Built by an Alpinist and a Healer. Built for You.
UTAH'S PREMIER NERVOUS SYSTEM RECOVERY & OPTIMIZATION STUDIO
Where extreme performance meets ancient healing — Holladay, Utah
Brian Block stood on the summit of every continent's highest peak — including Everest. What he carried back down wasn't just the achievement. It was decades of hard-won knowledge about what the human body needs to truly perform, recover, and restore at its highest level. Frequency. Resonance. Rest that goes deeper than sleep.
He built The Sound Mind & Body Studio because that place didn't exist. And it should have.
While Brian was forging resilience at altitude, Vanessa Block was building it through stillness — twenty years of immersion in Ayurvedic medicine, yoga, and the ancient wisdom traditions that modern neuroscience keeps rediscovering. Where Brian went to the edges of the world, Vanessa went inward.
Together, they built a studio that holds both.
East meets West. Push meets restore. Science meets soul.
After summiting the world, he came home and built the studio, and a program, he wished had existed. A guided nervous system and energy optimization system for longevity, performance, clarity, and deep reset.
Now it’s yours.
Featured Services
The Science Behind Everything We Do
Your brain is not fixed. That is one of the most important discoveries in modern neuroscience — and it changes everything about how we approach wellness.
Neuroplasticity is the brain's documented capacity to rewire itself throughout life — forming new neural pathways, breaking old stress patterns, and rebuilding the circuitry that chronic stress, burnout, injury, and pain have disrupted. It is not a theory. It is measurable, repeatable, and increasingly well understood.
Every modality at The Sound Mind & Body Studio is chosen because it creates the physiological conditions in which neuroplasticity can occur. Sound and vibroacoustic therapy shift brainwave states. Red light and PEMF support cellular energy production at the level where neural repair begins. Bioenergetic analysis identifies where stress patterns are held in the body's energy system. HRV scanning shows the nervous system's real-time capacity to regulate — and recover.
We don't just help you feel better. We help your brain learn a new way to be.
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Upcoming Experiences
Booking information coming soon! Please check out the experiences and leave your email for notification when we open booking!
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An open house style format where interested parties can come and explore the studio and everything we offer! Come, explore, ask questions, and book your first experience!
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Everything is energy. Come and explore the world of energy communication and movement. An informative, guided workshop where participants can explore the energy of life and how wellness modalities can use this knowledge to assess and heal. This workshop is informative with a spiritual undertone. For a more research/science based explanation, check out the Frequency Class!
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An informative, guided workshop where participants can explore frequency science and how wellness modalities can use this science to assess and heal. Perfect for those new to vibroacoustic healing and bioenergetic/biohacking, and for those interested in learning more!
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An introduction to meditation practice and Primordial Sound Meditation. Participants will learn their PSM sound, and have a chance to experience several types of meditation.
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Come learn with Brian about athletic performance and optimization for all your pursuits. Special focus on endurance athletics and high altitude pursuits!
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Our spring book is “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, explains why women experince burnout differently and offers a science-based roadmap to manage stress, emotions, and live more joyfully. The book addresses societal pressures, explains how to complete the biological stress cycle (e.g., through physical activity), and provides strategies like rest, human connection, and befriending your inner critic to combat exhaustion. It includes practical advice, worksheets, and exercises to help women move from feeling overwhelmed to feeling empowered.
RESET YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM.
RECLAIM YOUR ENERGY.
RISE TO YOUR HIGHEST FREQUENCY.
Let’s Vibe
Welcome to The Sound Mind & Body Studio! We are really excited to work with you!
Brian didn't build this studio from a textbook. He built it from 30 years of pushing the human body to its limits on the world's highest mountains — and learning, the hard way, what recovery actually requires. Vanessa built it from two decades of study in Ayurvedic medicine, nutrition, yoga, and the wisdom traditions that modern performance culture keeps rediscovering. Together, they built the studio they both wish had existed — a place where science-backed frequency therapies, ancient healing practices, and real human experience converge.
Our goal is simple: create a space where you can slow down, recharge, and reconnect with your best self — not by pushing harder toward who you want to be, but by removing the neural patterns that have been standing between you and who you already are.
Modern neuroscience and ancient healing wisdom agree on this: the brain can change. The nervous system can learn calm. And the body, when given the right conditions, remembers how to restore itself. We create those conditions.
Wellness, here, is not a trend. It's a practice. And it was built for you.
Contact Us
Interested in working together? We are too! The studio is currently available for appointments only. We will return your information shortly and set up a time to talk/meet!
We can’t wait to hear from you!