Sofía Carbone (pronouns: she, they, ella, elle), began her yoga studies under the mentorship of Leonora Willis, Indigenous birthworker and yoga teacher from Samoa. Currently, as a certified perinatal yoga teacher, she brings tenderness and vitality to her yoga practice. She applies a trauma-informed and flexible approach to foster safety, inclusion, and transparency. She hopes these practices cultivate care, strength, grounding, self-determination, self-love, and collective power. As a compañera in a period of reproductive transformation and transition, She helps bring awareness to sensations and breath through visualizations and uplift one’s ability to take up space through movement. Together, we move through tending to the changing body and mind with the breath and cultivate each individual’s sovereignty for self-empowerment when navigating any stage of their reproductive journey. She has ten years of experience working in women-led organizations and teams focused on sexual and reproductive health in varying contexts around the globe. With a Master of Public Health from Brown University, Sofia is a a college faculty member at City College of San Francisco. In addition, she is the founder and CEO of Venus in Cancer, a community-centered online boutique.