Welcome.

I'm Joel.

I help people feel less pain and recover faster through Qigong energy healing, whether we're in the same room or on Zoom. This is a little home where I share my story and offer whatever help I can, to the people I love and to anyone they love too.

Text me Something hurts? Start here

what I've seen so far

212sessions, each one a case record

70%average pain relief, one session

95%felt less pain, all clients

83%felt their pain drop by half or more

This page breathes. In for four, out for six. Join me if you like

A note to you

Dear you,

If this note found its way to you, it's because someone cares about you. Maybe that someone is me.

I do this work because I don't want people to hurt longer than they have to, or to reach for fixes that can't be undone.

What keeps me going is a moment I never get tired of: watching clients who arrived in pain, often skeptical, realize their pain is gone, and look up in astonishment with a smile they can't hold back.

I've seen it with family, friends and people I'd only just met, and it moves me every single time.

I invite you to wander a little, read a few of their stories, take a breath with me.

And if something ever hurts, in your back, your neck or your heart, I'm one text away, wherever you are.

With a whole lot of love,Joel

P.S. If you only do one thing here, take a breath with me. It takes half a minute, and it's my favorite part of this page.

if something hurts,

let me help you heal.

Whenever you're ready, wherever you are.

Text me

Joel smiling at the bottom of a staircase framed by red velvet curtains — thank you for being here ♡

My path

How I found this work, or how it found me.

I didn't come to energy healing because I believed in it. I came because I kept seeing it work, and I couldn't look away.

June 22, 2023

A teacher, and a lineage

This is where it all began. That day I started training under Master Albert Chen in Vitalium, a branch of Shaolin Nei Jin Yi Zhi Chan, a Chan Buddhist practice that traces back to the Fujian Shaolin Temple. I've trained with him ever since, and today I'm one of only two people actively teaching it.

Consistent practice, for a long time

The foundation is humble: horse stance, held day after day. It's where the energy is built. Most of the work happens long before I ever begin a session with someone.

August 2023

Performing treatments and recording results

Seven weeks after I began, we started keeping a case record for every session: what brought each person in and, whenever they could put a number on their pain, how it scored before and after. I wanted to know honestly what was happening, and I wanted this work to be taken seriously. You can see every one of them in our case records.

Same results, near or far

The healing itself starts in stillness. From there, I direct energy, with intention, to wherever it hurts. Sometimes I'm right there beside you. Often I'm across the city or across the world, and my records say those sessions help about as much. No cracking, no needles, no pills. People often feel warmth, tingling, or simply relief.

June 9, 2026

Coherent Energy was born

Three years in, all of that grew into Coherent Energy, my practice in San Francisco. Its mission is to raise the standard of care, help practitioners earn a living wage, and bring this healing to more people.

Today · newest session Oct 6, 2026

Every session, one point of light

Put all of those sessions together and they tell the story of my journey better than I ever could. Here it is ↓

My journey

Every session matters.

Each point of light is one session — with a real person on the other side of it. The very first, in August 2023, sits at the center; the most recent is out at the edge. The bigger the light, the more pain relieved.

First session Aug 9, 2023 · most recent Oct 6, 2026

212 stories, one for every session since August 2023, and still being written.

Explore the full spiral Read the case records

Hover over any light to meet the person behind it, and click to explore the full spiral.

212sessions

newest · Oct 6, 2026 · Shoulder Pain ↗

Moments of relief

The moments that keep me going.

Meet the people behind that feeling below. Each experienced a moment when their pain let go. Some tell it in their own words.

Swipe to see more →

Joel treating Olga's lower back at a workshop

83% less pain

Lower back pain

Olga

Mill Valley, CA · Nov 2025

Before 6After 6

She came in skeptical. That one session jumpstarted a longer recovery, and today she's pain-free.

