Get Balanced

10/31/2025

A few weeks ago I had the honor and privilege of officiating a wedding for a couple that I know, and I asked them if they would write a testimonial for my website specific to their experience. I was brought to tears reading what was written. 🥹💗

“It’s hard to put into words just how much of an impact Sonja has had on our lives. She radiates acceptance, sincerity, and love in everything she does. Whether guiding a yoga session, leading a meditation, or offering space for reflection and spiritual growth, she creates an environment that feels welcoming, safe, and deeply nourishing.

Her presence brings calm, her voice brings clarity, and her heart brings connection. She has a rare ability to listen with true empathy and to help you feel seen and supported—no matter where you are on your journey.

Most recently, she officiated our wedding, and it could not have been more meaningful. She brought a perfect blend of grace, wisdom, joy & humor to the ceremony, grounding the moment in a sense of love, unity & happiness that everyone felt.

We trust her completely and are endlessly grateful for the light and energy she shares with everyone around her. Sonja is a gift—both as a guide and as a person. You won't regret welcoming her into your life, and I encourage you to embrace her fully.”

Thank you, TK and AK, for allowing me to play a part on your special day and the gift of being with you on your journey! 🙏💞

10/30/2025

It was a pleasure meeting the woman behind Eat, Shop, Explore - Sycamore, IL this past weekend! Thank you for the beautiful posting Abby! 💜🤗💜

10/30/2025

✨️ Get Balanced ✨️

Meet Sonja Herington, the heart and soul behind Get Balanced. A name that perfectly captures her mission to bring peace, belonging, and healing to others.

Sonja’s journey is one of true transformation. She moved to the DeKalb area in 1998 as a single mom of two, determined to build a better life. She earned two Bachelor’s degrees and a Master’s from NIU, later working her way up within the university alongside various Deans. But after a major life shift, Sonja felt called to something deeper, her spiritual awakening.

Early 2014, Sonja met one of her most influencial teachers, Josie, who took her on an exploration of meditation, truth consciousness and spiritual wisdoms. As part of her new learned practices, she started journaling, asking questions of her higher purpose and she found answers to those questions through her dreams. In the fall of 2014 she started having vivid dreams of snakes, a powerful spiritual symbol of Kundalini energy. Intrigued, she began studying Kundalini Yoga through online videos. Several months later she had another powerful dream, this time of a dragon, and she heard the dragon say one word "Kundalini." This led her down a path towards her next journey.

In November 2015, she completed an intensive 9-month Kundalini Yoga Instructor certification, and officially launched Get Balanced in 2016.

Since then, Sonja has expanded her offerings which include:
🕉 Kundalini Yoga and Meditation
🎶 Sound Healing
🔮 QHHT (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique)
💫 BQH (Beyond Quantum Healing) Hypnosis
💖 SCH (Soul Centered Healing) Hypnotherapy
📖 Akashic Record Readings

Sonja also officates weddings as an ordained minister, and is a Level 3 Reiki practitioner.

Recently, Sonja took another incredible step forward on her journey! She and her husband purchased a 6-acre property to start creating Wood Haven Healing Home & Retreat Center (WHHH), a 10+ year old dream in the making. WHHH helps bring alive the vision to create a welcoming sanctuary for teachers, practitioners, and students in the community to come together in collaboration, growth, and healing.

Though she still balances a full-time professional career, Sonja's passion is the work she does when she is holding space and helping others on their own journey of expansion. Helping individuals find healing, connection with their higher truths, and create a sense of peace within, whether that is through a class, special sound/meditation event, or a one-on-one session, is the main focus of her life mission.

✨ To book a session with Sonja, visit her website at www.get-balanced.org. Join her on Thursday evenings for Kundalini Yoga, or any of the other teachers that offer classes, workshops, and speical events at WHHH. Follow Get Balanced and Wood Haven Healing Home & Retreat Center on Facebook to stay updated on upcoming classes and events and experience the foundation of peace, belonging, and safety that Sonja has lovingly built. . ✨

10/05/2025

Yesterday, I had the privilege to officiate the marital union of a couple that I get to call friends. It was my deepest honor to be a part of their big day! I wish them much love, joy, and abundance as they embark on this new beginning as husband and wife! 💜

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10/03/2025

Last night in Kundalini Yoga we strengthened our magnetic fields and opened our hearts. For the meditation we took that opening and formed a circle and chanted the Kundalini healing chant. We set the intention that all those needing healing right now - physically, emotionally, mentally, etc. -would recieve, if they are open.

The energy is there, infused in the web for all of humanity, the animal kingdom, plants, earth, even the solar system in which we reside.

If you are needing healing, I welcome you to tap into that energy for yourself. Find a quite space listen to the music, breath into the heart and allow.

https://youtu.be/1OGjZST8aRc?si=VQo7q0GW9OFCkgef

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