Episode Details

Darlene Koldenhoven is a Grammy ® Award Winner with three Grammy ® nominations. She is known worldwide as the featured soprano soloist singing “Aria” in the PBS TV Special and Video, Yanni, Live at the Acropolis seen by over 1.5 billion television viewers. Her new memoir is titled, Put Your Dress Down and Sing. She is also a certified Integrated Listening Systems sonic therapist. Her website is https://www.darlenekoldenhoven.com/

Darlene shares how her five-octave range, early life in a strict Calvinist household, and work with her deaf sister led her into Tomatis listening therapy and the transformative power of vibration. She explains how specific frequencies reshape the brain and body, how singing and crystal bowls release trapped emotion and open higher chakras, and how intentional music can shift consciousness. Koldenhoven draws on studio sessions, client work, and personal paranormal encounters with energy orbs. She reveals why sound remains one of the most direct paths to healing and spiritual connection.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:05:00 Early childhood and the dress story

00:11:00 Sister’s hearing journey and Tomatis

00:18:00 Listening tests and frequency maps

00:25:00 Sonic therapy with processed Mozart

00:30:00 Crystal bowls and vibrational healing

00:35:00 High notes, chakras and altered states

00:42:00 Childhood piano mystery and stage orbs

00:49:00 Energy beings and intentional performance

00:53:00 Conclusion

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.

(Recorded on Tuesday, August 25 2026)

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