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A pharmacist explores her intuitive side through sound-bath healing

Balancing her "medicine side" and "witchy side," local pharmacist finds growing demand for sound bath healing sessions.

Tyler Callister
By TYLER CALLISTER · 1 min read
TYLER CALLISTER / THE ARKSanaz Zand relaxes on a bench at Beach Road and Main Street Sept. 2 during a lunch break from her job as a pharmacist at the CVS/pharmacy on Tiburon Boulevard. The 50-year-old balances her career with her passion for sound-bath healing, using a variety of instruments to produce sound waves intended to promote relaxation, healing and mindfulness.

Sanaz Zand sits with her feet propped up on a bench at Beach Road and Main Street, letting the sound of the water wash over her during her lunch break Sept. 2.

Zand says her life is a balance of two sides of her mind: the practical, analytical side that grounds her work as a pharmacist at the Tiburon Boulevard CVS/pharmacy — her “medicine side” she says — and the holistic, intuition-based side that inspires her passion for sound-bath healing by night — “my more witchy side.”

“I tap into both sides,” she says. “I think they are both healing in different ways.”

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A version of this story appeared in the Sept. 10, 2025, print edition of The Ark. See something wrong? Request a correction.
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