Instagram story viewer> @sonasanctuary> Posts

Sōna Sanctuary | The Art of Being

@sonasanctuary

1.1K

followers

333

following

An invitation to explore your inner world.
Sound • Meditation • Inner Practice
Miami | Online

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

There is something so tender about learning to love all the versions of ourselves that have brought us here.

The ones who were still figuring things out. The ones who found the courage to begin again. The ones who learned to soften, to trust, to let life unfold a little more freely.

Each version carrying us into the next, discovering something along the way.

And perhaps we can learn to look back at them with a little more tenderness. To appreciate what they knew, what they didn’t, and everything they were becoming.

But let’s not forget the person we are right now.

Still learning. Still unfolding. Still worthy of the same love we so freely offer to others.

You don’t have to become someone else to be worthy of your own love.

Leave yourself some flowers, too. ♡

#yourpath #presence #awarness #mindful #balance by @sonasanctuary

9

0

9 hours ago

BEYOND SOUND

Live Ceremonial Listening Experience
Presented by Dharma Healing House at Sōna Sanctuary
with sound facilitators Nikki Shanner & Nimi Gandhi
Beyond Sound is a two-hour live ceremonial listening experience exploring the space beyond simply hearing sound and into the experience of feeling it.

We begin with ceremonial cacao, grounding, and intentional breath, creating space for the body to soften, the mind to quiet, and awareness to turn inward.

From there, you’ll be invited to lie down, close your eyes, and enter an extended live sound journey woven through a live DJ set with voice, mantra, gong, crystal bowls, meditative soundscapes, frequency, vibration, and silence.

Beyond Sound is an exploration of deep listening, where each layer of sound becomes an invitation to move beneath thought and into direct experience.

Beyond the body. Beyond the mind. Beyond the senses. Beyond “you.”

What remains when we become quiet enough to truly listen?

The journey closes with grounding sound, mantra, and integration, gently bringing awareness back into the body and the present moment.

Beyond Sound brings together ancient practices of sacred sound with contemporary approaches to music, meditation, and immersive listening.

Come as you are. Lie down. Close your eyes. Listen deeply.

November 5, 2026
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

@ Sōna Sanctuary

Limited capacity: 12–15 guests
🍄optional
Presented by Dharma Healing House at Sōna Sanctuary. by @sonasanctuary

22

2

10 hours ago

Sound is something I love to share with others.

When we think of sound, we often think of something we hear.

But sound is also something we feel.

What begins as something we hear can become something we experience throughout the entire body.

And as we begin to listen more deeply, we may notice how sound gently draws our attention into the present moment.

The subtle sensations in the body. The rhythm of our breath. The spaces between sounds. The moments of stillness we might otherwise overlook.

What I find most beautiful is that there is nothing we need to figure out.

We can simply listen.

To become aware of where our attention is going. To notice when the mind wanders and gently return. To experience what it feels like to be here, without needing to control every moment.

Sound becomes more than something we listen to. It becomes a way of listening to ourselves.

And through that listening, we begin to cultivate a different relationship with our inner world.

A little more ease in the body.
A little more space in the mind.
A little more presence in the way we meet ourselves.

This is what I love sharing at Sōna. ♡

Whether you are simply looking for a moment to yourself or feeling called to explore something deeper, our group sound baths and private 1:1 sessions offer space for both.

I’d love to welcome you in. ♡

It’s helped me deepen my practice with myself and the world around me.

#soundbath #soundbathmeditation #soundmindsoundbody #soundhealing #soundhealingmiami by @sonasanctuary

54

8

2 days ago

So much of our energy goes toward things that aren’t even happening in the present moment.

A conversation we keep revisiting. A future we’re trying to control. A story we’ve told ourselves so many times that we’ve stopped questioning it.

And often, we don’t even realize how much of our attention is living there.

This is why awareness is such a beautiful practice.

Not because we need to stop thinking, but because we can begin to recognize where our minds are taking us, what we’re giving our energy to, and what patterns we continue to strengthen through our attention.

