Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Brownin Pettiford. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Alright, Brownin thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear the backstory of how you established your own practice.
Finding My Frequency: The Journey From Federal Service to Founding My Own Wellness Practice
Transitioning from a 20+ year federal career to launching my own wellness practice was not a single moment—it was a gradual awakening. For years, I served as an IT Specialist and trainer, helping agencies function while my own nervous system was quietly breaking down. After back surgery in 2012, yoga and sound healing became part of my rehabilitation, but they ultimately evolved into my guiding path. What began as personal healing slowly became a calling to help others regulate, reconnect, and restore.
The Turning Point
My practice didn’t start with a business plan—it started with a feeling. Friends and family who experienced my sound baths would often say, “You need to share this with more people.” I realized that the peace I was creating in small circles was something our community deeply needed, and something I could no longer ignore.
In 2025, I made the decision to step out of the federal structure and step into my true purpose. Blissful Sounds & Vibrational Therapy was officially born.
The Steps That Laid the Foundation
1. Deepening My Training
To honor this new chapter, I invested in high-level training. I traveled to Bali for a 30-day immersion and earned certifications in 11 styles of yoga, meditation, and chakra alignment. This training didn’t just sharpen my skills— it expanded my spiritual, emotional, and energetic understanding of healing.
2. Defining My Signature Offerings
Slowly, I built a practice centered around sound healing, aromatherapy, yoga, nervous system restoration, and community-rooted experiences. My work naturally expanded into monthly sound baths, chakra workshops, personalized sessions, and eventually retreats.
3. Creating Space for Community
I partnered with local studios—most notably Just Breathe Yoga Center in Douglasville, GA—where my classes consistently fill and grow through genuine word of mouth.
4. Expanding Into Retreats & Corporate Wellness
What began as single sessions turned into multi-day immersive retreats. Copper & Crystals Camping Wellness Retreat became the signature experience that ties together everything I offer: community, rest, connection, movement, and vibrational healing.
The Challenges Behind the Journey
Starting a wellness practice brought real challenges:
Letting Go of Stability
Leaving the security of government work meant stepping into financial uncertainty. I had to learn to trust myself and trust the process.
Standing in My Worth
Many healers struggle with confidence when pricing their gifts. I had to learn to honor the value of my work and the transformation it provides.
Building Both the Heart and the Backend
Running a healing practice is two businesses at once—the spiritual offering and the operations behind it. Marketing, branding, scheduling, contracts, finances, and logistics were all things I had to learn as I grew.
Navigating Through a Shutdown
The government shutdown layered additional stress onto my transition, forcing me to step into my practice sooner and more boldly than expected.
What I Would Do Differently
If I could go back, I would have trusted my calling sooner. The fulfillment, alignment, community, and impact I feel today were waiting for me long before I had the courage to step forward.
Advice for Young Professionals Starting Their Own Practice
1. Start before you feel ready.
Confidence isn’t a prerequisite—movement creates clarity.
2. Build from your “why.”
When your purpose is aligned, your practice becomes magnetic.
3. Invest in training and embodiment.
Skills matter, but the energy you bring into the room matters even more.
4. Grow community, not just clientele.
People return because they feel seen, safe, and supported.
5. Be patient with your process.
Healing businesses often grow slowly, quietly, and organically—but the foundation becomes unshakeable.
6. Your story is your power.
The journey that brought you here is the very medicine your clients need.
Brownin, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
Introducing Myself & My Work
My name is Brownin, and I am the founder of Blissful Sounds & Vibrational Therapy, LLC, a multidimensional wellness practice rooted in sound healing, yoga, aromatherapy, nervous system restoration, and community-centered experiences. I often tell people: I didn’t choose this work—this work chose me. My journey into this field began long before I ever realized it would become my life’s purpose.
For over 20 years, I served as an IT Specialist in the federal government. From the outside, it looked like stability. On the inside, my nervous system was unraveling under the weight of stress, trauma, long commutes, and constant pressure. After back surgery in 2012, my doctor recommended yoga for physical recovery—but yoga ended up rebuilding far more than my spine. It reconnected me to my breath, my body, my spirit, and the soft places inside me that I had neglected for years.
As I traveled the world—Bali, the Caribbean, Mexico, Africa—I became a student of stillness, ritual, culture, and healing traditions. I eventually earned certifications in 11 styles of yoga, meditation, and chakra alignment, along with extensive training in sound healing and vibrational therapy. Each modality became another piece of my personal healing puzzle.
What started as a private practice for my own well-being slowly evolved into a passion for guiding others. Friends who experienced my sound baths would leave lighter, clearer, and more grounded than they arrived. They encouraged me to share my gift more widely—and that nudge became the seed of my business.
What I Do & Who I Serve
Today, through Blissful Sounds & Vibrational Therapy, I offer:
Sound baths and vibrational therapy using crystal bowls, tuning forks, chimes, drumming, and guided meditation
Aromatherapy-infused restorative practices
Monthly experiences at Just Breathe Yoga Center in Douglasville, GA
Floating aerial sound baths for deep nervous system regulation
Private, group, and corporate wellness sessions
Workshops, retreats, and chakra alignment series
The Copper & Crystals Camping Wellness Retreat, a 3-day immersive healing weekend
My work supports clients who struggle with:
Chronic stress and anxiety
Burnout and emotional overwhelm
Sleep disturbances
Trauma stored in the body
Difficulty relaxing or regulating their nervous system
Desire for community, connection, and spiritual grounding
By blending sound, breath, movement, aromatherapy, and intention, I help people come home to themselves—mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
What Sets My Work Apart
My approach is unique because it is not just rooted in technique—it is rooted in lived experience. I am not offering wellness from a pedestal; I am offering wellness from the trenches of my own healing. Clients often tell me they feel:
Seen
Held
Safe
Understood
I combine structure with softness, science with spirit, and traditional healing with modern nervous system education. Every offering is designed with intention, accessibility, and cultural sensitivity.
