San Diego, CA · By Appointment Only
An in-person ASMR experience: 50 minutes of gentle hair play, soft touch, face tracing, and crown energy healing — designed to quiet your nervous system and bring you back to yourself.
San Diego, Southern California
Clarity First
An in-person ASMR and energy healing experience — intentional, boundaried, and unlike anything you've tried before.
Please read this: Cloud Drift Haus is a personal wellness practice offering sensory relaxation and energy healing. Nothing offered here — including any energy healing techniques — is intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any physical or mental health condition. Ashley Spedale is not a licensed medical provider, therapist, or mental health professional. Sessions are intended purely for relaxation and general well-being. If you have physical or mental health concerns, please consult a qualified healthcare provider.
Before You Arrive
A little preparation goes a long way toward the best possible experience.
Please arrive with freshly washed and fully dried hair. This is required for hygiene and to ensure the most comfortable, enjoyable session. No exceptions.
Try to arrive a couple of minutes early so you're not rushed. Give yourself space to decompress from the drive and settle into a softer headspace before we begin.
Silence your phone before your session. This hour is yours — protect it. Let the people in your life know you'll be unreachable for a little while.
Please do not arrive under the influence of alcohol or substances. Being present and clear-headed allows you to receive the experience fully.
If you'd like, take a moment on the way here to set a simple intention — rest, release, reset. You don't have to arrive with anything figured out.
Clean hair means clean hair — please hold off on heavy styling products, dry shampoo, or oils before your appointment. Light leave-in conditioner is fine.
The 50-Minute ASMR Session
Every session flows at its own pace, but here's the gentle arc of what to expect.
We start with a quiet landing — I'll greet you, give you a moment to settle, and check in about anything you'd like me to know. No pressure to talk. You just get to arrive.
You'll get comfortable in a reclined position and I'll begin with slow, gentle hair play — running fingers softly through your hair, light scalp attention, and unhurried movement that sends your nervous system into a full-on exhale.
We move into feather-light touch along the temples, forehead, and face — slow tracing that creates that unmistakable "brain tingle" sensation many people know as ASMR. It's like being wrapped in warmth without a blanket.
The final portion of the session focuses on the crown of your head — where I channel energy healing I've been practicing since 2014. This may feel like warmth, a gentle buzzing, a deep stillness, or simply a profound sense of peace. Some clients drift off entirely.
We close softly. There's no rush. You're given a moment to come back to the room at your own pace. Many clients describe leaving in a near-dreamy state — floaty, settled, and deeply at ease.
Meet the Energy Behind Cloud Drift Haus
I'm an energy healer, intuitive, and the founder of Cloud Drift Haus. For over a decade, I've worked as an energy healer, helping people release what's stuck and come back into their bodies. For the past 8+ years, I've also coached people through identity shifts — the kind of deep, internal work that changes how you move through the world.
Somewhere along the way, I started noticing a pattern: the people who healed the fastest weren't always the ones doing the most "work." They were the ones who let themselves receive — rest, touch, softness, play. That's where Cloud Drift Haus was born.
I've always known the crown of the head holds something powerful — it's where so much of our energy gathers, and where so much tension quietly lives. Even as a little girl, playing with my friends' hair — and having mine played with — always felt like an instant reset, a calm I could melt into without even trying. Hair play isn't new to me; it's something I've done intuitively since childhood, long before I knew there was a name for it or a science behind it. When I started layering in energy work at the crown, alongside soft touch and face tracing, I watched people drop into a kind of stillness I hadn't seen from talk therapy or traditional bodywork alone.
So I built a space for it. Not a spa. Not a massage. Something gentler, and frankly, something more honest about what your nervous system is actually asking for.
Cloud Drift Haus blends my decade of energy healing training with research-backed soft touch and ASMR practices — so you're not just relaxing, you're recalibrating. Every session is held with intention, presence, and an understanding that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for your nervous system is simply let someone take care of you for fifty minutes.
Come let your mind drift. Your body already knows the way back to calm — I'm just here to help you find it.
The Science
What happens during an ASMR session has been studied. Here's what the research actually shows.
Cleveland Clinic
Research highlighted by the Cleveland Clinic identifies hair play as the second most common ASMR trigger. The physiological response is real: ASMR activates the release of endorphins, oxytocin, and dopamine — the body's own feel-good chemistry — while increasing theta brainwave activity, the same state associated with deep meditation and the edge of sleep.
Read article →Goldsmiths University, London
A brain study out of Goldsmiths University found that ASMR produces a measurable alpha wave "afterglow" — a state of relaxed, lucid calm that lingers for up to 45 minutes after the experience ends. You don't just feel better in the moment. You carry it with you.
