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Welcome to the Journal.
My name is Sonja and I am a healer, erotic educator, and writer of magic words.
Here on the journal, you’ll find posts with inquiries and practices that guide you into your body so you can get in touch with the life force within it. I write about topics like eroticism, intimacy, practical intuition, embodiment, relationships, sex, and non woo-woo spirituality.
Check in each week for new posts. If you like what you read, check out my 1:1 work and group programs.
Ayurvedic (Un)Recipe: Mylk and Cookies
There was once a time when I slung sugar for a living. As a professional baker, it was my job to bake 10 pies, three dozen muffins, and a couple of cheesecakes before most people had eaten breakfast. I sweated in tiny kitchens, hauled 50 pound bags of flour up rickety...
Learning from Our Mistakes
I describe my paternal grandfather as an honorable elder in my life. One thing he taught me from a young age was that we learn from our mistakes. Not that it mattered when I broke off the head of the carved onyx knight from his chess set. Or when I neglected to tell...
How to Make Life Your Plaything
I just finished a marathon afternoon of play with my four-year-old daughter, Leonie. It sounds easy, but as any mama knows, play is hard work. The reason we parents are so exhausted at the end of the day is not just because we are doing the dishes and cooking and...
How to Get Dirty
Is the dirt worse these days or is it that we know too much? When my daughter was 16 months old, I posted a picture on a private online photo album of her drinking from a hose. It was pure and innocent, a refreshing reminder of how I often cooled down on hot days as a...
How to Spot a Karen
Karen, we all know her. Or do we? The first time I heard the Karen trope -- you know, the middle-aged white woman who demands to speak with a manager -- was early in the days of the pandemic. It took me nearly a year to be called one myself. The experience let me in...
The Wisdom of Our Bodies
The wisdom in our bodies is far greater than our cleverest ideas. For instance: My knee. Just two weeks out of an intensive, grinding, depleting four-week yoga training, I stood up from sukhasana (aka, “criss-cross-applesauce”) and felt something pop in my left knee....
There’s a Purpose to All This Confusion
Whenever a client says that they are confused, I celebrate it. That’s a rather bold statement, so allow me to explain. Case in point: The past year and a half has been marked by confusion. And while I would never wish on anyone the immense suffering, loss of life, and...
June Awake in The Nest: Honesty
Welcome to the first Awake in The Nest live gathering! This month's gathering makes room for a confessional, but not in the way you might think. Grab a journal and get ready to get real with yourself. Mark your calendars for next month -- Wednesday, July 21 at 11:00...
Flip the Bird
I'm not being rude; this is an actual mudra. Mudras are gestures used in yoga and Ayurveda, ways to harness the direction of prana (energy) in the body. This one is called Tattva mudra, and it invokes truth. The truth is sometimes sharp and cutting. It is sometimes...
The Nest and The Giveaway
The Nest is waiting. Last December, in a surge of creativity, I wrote an essay about the power of honesty -- the way that being honest destroys shame like sunlight to mold. I finally published it on my blog last week. But you can’t see it unless you’re a member of The...
Get Spicey: How to Use Ayurvedic Spices
Spices are the reason good food tastes good. In my childhood home there was a decorative spice rack on the counter. Based on the font, it likely dated back to my parent’s wedding. That rack of spices used solely as decoration was the reason our house was not scented...
Getting Honest about Milk (and How to Make Mylk)
I confess that I have had a confused relationship with cow milk. It began when I was diagnosed as lactose intolerant at a very young age. I was the girl who showed up to a friend’s sleepover with a carton of goat’s milk for my breakfast. It is a history like this that...
Grain is Not the Enemy
Why do we think that the path to health must come through torture? For example, I had a roommate once who never ate grain. She also ate standing up for every meal because it burned more calories. As far as I could tell she survived on nuts, triple Americanos, and...
What’s in my cupboards? Part 2: Indulgences
It is not possible to live a life free from indulgence. Again for those in the back: It’s not possible to live a life free from indulgence. But you’re saying, Sonja, you teach Ayurveda and yoga, two doctrines that tell us that happiness is living free from the chains...
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The Bhagavad Gita 2:40