TALENTED radio host Sonia Dutta regularly entertains listeners on the popular Breakfast Show on Sunrise radio. She is also an energy alignment coach and works towards helping people introduce positive forces into their lives. Eastern Eye caught up with the radio/TV host to talk about her energy alignment work, how it can help others and tips she would give those looking to get negativity out of their lives.
What is energy alignment?
Energy alignment (EA) is a practice used to help encourage a greater flow of cleaner and more positive spiritual energies within us.
What does an energy alignment coach do?
As an EA coach I help others understand what the main energies are (there are three), exactly how they affect our every day, and the importance of realigning them after a negative episode.
What first drew you towards becoming an energy alignment coach?
I discovered the power of EA at one of my lowest points in life. When I saw the changes I was able to manifest in record time, for situations I had otherwise given up on, there was no way I was keeping this quiet.
How do you define good and bad energy?
That’s an easy one. Whatever makes you feel good or bad, respectively, carries that sort of energy. It’s all about how something or someone makes you feel.
What is the best aspect of this job?
The moment when the penny drops and my client or workshop attendees say, “Wow, now I understand why all this was happening to me and how I was making it even worse for myself.”
How has doing this work helped you personally?
I have bad days just like everyone else. But I feel somewhat protected against very negative forces because I have discovered the tools to help me realign my energies after a negative episode. I understand and believe in the importance of using these tools on a daily basis.
Are there any tips for protecting your own energy?
Always surround yourself with good energy and do it for the maximum part of your day, even if it means being alone.
What key areas of your life can energy alignment help you in?
All areas of life that exist including health, wealth, career, business, love and relationships, social life, selfimprovement, confidence boosting and more.
What advice would you give those who feel trapped around people with bad energy?
Begin by learning the basics of energy alignment and practice them every single day, religiously. Keep the momentum going and you will see positive changes within the next four weeks, maximum.
What inspires you?
The desire to receive as much as I can of what life has in reserve for me. And continue to positively touch the lives of others.
Adrian Lester, best known for his work on television and film, returns to the stage in the eponymous role of Edmond Rostand's 1898 comedy, Cyrano de Bergerac.
Rostland’s play centres around Cyrano - a little-known romantic 17th century French libertine poet, soldier, and philosopher. The play is based partly on his letters written on behalf of his love rival Christian de Neuvillette as he tries to charm Cyrano’s cousin, Roxanne with whom Cyrano is also in love.
Cyrano is cursed with an overt self-consciousness in the form of a large nose. His insecurity is such that he prohibits anyone to refer to it directly or indirectly. Together with his wit, his skills as a swordsman, and the directorial splattering of our own vernacular, they provide the play with a certain infectious - albeit teenage - humour.
Despite Cyrano unexpressed love for Roxanne, the latter has fallen for Christian who is handsome, but useless when it comes to expressing his feelings in words. But then, he is also useless as a swordsman and clearly no match for Cyrano’s mastery and maturity. Realising this and being utterly selfless, Cyrano offers his help to the youthful Christian to woo Roxanne by writing for him poetic and hyperbolic proclamations of love and longing. All he wants is Roxanne to be happy even if he himself has to do with nursing a broken heart.
Christian Patterson and Levi BrownMarc Brenner
The result is a farce of the highest order and mistaken identity, coupled with threat and violence
This RSC production is directed by Simon Evans who has provided a very lively and engaging interpretation by all accounts. Apart from a skilled, highly polished ensemble of cast, there’s interesting theatricality at work. Every now and then, for instance, one gets a sense that the stage is a reflection of our own world and vice versa. Characters mingle with the audience, they break the fourth wall, and the theatre band wander around with the characters and referred to with some bemusement and fun.
In a 17th century French world – not unlike our own, 21st century – external beauty, speech, language are prized. Expression has become almost secondary. It’s a world in which fakery, deception and lies are paced above sincerity, honesty, and truth. Looks and external beauty outweigh the inner beauty of man.
Evans removes the original piece from its French setting to England, littering it with a Brummie accent, and accentuating our preconceptions about hopeless romantics and those with meaningless verbiage. The effect is one of joyous atmosphere and true entertainment.
Adrian Lester provides a magnificent performance as the wordsmith, Cyrano. His character is verbose, comedic, and sympathetic in equal measures. Lester is enticing, hilarious and – judging by the reaction of the audience –appreciated as a versatile actor who can do comedy just as well as drama. Levi Brown’s Christian is a fiery - overtly hopeless - romantic who cannot paint his feelings into words. Brown gives a very energetic and magnetic performance. Similarly, Susannah Fielding provides a sprightly Roxanne who is heart-warming and an utter pleasure to watch.
Adrian Lester (front right) and companyMarc Brenner
It’s hard not to notice but as an audience, we are invited to consider the value of language that may sound romantic, but may – in actual fact – be little more than a shallow expression of fancy. Whereas, the seemingly absence of language – though painfully inadequate - may actually embody real sincerity and the true meaning of love.
Whatever you may think, one thing is certain: you will enjoy this production. It’s a real treat.
The play started at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in early September, with its run lasting until 15th November.
Rating: ***** (5 stars)
(Cyrano de Bergerac is playing at the RSC Stratford until 15th November 2025.)
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