Our Story

TOGETHER WE RISE

The Junious sisters, Alyssa and Toni, created Soultry Sisters to empower women and queer communities of color to live creative and healthy lives. They were born and raised in San Diego, California and wanted to give back to the

arts and wellness community in North County.

Our Mission

Soultry Sisters believe that arts and wellness is a birthright and should be accessible to all. Our mission is to address the lack of representation of diverse race and socioeconomic status in the wellness industry by providing affordable and accessible events for queer and BIPOC communities.

We collaborate with local entrepreneurs, women-led and queer-led businesses, and community-based organizations to increase visibility of the diverse QTBIPOC in our community and connect queer folks of color to these necessary wellness resources. We strive to make wellness more equitable and empower our community to live vibrant and creative lives.

We believe holistic health and wellness is the connection of mind, body, soul and community. Our events help reframe health from an individual perspective to a communal approach. Through building community, we help support and celebrate our individual and collective healing journeys,
and promote wellness as a pathway to liberation for all.

Mission

Empower our community to live vibrant and shine bright through creative expression +
conscious holistic living

Vision

Create a safe space and provide arts + wellness resources that are affordable and accessible

Values

Community | Sisterhood | Collaboration

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Alyssa Junious

Artist • Movement Educator • Choreographer

Alyssa “Ajay” Junious (she/her) is an arts educator, wellness advocate, and interdisciplinary storyteller. For the past 10 years, she has worked professionally in the commercial, concert dance, and theater industries. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Performance, Choreography, and certificate of Arts Management from the University of California, Irvine.

As a socially conscious artist, her work explores the intersection of culture, identity, spirituality, and social justice. She believes creative expression is a way for us to explore, investigate, and heal collectively. In 2018, she founded Continuum Arts & Pilates where she independently produces community performances, artist development programs, and movement workshops.

As a movement educator, she loves studying bodies in motion and enjoys empowering people through the dance and the pilates method. Her work is centered around empowering people to honor and celebrate their bodies.

Visit ContinuumArtsPilates.com to learn more and work with Alyssa.

Toni Lynn Junious, MPH

Healing Artist • Arts & Wellness Curator • Community Health Researcher

Toni Lynn (she/her) is a healing artist, arts & wellness curator, and women's health researcher that merges public health and holistic practices to promote wellness as liberation. She has worked in women’s wellness, disease prevention, community outreach, and qualitative and quantitative community-based research to increase access to resources to help individuals reach optimal health and well-being. Toni graduated from University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health and Global Cultures, and a minor in Medical Anthropology. She received her Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Global Health Epidemiology at the George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Toni is also a 200 hour certified yoga teacher, community herbalist, and

full-spectrum doula. Through a holistic approach, she blends health equity, sexual and reproductive justice, and empowerment to address the root causes of dis-ease and help her community heal from the inside out.

She enjoys sharing her love for adventure and wellness to help queer folks of color find healing through intentional living. She loves curating soulcare rituals and nurturing spaces to cultivate community, connect to ancestral wisdom, and manifest your dream life.