About Callista Shepherd
Callista is a heartfelt Sound Healing Practitioner, Reiki Master, and mystic dedicated to supporting others on their spiritual and healing journeys. With a deep connection to spiritual realms and ancient wisdom, she specializes in using sound therapy and energetic healing to promote balance, relaxation, and inner peace. As an EOL transition intuitive, Callista guides individuals and their loved ones through the profound process of end-of-life, offering compassionate consultations, guidance, and emotional support to facilitate a peaceful and soulful transition. She combines her intuitive insights with her expertise in Daoist stone and crystal medicine, harnessing the healing energies of the earthly and spiritual planes via crystals and stones to restore harmony and vitality within the body, mind and spirit. Driven by a passion for awakening consciousness and fostering holistic well-being, Callista gently assists clients in uncovering their inner strength and spiritual clarity, nurturing healing on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.
Training and Expertise
Certified Massage Therapist
Private practice clientele since 1993 in San Francisco/Bay Area Peninsula. Trained at the McKinnon Institute in Oakland; The World School in San Francisco; CIIS arts & somatic healing coursework at the Haight-Ashbury campus in San Francisco; and an esteemed internship for hospital-based massage for acute and critical care at CPMC, Pacific Heights campus in San Francisco under the clinical direction of Marian Williams, RN.
Reiki Master
Callista has achieved an advanced level of Reiki training that empowers her to continue growing as a proficient channel in the practice of Reiki natural energy healing. She trained in the Usui Method under Reiki Master Pam Adler in Marin County, California as her apprentice for several years in the 1990’s.
Callista's training involves learning advanced techniques, including how to perform attunements and teach others. Callista has a deep understanding of principles and enhances their ability to channel energy for healing purposes.
Sound Healing Therapy
“I first experienced the transcendent realms of sound baths in 2019. I swooned - caught in an ecstatic, trance-inducing tractor beam I was drawn to every local sound bath opportunity that I could find. Words fail me – but if I had to say why I kept going to more and more sound baths and still keep going…is the visceral experience that the vibrational medicine received via each sound healing session or sound bath scrapes the serious drag and weighty barnacles off my mental/emotional/spiritual hull allowing me to sail more lightly and freely through the waters of my life.
For my birthday that year my husband made “the mistake” of gifting me a set of crystal sound bowls. It blew my mind! I don’t know why I didn’t know that you could just go out and buy these things but I was elated and I was off and running! I found online sound healing resources and hungrily read and practiced and learned everything I could in a DIY fashion. This vibrational medicine was feeding me in ways that I didn’t even realize that I had been seriously nutritionally deprived. I determined that I had to find a very experienced teacher, not just someone who had sound equipment to sell.”
In 2023 Callista went on an 8-month intensive journey of specialized training in sound therapy health practice from head sonic witch Melissa Felsenstein of Inner Sounds Mediation in Portland, OR and a dedicated group of her students from across the country. Next, Callista trained with and continues to be inspired by Simona Asinovski and Guy Douglas of the Sound Healing Symphony and Sound Meditation Presents a touring group of heart-centered, solid sound healing professionals and profoundly wonderful human beings for the large and extended sound healing community of practitioners and sound healing beneficiaries they foster in their wake; furthermore, I am deeply indebted to Sarah Glass/Music Teacher for helping me get over my fears of musical inadequacy to finally learn and easily understand in the most practical way to apply music theory. That music theory training helped me to make better instrument choices and equipment combinations for my sound healing sessions.
Callista currently conducts 3-4 sound baths on a monthly basis and has for decades held space for private clients in need of the natural healing modalities that she offers.
Daoist Stone & Crystal Medicine
Daoist stone and crystal medicine is a holistic practice rooted in ancient Chinese traditions that emphasizes the healing mineral profile and energetic properties of natural stones and crystals. Practitioners believe that these minerals can influence the body's energy, promote balance, and support physical and emotional well-being. By harnessing the unique vibrations of different stones, individuals seek to enhance their health, clear negative energy, and foster spiritual growth. This practice often incorporates meditation and mindfulness, creating a deeper connection to oneself and the natural world, especially through the lens and direct revelation practice of ancient stone medicine and future crystal technologies.
Following her instincts, over recent years Callista continued to expand on her vibrational medicine skills and toolkit which already included her instinctive application of stones and crystals in Reiki treatments. In 2024, Callista formally began training courses with a leading professional in the field, Sarah Thomas, MAc, LAc, founder of The Upper Clarity School of Stone Medicine. Sarah is a one-of-a-kind, innately attuned, natural health practitioner and inspired Daoist stone medicine teacher in the country, if not the world. Sarah has trained extensively with many shamanic healers and teachers in their native traditions from around the world, as well as, under the guidance of a Jeffrey Yuen, an 88th generation Daoist Priest of the Jade Purity Lineage.
Callista specializes in reading a client’s situation and need by taking a “deep look” on the subtle energetic veils of reality and receiving guidance on which stone and crystal medicine entities could make up an appropriate “elixir” to help them work with the consciousness level of healing that is currently in front of them to work through.
Continued Learning
Committed to ongoing personal and spiritual growth and knowledge expansion, Callista regularly participates in workshops and seminars to stay up to date on the latest advancements in sound healing and holistic wellness.
Contact me if you are interested in working with me or have other questions or comments you would like to share.
The Sound Bath Experience
At the core of Callista Shepherd's philosophy is the belief that everything is energy and that our intention, along with specifically designed sound instruments to deliver vibrational medicine, has the power to harmonize healing frequencies for the benefit of our mind, body, and spirit. Each sound bath experience is thoughtfully curated to provide an intentionally sacred space for relaxation, introspection, and clearing blockages to achieve energetic balance.
Discover how Callista's approach to sound baths transcends traditional relaxation methods, offering a profound journey of self-discovery and inner connection. Through her unique philosophy, she aims to inspire individuals to embrace the therapeutic benefits of sound, leading them towards holistic wellness, increased self-awareness and inner transformation. Callista helps clients to gain practice and confidence in listening for the “still, quiet voice”. Taking time to center yourself, to breathe, to let go, to be – we can become more grounded, and a peaceful influence in the circles of our life, which helps uplift our families, our communities, and truly, the planet.
Thank you for bringing your good intentions to each group sound bath - to become willing to clear ourselves of whatever comes up, so ultimately we can become a lighter, uplifting presence – taking good care of your state of being is putting on your own oxygen mask first, so essential. Pass it on.