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I am Sonia de Wit, individualist, artist, photographer, adventurer, creative junky, the best intention setter for new plans and ideas, active workshop presenter. I am at my happiest at the beach, walking long solitude walks and reviving my connection with nature. I live a very interesting life, gathering information, studying, learning through my own endeavours and personal experiences, all moving me into the healing journey and therapy modalities I now practice and collaborate with children and adults. I worked in the corporate environment for many years in a managing role. I then took the best leap of faith in myself - and started working for myself. Photography was my passion. Little did I know what a building adventure this would start; new lasting connections and friendships

Communication is a very important component in my daily life, important for me to clearly understand and be understood. While still in the corporate environment- the need to put effort into your future via studying stayed with me - I love learning - NQF level 6 in Business Management with UNISA. I've studied child development at the university of Atlanta Georgia USA and volunteered at the Collier Institute of communication disorders at the Texas University in the USA for almost two years. Short courses in how to create an appropriate classroom environment, and at Richland College Dallas Texas. I trained with Koelle Simpson Arizona (USA) and Susan Viljoen in Equus communication and personal development. Which led to a combination of music therapy, mindfulness, emotional freedom tapping and I'm a certified trauma release exercise facilitator. Emotional Intelligence course with Dr Gawie Minnaar. Life Coach training with Martha Beck workshops. Introduction year of Art Therapy at Helios. Mind Moves - Dr Melodie De Jarger. Baby Gym Dr Melodie de Jager. I recently completed my MARI - Mandala Assessment Resurge Instrument studies and I am a BARS - Access Consciousness Practitioner. I can do ballooning, Puppetry, I was even trained in communication games by a team from the USA. I have a special affinity with children - from birthings to school leavers . Connection with children comes naturally. I found that I enjoy working with domestic animals too during my training - I’m still willing to try the less domestic ones too. This amazing pot of studies and training have assisted me in living my best life -

I run a successful children's and adult resilience program along with many creative workshops and enhancing therapy modalities.

27/11/2025

🎄 A Christmas Colouring Countdown With a Purpose 🎄
25 Days. 25 Christmas Trees. 25 Moments of Joy.

This December, I’m inviting you to join me in something simple… yet incredibly meaningful.

I’ve created a 25-day Christmas Tree Colouring Book — 25 gentle, simplistic tree designs to colour, one for each day from the 1st of December to Christmas.

But this isn’t just a colouring book.
It’s a kindness project.
A calm moment in a busy world.
A way to feel connected, even when family is far.

For R50 (or whatever you’re able to contribute), you’ll receive the printable colouring book — and together, we’ll create something beautiful.

Over Christmas, I’ll be visiting a local institution to spend time with people who may feel forgotten this time of year.
I’ll sit with them.
Colour with them.
Share small treats.
And hand out the Christmas Tree cards that we create.

✨ When you get this colouring book, you’re not just colouring.
You’re giving joy.
You’re giving presence.
You’re giving a moment of human connection to someone who needs it.

❤️ WHY THIS MATTERS

✨ It brings calm and mindfulness in a hectic season
✨ It sparks creativity and childlike joy
✨ It’s affordable and accessible for every family
✨ It becomes a yearly tradition of kindness
✨ It helps someone feel seen, valued, and remembered

📩 If you’d like to be part of this JOY project:
Click the WhatsApp button, send me your email, and I’ll send your printable PDF.

🌲 Comment “TREE” if you believe in spreading kindness this Christmas.
Please share this post — even one share can help me reach more hearts.

May this season remind us that the smallest acts of love often make the biggest difference.
❤️🎁🌟

12/11/2025

Photography Course December Holiday Program:

This summer, explore the world through your own lens at the Photography Summer School in Strand, Western Cape.

Designed for curious and creative minds, this hands-on program teaches students how to take beautiful photos using just a mobile phone while learning the language of photography, from composition and lighting to storytelling and creative editing.

Two Age Groups:

12 Years and up, Explore creative photography, editing basics, and visual storytelling.

Dates:
11 - 15 December 2025 | 08h30 - 12h00 daily
Strand, Western Cape

Cost:
R1600 per participant – includes a mini photo journal, certificate, and final photo showcase.

