by Sonja Semyonova | Dec 6, 2021 | BodyStory Exclusive, Nourish Ayurvedic (un)Recipes
I have a strong desire that anyone who is in my home leaves well fed. We haven't been together in person for BodyStory: Hunger, but I still want you to eat well. I’ll do the next best thing: share my (un)recipe for Brown Rice Risotto. The Italian grandmother in me...
by Sonja Semyonova | Dec 3, 2021 | BodyStory Exclusive
It's our final class in BodyStory: Hunger. The fire we've been gathering around has turned to soft, glowing embers. But before it dies out completely and we return to our lives to integrate and apply, let's invoke a new deity. A goddess this time -- a distant cousin...
by Sonja Semyonova | Dec 1, 2021 | Confusion, Journal
(audio file below) The world is very dark where I live this time of year. By 4:30, it’s nighttime. The sun doesn’t begin yawning its way up until close to 8:30 the next morning. It’s disconcerting to live this way all winter — It’s a sudden blanket thrown on the...
by Sonja Semyonova | Nov 24, 2021 | Freedom, Journal, Surrender, Wisdom Bites
If you believe that laying down arms is the only way to surrender, you’re not getting the whole picture. We get this concept confused when it comes to others’ behavior. Their behavior may be wrong, unethical, criminal, unjust, or simply not what we would do....
by Sonja Semyonova | Nov 24, 2021 | Confessionals, Journal, Self-love, Surrender, The Nest, The Spiritual Side of Sex
My husband and I once spent a very hot winter together. Not quite like that. Then again, it was exactly like that. I wrote a bit about it here. It was a hot winter because we were living in the tropics. It was a hot winter because we were fighting like cats and dogs...
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