Sonialchemy

Shine your light

Hello There,

I have lived my life exploring the inner and outer realms of what it is to be a human in the world and how to best expose and explore who I am. These are among my greatest gifts, and the alchemy of this life-study is what I bring to those I work with.

With a passion for people, life and our human experience, I was born in Spain. I have lived in 3 continents, 7 countries, and currently based in Switzerland.

With 20 years of international business experiences in various management positions and industries, I am a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction teacher, Life Coach, Yoga teacher, Conscious dance facilitator, Watsu practitioner  and a multidisciplinary practitioner in a myriad of holistic and wellness approaches to life.

With a love for sound, movement and body awareness, I studied music since I was 8 years old and have played the clarinet for over 10 years at a really young age while finishing my music studies. Since then dance is also a big passion and the cornerstone to the way I move in my life: contact dance, 5 rhythms, ecstatic dance, salsa, Argentinian tango…

My Path

I started practicing yoga in 2005 and attended my first silent meditation retreat in India in 2011 after a burn out. I never imagined that was only the beginning of a beautiful new path of deeper discoveries into my inner self, learning to listen-in, tapping into my inner truth & wisdom and remembering the power of self-love.

As you can see from my list below my curiosity , passion and love of learning led me to the study of many fields touching our human experience: mindfulness, bodywork, movement, energy work, watsu (I love being in water), integrative health, yoga, leadership, coaching… As you dive into the areas of my expertise you will find that the synergy of trainings I have participated in will be applicable to most areas of life you want to explore further, learning how to live a more embodied life.

What initially was a personal and urgent research to heal myself has become a passion and a beautiful path to tap into my own power and well-being, which I would love to share with you.

“When you do things from your soul,
you feel a river of joy within you”
Rumi

My Holistic Trainings

MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION (MBSR)

Mindfulness Center at Brown University School of Public Health (in collaboration with UMASS Memorial Health Center for Mindfulness), USA. Teacher Training Certification:

  • MBSR. Teacher Advancement Intensive Training certification. Lynn Koerbel & Kate Mitcheom.
  • MBSR. Foundations of Mindfulness. Teacher training. Patricia Holland.
  • MBSR Study Group & Skill Building. Teacher training. Patricia Holland
  • MBSR. Teacher training. Patricia Holland.
  • MBSR. Kate Mitcheom.

OTHER MINDFULNESS PROGRAMS

  • Mindful communication. Mindful Schools. USA.
  • Mindfulness for kids 7-11 years old. Paws b. program. Mindfulness in Schools project. UK
  • Mindfulness for kids 11-18 years old. B. program. Mindfulness in Schools project. UK
  • Trauma Sensitive Movement Course. Monique Leverington. Portugal

COACHING & LEADERSHIP

  • Leadership Certification. IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Certified Life Coach. Certified Coaches Alliance, CCA. USA
  • Certified Organisational Development Coach. ICF, Symbiosis Coaching. USA
  • Various trainings with Tony Robbins on leadership, coaching, life mastery & personal development. USA

COACHING & LEADERSHIP

  • Leadership Certification. IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Certified Life Coach. Certified Coaches Alliance, CCA. USA
  • Certified Organisational Development Coach. ICF, Symbiosis Coaching. USA
  • Various trainings with Tony Robbins on leadership, coaching, life mastery & personal development. USA

YOGA

  • Hatha Yoga Teacher Training certification. Bali
  • Yin Yoga. Bernie Clark. USA
  • Hatha Yoga. Hridaya Yoga. Mexico
  • Trauma Sensitive Movement Course. Monique Leverington. Portugal

BODYWORK

Alchemy of touch myofascia massage and bodywork training. Tapesh & Anouk. IPHM accredited (International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine):

  • Level I: Thailand
  • Level II: Italy

DANCE

Dance has been part of me since a teenager (when I started ballroom dancing) till nowadays:

  • Ecstatic Dance. I discovered Ecstatic dance short after my first Contact Dance workshop in 2008 in Fribourg and I fell in love with this practice having joined numerous festivals and workshops around the world, India, Bali, Greece…
  • I have also attended numerous workshops in Contact Dance, 5rhythms…
  • DJ Ecstatic Dance Training – Bali.
  • Salsa is a big part of my heart, having attended numerous international congresses since 2004 till nowadays.
  • Argentinian Tango has also stolen my heart since I discovered it in 2009.