And in that moment of noticing, something opens.

The possibility of meeting the moment differently.

Of returning to what’s actually here.

Of remembering that just because a thought arises doesn’t mean we have to follow it.

Where has your attention been living lately?

#awareness #mind #attention #mindful #meetthemoment by @sonasanctuary

20

1

3 days ago

Through sound, I was able to cultivate peace in my life.

Not because the chaos around me stopped, but because I began to understand my own mind.

I learned to notice where my attention was going. I learned to recognize when my thoughts were taking over, when I was becoming entangled in a story, and when I could simply step back and allow a thought, feeling, or emotion to pass.

And over time, something began to change.

I realized that peace wasn’t something I had to wait for life to give me.

It was something I could cultivate within myself, even while life continued moving around me.

There’s a certain beauty in learning to step out of the entanglement of your own mind.

To recognize that not every thought needs your attention.
Not every emotion needs a story.
And not every experience needs to become something you carry.

This is something I continue to practice in my own life.

And the more I experience it for myself, the more I feel called to share it with others.

Because learning to meet your mind differently can change the way you experience your entire life.

And I would love to help you discover that for yourself, too.

#soundhealing #mindbodybalance #regulation #presence #mindfulness by @sonasanctuary

61

8

4 days ago

There’s a moment in sound where listening begins to change.

The mind has a little less to hold.
Time feels less fixed.
The body softens into repetition.
And somewhere between hearing and being moved, something shifts.

Maybe this is part of what draws us back to sound again and again.

Not to escape ourselves,
but to meet ourselves from somewhere quieter.

#soundhealing #soundbath #soundbathmiami #trance #letgo by @sonasanctuary

9

1

6 days ago

Deep listening :
A space to take you beyond the mind, fully into your senses.

#deeplistening #soundbath #soundbathmeditation #soundbathmiami #gongbath by @sonasanctuary

38

2

9 days ago

There is something so deeply human about gathering around sound.

Across time, cultures, and traditions, we have turned to music and rhythm to express what words sometimes cannot. To celebrate, to grieve, to pray, to move, to connect, and to feel.

From sacred chants and ceremonial drums to jazz clubs and dance floors, sound continues to bring us together in so many beautiful ways.

Different expressions, different traditions, yet this familiar human desire to feel connected through sound remains.

Perhaps sound has always been one of the ways we find our way back to ourselves, and to one another. 🤎

#ritual #sound #gathering #culture #dance by @sonasanctuary

10

0

9 days ago

The practice isn’t staying.
It’s returning.

#practice #presence #soundbath #empowerment #wellness by @sonasanctuary

11

2

15 days ago

Maybe rewiring isn’t about erasing the old pattern.
Maybe it’s about meeting it differently, enough times, that the new response starts to feel familiar.

Each time you come back to the sound,
you practice coming back to the body.
You practice staying.
You practice softening instead of immediately bracing.

And slowly, that response becomes something you can carry with you beyond the sound bath.

So when life gives you something uncertain, uncomfortable, or unexpected,
softening becomes a response you already know how to return to.

#soundbath #presence #softening #nervoussystemregulation #healing by @sonasanctuary

15

1

18 days ago

There is so much life happening before we name it.
Before we decide what it means.
Before we turn it into a story.

I’ve been practicing letting the moment arrive first.

Feeling it.
Meeting it.
Letting it move through me.

Not everything needs to be understood in real time.
Some things are meant to be lived before they are interpreted.

#soundbath #experience #nervousystemregulation #nervoussystemhealing #presence by @sonasanctuary

16

1

18 days ago

Maybe safety changes more than how we feel.

It can change how much of the moment we’re able to receive.

Sound gives the body somewhere steady to return to. And the more often the body experiences moments of safety, the more familiar that state can become.

Over time, that can ripple into how we respond, how we relate, and how we move through life.

A sound bath can be more than a moment of calm. It can be a practice of returning.

#soundbath #nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystemhealing #safety #slowdown by @sonasanctuary

10

0

23 days ago