Read article →Engelbregt et al. — Experimental Brain Research
Published research in Experimental Brain Research (PMC9142458) found that ASMR lowers heart rate in everyone — not just those who experience the signature tingling sensation. For those who do feel the tingles, the study also found a meaningful reduction in depression symptoms. The relaxation response is physiological, not placebo.
Read study →ResearchGate — Parasympathetic Nervous System Research
Research published on ResearchGate found that during ASMR stimulation, pulse wave amplitude increases and pulse rate decreases — classic markers of parasympathetic nervous system activation. The effects were most pronounced with stimulation centered on the scalp and the back of the neck. Right where we work.
Read study →PMC12060867 — Comparative Relaxation Study
A recent comparative study benchmarked ASMR against nature-based relaxation methods — the kind of thing many people reach for when they're stressed. ASMR came out ahead. Not because nature sounds aren't helpful, but because this kind of sensory stimulation engages something deeper in the nervous system.
Read study →The Bigger Picture
From an energy healing perspective, the crown is where we begin and end. It's the seat of clarity, stillness, and openness. Every study cited here points to the scalp and crown as the epicenter of the relaxation response. Science and energy work, for once, are pointing at the same thing.
Sources: Cleveland Clinic (health.clevelandclinic.org), Goldsmiths University (gold.ac.uk), Engelbregt et al. Experimental Brain Research (PMC9142458), ResearchGate ASMR/parasympathetic study, PMC12060867. All findings summarized in our own words for educational context only and do not constitute medical claims.
Investment
All sessions are 50 minutes. Booked by appointment only.
First Visit
50 minutes
Returning Clients
50 minutes
Not your first session? This is your rate.
Policies
Clear expectations create the safest, most comfortable space for everyone.
Life happens — I get it. I just ask for a minimum of 24 hours' notice if you need to cancel or reschedule. Cancellations made with less than 24 hours' notice are non-refundable — your appointment time was held for you and can't easily be filled last-minute.
Genuine emergencies are handled with grace and at my sole discretion. If something serious comes up, reach out as soon as you can and we'll figure it out together.
I reserve the right to decline or end a session for any of the following reasons:
No refund will be issued if a session is ended early due to the above.
Cloud Drift Haus is a professional wellness service. All touch is fully clothed, intentional, and limited to the head, scalp, face, and crown. This is not a romantic or sexual service. Any attempt to treat it as one will result in immediate termination of the session and a permanent ban from booking. There are no exceptions, no conversations, and no refunds.
By booking a session, you confirm that you understand and agree to these boundaries. I hold this space with care — please come in the same spirit.
Common Questions
You'll be fully clothed and comfortably reclined while I spend 50 minutes on gentle hair play, soft face tracing, and energy healing work at the crown of your head. There's no talking required — most people close their eyes and drift. Think of it as an extremely intentional nap that leaves you feeling reorganized.
Not at all. Research shows that the physiological relaxation response — lowered heart rate, nervous system calming — happens for everyone, not just those who experience the classic tingling sensation. Whether you tingle, float, or just feel deeply still, the session is working.
Clean hair is a hygiene requirement for both of us, and it genuinely makes the experience better — hair that's free of product and buildup moves more freely and feels better to work with. This isn't negotiable, and sessions may be declined if hair is unwashed upon arrival.
Energy healing is an intentional practice of channeling calming, clearing energy — focused here on the crown of the head. I've been practicing since 2014. Many clients describe feeling warmth, tingling, a sense of stillness, or a deep release during this portion. Some feel very little and simply feel peaceful. There's no one right experience. I want to be clear: this is not a medical treatment and I make no clinical claims about what it does or doesn't heal.
No. This is a professional wellness service with clearly defined scope: fully clothed touch, limited to the head, scalp, face, and crown. If that's not what you're looking for, this isn't the right service for you. Sessions that cross professional boundaries will be ended immediately, with no refund.
A spa treats your body. A massage works your muscles. Cloud Drift Haus works your nervous system through the most subtle possible means — feather-light touch, presence, and energy. No pressure, no kneading, no oils, no table (unless preferred). You stay fully clothed. The goal is not relaxation-as-product; it's the actual biological experience of your system slowing all the way down.
Sessions are by appointment only in San Diego, CA. Reach out via email to get on the schedule — I'll confirm availability, share the address, and get you set up. Location details are shared after booking is confirmed.
That's honestly the goal for a lot of people. If you drift off, I'll continue the session — you don't need to be conscious for the work to land. I'll gently bring you back at the end of the 50 minutes. Many clients say they haven't slept that deeply in years.
Where We Serve
Cloud Drift Haus is based in San Diego and welcomes clients from across the region. Whether you're coming from the coast or the hills, a session is always worth the drive.
50 minutes. Completely yours.
San Diego, CA — by appointment only.
Or email directly: clouddrifthaus@gmail.com