Sound is one of the oldest healing technologies we have — in this episode of the Beats & Balance Podcast, we explore how sound, vibration, and frequency intersect with science, spirituality, and community care.

Host Tinora Locke- Terrefe sits down with LaShekia Chatman, a medical anthropologist, educator, and host of the Love Genus Podcast, for a deep and grounded conversation about sound healing as both a personal and collective practice. Drawing from lived experience with chronic illness and her academic background in anthropology and public health, LaShekia unpacks how sound works on the nervous system, how it supports emotional regulation, and why it plays such a powerful role in communal healing spaces.

From there, the conversation widens into the social determinants of health, the realities  ...