Sonali Sangeeta Balajee
Sonali Sangeeta Balajee is a proud mother, artist, organizer, facilitator, mindfulness / yoga instructor, and emerging health practitioner who works at the intersection of spiritual wisdoms, queerness, and ecological knowledge. She is the founder and co-director of
Spiritual Social Medicinal Apothecary (SSoMA) and founder of
Our Bodhi Project, spiritual and political projects that elevate the medicines of our times, focusing particularly on the medicines of spiritual practice, sacred inquiry, queerness, and ecological wisdoms. Sonali's life work has focused on strategies elevating wholeness, specifically calling for leading with multiple truths and perspectives required for collective health. She has spent 13 years in U.S. local government, creating and leading social justice and racial equity initiatives. Her community organizing background has focused on youth development, environmental justice, racial justice, and HIV / AIDS-related advocacy and service. Her current advocacy focus is on resource mobilization for projects and initiatives that speak to the spiritual-political antidotes our world so desperately needs.