In light of recent court decisions, and the culmination of a month celebrating Pride, I want first to reflect how empowered and supported I feel to be a part of the Sonic community, where I am constantly encouraged and supported to seek out my own inward journey, and where the divine nature of creative, feminine energy is acknowledged on a daily basis. Thank you, Sonic Yoga!
I’ve been a part of the Sonic family for a few years, now. I had already started working at the front desk at Sonic Yoga when I took my first class, back in November of 2015!
Previously, my only experience with the physical yoga practice had been large fitness classes at the gym. With some background in dance, I appreciated how yoga allowed my body to move. But that’s not where my journey with yoga began.
I first began learning about yoga when I took a World Literature course and read excerpts from the Bhagavad Gita. That semester, something in my mind and my heart was awakened. I scribbled all over the margins of that incredible text, and of course have since read it in its entirety multiple times. More recently, through Sonic’s advanced teacher training, I’ve found even more incredible texts and journeys to explore, and in a separate meditation teacher training, I’ve fallen in love with and highly recommend Dr. Lorin Roche’s translation of the Vijñānabhairava Tantra, known as the Radiance Sutras (if I recall, we actually have copies of this text at the studio – Dr. Roche and his wife Camille Maurine are good friends of Lauren Hanna, and familiar with Sonic’s work).
And to all my allies, those celebrating Pride, those mourning recent losses, and all other members of our community, the spirit in me honors and bows to the spirit in you… recognizing that we are the same Spirit.
Namaste.
Paul Mitchell Wilder
