How to encrypt my vnc server for use with my Android phone?

I'm not exactly a technical genius, but I know enough to be able to try technical stuff (I'm not afraid of complicated tutorials). Currently, I need to use my VNC server with my Android phone. I already have it set up (port forwarded; using TightVNC) and it works fine. However, I'm not willing to use it extensively without encryption since the last time I used my VNC server without encryption (just a pword), I got sniffed and my computer was taken over (fortunately I was there at the time, but who knows how many times I'd been sniffed before that?). I need an encrypted way to connect with my VNC server from my phone- I know SSH tunneling exists but I haven't found a tutorial that specifically deals with connections from phones (or does that not matter?) Help please.