Highlights:
Learn photography terms in a fun and simple way
Explore Strand’s beach, nature, and textures
Gain confidence and creative expression
End-of-week mini exhibition

Bring: A mobile phone or tablet with a camera

Wear: Comfortable clothes, hat, and sunscreen

Bookings & Inquiries:
Sonia de Wit
soniamoments@gmail.com
082 217 8322
Strand, Western Cape

10/11/2025

A little Joy Project for the festive Season.

Let’s bring back the real magic of snail mail — one postcard at a time

This year, while visiting Franschhoek, I stopped by something I didn’t think still existed, a small, fully functional post office that actually works.

Inside, I met Avryl, he was born and raised in Franschoek, who smiled and said, “We’ve never lost a single piece of mail here.”

"Lightbulb" moment ! Let's get the South African connection going for the season in this fast world.

Since moving away from my family, the festive season has started feeling different quieter, a little more distant.

Many of us are in the same place, far from loved ones, missing grandparents in old-age homes, or thinking about a friend we haven’t spoken to in years. If you do not have anyone but you would love to participate in the program we will find you a name and address and share the fun.

So, I decided to start a JOYFUL Postcard Project I will help us reconnect in a more meaningful way this December.

I’ve designed a beautiful postcard all photographs I've taken and inspired by the charm of Franschhoek, and I’ll personally write and send your message to someone special anywhere in South Africa.

The cost of the postcard R150.

You Receive:
A professionally printed Franschhoek postcard
A handwritten message (you send me your words)
A South African postage stamp and mailing directly from Franschhoek

It’s simple — all you have to do is email your details to
soniamoments@gmail.com

Full details of the process will be mailed to you.
If your are in for the fun, Postcards will be mailed on the 1st of

December so that it has enough time to reach the destination before December 25th.

Let’s bring back the joy of receiving real mail — the kind that you hold in your hands and keep forever.

Let the fun begin, connect with me at soniamoments@gmail.com

25/06/2025

Process Art, any age no limit to the fun. 😁

I'm starting to compile fun holiday kits for children, and I keep it affordable and you can create limitless activities out of one R100 kit.

I've been a teacher and therapist for a long time and the most simplistic things occupy them for the longest time.

The process are purely the child's OR the adults and the aim is to give no instructions and no guidelines.

Put the activity out and "LET THEM CREATE"

First kit is "SQUARE PUNCH" only 6 avaliable many cute characters can be created and punched to make unlimited pictures and tell stories.

R100 per set includes punch and paper strips, you add whatever is in your art cupboard.

Let the fun begin. 😁

Collection in Strand or postnet if your stationed in another town for your own account.

Sonia Georgina De Wit 0822178322

24/06/2025

PROCESS ART, I always say to the mom's, we are not having a craft class, no bodies process are the same, therefore no art will look the same.

Some will have a end product, some will just have a little messy blob, we are not working with an outcome we are working with the process.

Process art is about the journey of creating and imagination, having fun, one space in the busy world where we are not pushed to finish but be in the process till we are done.

We learn to accept and not judge, we learn not to compare, we work with each individuals process and creating joy and Fun while the body loves what is happening.

We get dirty we get messy and we ART!!!

05/06/2025

Geometry/Meetkunde ART drawings.

We learn how the patterns in Nature works and draw the Basics of Geometry Shapes that we see everywhere.

Great for balancing right and left brain and super beautiful way to calm the Nervous System.

What you need when you join our math brain art. 😁

White Paper drawing book 30x30 or 20x20cm
Thick 110g or up.
Basic Geometry Drawing Tools:
Pencil – For making light, erasable lines.
Eraser – To correct mistakes cleanly.
Ruler – To draw and measure straight lines.
Compass – For drawing circles and arcs.
Protractor – To measure and draw angles.
Divider – To transfer lengths and compare distances.
Sharpener – To keep pencils precise and sharp.
Black Permanent Market - Thin 0.5 mm
Thick 1. 0mm
We user it for the outlines of the circles and lines.
Water Colour Pencils - They are soft and easy blend colour's.

In Person Group Strand Starts First week of July "lekker" winter Art and social.

Online classes I'll have the date available soon.

I'll post some new Geometry Drawings in my Surroundings Soon.

31/05/2025

I'm starting Geometry drawings classes again.
In Person Strand/Helderberg or Online also.

