The soul behind this work

Who I am & why I'm here

I’m Stevie Reneé (she/they)—a Chopra-certified Ayurvedic educator, meditation instructor, well-being coach, former full-time journalist, and lifelong seeker of the unseen. For over 15 years, I’ve told stories about identity, healing, and liberation in publications like ESSENCE and Refinery29—long before I realized storytelling was my first medicine.

My work now lives where ritual, embodied practice, ancestral wisdom, and Vedic philosophy meet. I support sensitive, purpose-led souls in reconnecting with their bodies, reclaiming their voice, and remembering the truth they’ve carried all along.

Soft Alchemy is the heart of what I do—the transformative process of turning survival into softness, and softness into power. Through SRL Well-Being and my podcast—Soft Alchemy with Stevie Reneé—I create spaces for reflection, restoration, and deep inner returning.

The path that shaped me

I was raised on intuition. As a spiritually sensitive child, I felt drawn to tarot, astrology, numerology, crystals, and the subtle realms of energy and symbol—well before I had the words to describe what I was sensing. That quiet sensitivity wasn’t a phase or an aesthetic; it was a language my spirit recognized instinctively, one I’d only learn how to articulate years later.

My path deepened in my twenties through meditation and yoga, and later through the Chopra Total Well-Being program, where Ayurveda, meditation, and Vedic philosophy became an embodied part of my daily life. That study didn’t replace my own spiritual traditions—it clarified them. It helped me name what my intuition had been guiding me toward for years. Since then, I’ve continued a steady path of self-study and shared learning within my community in Vedic astrology (Jyotish) and other Vedic knowledge systems—tending to these teachings with the same reverence and curiosity that first called me toward them.

In 2022, I also began an ancestral journey that invited me to understand my lineage more fully and reconnect with West African and diasporic spiritual traditions that speak to my blood and my bones. As a Black queer femme born and raised in the U.S., I carry an embodied awareness of what colonial history severed: land, language, and ancestral technologies. Part of my healing has been reclaiming those threads, tending to the wisdom that survived, and honoring the wild women and root-keepers who have always lived in my spirit.

What you’ll find in my work is the weaving of the esoteric intuition I was born with, the ancestral wisdom I’m returning to, and the Vedic teachings that have shaped me in ways I deeply cherish. And while my voice, lineage, and lived experience are the soil this work grows from, the medicine itself is meant for anyone who feels drawn to it.

The devotion behind my practice

My intention is to offer this work with deep reverence for the lineages that shaped me, the ancestors whose wisdom endures, and the communities whose teachings I hold with care. I meet this work the same way I meet you: with presence, transparency, and a grounded devotion to truth-telling. I don’t position myself as someone above you or separate from you, but as someone walking beside you—a witness, a guide, and a mirror. Whether we’re working with breath, story, ritual, or somatic inquiry, my aim is to create a liberatory space where your truth can rise without force, and where recognition, grounding, and a sense of home can unfold in their own timing.

My practice is also nourished through community. I’m a part of MINKA—a community-centered, spiritually rooted collective based in Brooklyn, NY, where I once lived and remain in relationship. In addition to supporting their marketing work remotely, I serve as a practitioner, offering virtual meditations and workshops in partnership with organizations such as the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. These collaborations ground my work in relationship and shared responsibility. They remind me that healing is not a solitary pursuit, but something we tend together through listening, accountability, and care for the collective—not just the individual.