Biography

Sonita Morin Abrahams is a yoga and pilates teacher who trained in Kripalu and Amrit yoga and owns a studio in Kingston called Afya Yoga and Pilates Studio. Sonita has been teaching for the past ten years and is committed to providing a peaceful and environmentally friendly space for students to de-stress and nourish their bodies and souls.

Sonita is also the Executive Director of RISE Life Management Services, a non-governmental organization in inner city Kingston, catering to the educational and health needs of Jamaica’s underserved populations. In addition, she is the course writer and coordinator for a on-line module “Adolescents and Drugs” for the University of the West Indies’ Open Campus course in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, as well as a lecturer at the University of West Indies and for the Caribbean Institute on Alcoholism and other Drug Problems in Trinidad & Tobago.

Sonita is a Fulbright Scholar with a master’s degree in Health Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University and represents the Caribbean on the Drug Prevention Network of the Americas and The International Task Force on Strategic Drug Policy.

She is a proud grandmother of two wonderful grandsons!