Doing time in the MIU

“What was it like being in the Managed Isolation Unit?”

“Challenging and an experience I will never forget for the unexpected spaciousness I found in myself.”

Sonia WatersJanuary 25, 2021

Top Ten New Years Resolutions make seeing a Somatic Sexologist highest priority in 2021

Sonia WatersDecember 26, 2020top ten new years resolutions, somaticsexologist, sexologicalbodyworker, somatics, sexology, wanaka, queenstown, sensual massage

Body Image in Relationships

Sonia Waters NZ’s leading somatic sexologist shares seven steps to coming home to your body and deeper connection with your beloved.

Embodiment at Work

Stress and anxiety live in future thinking and manifest in our bodies as migraines, leaky gut, skin issues, aches and pains. You cannot experience anxiety when you are present in your body. Embodiment is about learning from and living in our bodies.

Sonia WatersOctober 18, 2020embodiment, stressandanxiety, anxiety, somatics, leakygut, migraine, embodimentatwork, stress, mindfulness

Change not Trauma

I am writing the book “Change not Trauma” to share with you tools to work through blind-siding change, through potential depression and to mitigate the risk of ongoing effects of trauma from that change.

Sonia WatersOctober 12, 2020change, trauma, depression, embodiment, somatics, somaticsexologist, counsellor, intimacy

Case Study: erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction affects many men of all ages. Re-wiring pathways in the body, working with porn addiction, self esteem issues, expanding your capacity for pleasure are all part of bringing this debilitating issue under control. Read about Jim’s journey to fully functioning pleasure by working with Sonia Waters, New Zealand’s only certified somatic sexologist.

Sonia WatersOctober 5, 2020

The day the river turned dark grey

I share with you a glimpse from a dark grey day. If you lost your job, left your marriage, children flew away… there are so many emotions and sensations in turning points in life; sometimes we reach overwhelm. And that is okay. Finding some tools that work for you and sharing with a friend can be medicine. f you would like a professional ear to hear you, please call me. Listening and feeling is what I am really good at :) Sonia@wildself.nz m: +64 27 200 9566

I lost my libido!

… your libido isn’t lost, your libido is still in you, she’s gone into hiding waiting for your attention. Let’s give your libido the environment she needs to return to fullness in love and life.”

Sonia WatersSeptember 8, 2020lossoflibido, libido, toptips, erection, erectiledysfunction, sexologist, somatics, somaticsexologist, #Sonia Waters

Michelle's Story

Through embodiment and somatic work Michelle’s nervous system found new ways of being. She found deep pleasure in her body and enjoyed the repeated message of “slow down” to all aspects of life; …t it allowed her to be more efficient, more resilient and open to opportunities… opportunities which came to her from “nowhere”.

Sonia WatersAugust 31, 2020embodiment, somaticsexologist, somatics, healyourlife, healing, Womenshealth, menshealth, mentalhealth

Podcast: Sex, Money, Power

Sonia WatersAugust 28, 2020

Erectile Dysfunction

Sonia WatersAugust 17, 2020erectiledysfunction, somaticsexologist, sexologist, embodiment, therapy, sextherapy

Wheel of Consent in Touch

When we give, receive, or endure touch we don’t want we shut down connections within, build internal walls to protect us from feeling, bottle our emotions, learn to be silent and can develop pain or become numb to sensations. Dr Gabor Mate, the author of “When the body says no” suggests this is a source of inflammation in our system causing illness and disease. Building trust and maintaining deep relationships from this place is very difficult.

Sonia WatersAugust 11, 2020