About Nari
Meet Nari
Sound Healing Artist, Meditator and Guide for deep rest and rejuvenation. Creating sacred spaces to reconnect to self and re-ignite creativity, peace and joy.
Meet Narissa
Narissa Allibhai — sound alchemist, holistic wellness consultant and experience curator — is one of the most experienced and respected sound healing practitioners and teachers in East Africa.
A dedicated meditator, Nada Yogini and musician of Indian heritage born in Kenya, she is the founder of Sound Healing Africa, co-founder of Conscious Kenya, and the creative force behind her personal brand, Journey with Nari.
Her Sounds
Narissa weaves soundscapes from the Indian bamboo flute (bansuri), Himalayan and crystal singing bowls, drum, voice, kalimba, rattles, chimes and gong — instruments she has studied under Nepali, Indian and Kenyan tutelage, including direct lineage teachings in sound healing from her Nepali master, Anup Panthi; bansuri under Shri Kirit Pattni (lineage of Shri Himanshu Nanda, lineage of Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia); and meditation through Sufi techniques passed down by her own father.
She is recognised as the only qualified sound healing teacher in the region associated with the International Nada Yoga Centre in Nepal, and has taken her practice as far afield as Berlin, Nepal, Tanzania, and the Pan-African Wevasphere festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
What makes Narissa's sessions unique is her fluency across a variety of instruments from around the world, her musical background that takes her sound journeys to the next level, and her special connection with her bamboo flute and the voice — it's like she can feel the exact song your heart needs to hear, and is guided by the trees, the mountains and the ocean to touch an emotional string in you with her tunes.
Before the Bowls
Her path here was not a straight line. A straight-A student at McGill University (B.A. & Sc. in Mathematics, English Literature & Economics) and later U.C. Berkeley (Master of Development Practice), Narissa first built her career as an environmentalist and humanitarian in Kenya — co-founding the Save Lake Turkana movement, organising festivals and concerts, producing documentaries, and pursuing social justice through creation rather than opposition.
The Turning Point
Then, in 2017, she dropped everything. A backpack, a one-way ticket to South America, and a hunger to discover ways of living in harmony with the earth, with Source, with self.
That same year, she lost her childhood best friend to cancer — and grief cracked something open in her. Not long after, a transcendental encounter with the Tibetan singing bowls, facilitated by four sound shamans on a beach in Thailand, set her on the path to her true calling. After a painstaking search across three countries for an authentic teacher, she found her guru in Nepal, and has never looked back.
The Work Today
Nearly nine years into full-time work in holistic wellness and sound healing, Narissa now holds space for an extraordinary range of people — from Martin Luther King III & Arndrea Waters and the Nobel Women's Initiative, to luxury brand experiences for Estée Lauder, Kos Paris and Gem Forest Hotel (MGallery Collection), to private retreats for high-end and luxury influencers, FRIDA the Young Feminist Fund, Kenafric Leadership and Beyond Wellness Dubai.
She curates high-end, unique retreats of her own across Kenya, and has been invited to facilitate at luxury lodges, conservancies and safari camps around the country. She is also a regular festival facilitator — at the Lamu Yoga Festival, ranked one of the top 11 yoga festivals in the world by Yoga Journal, as well as What Women Want, Kisima Wellness Festival, Kilifi Wellness Festival and Festival du Féminin — with invitations to festivals in Nigeria, Zanzibar and at Wevasphere in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Alongside the high-end work, she keeps her practice deeply rooted in community: free classes in the Nairobi Arboretum, street yoga, healing circles for survivors of gender-based violence and minority groups, and sessions for low-income schools across Kenya.
Daily Sadhana
What the Work Rests On
None of this is performed. It is practised — every day, before anyone else is in the room.
- 1 hour Meditation
- 1 hour Flute
- 30 mins Vocals
- 30 mins Physical practice & breath
- Daily Conscious eating & interaction
- Regularly Nature immersion
Twice a year she steps away entirely — a 10–20 day offline silent meditation retreat, and an intensive music training course.
Child of the Earth
Whether she's guiding a boardroom of executives, an intimate gong bath at sunset, or a floating sound healing session over open water, Narissa's practice is rooted in one belief: that everything in existence is vibrating with energy, and that sound — reverently offered — can restore the body, mind and spirit to their natural resonance.
Off the mat and away from the bowls, she's usually found meditating on a rock or under a tree somewhere in remote nature, communing with the untamed Earth and her raw wisdom.
In the Press
Media Features
Television, radio, podcast and print coverage of Narissa's work and of sound healing in Africa.
KTN · National TV
Sound Healing on Air
A national television segment, with Narissa demonstrating a sound healing session live on camera.
Watch on YouTube →Beautty Lies Beyond · Podcast
On Vibrational Medicine
An in-depth conversation on vibrational medicine, the move from humanitarian work into sound healing, and the Himalayan bowls.
Watch on YouTube →Vice Versa Global
Leading Sound Healing in Africa
A profile of Narissa as one of the leading advocates of sound healing in Africa, and founder of Sound Healing Africa.
Watch the video →
Capital FM 98.4 · The Fuse
Three Appearances on The Fuse
Discussing Sound Healing Africa and demonstrating a session on air.
Interview on SoundCloud → Session demo on Facebook → Sound Healing Africa feature →In Nairobi
Journey with Nari
A feature on the programme Narissa curated — built on a base of sound healing, and drawing in other holistic wellness modalities.
Read the feature →Whether you are seeking personal clarity, organizational renewal, or a deep immersion into the sacred, the journey begins with a single step towards stillness. I look forward to holding space for you.