INTRINSIC HEALTH

  • Gut health – Integrative Health, course with Dr. Zach Bush. USA

SOUND HEALING

  • Workshop Introduction the Healing Voice – Spain
  • Tibetan singing bowls and voice – Level I. Spain
  • Advanced workshop (Level II) with Tibetan singing bowls, small Feng-gongs, cymbals/tinghsa’s, energy work, nature and voice. Spain.

WATSU (water shiatsu)

  • Introduction to Healing Dance. Michael Hallock. Bali
  • Healing dance I. Michael Hallock.                    Bali
  • Healing dance II. Inika Spence.                        Italy
  • Healing Dance. Integration. Inika Spence.     Italy
  • Watsu I. Arjana C. Brunschwiler.                     Belgium
  • Souffle de l’eau. Georges Amir.                       Switzerland
  • Fly Deeper. Liquid Roots. Ofer Rosenthal.     Hungary
  • Dancing in water. Sergio and Simone             Portugal
  • Water Dance. Arjana C. Brunschwiler             Switzerland

INNER DANCE (sound meditation)

  • Inner Guidance. Amara Samata.                     Finland.
  • Energy school, Pi Villaraza,                               Philippines
  • Energy school intensive 3 months training immersion, Philippines

BREATHWORK         

  • BBTR – Byodinamic Breathwork for Trauma Release. Poland

REIKI  

  • Reiki Level I. Bali
  • Reiki Level II. Bali

JOE DISPENZA  

  • Progressive Retreat. Switzerland
  • Week Long Advanced Retreat. Cancun, Mexico.

MEDITATION SILENT RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS

  • 10 days Silent Retreat. Hridaya Yoga. Mexico
  • 7 days Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: Discover your Inner Light with Sacred Breath. Buchenau, Germany
  • 8 days Silent Retreat: Insight Inside USA Retreat. Bob Stahl & Florence Meleo-Meyer. University of Brown. USA
  • 5 day Silent Mindfulness Retreat: Mindfulness and Compassion, Investigating the Four Brahmavihārās. Bodhin, Spain.
  • 5 day silent Retreat: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion. Ali Lambie & Zoe Fisher. UK
  • 8 day silent retreat: Introduction to Buddhism. Tushita Meditation Center, Dharamsala, India
  • 7 days Gelug Tradition of Mahamudra. Tushita Meditation Center, Dharamsala, India
  • 7 days Shamatha Meditation retreat. Tushita Meditation Center, Dharamsala, India
  • 7 days silent retreat at Padma Ling. Dungsey Jigmé Rinpoche & Dungsey Lhuntrul Dechen Gyurmé Rinpoche. Switzerland
  • 10 days Vipassana silent meditation retreat. Italy
  • 2 days Dalai lama teachings. Dharamsala. India.
  • 2 days Tibetan Yoga. Alejandro Chaoul. Switzerland.
  • Bon Buddhism trainings with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, retreats & workshops every year since 2011 (L’eveil du corps sacré, Soul retrieval, L’éveil de l’esprit lumineux and many others…)

    The moment is Now. Not tomorrow or yesterday. Right here, right now.
    This is your moment to Shine

    My epiphany moment:

    My epiphany moment has more to do with love than pain.This is the story of my life and the intricate dance of what I bring to you.

    In 2009, diagnosed with a burnout, I allowed myself to reach such levels of pain, in body and soul, that after some time it was clear something needed to change. I had an epiphany about the direction I needed to go and the realization that traditional allopathic methods were not the way, or at least not going to the source of my problem. What I considered to have been one of the most difficult parts of my life, has converted to be one of my biggest gifts and blessings, which I am so grateful for.

    This was the beginning of my amazing and often circuitous journey into the realms of “healing”, deep reflection and alternative medicine and paths, realizing there was a greater calling for my life energy.

    “Sometimes the route to well-being seems fraught with the perils of challenge but, alas, under that heavy rock grows the most delicate and beautiful of flowers”