Sound Healing
Singing bowls, gongs, tamboura, piano, vocals, chimes, and drums, woven into a live session.
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Creative Energy Artist · Co-Founder
Yonatan Elkayam, Reiki Master and sound healer
Sound healing led by a musician who reads the room by sensing what is actually present, then works with it directly. Yonatan Elkayam is the co-founder and Creative Energy Artist at Word of Mouth, a private Melrose studio in West Hollywood. He brings 30 years of musical and vibrational study to reiki, sound healing, breathwork, and Classical Pilates across Los Angeles.
Certified Reiki Master Teacher · Sound healer · Private Melrose studio
Creative Energy Artist
Usui Reiki lineage · 30 years of musical study
Your Practitioner
Who is Yonatan Elkayam?
Yonatan is Word of Mouth's Creative Energy Artist and co-founder. He brings 30 years of musical and vibrational study alongside Certified Reiki Master Teacher training and Classical Pilates instruction. He leads the studio's sound healing sessions with singing bowls, gongs, tamboura, piano, vocals, chimes, and drums.
His background as a musician means he reads the room by sensing what is actually present, then works with it directly. Sessions with him are grounding, specific, and quiet in a way that tends to move things. He holds the traditional Usui Reiki lineage and teaches attunements at every training level.
Yonatan and his wife Jaime are married, and they work together in the same Melrose studio, bringing their modalities into one container. For over a decade they have supported therapists, creatives, couples, and high-achievers across Los Angeles. You get both practitioners in the room, not one.
What Yonatan Leads
The work Yonatan brings to a session
The vibrational and musical dimension of the practice, grounded in reiki, breath, and body.
Reiki Energy Healing
Hands-on and hands-off reiki in the traditional Usui lineage he also teaches.
Reiki energy healing →Breathwork
Conscious breathing to settle the nervous system and open the body before deeper work.
Breathwork →Classical Pilates
Functional movement for grounding, somatic integration, and nervous-system support.
How He Works
A musician who reads the room
Yonatan does not run a fixed playlist. He senses what is present in the room and shapes the sound to it, which is why no two sessions land the same way. The result is grounding and specific, not a generic soundscape.
Reads the room, then responds
He works with what is actually present that day rather than a preset script.
Live instruments, played by hand
Singing bowls, gongs, tamboura, piano, vocals, chimes, and drums, curated in the moment.
Grounded in the body
Classical Pilates and breath help you feel present and strong before the energy work deepens.
Rooted in the Usui lineage
He holds the traditional Usui Reiki lineage and teaches attunements at every level.
Credentials
Yonatan's training and certifications
Yonatan pairs formal certification with three decades of musical and vibrational study, all held within the traditional Usui Reiki lineage.
Certified Reiki Master Teacher
Trained in the traditional Usui Reiki lineage, teaching attunements at every level.
Certified Breathwork Facilitator
Conscious breathing for nervous-system regulation and emotional release.
Classical Pilates Instructor
Functional movement for grounding and somatic integration.
Musician and Sound Healer
Leads sound healing with a full range of live instruments.
30 years of musical and vibrational study
The foundation for how he works with sound, rhythm, and grounding.
Yonatan and Jaime are Certified Reiki Master Teachers and coaches, not licensed therapists. Reiki, sound healing, and breathwork are complementary to medical and mental-health care, not a replacement for it. If you are in active treatment, they work alongside your provider.
In Their Words
What clients say about working with Yonatan
★★★★★
Between Yonatan and Jaime you're getting energy magicians, body mechanics, and musical healers all-at-once.
Yossef Sagi
★★★★★
I've been going to Word of Mouth for the past three years for both Pilates and Reiki, including training and personal sessions. Their approach blends discipline with compassion, helping me strengthen my body while connecting more deeply with my own energy. Each session feels intuitive, restorative, and grounding.
Leon Halperin
★★★★★
Love love love LOVE! I've done Reiki, Pilates, and soundbaths here. You walk in and you are immediately greeted with a gentle warmth and sincere kindness.
Nicole Benson
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Sessions run in a private, cozy loft off Melrose in West Hollywood. No upsells, no discovery call required to get started.
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Explore Word of Mouth
Sound Healing
Singing bowls, gongs, piano, and vocals in a private, live session.
Sound healing →Breathwork
Conscious breathing for nervous-system regulation and emotional release.
Breathwork →Reiki Training
Learn reiki in the Usui lineage Yonatan teaches, from Level 1 to Master.
Reiki training →Meet Jaime Elkayam
Yonatan's partner and co-founder, Reiki Master Teacher and energy healing specialist.
Meet Jaime →