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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.
The Power of Honesty and Embarrassing Tattoos
Let’s talk about embarrassing tattoos. I have one that makes me cringe. It was a good idea at the time (aren’t they always?), but it hasn’t held up. I got the tattoo on a whim two decades ago. I had gotten a raise at work and paid for my tattoo and one for my then...
What’s in my cupboards? Part 1: Oil
If you want to find out if someone is into Ayurveda, see how much oil they keep on hand. In my house, you'll find oil in the kitchen, in the bathrooms, next to my bed, on the desk where I’m currently writing this, and in every purse I own. I commonly get asked this...
How to Cook More
Restaurant meals are incredible -- from time to time. But if restaurants making up the majority of your meals, you’re missing out on something beautiful -- the magic of an inspired meal. You don’t have to be the world’s best Ayurvedic cook to make delicious meals....
The Anchor of Eating at Home
I was raised in one of those weird families -- we ate a home cooked dinner together nearly every night. Yes, sometimes we ate at 9:30 p.m. because my mom worked on a newspaper's deadlines. Yes, what my parents cooked was often terribly underwhelming (microwaved frozen...
Absurdly Easy Ayurvedic Recipes: Tahini Stuffed Dates
Dates are a total win-win in any Ayurvedic kitchen. Not only are they one of the best ways to strengthen our vitality (known in Ayurveda as ojas, our inner elixir), they are also delicious. And, it turns out, dates are kind of magical. The magic is in their...
Absurdly Easy Ayurvedic Recipes: Make Rice Right
I used to hate rice. At least I thought I did. In the Midwestern U.S. where I was raised, rice was not sacred. It was a dry, instant thing served as an afterthought when there weren’t enough chicken breasts to go around. I found it a relief when the magazines began to...
Absurdly Easy Ayurvedic Recipes: Roasted Anything
Roasted vegetables is my mealtime superpower. I love Ayurveda’s focus on cooking fresh food, but I’m also a mom and do some other work on the side. I need to make sure that I'm as efficient as possible in the kitchen while also making sure that I eat fresh cooked food...
Watching Her Walk Away
As I write this my daughter is settling in for a nap for the first time ever at her daycare. At first glance, it may sound odd to say that with such a dramatic tone. I mean, to use the precious beginning line of a post to tell you that she’s taking a nap at her school...
What Emotional Indigestion Feels Like
Imagine you’ve just eaten a very big meal (think: holidays or big parties). You feel weighed down, heavy, perhaps a bit regretful. You feel disgusted at the idea of eating again. And days later, your digestion will likely still be affected. It’s no different when...
How to Digest Emotions
Pause and consider this: Everything you take in through any of your senses shapes you. A short list includes food, books, television, conversations, viruses, sex, air, etc. Sometimes what you take in makes you into shapes you’d rather not experience, such as eating...
The Myth of the Perfect Mother Begins with the Myth of the Perfect Birth
It’s a trap, this idea of a perfect mother. But it’s a trap that we women build, clean, and stock ourselves with pre-washed organic baby lettuce. It begins when the bloody mess of childbirth is hidden behind doors that keep our guttural noises inside. It begins when...
The Power of the Breakdown
My greatest feat of strength is that I labored with my daughter for 52 hours. More than half of that was in a homebirth, but we transferred to a hospital when things got complicated. One of my last few minutes at home (40-something hours in) I was sitting at the...
Why You Don’t Like Your Mother
Your mama’s work was impossible work. It was constant and neverending. The second she cleaned up, you made another mess. Plus she had her own to deal with. She had dreams that didn’t involve your laundry, but no one was offering to hold the baby while she tended to...
Letting Go and the New Age
I can count a million memes I’ve seen like this: Just let it go! Of course the words might be different. The image of the young woman standing on the edge of a pier might be standing on the edge of a cliff or tossing a hat into the air. You know the deal. Behind...
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“On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure.”
The Bhagavad Gita 2:40