About Elaina
Tranquili Founder
Elaina
Explore our YouTube Channel for deeply soothing sleep meditations, body scans, visual journeys, and mindfulness practices, designed to support those struggling with anxiety, pain, stress, or restless nights.
Stress Management Certification
from Harvard Medical School
My Meditation Journey: From Pain to Peace
Twenty years ago, my life changed in a way I never expected.
What started as a simple ache in my right arm—something I assumed was just a repetitive strain—quickly turned into something much more serious. By evening, the pain had spread to the entire right side of my body. The next day, it subsided… but something still felt deeply off. In the days that followed, I began experiencing sudden muscle spasms in my back, neck, and legs. Then came the full-body pain—unrelenting, confusing, and exhausting.
For the next three years, I became a full-time patient—visiting doctor after doctor, trying therapy after therapy, spending thousands of dollars in desperate pursuit of relief. I was given medications, sent to physio, referred to specialists, even told it was all “in my head.” But still, no answers.
Until one day, I sat across from yet another neurologist—one who finally gave my pain a name: fibromyalgia.
I was overwhelmed with relief. At last, a diagnosis. I had suspected it for some time after my own research, but hearing it confirmed made me feel less invisible, less alone.
Alongside the chronic pain, I developed a sleep disorder that made every day feel foggy, disjointed—as if I were drifting through life in a daze. That’s when I was referred to a hospital-based chronic pain program, and it was there I was introduced to meditation.
That moment changed everything.
Meditation didn’t “cure” my pain—but it gave me something even more powerful: tools. Tools to manage, to breathe through, to cope, and most importantly—to sleep. I began listening to guided meditations every night, learning to calm my body and mind. For the first time in years, I found rest… and with rest, healing began.
But as time passed, I found myself outgrowing the recordings. I’d become so familiar with them, they lost their impact. I kept searching for new voices, new music, new styles—anything that could bring me back to that sense of calm. And I realized I wasn’t alone. So many people I spoke to were facing the same struggle.
One day, a friend said to me, “Why don’t you create your own meditations? You’ve done voiceover work—you have the voice and you know exactly what it’s like to need this.”
And just like that, something clicked.
This channel is the result of that journey—from the depths of pain to the discovery of peace, from struggling to sleep to guiding others into restful stillness. Every meditation I share is crafted with care, compassion, and a deep understanding of what it means to live with chronic pain and anxiety.
I truly hope these recordings bring you comfort, clarity, and rest.
And I’d love to hear your feedback—because this isn’t just my journey. It’s ours.
With warmth,
Elaina
Sample meditation video from our Youtube channel
