Sound Healing at the Aspen Ideas Festival: Health 2026 with Danielle Klein

in Aspen, Colorado

There are moments in this work that stop me in my tracks and make me think, "How did I get here?" 💭
Being invited to lead sound healing sessions at the Aspen Ideas Festival was one of those moments.
When I received the invitation, I genuinely had to read it twice.
The Aspen Ideas Festival! 🤯 Inside the Buckminster Fuller Dome!? 🙀 At the Aspen Institute? 😲
I am in such gratitude for the work I do and where I am led to offer sessions. 😍

What Is the Aspen Ideas Festival?
If you have not heard of it; The Aspen Ideas Festival is an annual respected and celebrated gathering. Every year, brilliant minds from across every field (medicine, science, policy, technology, the arts) converge in Aspen, Colorado to share ideas, research and tools that have the potential to genuinely change the world. 🌍

The Health edition of this festival is a focused segment dedicated entirely to the future of human wellbeing....

Cacao Ceremony and Sound Journey at Telluride Yoga Festival 2026 with Danielle Klein

I was invited back to the Telluride Yoga Festival for the 2nd year in a row!!  Returning to a place that welcomed you so warmly the first time around is one of the sweetest feelings in this line of work. 😘
I led 3 sound journey sessions across the weekend. This blog is dedicated to the 1st one: The Cacao Ceremony & Sound Journey, because it deserves its own full story.

What Is Ceremonial Grade Cacao — And Why Does It Matter?
Before I tell you about the session, I want to give cacao the credit it deserves. Because what I use is not the cocoa powder in your pantry. Not even close.
Ceremonial grade cacao is something entirely different — and the distinction matters both energetically and nutritionally.
The cacao plant (Theobroma cacao — which literally translates from Greek as food of the gods) has been cultivated and revered for thousands of years, primarily throughout Mesoamerica — in regions that are now...