Additionally, I bring a global perspective. Being a traveler and a “global citizen,” I infuse my sessions with rituals, sounds, and practices inspired by cultures that have shaped my healing journey.
What I’m Most Proud Of
I am most proud of two things:
1. The Community I’ve Built
People find me through TikTok, word of mouth, studios, or simply by following their intuition—and they stay because the healing is real. My community is filled with people rediscovering their power, their breath, and their inner peace. That is an honor I hold sacred.
2. The Copper & Crystals Camping Wellness Retreat
This retreat has become the heart of my work—an immersive blend of nature, ceremony, sound, movement, sisterhood/brotherhood, and soul rest. Watching people transform over a weekend reminds me why I said “yes” to this path.
What I Want People to Know About Me & My Brand
I want people to know that my work is not just about creating relaxation—it’s about creating restoration. It’s about helping people reconnect to their frequency, release what their bodies have been holding, and remember the soft, sacred parts of themselves.
My brand stands for:
Healing as a lifestyle, not a moment
Accessible wellness for every body
Community, culture, and connection
Rooting and rising at the same time
Empowerment through embodiment
Whether someone comes to a monthly sound bath, a corporate workshop, a private session, or a full retreat, my goal is always the same:
to offer a space where people feel safe enough to breathe again.
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
What Helped Me Build My Reputation in the Wellness Market
Honestly, my reputation was built long before I ever had a business name or a logo. It grew from experience—not marketing. From the beginning, every offering I created came from a place of genuine care, compassion, and lived healing. People could feel that. And in this industry, people remember how you make them feel more than anything else.
What helped me build my reputation most was:
1. Word of Mouth & Referrals
My entire business has grown through referrals. Someone attends a sound bath, has a breakthrough moment, sleeps better for the first time in months, or finally feels their nervous system settle—and they tell a friend. Then that friend tells another friend. That organic ripple is the heartbeat of my brand.
2. Consistency in the Experience
Whether someone comes to a monthly sound bath, a private session, a corporate wellness event, or my Copper & Crystals Retreat, they experience the same level of intention, gentleness, professionalism, and grounding presence. People trust consistency, and that builds reputation.
3. Authenticity
I never pretend to be something I’m not. I am a healer because I, too, needed healing. I share my story, my transitions, my challenges, and my truth. Clients connect with me because they see a real person, not a performance.
4. Creating Safe, Culturally Aware Spaces
As a Black woman in wellness, it is important to me that people of all backgrounds feel seen, welcomed, and safe in my spaces. That inclusivity and cultural sensitivity have resonated powerfully in my community.
5. Offering Experiences, Not Just Services
People don’t just come to “a sound bath.” They come to be held, restored, and poured back into. My offerings are full experiences—immersive, emotional, spiritual, grounding. That sets me apart.
6. Letting the Work Speak for Itself
Whether it’s the chakra series, aerial sound baths, aromatherapy meditations, or my camping retreat—everything I offer is designed with intention. The results my clients feel are what continue to build my reputation.
Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?
What Helps You Succeed in This Field Beyond Training and Knowledge
In my field, technical training and certifications are important—but they’re not what make someone truly successful. Wellness is heart-work, energy-work, and soul-work. The qualities that sustain you in this industry go far deeper than anything you can learn in a classroom.
1. Embodiment of Your Own Healing
People can feel when you are speaking from knowledge versus when you are speaking from lived experience. My ability to guide others comes from doing the work myself—shadow work, nervous system repair, releasing old patterns, and learning to sit with my own emotions. You can’t hold space for someone else if you’ve never learned how to hold space for yourself.
2. Emotional Intelligence & Intuition
So much of this work is energetic—reading the room, sensing what someone needs without them saying it, and creating an environment where people feel safe to soften. Intuition guides the tone, the pace, the instruments, the flow, and the atmosphere of the session.
3. Consistency & Integrity
Clients trust you when your message, your space, and your presence remain steady. Showing up with the same grounded energy each time builds credibility and long-term loyalty.
4. The Ability to Hold Safe Space
This field requires compassion, gentleness, and the ability to regulate your own nervous system so you don’t absorb the emotions of others. Safety—emotional, physical, and energetic—is the true foundation of any healing practice.
5. Authenticity
People don’t come to me because I’m perfect. They come because I’m real. My vulnerability, my transparency, and my humanity make my offerings relatable. Authenticity creates connection—and connection creates healing.
6. Community Building
The wellness field thrives on relationships, not transactions. Word of mouth, referrals, and community trust are more powerful than any marketing strategy. Being present, accessible, and engaged with your community is essential.
7. Adaptability & Creativity
Every client is different. Every room is different. Every session is different. Being able to read energy, adjust your approach, and tailor experiences makes all the difference.
Success in this field doesn’t come from certificates alone—it comes from presence, purpose, and the willingness to grow alongside the people you serve.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.blissfulsoundsandvibes.com
- Instagram: @mzbrowninp
- Facebook: Blissful Sounds and Vibrational Therapy
