Training the Next Generation of Leaders to Embody Peace, Joy, and
Wellness Within
About SolJoy
About SolJoy
We help you and your community create more peace, joy, and wellness within through somatic mindfulness, movement, meditation, and music.
Clients Who Trust Us:
SolJoy Team
Anna Choi, Founder & CEO
Anna Choi, is committed that world peace starts with inner peace by providing tools and practices for embodying peace as a TEDx Speaker, Author, Performance Artist, and Philanthropist.
Trained by two energy masters, H.H. Sai Maa and Ilchi Lee and teacher S.N. Goenka, she distills ancient wisdom into modern day somatic mindfulness practices.
A Korean American social entrepreneur, Anna founded SolJoy Peaceful Warriors providing free access to underserved leaders to receive scholarships for wellness programs and retreats.
Anna loves to cook plant based meals, write original songs on the piano and ukulele, and her proudest accomplishment is water birthing her son Eli.
She's celebrating 22 years with her sweetheart Leo, living in Poulsbo, WA with their cat Max.
Bianca McCall, Licensed Clinical Therapist
Bianca is a TEDx Speaker bringing 25 Years of behavioral health, 12 Years Healthcare Founder & CEO, and Health-Tech Entrepreneur and author of Pathways in Crisis Services Foundational Course, and Trauma-Informed Care in Crisis Services for Paraprofessionals Course. She's an Instructor for pre and post service members at University of Nevada, Reno.
Her company Reach-In Now™ is the culmination of her radical empathy and lived experiences from trials to championship at every level in her sport, in healthcare, and in education. Less than 1% of the global population can claim the level of expertise and influence Bianca possesses. She is the truest form of a disruptor and winner.
Bianca, is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and grew up in Sonoma County, California. Bianca brings a genuineness and outpour of passion to every space she is in. She enjoys her first love of basketball, now as a recreational player and very emotional spectator. Bianca- a serious foodie, loves traveling, movie-watching, and golf.
Dr. Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell, Ph.D
Affectionately nicknamed "Dr. G," embodies the Aloha Spirit and champions connection, compassion, and mutual prosperity. As the Founder and CEO of Co3 Consulting: Co-Creating Cohesive Communities, she is dedicated to nurturing transformative leadership and driving systemic change to empower cohesive communities and the BIPOC community.
Born and raised on O’ahu, Hawaii, specifically Palolo Valley and Pearl City, and now residing in Bothell, Washington, Dr. G's deep roots enable her to tap into her ancestors' wisdom and cultural heritage. Her unwavering commitment to a better world shines through all her pursuits.
Dr. G's dissertation, "The Evolution of AloHā: Systemic Change through Personal Transformation," reflects her dedication to positive change along with her award-winning children’s book Let’s Live Aloha, a captivating story that promotes empathy, adaptability, and emotional intelligence for young readers from PreK to 5th grade.
Julie Pham, Ph.D
Dr. Julie Pham is the founder and CEO of CuriosityBased, an organizational development firm based in Seattle.
Dr. Pham is the author of No. 1 Amazon Bestseller “7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work” (2022).
A contributor to Forbes.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Crosscut, and other media, she also has been a correspondent for New America Media.
Dr. Pham was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and came to the U.S. with her parents as boat people in 1979. She earned her doctorate in history at Cambridge University as a Gates Cambridge Scholar in 2008 and graduated magna cum laude from University of California, Berkeley, as a Haas Scholar in 2011.
Dr. Pham has been recognized with numerous awards for her community leadership. She lives in Seattle.
Melanie Newman, Brain Education Mindfulness
Master Melanie Newman has been a dedicated instructor and center manager with Body & Brain for over 8 years. A former special ed elementary school teacher, Melanie turned to holistic mindfulness practices after struggling with long-term anxiety and depression.
Through Body & Brain's transformative classes and programs, she was able to release negative patterns, strengthen both her mind and body, and rediscover love and joy in her everyday life.
Passionate about sharing healing and holistic principles, Melanie is deeply committed to helping others tap into their own capacity for self-healing and transformation.
She has taught over 2,000 Brain Education mindfulness classes including yoga, qigong, breathing, and meditation reaching thousands of students, passionate about helping others on their path to self-healing.
Kael Balizer, Ayurvedic Practitioner, NTS
Kael Balizer has maintained a successful practice as a Natural Therapeutic Specialist, Ayurvedic Doctor and EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Practitioner, serving hundreds of clients over the past 20 years. She is the co-founder of Life In Balance Ayurvedic Rejuvenation Center on Vashon.
Her work focuses on the integral connection between the body, mind and emotions. In the last 10 years she has integrated EFT(Emotional Freedom Techniques) into her practice, finding it most effectively facilitates physical and emotional healing by getting at the deep emotional roots of the issue. She is committed to bringing her clients to the place of experiencing love and acceptance for themselves and living joyfully; awake and fulfilled in the difference they make in their families and the world.
Kael lives on Vashon Island with her husband and 2 children. Her other joys are walking on the beach and forest, gathering in circles with women, retreating to hot springs, singing, laughing and preparing and sharing delicious food with friends.
SolJoy's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Statement
Unleashing boundless energy and joyful expression for all!
World peace starts with inner peace. We are creating a new humanity of elevated consciousness by providing spaces of equal opportunity and accessibility for all walks of life who desire to unlock their fullest potential, grounded in their passion, to embody a new era of humanity for global enlightenment.
Through mindfulness, meditation, movement, martial arts, and music, we celebrate eastern ancient wisdom and western science to sustainable self care cultures for wellbeing and happiness widely benefiting humanity.
MEASURES
1. Diverse staff, leadership and partners: Our current, active partners are 100% women, 67% BIPOC, and 16% LGBTQIA.
2. Accessibility: We provide access for community leaders to receive free wellness training. 100% of company profits fund leadership scholarships
3. Equitable Media Representation: We highlight perspectives from historically marginalized groups through media from our YouTube series to publications:
- Social Impact TV : Interviews with Diverse Leaders Making an Impact
- Editor’s Top 3 Papers “Belonging in America” published in the 2023 Conference for Global Transformation Journal.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suqʼʷábš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suqʼʷábš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here the suqʼʷábš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855.
Social Purpose Corporation (SPC)
Imagine a future where underserved community leaders are equipped with tools for mindfulness, emotional resilience, and sustainable wellness day to day in being on the front lines of change.
As a social purpose corporation, we are certified as a Minority Women Business Owner, People and Planet First, and Pledge 1% supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 of Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions.
100% of our company profits fund the non for profit SolJoy Peaceful Warriors through our fiscal sponsor Angels for Angels.
We support the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 16 of Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions in Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies: This includes reducing all forms of violence, addressing the root causes of conflict, and fostering social cohesion.
