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Daksha Franklin l RN + Clinical Hypnotist

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Hypnosis • Sound • Nervous System Regulation
For the women holding it together + secretly exhausted.
Rewiring the patterns mindset can’t reach.

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if your day off has a to-do list… hi, it me 🙋🏽‍♀️

laundry. errands. that email you’ve been avoiding. meal prep. “just a quick reset” of the entire house.

and rest is always scheduled for… next weekend.

send this to the friend who calls running errands “relaxing” 🥲 by @amra.light

You can know exactly why you people-please, overthink, procrastinate, or sabotage opportunities and still find yourself doing the same things.

And that’s where I think a lot of personal development conversations fall short.

We spend so much time trying to understand ourselves that understanding becomes the destination.

But awareness is only one part of change.

At some point, ‘why do I do this?’ has to turn into ‘what am I going to do about it?’

Because knowing your patterns and changing them are two completely different things. by @amra.light

This is NOT an anti-therapy post.

After nearly 20 years of navigating panic disorder through medication and talk therapy, hypnosis helped me understand myself in a way I hadn’t experienced before.

I finally recognized my people-pleasing and the life I thought I was supposed to want vs the life I actually wanted for what they were: subconscious programming.

Within six months of starting hypnosis, I’d weaned off my medication and I haven’t needed it since.

Therapy has its place, and this is just my personal experience. But sometimes understanding your patterns and actually changing them require different approaches.

And that’s a huge part of why I do what I do today. 🤍

DISCLAIMER: This is my personal experience, not medical advice. Hypnosis is not a substitute for prescribed medication or medical care. Always consult your healthcare provider before making changes to your medication. by @amra.light

You’ve done the reading. The reflecting. The talking it through.

You understand your patterns better than most people ever will.

And yet you still find yourself right back in them.

That doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong.

It means you’ve been working with the part of you that understands, not the part running on autopilot.

You don’t have to keep trying harder.

Hypnosis helps you reach the programs running on autopilot and update them, so what you know and how you live finally start to match.

If your autopilot could unlearn one pattern, what would you want it to be? Comment below, or send me a DM. by @amra.light

You know that feeling when you finally sit down at the end of the day and your body just... crashes?

Like you didn’t even realize how hard you were running until you stopped.

That’s not relaxation.

That’s your body giving out because it had no other choice.

We’ve been taught that rest is what happens after we’ve earned it. After the deadline. After the launch. After things calm down.

But things never calm down. There’s always another thing.

And so we keep pushing. Keep powering through. Keep telling ourselves we’ll slow down “soon.”

Until one day it catches up.

The short fuse. The 3am racing thoughts. The exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix.

Here’s what I wish someone told me sooner: rest isn’t the reward for productivity. It’s the foundation underneath it.

You can’t think clearly, show up fully, or make good decisions from a depleted system.

Slowing down isn’t giving up. It’s how you actually get ahead.

If this hit home, save it for when you need the reminder. 🤍

 ID: A 6-slide carousel with black text on white backgrounds. Slides cover signs your body needs rest (fatigue, short fuse, disconnection, running on empty) and ends with a reframe: rest doesn’t slow your momentum, it’s how you get ahead. by @amra.light

If you’ve been feeling overstimulated, wired, or constantly “on,” this is for you.

Exhale & Soften is a luxury Hypnotic Sound™ event designed to help you fully unwind and soften from the inside out.

More than a traditional sound bath, it’s an intentionally curated evening of immersive sound, guided hypnosis, blue lotus tea lattes, light bites, and refined details.

🗓️ Sunday, March 15 📍 Manhattan Beach

Limited seats available. Reserve your place via the link in bio.

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 #LuxurySoundBath #SoundBathLosAngeles #ManhattanBeachWellness #LosAngelesWellness #HypnoticSound wellnesseventsla by @amra.light

Sometimes social media makes nervous system regulation feel complicated. These are 5 simple ways to regulate right now with what you already have.

Breathwork �Breathe out longer than you breathe in. When your exhale is longer than your inhale, it activates the part of your nervous system responsible for rest. Your body reads it as a signal that you’re safe.