You learn to draw the process of patterns and math ratios in a different kind of way. 🌀😀

Patterns in Nature let's ART 🌿🌱

14/05/2025

Woody Robots robots in the making still one of my most favorite therapy modes I use with children maybe it's time for some adults to create 😀.

13/05/2025

Art Saturday 18th May 15h30.
Draw *Move * Laugh * Colour
Strand/Helderberg
R250

Only 6 Places.

11/05/2025

We had a beautiful TRE release session the past Saturday, next one 24th of May 9h30.

Booking essential.

TRE® is an innovative series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma. The exercises safely activate a natural reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular tension, calming down the nervous system. When this muscular shaking/vibrating mechanism is activated in a safe and controlled environment, the body is encouraged to return back to a state of balance.

Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (or TRE®) is based on the fundamental idea, backed by research, that stress, tension and trauma is both psychological and physical. TRE®’s reflexive muscle vibrations generally feel pleasant and soothing. After doing TRE®, many people report feelings of peace and well-being. TRE® has helped many thousands of people globally.

01/05/2025

Private Retreat all year round, Strand Beach working mainly with creative projects, Art Therapy and Psychological Processes.

The Retreat is slow down, breath deep and reconnect with nature, detox from Social Media and Cellphones.

2 Nights and 3 days of Nature, Rest and doing different in a safe environment.

This Retreat is set for Professionals, Mental Health, Heath Care Sector and any person suffering from burn out.

*Nature walks - Beach - forest - mountains
*art healing processes - Nero - geometry - photography
*healing sessions - Trauma Release - Gentle touch - acupressure sessions
*self - regulation - grounding - breathing - tapping

This is also a retreat for going on adventures for the one's who wants to explore Cape Town but do not want to do it on their own.

The coast is calling you, feeling the urge to pack up and pause.

Sonia Georgina De Wit 082 217 082 217 8322

19/03/2025

Junior Brew & Bakers — School Holiday Workshop!

Winter is coming so let's get that hot chocolate making on board.

Looking for a creative, hands-on skills holiday activity for your
7 to 10-year-old?

Join us for a deliciously fun Junior Brew & Bakers Workshop on 2 April, from 10h00 to 12h00 in Strand, Helderberg !

What’s on the menu?

Learn to make warm, frothy hot chocolate (barista-style, kid-safe!)
Whip up tasty, healthy date snicker bars — guilt-free and full of energy!

Why parents love it:
✔️ Builds confidence & independence in the kitchen
✔️ Encourages group work and friendly teamwork
✔️ Nurtures individual creativity and problem-solving
✔️ Develops fine motor skills and kitchen coordination
✔️ Focus on safety first — fun and supervised!

Each child will take home recipe cards and yummy treats they made themselves!

📍 Where? Strand, Helderberg
📅 When? Tuesday, 2 April | 10h00–12h00
🎟️ Limited spots — 6 Spots available.

Sonia de Wit 082 217 8322

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Who am I?

I ask this questions to myself many times, and I can answer it in many different ways, from many different perspectives.

Maybe the most common one I come up with is, I do lot’s of creative projects, I do workshops, love interacting with people, love coffee, love the smell of a new born baby and many more things.

I am a photographer, I am a TRE facilitator, I am a mandala artist, no, am not a wife and no, I am not a mother.

Not a wrong answer, but as I sit in my quiet space, just me and my breath, a blank page in front of me, I forget all the things I do.

I find the center of the page and start drawing circular patterns from the center.

I give myself permission to really linger where I feel most vulnerable, accepting my imperfections, my inadequacies, and my fears, I connect with the one’s I do not allow myself to show to the world.

I also embrace my courage and bravery, not holding back expressing what comes from the inside, I do not worry about the expectations of the outcome.

Only when the pattern unfolds on the page, I can express who I really am.

The patterns and colors change everyday, the intensity and the flow a reflection of what showed up in the days before that I have not processed internally.

Some days I do not like the outcome and other days I will display the beauty of it to the outside world and other people also experience joy from it.

I have found healing through the drawing of mandalas; it’s a feeder to many of my other creative projects.

Mandalas helped me reconnect with people, allowing myself to show my vulnerability, gives the people around me the courage to be brave and express their true self without judgment.

I am on a journey of birthing many more little projects, creating wonderful and beautiful connections between people. I allow myself the freedom to express and connect.