Transforming Pain into Purpose and Presence – Exclusive Interview with John Bygraves

John Bygraves is a Stage 4 cancer alchemist and founder of SoulReCode Healing and Sit Feel Heal rEVOLution.

After being given just three months to live, John turned inward and discovered a multidimensional healing path that not only transformed his body but his entire way of living.

Today, he guides others through energy healing, trauma release, and nervous system repair, helping people remember their innate power to heal. His work blends raw lived experience with a grounded spiritual approach that resonates with entrepreneurs, seekers, and everyday people alike.

As an Executive Contributor for Brainz Magazine, John shares thought leadership rooted in lived truth, inspiring others to reclaim sovereignty over their health and lives.

John Bygraves, Master Energy Healer & Holistic Mentor

Who is John Bygraves?

I’m John, a healer, writer, and someone who’s lived through both breakdown and breakthrough.

Before SoulReCode Healing, I was a high-performing DJ, surviving on black coffee, late nights, and relentless grind. On the outside, it looked like success; on the inside, I was running on empty. That lifestyle ended with a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis… a turning point that changed everything.

Now, life looks very different. Home is London, where I keep things simple: nourishing meals, morning meditation, long walks, and grounding time in nature. I love spending time with my fiancée, Jen… we walk in nature together, ground against my favourite tree, meditate to healing frequencies, and share the kind of stillness I once ran from.

I also love spending time with my four children and two grandkids, they keep me laughing, humble, and connected to what really matters.

Music is still medicine for me. I still DJ, but now it’s just for fun and creative expression. You’ll also find me training at the gym, sweating it out in a sauna, or somewhere outdoors, soaking up the sun.

Something people find interesting is that my healing journey didn’t make me less passionate, it made me fiercer. I carry the fire of my DJ days, but now it’s directed toward helping people reclaim their power.

What inspired you to create SoulReCode Healing and dedicate your work to transformation?

Honestly, it started with survival.

When doctors told me I had three months to live, I realised no one could heal me for me. I had to take ownership. That led me into silence, fasting, energy work, service, and meditation practices that not only helped me survive but completely transformed how I lived.

SoulReCode Healing wasn’t born in theory. It was forged in lived experience, in the trenches of illness and trauma. Once I saw its impact on me, it became clear it wasn’t just for me; it was something I was meant to share.

Can you explain, in simple terms, what “soul recoding” means for someone new to your work?

Soul recoding is the process of clearing the old patterns written into your system and restoring you to the rhythm of your true self.

Every SoulReCode session begins with a deep discovery process and a tailored energetic protocol designed to meet you where your nervous system actually is.

Every trauma, every belief, every survival strategy leaves a code in the nervous system. Some codes help us; others keep us stuck repeating cycles that no longer serve us. SoulReCode Healing works across the physical, emotional, and energetic layers to release those old codes and reset the system. It’s not about fixing what’s broken. It’s about remembering what was always whole inside you.

What kinds of challenges do your clients usually face before they come to you?

Most arrive at a breaking point. Some are facing illness, cancer, autoimmune conditions, post-viral fatigue. Others are battling emotional pain like anxiety, grief, or depression. Many are high performers who look “together” on the outside but feel disconnected, exhausted, or fragmented inside.

Many come to me after years of therapy, medication, or coaching that helped intellectually but never touched what was living in the body. Once we stabilise the nervous system through the discovery and preparation phase, everything else begins to shift.

The common thread is this: they’ve tried almost everything. By the time they find me, they’re searching for something deeper, a way to heal not just the symptoms, but the soul.

How does your approach differ from traditional therapy or coaching methods?

Traditional therapy often begins with the mind talking through experiences, analysing patterns, or revisiting the past. Coaching usually focuses on goals, performance, or mindset. Both can be valuable. But for many people, those approaches stay at the surface.SoulReCode Healing works from the inside out.

The process is highly structured. We start with a thirty-minute discovery call, then I design a protocol that works through physical, emotional, and energetic layers. It’s intuitive but precisely grounded in the body’s voltage and rhythm rather than the intellect.

We begin with the nervous system, the body’s internal language of safety and survival. When the body feels safe, old stories dissolve naturally. Instead of trying to “think” our way into healing, we let the body show us where energy is trapped and allow it to move.

People often tell me, “I’ve done years of therapy, but this reached something I didn’t even know was there.” When the body, mind, and soul come back into alignment, healing stops being effort and starts being remembrance.

Can you share an example of a powerful transformation you’ve witnessed in your clients?

Every transformation begins long before the first session; it starts in the discovery conversation, where the story behind the symptoms reveals itself.

I remember one woman who joined Sit Feel Heal during a season of deep grief. She couldn’t sleep, her body was in pain, and she carried decades of unprocessed trauma.

In our sessions, she began to feel safe enough to release. At one point, she let out a deep sigh that shook her whole body, and with it came tears she had held back for years. Slowly her sleep improved, her anxiety softened, and for the first time in years, she told me: “I feel at home in my body.” Her story isn’t unique, it’s proof that when the body feels safe, healing unfolds.

I’ve also witnessed more physical transformations, like Patricia, who attended one of my sessions at the Mind Body and Spirit Festival. She had been struggling with persistent eye problems, and after just one treatment, she experienced a complete shift: “Hi John, thanks for my treatment at the Mind Body and Spirit Festival. I can report that I’ve had no problems with my eyes since the session. The change has been marvellous… so much so that I was able to drive from Buckinghamshire to Wiltshire this weekend. Truly miraculous!”

