My Qi Energy Healing Lineage
Hi, I’m Harmony (he/they) and I’m a Qi Energy Healer.
My journey in healing work starting in 2019, when I began teaching healing movement classes for queer, trans and non-binary people as “Your Gay Dance Teacher.” I’ve been a community-based somatic healer since then, helping people reconnect with their bodies and find healing after trauma.
I’m half Chinese, and my methods have always been rooted in Chinese culture—specifically drawing upon my martial arts training, family wisdom, and lived experiences with Kung Fu, Dance, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong, as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine.
From 2019-2024, I taught classes, workshops, and provided 1-on-1 somatic coaching using my personal method to help members of my community recover from trauma and emotional pain. This method was informed and shaped by my heritage, as well as the works of Access-Centered Movement, Brujitxs del Barrio, Hanah Salas, Aun’jel Fullington, bell hooks, Prentis Hemphill, Reverend angel Kyoto williams, Nkem Ndefo, Dr. Resmaa Menakem, and other QTIBIPOC healers, disability justice comrades, and somatic practitioners who I’ve been lucky enough to learn from/work with.
I didn’t take up healing work just for funsies. Like many other healers, I started doing healing work because I was deep in my own healing journey, trying anything and everything I could to heal from trauma and emotional pain caused by the relational wounds of my past.
I grew up with a narcissistic, abusive, white supremacist father who disowned me for being gay, and a Chinese immigrant mother who didn’t know how to connect with me emotionally.
I usually tell people that I’m a “Good Kid” in recovery. The way I survived in an abusive household was by getting good grades, overachieving in everything I did, never complaining or expressing my needs, and putting everyone before myself. These conditioned patterns stuck with me into adulthood, causing more emotional suppression, poor boundaries, chronic pain, panic attacks, and relationships based caregiving, rather than reciprocal connection.
My coping came at a cost. At the age of 30, my life imploded and I suddenly found myself divorced, heartbroken, housing unstable, jobless (after a 6 year career as an Environmental Health Officer in the Navy), broke, and suicidally depressed while trying to navigate a prolonged mental health crisis. When my life fell apart, I felt so much disdain for myself. After a lifetime of taking care of everyone else, I couldn’t even take care of myself.
Slowly but surely, I got help, started therapy, found supports, and learned somatic tools to help manage my unresolved PTSD. When I found tools, strategies, or supports that helped me in my healing, I shared them with my community so that others could benefit as well.
In 2024, a member of my chosen family, who was studying to be a TCM doctor, introduced me to a modality of energy healing called “The Emotion Code.” This method was created by a white guy named Dr. Bradley Nelson, but his method was rooted in TCM and somatics. I was skeptical at first but figured, “might as well give it a try”. At that time, I was struggling heavily with emotional activation and sensory overwhelm (btw I’m autistic), as well as anxiety, depression, dysphoria (btw I’m also trans), and a recent breakup. I felt like I was stuck, having deja vu of the same fights/conflicts/hurt feelings over and over again, even though I had tried nearly every healing approach I could get my hands on. Personal therapy, group therapy, movement therapy, art therapy, voice journaling, regular journaling, fixed candles, rituals, psychedelics, cannabis, acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, yoga, meditation…you name it, I’ve probably tried it.
So when I say that NOTHING has helped me release my emotional baggage like the “Emotion Code,” I truly mean it. Yes, those other healing modalities helped immensely, but they took a very long time to get at the root of the issue. I’m someone who has had a terribly difficult time naming and expressing my emotions, especially verbally. As a result, I had a whole lot of unprocessed emotions which were eating me up inside and causing me to feel chronic pain, suffering, and distress.
After I started doing energy work on myself using this modality, my anxiety lessened. My depression eased. I found more mental space and clarity. I didn’t feel so bad all the time. I felt more able to make new choices, try new things, and be creative. I did started doing “Emotion Code” sessions for my dog, Mitch (yes, it also works on animals!), as well as members of my chosen family and saw time and again how effective this approach is for people with deeply rooted complex trauma.
So, I took the next step to get certified as an "Emotion Code” practitioner. I call myself a Qi Energy Healer to both de-colonize this method and center the roots of this energy work in TCM—honoring the technologies and medicine of my ancestors. I love helping people release trapped emotions from their bodies, and it has been so magical and humbling to see my friends, clients, and loved ones experience life-changing positive shifts after even one session.
Today, I’m excited to share this medicine with you, and help you release your trapped emotions so you can experience healing, peace of mind, and relief too! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to book a session with me: harmony.lee.loves.you@gmail.com
