MEET TONYA
There is wisdom in the parts of you
that you've learned to silence.
Tonya Steinborn helps women reconnect with their bodies, their intuition and their own inner knowing. Her work brings together holistic wellness, healing, spirituality and the belief that becoming whole isn't about rejecting the woman you've been.
It's about understanding her.
Tonya Steinborn
Founder, Thistle Medicine
Collaborator, Sacred Soul
It's about becoming whole.
Tonya's work begins with the belief that the physical, emotional and spiritual part of us were never meant to be separated. The body carries stories. Our patterns carry stories. Even the parts of ourselves we've learned to protect, hide or silence can carry wisdom about where we've been and what we may need now.
Not because every woman needs the same approach.
Because every woman arrives carrying a different story.
The thistle became part of the story.
At the heart of Tonya’s work is Thistle Medicine, an independent healing practice she founded to bring together more than 15 years of experience in holistic wellness, intuitive guidance, energy, embodiment, ritual and spirituality.
Its name reflects a belief at the centre of her work:
like the thistle, the ways we learn to protect ourselves often develop for a reason.
Thistle Medicine invites women to understand what those protections have carried, honour the woman they needed to become, and create space for what they need now.
Not by rejecting who they’ve been, but by bringing more of themselves home.
We don't heal by rejecting the
woman we had to become.
We heal by bringing
her home.
Leave room for mystery.
For intuition. For nature and cycles. For ritual. For the sacred.
And for the parts of ourselves we may not always be able to
explain intellectually, but somehow know.
Her work can draw from holistic naturopathic wellness, nervous-system support, intuitive guidance, energy work, embodiment and spiritual practice.
For women who want to explore more deeply, Tonya's own Thistle Medicine work also makes space for the Divine Feminine, archetypes, shadow, ritual and the many expressions of womanhood
You don't have to share a particular spiritual language to begin.
Tonya's invitation is to discover what feels true and meaningful to you.
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY OF KNOWING
EXPERIENCE. INTUITION. BODY. SPIRIT.
What Tonya brings to the room.
More than 15 years experience working alongside women through natural wellness, healing, spirituality and transformation.
A deep foundation in holistic naturopathic wellness.
Training and practice across body-based, energetic, intuitive and spiritual approaches.
Ritual. Curiosity. Presence.
And a willingness to sit with the parts of a woman's story that don't always fit neatly into a box.
Sometimes the work begins with the body. Sometimes with stress, sleep or wellbeing. Sometimes with a pattern that keeps repeating. Sometimes with a transition. And sometimes it begins with a woman saying:
"I don't even know who I am anymore."
Tonya isn't interested in becoming another person you look to for answers. Working with her is about creating enough space to become curious about what your body, your intuition and your life may already be telling you.
You might talk. You might move. You might breathe. There may be reflection, ritual, energy work or stillness.
You may explore something deeply practical or something much harder to explain.
No two sessions need to look exactly the same, because no two women arrive carrying the same story.
Her role is to guide, support and help you uncover your own answers and learn to trust yourself again.
You don't need another guru.
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO WORK WITH TONYA
THISTLE MEDICINE
There is no single way into this work. You might begin with Tonya through Thistle Medicine, meet her within a Sacred Soul experience, or find something you needed in a conversation you didn’t expect. Follow what feels right for you.
Go deeper into Tonya's philosophy,
approach and independent body of
work through Thistle Medicine.
Follow the path that feels right for you.
WAYS TO CONNECT WITH TONYA
experience & Collaboration
Discover selected gatherings, circles, stays and other experiences
where Sacred Soul and Thistle Medicine intentionally come together.
listen to and what else?
Join Cheryl and Tonya for real
conversations about identity, healing, spirituality, relationships, becoming
and the questions women don't always
say out loud.
