by Sonja Semyonova | Aug 18, 2021 | Dear Men, Emotional Digestion, Journal, Sacred Feminism, The Nest, Tradition
(audio version below) I once had a conversation with a woman who had spent 15 years as a sex worker. She was the one whom men came to when they could not go to anyone else. You may not think of it like this, but she called her profession therapy. I could have asked...
by Sonja Semyonova | Aug 18, 2021 | Journal, The Nest, Tradition
August’s Awake in The Nest recording is live! (Available to all Nest members at the Silver level and higher.) This month’s teaching is all about how to get right with your not-so-wise traditions (aka, bad habits). Grab a journal and get ready to flip the...
by Sonja Semyonova | Aug 17, 2021 | Intuitive Ayurveda, Journal, Tradition, Wisdom Bites
As I said in this post, Ayurveda is meant to be contemplative. This is my contemplation on the wisdom of pitta dosha. I love how much I love things. My passion for writing, walking, cooking, Ayurveda, tall trees, picking wild blackberries, backyard gardening,...
by Sonja Semyonova | Aug 11, 2021 | Intuitive Ayurveda, Journal, Nourish Ayurvedic (un)Recipes, The Nest, Tradition
It had been years since I’d eaten butter, but there I was with two pounds of it. These were my early days of studying Ayurveda. Suspicious as I was about butter, I dropped it into a big pot on my stove and watched it bubble away into something I was told was medicine....
by Sonja Semyonova | Aug 10, 2021 | Intuitive Ayurveda, Journal, Tradition, Wisdom Bites
As I said in this post, Ayurveda is meant to be contemplative. This is my contemplation on the wisdom of vata dosha. Like any wind, vata dosha picks up whatever is not weighted down. The drier a leaf, the easier it blows across a road. And where that leaf will end up...
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