YOU, UNLIMITED: Why Ascension Is More Physical Than You Think

What if everything you thought you knew about spirituality and the body was backward?

In the latest episode of YOU, UNLIMITED, host Adria Estribou sits down with trauma-informed Reiki practitioner and somatic guide Soña Rose for a conversation that turns conventional spiritual wisdom on its head. Fresh from a deep integration period in Mount Shasta, Adria opens with a confession: "I am continually surprised in the last few years how physical spirituality is."

It's a theme that resonates through the entire hour-long dialogue, challenging the Western conditioning that treats the body as something to transcend rather than inhabit.

Are We Leaving Our Bodies Behind—Even in Yoga Class?

Soña Rose, who has trained yoga teachers for years, shares a startling observation about a common phrase heard in studios across America: "Okay, come back to your body."

"We're conditioned to leave the body, even in one of the most ancient practices where that is not corpse at all," she explains, referencing the final resting pose, Shavasana. "That is the most important time to stay present, to be with the surprises in awe and wonder."

The distinction matters because, as Soña puts it, "This is the sacred vessel of the soul, and why our souls wanted to come in and experience the human expression." Rather than viewing meditation or spiritual practice as an escape from physicality, both women advocate for something more radical: full presence in the body as the pathway itself.

Adria recalls her 18-year-old self, meditating to reach "somewhere sparkly and magical." Now, she says, "the whole of the world is the play field," as wonderful as any meditation experience. Watch the full episode to hear how both women learned to trust the intelligence of their bodies over the conditioning of their minds.

What Does DNA Activation Have to Do With Taking Naps?

The conversation takes an unexpected turn when Adria introduces an analogy: we're essentially changing out the engine of a car while driving it.

"We are in this transition from Homo sapiens to Homo luminous," she explains, referencing the massive shift in human DNA happening in real time. "It's really difficult to do that while you're driving... so some days you may need to sleep, literally take a nap."

Soña agrees wholeheartedly, pointing to how all organic life regenerates: "An animal gets injured, it goes and rests. A plant turns inward in the winter to come up and just bloom again in the spring." The problem? Our collective culture of "going and doing" conditions us to resist exactly what we need most.

"We share a collective culture of the going and the doing," Soña observes. "But here we are in this very unique moment in time where we as a collective species have the opportunity to experience ourselves in a brand new way."

Both women share personal stories of their bodies demanding rest or movement—sometimes through uncomfortable symptoms that won't relent until they're witnessed. Adria describes physical symptoms that flared up in Shasta when she tried to keep producing content: "My old programming is to panic. There's a new sensation." Her solution? Asking herself, "What do I know about this?" and allowing space to simply witness.

Can Your Body Actually Be Wrong?

Perhaps the most provocative claim of the conversation comes from Soña Rose: "I will challenge that the body has never been wrong. It's the conditioning of the mind that has yet to catch up with the divinity that's being expressed through our body."

She calls it "the divinity of the body"—a phrase Adria immediately adopts as her new favorite. It's a radical reframe from viewing physical sensations, symptoms, or limitations as problems to solve.

Instead of labeling experiences as pain or discomfort, Soña teaches her clients to say simply: "I feel sensation." This opens what she calls the "aperture of infinity"—allowing something to be present without the story, opinion, or need to fix it.

"It's not the experience, it's the opinion of the experience that creates the suffering," Soña explains. She invites viewers to bring neutrality and curiosity to whatever arises—whether that's a persistent cough, an intense dream, or the urge to clean the bathroom as a form of integration after channeling.

The women also address questions from viewers about recurring nightmares and physical symptoms. Angel Raphael, channeled through Adria, offers guidance: "Dreams are physical... you are projecting light into the universe to create a dream." Bad dreams, Raphael suggests, are often the body's way of digesting anxiety we didn't process while awake—like "vomiting something you didn't like to eat."

Soña adds that all dreams are medicine, even the frightening ones. "How do I take the medicine of my dreams?" she asks rhetorically. Her practice includes working with mugwort, setting intentions before sleep, and writing down characters, environments, and especially feelings upon waking.

The episode concludes with a preview of the You Are Galactic conference, where Soña will guide somatic practices for integrating DNA activation. "In that time of rest, just like I gave that example of Shavasana, it doesn't have to be a Shavasana at the end of a yoga class," she explains. "It can be any time we're choosing to become still and just be with whatever is there in the stillness."

For anyone navigating the disorienting, uncomfortable, or simply unfamiliar territory of spiritual transformation in a physical body, this conversation offers both permission and practical guidance. Watch the full episode to experience the full depth of Adria and Soña's embodied wisdom.

Find Soña Rose at soniarose.com or at the Center for New Age in Sedona, where she offers somatic sessions, psychic mediumship, and sacred space design.

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