Elena Cheah
Lead from the Quiet Strength Within
Rewire your nervous system through music, presence, and somatic mastery.
“I had thought I’d need something like EMDR to clear the neurological hold on me… but after working with Elena, peace and harmony continue to hold. I feel so incredibly lucky to work with a master like her.”
Brooke Meservy
Midlife crisis is so 1990s.
What you’re feeling isn’t a cliché.
It’s your soul bursting out of its seams, asking for truth, freedom, and play.
You’ve done everything “right.”
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​Degrees, credentials, responsibilities, status.
You’ve built a life that looks impressive on the outside and feels like a straitjacket on the inside.
​You’re exhausted in a way no vacation can fix.
You're respected but unseen for who you really are.
You’ve been living a version of someone else’s dream, even if it seemed right at first.
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You don’t need another strategy or 5-year plan.
You need permission to let go of the roles that no longer fit.
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In our work together, we work with the intelligence of your nervous system.
We teach your body how to release everything it's holding without falling apart.
This is where you learn to feel safe inside your own truth.
This is where you begin to lead—not perform—your life.
“It felt like a remembering. A reconnection to something ancient and alive inside me.”
Donna Wallace McFadden
What is Musical Alchemy?
It’s a disarmingly simple method rooted in decades of practicing and performing music around the world.
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It’s an effortless way to reprogram your nervous system so you can make better decisions.
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And better decisions?
They change everything.
From chronic burnout to deep rest.
From overthinking to intuitive clarity.
From roles and masks to radical integrity.
Musical Alchemy works beneath the surface to return you to your own rhythm.
“The cello allowed me to dive more deeply than any meditation ever has.”
Bethany Harvey
“Elena’s blend of coaching and music is mind-blowing. The space she creates is comforting, intuitive, and unlike anything I’ve experienced.”
Priyanka Venkataraman, MD
“The cello and prompts took me into a meditative depth I didn’t know I could reach.”
Ana Briones Espinoza, MBA
Start your journey through music & words
Join my Substack community, Musical Alchemy Journal, for essays and improvised Cello Journeys crafted to help you reconnect in a disconnected world.