And then there’s Victoria, who shared the impact Sit Feel Heal had on her mental and emotional well-being while living with PTSD and anxiety: “Sit Feel Heal has been life-changing. As someone dealing with severe anxiety and PTSD, these weekly sessions help keep my mental health balanced. If I miss a session, I notice the difference immediately. Each week removes layers of stress, and I wake up feeling clear and rejuvenated.”Moments like these remind me that healing doesn’t follow logic, it follows alignment.

What can someone expect during their very first session with you?

Before any session begins, I always start with a free 30-minute discovery call.

It’s where I listen, really listen to what someone is living through. Together, we explore the physical, emotional, and energetic patterns at play.

During this call, I’ll ask deep-dive questions that help me see the whole picture, not just the symptoms, but the story beneath them. These reflections allow me to begin tuning into their field before we even meet.

Once their answers are received, I design a personalised SoulReCode Healing Protocol, a detailed energetic roadmap built around what their body and soul need most.

A typical 60-minute session might include:

• Complete blockage clearance and nervous system stabilisation

• Polarity and adrenal reset to calm the fight-or-flight response

• Emotional release and solar plexus balancing

• Mental clarity and limbic loop reset

• Gut-brain and sleep system recalibration

• Soul reconnection and field integration

Whether in person or remote, the experience is the same: a deep sense of safety, release, and reconnection.

The body begins to remember its own rhythm, calm, grounded, alive.

How do you help clients break free from long-held patterns or beliefs that hold them back?

During the discovery process, patterns show themselves not through analysis but through how the body responds as we speak.

You can’t outthink a pattern that was born in survival. So instead of trying to replace old beliefs with new affirmations, we go deeper into the body where those patterns live.

Every belief is a frequency. When we bring awareness and compassion to the charge underneath it, the pain, the fear, the unmet need, the pattern starts to lose its grip.

We work gently through energy clearing, somatic release, and nervous system recalibration so the body stops looping in fight, flight, or freeze.

From there, new possibilities don’t need to be forced, they emerge naturally.

Healing isn’t about becoming someone new; it’s about remembering who you were before the world told you otherwise.

What role does energy play in the healing process you guide?

Energy is the language beneath everything.

Before thought, before emotion, there’s frequency the current that animates life. When that current gets blocked through trauma, stress, or toxic environments, the body loses coherence.

In SoulReCode Healing, energy isn’t a concept, it’s a felt experience. We use it to clear stagnant charge, restore flow through the body’s electrical systems, and raise the body’s voltage so it can heal itself.

Think of it like tuning an instrument: when one string is off, the whole song feels wrong. When energy realigns, the entire system, mind, body, and soul, comes back into harmony.

How do you support clients in integrating their breakthroughs into everyday life?

Breakthroughs are powerful, but real transformation happens in the integration.

After each session, clients receive a personalised integration guide with simple grounding and reflection practices that help the nervous system hold the new frequency.

We also look at the environment, the people, spaces, and habits that either support healing or drain it. Integration is about building a new normal that the body recognises as safety.

I often tell clients, “Healing isn’t what happens in the session, it’s what you do with the space the session creates.” When they learn to carry that stillness into life, into work, relationships, even conflict, that’s when the rewiring becomes permanent.

What is the biggest misconception people have about spiritual or energy-based healing?

That it’s “woo” or disconnected from reality.

In truth, energy healing is incredibly practical. It’s about the nervous system, cellular memory, and the way unprocessed trauma gets stored in the body.

When we clear that, the body can finally do what it’s designed to do: heal.

Another misconception is that a healer “fixes” you. I don’t heal anyone. My role is to hold space, guide, and transmit frequency, but the real work is always yours. Healing isn’t something done to you. It’s something remembered within you.

If someone is considering working with you, what’s the first step they should take today?

The first step is to slow down and listen.

Before booking a session or making any big decision, take a breath and check in with yourself. What do you actually need right now? Safety? Clarity? Guidance? A place to just be for a moment?

From there, I always invite people to start with a free Sit Feel Heal rEVOLution session. It’s a weekly community space where we regulate together, release stress, and begin to reconnect with the body’s natural intelligence. It’s a safe way to experience the work, no pressure, no expectations, just presence.

If what you feel in that space resonates, then we can explore 1-1 SoulReCode Healing sessions, which go deeper into clearing trauma, balancing the nervous system, and recoding the patterns that keep you stuck.

Before beginning any 1-1 SoulReCode session or working together on a mentorship level, everyone starts with a free 30-minute discovery call. It’s a chance to connect, explore what’s needed, and make sure the energy feels right on both sides before beginning the deeper work.

Whether you join a group or work privately, it all begins with one simple truth: Nothing outside of you can heal you, but everything around you can support you in remembering how.

Closing message – A final word from John

Stage 4 cancer taught me that nothing outside of you can heal you, but you can remember how. That truth fuels everything I share through SoulReCode Healing and Sit Feel Heal.

Before you close this page, take a breath. Place your hand on your chest. Feel that you are here, alive, present. That’s where healing begins.

If that moment felt even a little lighter, imagine what could unfold in a full hour of Sit Feel Heal.

If you’re ready to explore this in real time, join us at Sit Feel Heal rEVOLution, a free weekly healing circle where we practice acceptance, release, and nervous system repair together. Because you don’t have to carry this alone.

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