I’m Erica Forbes, born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. My work is rooted in a lifelong relationship with nature, music, creativity, and holistic wellness. As a young person, I spent two years living in the wilderness—an experience that deeply shaped my connection to the earth and continues to influence the way I live and work today. By the age of 14, I had become a vegetarian, was making my own jewelry and clothing, and was already drawn to music, natural living, sustainability, crystals, and alternative healing practices. Those passions eventually came together through The Lotus Boutique, a creative and sustainable space I built around art, fashion, jewelry, wellness, and conscious living. Within The Lotus Boutique, I later created Lotus Healing Studio, an immersive space dedicated to sound, energy work, relaxation, and meaningful community connection.

My introduction to healing began long before I understood it as a profession. Growing up in the 1980s, I watched my mother practice Reiki and hands-on healing. I remember her playing Gregorian chant throughout our home and feeling the sound resonate through my body. When I experienced headaches, she would often use her hands to help ease them. Those early experiences stayed with me and became part of the foundation for the work I do today.

My grandmother also had an extraordinary collection of sound instruments, including a four-foot standing gong, singing bowls, and water gongs. I was fascinated by them. Even as a child, I sensed there was something ancient and powerful within these instruments, and that curiosity became a lifelong passion for sound and vibration.

My father—a director, producer, writer, and filmmaker—taught me the importance of independence, creativity, and seeing life from different perspectives. He encouraged me to work for myself, follow unconventional paths, and trust my own ideas. His commitment to healthy living also influenced my personal approach to wellness and longevity.

Today, I am a Certified Sound Healing Practitioner, Reiki Master/Teacher, Crystal + Chakra + Energy Practitioner, Flower Essence Practitioner, Meditation Guide, and holistic wellness educator. I have completed more than 300 hours of specialized study and training, including trauma-informed education, and have earned 31 certifications through complementary wellness and healing organizations.

At Lotus Healing Studio, I create immersive sound experiences using a carefully curated collection of instruments, including 19th-century Himalayan singing bowls, crystal singing bowls, gongs, drums, rainsticks, chimes, flutes, tuning forks, and other acoustic instruments.

Every sound bath I facilitate is created live and in real time. There are no prerecorded soundtracks and no identical sessions. I listen to the room, the energy, the people, and the instruments themselves, allowing each experience to unfold organically. This makes every sound bath completely unique and gives participants the opportunity to become fully present, relax, reconnect, and simply receive.

Lotus Healing Studio offers weekly sound baths, private sessions, private group experiences, retreats, ceremonies, and special events. Experiences can be thoughtfully curated for corporate groups, team gatherings, bridal celebrations, birthdays, family gatherings, celebrations of life, retreats, and other meaningful occasions.

I also bring Lotus Healing Studio experiences into luxury hospitality settings throughout Santa Barbara, creating elevated sound experiences designed to complement spa, wellness, concierge, and guest programming.

My approach is deeply influenced by trauma-informed principles. I believe a meaningful wellness experience begins by creating an environment where people feel comfortable, respected, and supported. Rather than approaching healing as something one person does to another, my intention is to create space for people to reconnect with themselves and their own innate capacity for balance, awareness, and restoration.

For me, sound healing is the culmination of so many threads of my life—nature, music, creativity, independence, sustainability, energy work, community, and a lifelong curiosity about how sound can affect the way we feel.

Lotus Healing Studio is a welcoming space for anyone seeking a moment to slow down, reconnect, experience sound, and explore a deeper sense of balance and connection.

Erica Forbes

• Certified Sound Healing Practitioner
• Reiki Master / Teacher
• Crystal Healing Practitioner
• Chakra + Energy Practitioner
• Flower Essence Practitioner
• Meditation Guide
• Trauma-Informed Practitioner — 300+ hours of study and training
• 31 certifications in complementary wellness and healing modalities
• Continuing education in sound, vibration, energy work, meditation, nervous-system awareness, and holistic wellness

Professional Associations & Certifications Include:
CTAA • AANWP • ISTA • SHA • RHA • Life Church

Call / Text: (805) 452-2929
Email: thelotusboutiquesb@gmail.com
Instagram: @lotushealingstudio

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