Sonja's 20 year history with yoga began as a way to feel whole and balanced from the stress of being an athlete and performer. While working as a theatre performer and aerialist, Ashtanga yoga has been a healing force that not only soothed sore muscles but calmed the mind and lit the creative light. She teaches at Pure Yoga, and Prema Yoga Therapy Institute in NYC. With the idea from her son Sam Smithyman, Sonja helped him create the Enter Grace organization, a non-for-profit that brings yoga to under-served schools in Harlem and the Bronx.