Today we’d like to introduce you to Serene Soliman.
Hi serene, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Originally from Tennessee, I spent the past decade in Nashville before moving last August to pursue a master’s degree in Somatic Psychotherapy at Naropa University. My background is rooted in the arts — from burlesque dance and music (with an EP project awaiting my next Nashville family visit) to modeling.
About five years ago, my path expanded into energy healing after many years of exploring esoteric traditions. Today, I teach Usui Reiki remotely and am weaving sound baths into my practice with Tibetan bowls, chimes, and other instruments.
I’m deeply passionate about sound medicine and envision expanding this work within medical and scientific contexts. My hope is to integrate these modalities through a somatic lens, creating spaces where art and science come together in service of holistic healing
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I feel as though it’s taken quite a roundabout journey to find my grounding again. For many years, I worked in sales and felt stuck in an uninspired place as an artist. It wasn’t until I experienced personal losses that I allowed grief to take up space and learned how to hold grace for myself through it. Slowing down and letting love carry me through painful transitions became profoundly moving.
About a year ago, in meditation, I built the instrumental vision for Venus Martyr through my synesthesia. I recorded each layer of the composition by humming, with the vision of assigning every sound to an instrument — since I had long forgotten music theory. By end of the last summer, I connected with an audio engineer in Nashville who helped bring the creation to life. I would later be awarded the Somatic Arts Scholarship at Naropa University for a dance performance set to the very song I had composed to navigate my grieving.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
When I am not in class or teaching Reiki, I have a lot of fun studying psychoacoustics and vibroacoustics. I recently attended another workshop in New Mexico where I had the opportunity to learn gongs and drums. I plan to add these instruments to my collection so I can incorporate them into my Reiki practice and sound bath facilitating in the future.
My EP will likely need one more song recreated and some finishing touches. I’d like to share it before my graduation date on public platforms.
I also plan on recording guided meditations using my creative writing for YouTube around school break.
Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
A lot of folks don’t know about my music project. I got to play several instruments on the EP and spent many of my final days in Nashville, before heading back to college, in the studio. I wanted to incorporate Coptic Egyptian influences, my love for studying time and space, and jazzy tones into the project.
I’m also very crafty and have found a lot of mindfulness in the reward of making things by hand. I recently created a Reiki-infused jasmine and lavender mist, which has been wonderful for resetting both myself and the space around me. I sell them in local market settings.
Pricing:
- Reiki Level 1 or 2 Class $180
- Reiki Remote $100
- Past Life Regression Meditations $180
- Reiki with sound $120
- Reiki Mist $18
Contact Info:
- Website: https://harmonywithserene.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/harmonywithserene
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@Sereneethereal