Grounding �Put your feet on the earth. Grass, sand, dirt. It sounds simple because it is. Physical contact with the ground interrupts the mental spiral and brings your awareness back into your body.
�Cold water
Run it over your wrists. The cold triggers something called the dive reflex, which naturally slows your heart rate and tells your nervous system to settle.
�Hum �The vibration from humming stimulates the vagus nerve, which runs from your brain down through your chest and gut. When you hum, you’re literally sending a calming signal through your entire body.
�Get outside �Look at the sky. Feel the sun. Go for a walk. Nature resets your system in ways screens and indoor spaces can’t. Even a few minutes shifts something.

Your body already knows how to calm down. These are just reminders.

Save this for when you need it. 🤍
�ID: A short reel showing 5 quick ways to calm your nervous system: breathwork with a slow exhale, grounding with bare feet on earth, cold water running over wrists, humming, and spending time outside. Text overlays label each tip as the clips transition. by @amra.light

With all the talk about nervous system regulation circulating, it’s hard to tell if anyone really knows what it actually means.   Overconsumption and misinformation make it easy to feel confused or overwhelmed by the topic.
 So here’s the simple version:  your nervous system is just your body’s built-in alarm system.   When it works well, it knows the difference between real danger and everyday stress. When it’s dysregulated, or in overdrive (aka survival mode) everything feels like an emergency, even things that aren’t. 
Regulation is teaching your body to learn the difference. So it stops sounding the alarm for even the small stuff. 
That’s it. That’s what the work is really about.

If this was helpful, save it to come back to later 🤍 by @amra.light

These words mean everything to me. 🤍

I don’t share them to brag. I share them because I know how hard it is to trust something you’ve never tried.

Every sound bath is different. Every person lands somewhere new. But the one thing I hear again and again?

“I didn’t know I was holding that much tension until I finally let go.”

If you’ve been curious about what a Hypnotic Sound™ experience actually feels like, swipe through. These are real words from real people after their first session.

And if something in you is saying “I need this”... trust that.

📍 The Wellness Den · Manhattan Beach 🗓 Sunday, February 15 · 6 PM

🔗 Link in bio to reserve your spot
 Only a few spaces left.

ID: A carousel of quotes from past sound bath participants on blurred image backgrounds, followed by event details. by @amra.light

This is what it looks like to finally stop.

No forcing. No fixing. Just sound, stillness, and permission to let go.

If your body has been running on empty and you’re ready to feel something shift, this sound bath experience was created for you.

📍 The Wellness Den · Manhattan Beach 🗓 Sunday, February 15 · 6 PM

🔗 Link in bio to reserve your spot
 Only a few spaces left.

ID: A short reel showing close-ups of participants resting during a Hypnotic Sound™ experience. Text reads “POV: you found your nervous system’s off switch” followed by event details. by @amra.light

A lot of people tell me they’ve been curious about sound healing or hypnosis for a while, but they’re nervous because they don’t know what to expect.

So here’s the honest answer: you lie down, close your eyes, and let yourself rest.

That’s it.

There’s no performance. No “doing it right.” Just permission to stop holding everything together for an hour.

If this is your first time, you’re exactly who this experience was made for.

🔗 Link in bio to join us on February 15th.

ID: A carousel of black text on white slides explaining what to expect at a Hypnotic Sound™ experience for first-timers. by @amra.light

Facilitating experiences like this always remind me why this work matters so much in workplace settings.

We had the honor of facilitating two Hypnotic Sound™ sessions for nearly 100 Tevora employees as part of their “Ready for Takeoff” wellness experience.

These weren’t your typical stress relief sessions.

Each sound bath was designed to support nervous system regulation and emotional recovery, helping high-performing professionals actually slow down, soften, and reconnect with themselves before launching into a new season of work.

When a room full of high-achieving professionals gives themselves permission to exhale together, something shifts. They leave more grounded, more attuned, and not just connected to themselves but each other too.

Real wellness isn’t a checklist.

It’s creating space to slow down and reset so people can return to work (and life) with more clarity and capacity.

This is what workplace wellness should look like:
Teams who can actually focus after lunch, not crash.
Energy that lasts through the quarter, not just the kickoff.
Tangible support for the human behind the job title.

Grateful to support teams like @lifeattevora who are prioritizing sustainable energy and grounded leadership. We’re not just “resetting” anymore… we’re learning how to regulate and truly restore.
 If you’re a leader looking to invest in your team’s well-being, I’d love to create something intentional with you. DM me to explore corporate sessions. ✨ 
📸: @amelie_e_uchiike

ID: A carousel of photos from a corporate Hypnotic Sound™ event showing employees resting on mats during a sound bath session. by @amra.light