuss how Awakening might support your specific practice or your clients? Reach out to Raef at raef@raefbaard.com—we’re happy to chat and help you find the right fit.
Your Invitation to Cutting-Edge Wellness: Light + Sound Healing in Spokane
As a healing community, we all need spaces that help us “refill the well.” Awakening isn’t just a service—it’s a sanctuary for your nervous system, a portal to presence, and a powerful complement to the work you already do.
Come experience it. Share it with your clients. And let’s keep building a wellness & healing community in Spokane that’s vibrant, forward-thinking, and truly supportive—from the inside out.
Special Offers Just for You
Our grand opening specials make this an ideal time to experience Awakening for yourself:
60-75 minute Introductory Sessions are just $88 (normally $165) through the end of June.
Packages of minutes are also discounted this month.
MILITARY & FIRST RESPONDERS: All first responders, veterans, and active-duty service members always receive 20% off.
To see our full pricing and available sessions, visit www.awakeningspokane.com.
