We’re looking forward to introducing you to Dr. Gigi Turner. Check out our conversation below.
Gigi , so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. What do you think is misunderstood about your business?
Thank you so much for having us — we’re really grateful to be here and to share this work with your audience.
I think one of the biggest misunderstandings about our business is what a sound bath actually is. Many people still think of sound baths as something purely “relaxing” or even mystical — a nice experience, but not much more. In truth, what we do at Singing Bowls of the Rockies is both art and science. Each tone, each frequency, interacts with the body and nervous system in measurable ways. The experience may feel spiritual, but it’s also deeply physiological — helping regulate the vagus nerve, quiet the stress response, and restore natural balance in the body.
Another common misunderstanding is that sound healing is passive. While people are lying down, they are far from disengaged. The stillness allows the mind to settle so the body can process and release what it’s been holding. It’s an active recalibration, a partnership between frequency and awareness.
At its heart, my work isn’t about “fixing” anyone — it’s about helping people remember the wholeness that’s already within them. That’s something science, psychology, and spirituality all agree on, even if they use different language to describe it.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Dr. Gigi Turner, founder of Singing Bowls of the Rockies in Colorado Springs. I’m a former psychology professor and psychotherapist who shifted my focus from the mind to the full human experience — body, mind, and spirit. What began as a curiosity about sound and its emotional effects evolved into a lifelong calling.
At Singing Bowls of the Rockies, we offer immersive sound bath experiences using one of Colorado’s largest collections of crystal and Tibetan singing bowls. Each tone is intentional — a conversation between vibration and emotion — inviting people into deep rest, release, and reconnection with their natural rhythm.
What makes our work unique is the way it blends emotional safety with vibrational healing. My background in psychology helps me hold space for people in a way that feels safe, grounded, and supportive. The instruments create the resonance, but it’s the trust and presence in the room that allow true healing to unfold.
Right now, our focus is on introducing sound baths to more people and helping them recognize this as a legitimate, mainstream wellness practice. More and more, we’re seeing people turn to sound as a way to manage stress, reconnect with their inner stillness, and experience genuine peace — something our world deeply needs.
Great, so let’s dive into your journey a bit more. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
Before the world told me who I had to be, I was a deeply curious and sensitive child who loved to listen — not just to people, but to everything. I was drawn to sound, to silence, to the way energy moved through a room. I think I’ve always been a student of emotion and presence, even before I knew those words.
Over time, like many of us, I learned to fit into expectations — to achieve, to perform, to become who I thought I needed to be. But underneath it all, that quiet observer never disappeared. She’s still there — the one who listens deeply and senses what isn’t being said. Returning to her has been the real work of my life and the heart of my practice today.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
Suffering taught me humility — the kind that softens rather than breaks. When you sit with people in their pain, as I did for many years in psychology, you begin to understand that struggle is universal. But when you walk through your own, you learn that it’s also sacred.
Pain slowed me down. It made me listen differently — not just with my mind, but with my whole being. It stripped away the illusion that healing comes from fixing. True healing, I’ve learned, begins when we stop running from discomfort and allow ourselves to be fully present with it. That’s where compassion grows — for ourselves and for others.
Success can affirm your strength, but suffering reveals your depth. It’s what taught me how to hold space for others — not as someone with answers, but as someone who understands what it means to be human.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
That stillness is one of the most powerful states a person can cultivate. In our culture, stillness is often mistaken for inaction — something empty or unproductive. But in my experience, stillness is where clarity, creativity, and healing begin. It’s not about escaping the world; it’s about tuning into it more deeply.
When I guide sound baths, I see it happen again and again — people arrive restless, distracted, sometimes skeptical, and leave with a sense of peace that words can’t quite describe. That’s not coincidence; it’s resonance. In stillness, the nervous system resets, the heart opens, and we remember who we are underneath all the noise.
Few people are taught to value that kind of quiet power. But I’ve built my life and work around it — because I believe stillness isn’t the absence of life. It’s the space where life can finally be heard.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
I hope people say that I helped them remember their own light. Not that I healed them, but that I created a space where they could hear themselves again — beneath the noise of the world.
If people remember me, I want it to be for the way they felt in that space: safe, seen, and reconnected with something timeless inside themselves. My legacy isn’t in the sound bowls or the instruments — it’s in the moments of stillness that awaken something real in others.
More than anything, I hope people say, “She reminded me that peace isn’t out there somewhere — it’s within me, waiting to be heard.”
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