by Sonja Semyonova | Mar 26, 2021 | Journal
When is the moment a lover whose scent you once inhaled from dirty laundry becomes part of the woodwork? It’s a trick question because there is no defined moment; there is a slow erosion and a sudden realization. When something is always there, like a partner or our...
by Sonja Semyonova | Mar 24, 2021 | Journal, Wisdom Bites
Writer Anne Lamott says that our prayers fall into two categories: Please or Thank You. The Bhagavad Gita says that every kind of worship is the right kind, even if we come to our chosen deity only at times of crisis (what might be called foul weather faith). The...
by Sonja Semyonova | Mar 22, 2021 | BodyStory, Journal, Wisdom Bites
This is a friendly reminder to breathe. So go ahead: Release tension in your diaphragm and allow your body to do what it knows how to do. It’s funny that we have to be reminded to do something that is controlled by the parts of our brains that require no thinking. But...
by Sonja Semyonova | Mar 18, 2021 | BodyStory, Intuitive Ayurveda, Journal, Wisdom Bites
You didn’t possibly think I could write the first post without the second? To set up for this post, allow me to quote myself from earlier this week: “All living beings abide by this rule: Take something in, move something out.” When you get into Ayurveda, you get into...
by Sonja Semyonova | Mar 17, 2021 | Intuitive Ayurveda, Journal, Wisdom Bites
When my family lived in Mexico, I began to understand that fluency in language is measured in confidence, not memorization. You see, I studied Spanish for many years in school and always felt a deep frustration with my inability to really get the language. My...
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