Dive Deeper - Sonia DoubellSonia Doubell

SONIA DOUBELL
DIVING DEEPER into Sonia’s Life Story

DIVE DEEPER into Sonia’s Life Story

One thing’s for sure; I did not become a yoga teacher overnight.

17 years ago, I felt like I was standing at a train station, my bags filled with the weight of my life’s sadness, my heart yearning for freedom and every single cell in my body screaming for change.

When my parents divorced, they sent me to boarding school, I was 6yrs old.
Life as I knew it was never the same again.

With too many battles to mention, I tucked each memory of every single struggle, into the weighted bag I carried around with me.

Some made me stronger, some needed me to go back into that old toy box of memories and make peace. (But who does that when they’re young?)

I left boarding school when I was 12yrs old and moved to Johannesburg to live with my mama.

When I was 14yrs old, I was walking in a shopping mall, when a scout asked me to join a modelling agency. Amazed, and exited, I joined.

My first audition was for a Brazilian coffee commercial. Mom picked me up from school and drove me straight there, no change of clothing – I auditioned in my school uniform! I was mega embarrassed queuing up with all the beautifully dressed gazelles and swore I’d never do it again.
But, the next day I heard I’d booked it.

This was the beginning of a journey into a world, where what “lay beneath” meant very little and if I’m honest, that worked fine for me then. I was discovering myself, re-inventing and creating a new me.

I swept all the “stuff” that needed attention under the rug as I busied myself with acting, modelling and even a stint in the music industry.

Everything was so new, so exciting it held my attention.

So how did I end up focusing on yoga and teaching?

Let’s continue:

I moved from South Africa to London and then, after a few years, with another spoonful of courage, I moved to Los Angeles, California.
(Lots happened in those years but let’s skip that for now)

It took some adjusting!

Firstly, driving on the other side of the road was interesting and having to alter my pronunciation of basic things just to be understood, water was a particularly funny one.

But I got to know my way around pretty quickly, from Hollywood to Malibu and everywhere in-between and I loved it! I met all sorts of characters and made beautiful friends, inside I mean and out!

Right as I was just getting warmed up, my acting visa finally through.
My father passed away.

He was too young to go. Just 52yrs old. I hadn’t had enough time with him yet. There were still things I needed to know. I wasn’t ready.

And just like that, everything shook and shifted for me.

I needed to find the ground under my feet again. I needed to go on a whole different journey. I needed depth, soul, understanding, inner peace, healing.

I needed a spiritual journey. And the road I was traveling forked.

These past 17yrs, I’ve spent diving into what it means to be human, to feel love, to give love, to forgive, to be brave enough to be authentic, to use yoga as a tool to understand the body I live in, to connect with stillness through meditation, self-study, trans-personal psychology, philosophy, sexuality, spirituality, sensuality!!

I’ve steeped heart and soul into the power of the mind and the body.

Practicing and Studying trans-personal psychology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Theories, Neurolinguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, Ayurvdeic Cleansing Rituals, all of which help me to serve in my teaching and coaching today.

“Moving Energy Yoga” evolved and grew from my own deepest roots needing to be healed, needing to be embodied, grounded, and reunited with my truth, MY feelings, My Sensuality.

The essence of ME yoga is transformational, it’s a practice designed to re-awaken you to all that you are beyond what you have come to believe you are.

By moving the old stuck energy up and out, we create space for the soul to shine and the body to come back into balance.

Often people find they suddenly lose all the weight they’ve carried for years simply by letting go of the heavy psycho-physical weight of the past.

With this practice, we move our awareness into the tightly woven labyrinths within, unravelling the toxins locked into the fabric of our bodies.

This is why we so often feel the tears rise up as a cleanse and release response.

Sacred transformation happens when we reconnect with what lies beneath the outer layers, and tend to the inner-garden.

A wise embarkation for all and incredibly valuable during pregnancy. Getting clarity on what we carry with us so we can get to those weeds before we birth and parent.

For most of us, the unexplored unconscious drivers of our lives are in charge of our habitual thinking and behaviors.

In order for us to shift into health and wellness, in the complete holistic sense, we need to come to a practice like Moving Energy Yoga that offers us enough time in poses, enough space and freedom to feel and to re-unite the fragmented to whole.

Taking your first steps onto this yoga-life path is a big decision and needs complete preparation, if it is truly going to be a part of your life forever.

I have seen countless yoga mats in shoe closets gathering dust, serving as a guilty reminder of a whimsical moment or lost momentum. But this does not have to be your story.

For all, beginners to seasoned yogi’s who feel their practice has become stale, or they’re not prioritizing it or finding commitment waning, I recommend starting with my 5 Day Body Reset Program. It’s a gentle and nourishing way back.

When the light sparkles through the crack in the door, calling you to open it and experience the power that lie’s within you…don’t wait, don’t postpone it…run with all your heart towards it!

Namaste

Sonia x