Arji OceAnanda Cakouros is a sound healer, musician, Usui Reiki master, and Dreamwork teacher with a private counseling/healing practice based in Niskayuna, NY. Arji’s deep ancestral Hellenic roots align her with the ancient Asklepian dream-healing traditions, whose “teachings” have influenced her work greatly. Her offerings at various retreats and festivals worldwide incorporate these practices not only in her sound healing/Reiki offerings and laughter yoga sessions but also through her musical performances.  

Since 2008, she has enjoyed the deep joy and honor of collaborating with famed ambient musician/composer Laraaji in many venues worldwide, offering Healing Sound events and Laughter Immersion experiences, as well as a great variety of musical performances in conjunction with other artists.

Arji is included in the Fall 2011 release of That Healing Feeling, a collaborative recording made with Laraaji and Blues Control musicians Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse, which received international attention and acclaim, resulting in an eight-country tour in 2012. Other releases with Laraaji include a trilogy of live concert events offered as single CDs or a three-CD set, including DubLab in Los Angeles (Nov. 2013), the historic Bijoux Theatre in Knoxville (2014 BIG EARS festival), and the Indianapolis Museum of Art (May 2014). Additionally, OceAnanda's In a Celestial Cathedral chant CD with drone by Laraaji and their recent Into the Peace Garden July 2016 Colorado concert recording has enjoyed an enthusiastic response. She is also featured on a collaborative release with Laraaji and synth trio Dallas Acid entitled Arrive Without Leaving, which was named one of the top ten releases of 2018 by Pitchfork.

OceAnanda has served as faculty for both the prestigious international Sound Healers Intensive in Colorado for its final nine years, developed by internationally recognized Sound Healing Pioneer Jonathan Goldman, for which she and Laraaji released a highly acclaimed 2-CD set entitled Laughter & Consciousness, as well as on the faculty for the Sacred Sounds Institute Intensive, created by the multi-talented pioneer Sound Healer Vickie Dodd, held annually at Olympic National Park, Washington state.