Hi! I’m Sonya and I embrace the power of yoga not only to heal and transform the body but also to heighten human consciousness and create a radiant life. In my classes, I weave precise anatomical alignment with conscious breath and flowing movement. My intention as a teacher is to support embodied spirituality and hold space for transformation. Always approaching my students with authenticity and humor, I believe yoga is for everybody, and I joyfully welcome everyone to the practice.

When I first discovered yoga in the late 1990s, I began with Ashtanga yoga and Power Vinyasa. As my practice developed over time, I gravitated more toward alignment-based styles such as Iyengar and Anusara. I attended my first teacher training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in 2007. Over the years, I have completed hundreds more hours of training in alignment-based yoga, prenatal yoga, anatomy, therapeutics, mysticism, tantra, and meditation. I am deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to study closely with many incredible teachers. Most notably, I apprenticed for several years with Sianna Sherman, an internationally acclaimed master teacher and the founder of Rasa Yoga.

I now bring over 18 years of teaching experience to my classes, workshops, trainings, and retreats. I am a certified teacher of Rasa Yoga and hold an E-RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance.

I am also a mother, an artist, and a death doula. My experience of pregnancy and motherhood informs every aspect of my life and work, and I am passionate about helping other women and moms find balance and health through yoga. As an artist, I notice the profound effects yoga has on my creativity, and I have dedicated myself to enthusiastically guiding others toward enhancing their own unique life path through yoga. I also feel a deep calling to work with the dying and offer my services as a death doula and hospice volunteer whenever possible.

Practice yoga with me at home! My classes are available online at udaya.com and yogavibes.com