Case № 121 · watch the session →

100% less pain

Migraine headache

Dawn

Todos Santos, Mexico · Jan 2026

Before 6.5After 6.5

Twenty years of migraines. From a 6.5 to a 0 on a retreat morning in Todos Santos. She thanked us in tears the next day, still pain-free.

Case № 134 · in their own words →

Joel treating Peter's neck and shoulders

50% less pain

Neck & trap pain

Peter

Todos Santos, Mexico · Jan 2026

Before 9After 9

He hurt his neck right before a yoga retreat he was about to lead. Half the pain gone and his mobility back, he was teaching the next day.

Case № 133 · watch the session →

83% less pain

Pain from broken ribs

Okto

Black Rock City, NV · Sep 2024

Before 6After 6

Fourteen rib fractures from a motorcycle accident and years of back pain. One session brought him from a 6 to a 1.

Case № 35 · in their own words →

100% less pain

Shoulder tendonitis

Aren

Mill Valley, CA · Feb 2026

Before 4After 4

Four to five months of shoulder pain from a lifting injury. By that night it was gone, or barely there.

Case № 136 · watch the session →

89% less pain

Lower back pain

Jennifer

Mill Valley, CA · Oct 2025

Before 4.5After 4.5

Twenty years of lower back pain. A workshop in Mill Valley, and a month later, still pain-free.

Case № 116 · in their own words →

Joel treating Mark, who is seated wearing a walking boot

57% less pain

Fractured ankle & foot

Mark

Austin, TX · Nov 2025

Before 7After 7

Still in a walking boot from fractures in his ankle and foot. One session took away more than half of his pain.

Case № 124 · watch the session →

Joel treating Irina at a candlelit workshop

88% less pain

Chronic lower back pain

Irina

Mill Valley, CA · Dec 2025

Before 8After 8

Chronic back pain sitting at an 8 out of 10. After one session, a 1.

Case № 128 · watch the session →

86% less pain

Knee & leg injury

Jacinta

Todos Santos, Mexico · Jan 2026

Before 7After 7

An injured knee and leg at a 7 out of 10. One session later, a 1.

Case № 135 · watch the session →

See every case record More in their own words ↗

Start here

Where does it hurt?

Pick the part of you that hurts. I'll show you, from my own records, what one session has done for others with the same thing.

Pick a part of the body, and I'll tell you what I've seen.

Text me about it See every session ↗

These are averages across real sessions. Your body is its own, and I'd rather hear about it than guess.

A small gift

Take three breaths with me.

Wherever you are reading this, let your shoulders drop. Press begin and follow the light: in for four, out for six. Three rounds is plenty.

Send this breath to someone If something still hurts, text me →

The door is always open

If you're hurting, I want to know.

A sore back, a stubborn shoulder, a migraine that won't quit, or someone in your life who's been suffering for years. You don't need to fill out a form or have it all figured out. Just send me a message and we'll talk.

And you don't have to be nearby. I work with people from a distance over Zoom, wherever in the world they are, and in person around San Francisco and the Bay Area.

You don't need the right words. “Hi” is enough.

Text me, starting with

I'm hurting Someone I love is hurting Just saying hi

and please, pass this along to anyone who needs it ♡

Joel sitting cross-legged on the floor, smiling, his palms open toward you — text me anytime

Stay close

I'd love to stay in touch.

Follow along for stories, treatment videos and little moments from my days. And whenever you feel like it, say hello. It always makes my day.

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I'm Joel.

let me help you heal.

How I found this work, or how it found me.

A teacher, and a lineage

Consistent practice, for a long time

Performing treatments and recording results

Same results, near or far

Coherent Energy was born

Every session, one point of light

Every session matters.

The moments that keep me going.

Olga

Dawn

Peter

Okto

Aren

Jennifer

Mark

Irina

Jacinta

Where does it hurt?

Take three breaths with me.

If you're hurting, I want to know.

I'd love to stay in touch.

Breathe with a soft sound?

Breathe, from your home screen.

A little light, once a month.

Thank you for letting me in.