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Meet the Instructor
"I’m Sonia, a family physician and MBSR instructor guiding others toward healthier, more mindful lives."
01. A little about her
Background
Sonia is a board certified Family Medicine physician and MBSR Qualified Level one teacher with over 10 years of personal experience meditating. She was born in Nicaragua and growing up would travel back and forth from Managua, Nicaragua to Kenosha, WI. She now proudly identifies as a Nicaraguan- American and feels her bicultural and bilingual background allows her to better serve her community. She has dedicated her medical career to serving vulnerable populations and currently works part time at a FQHC in Indianapolis, IN.
She opened It’s Always Now LLC in 2025 with the mission to increase access to highly trained mindfulness teachers to people of all backgrounds. Throughout the years she has trained under numerous experienced MBSR teachers through the Mindfulness Center at Brown University and the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has been inspired by her teacher's embodiment of mindfulness and hopes to do the same as an MBSR teacher.
02. Training
Education in Medicine & Mindfulness
Medical Education
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Medical Degree from The National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León
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Family Medicine Residency at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Fellowship in academic medicine at the Missouri University School of Medicine
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Board Certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine
MBSR Teacher Training
Throughout the years she has trained under numerous experienced MBSR teachers through the Mindfulness Center at Brown University and the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
03. how It Came To Be
The Story Behind It's Always Now
In 2012, as I worked through the end of my first marriage, I discovered meditation and Buddhist teachings. They reshaped my life, yet it grew harder to practice medicine within our time-pressured healthcare system. I longed for more meaningful moments with patients and wished to share the mindfulness tools that had helped me.
In 2015, I learned about the MBSR course and was delighted to find that there was a structured, evidence-based course that taught these exact tools, and so began the long journey to become an MBSR teacher. During the decade that followed, I struggled with consistency. I was pulled in different directions, but always came back to the practice and the deep desire to share the tools in the MBSR course with others. In 2025, I finally opened It’s Always Now LLC and began dedicating part of my time to teaching MBSR courses.
Mission and Values
Increase access to highly trained mindfulness teachers, ensuring that people from all backgrounds, experiences, and walks of life have the opportunity to learn and benefit from these practices.
Provide Trauma-informed and culturally sensitive courses
Commitment to following the MBSR curriculum which has years of research and evidence to back up its benefits for participants.
Welcome participants of all backgrounds and levels of experience with special emphasis on serving historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the mindfulness field in the United States.
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