About Sonja
Sonja Free is a true New Englander and knows the body through many seasons. She has spent over 20 years mastering various body, mind, and spiritual techniques to serve people from all over the world; helping clients heal, transform, and access their truly empowered selves. As a lifelong student and athlete, Sonja enjoys delving deep into anatomy, physiology, neuroscience, and the relationship between neurochemicals and the power of touch. She believes firmly in the practice of massage and it’s effect on the sympathetic nervous system and it’s ability to stimulate dopamine and serotonin levels, leading to relaxation and reduced stress responses.
Having been raised in a spiritual home, Sonja learned from a young age the many benefits of meditation and mindfulness. Into adulthood, she studied under and worked with various healers, bodyworkers, shamans, and coaches. When confronted with moments of anxiety, chronic pain, grief, and depression, she applied their teachings, modalities, and self-awareness practices. From those periods of transformation, she grasped:
The deeper sadness and pain carve
into the well of your being,
the more joy it can contain.
Early into Sonja’s first career, as a Montessori preschool teacher, she observed that children practice love with ease, without fear, and with vulnerability. She often reflected,
How do I create space for adults to return to the sweet playfulness of their child selves? How can I help others feel safe and guide them towards this playful spirit…where there is always understanding, forgiveness and patience for the self and others, so they can move freely towards achieving their goals? What does this journey look like?
These reflections slowly blossomed into purpose and it was only a few years later when Sonja began her private practice as a Intuitive Life Coach, Reiki Master, and earned a License in Massage Therapy. Since then, she has continued her commitment to understanding the body’s anatomical, neurological, physiological, and energetic systems, the rhythms they contain, and learning how to soften areas of emotional resistance by nurturing the body’s tissues.
As a bodyworker, Intuitive Coach, and mentor, Sonja uses Massage, Energywork, and Coaching to lead empaths and compassionate high performers towards physical and energetic clearings; helping them to release fear, live in the present moment, and connect with their breath and their inner intuitive healer. Sonja’s greatest skillset is her Lovingness.