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Still Possible: A Journey to Well-Being With Somatics, Community, Nourishing Food, Hospitality & Poetry
Many of you I have met along this path came through the sentiments I would express through my written word, which at the time along with...

Armen Menechyan
Feb 7, 20244 min read
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How I Have Used The Yoga Sutras & The Japanese Art of Wabi-Sabi To Open & Operate a Small Business
A little bit of history on how this space came to be. In 2021, working on healing my body from the year before, I began to delve a little...

Armen Menechyan
Jan 31, 20244 min read
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An End of Year Open Letter: On Community Care
In a way there is not much to say. I have for many years been a voice within my own communities. To the best of my knowledge I have been...

Armen Menechyan
Dec 31, 20234 min read
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Tarot, Reiki and Whatever with Vicky Vox
So here it is. Full disclosure. There was a time when I was too heady and logical and there was no space for mystery and wonder. When...

Armen Menechyan
Sep 11, 20234 min read
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Friendship, Community and Companionship Is The Spiritual Path
One day, Ananda and the Buddha were sitting alone on a hill together, overlooking the plains of the Ganges. Having served as the Buddha’s...

Armen Menechyan
Apr 8, 20234 min read
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A Trauma Informed Meditation Practice
"Frankly, I prefer just to lounge under a tree" from On Meditating, Sort Of by Mary Oliver As someone who has had...

Armen Menechyan
Mar 6, 20233 min read
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Self-Love Is Not Some Crazy Idea Outside Of You
February felt heavy and messy until it didn’t. This morning, one of my students in the only virtual class I get to teach asked if we...

Armen Menechyan
Mar 1, 20232 min read
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Three Ways to Cultivate And Revitalize Joy
Joy IS a radical act and it takes work. First and foremost, I'd like to distinguish the difference between conditional happiness and that...

Armen Menechyan
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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Notes On Joy
Creator of Pur Joy, Armen Menechyan, began a series of healing sessions in his living room to a close group of friends in 2019 titled "Joy a

Armen Menechyan
Jan 24, 20235 min read
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"Maybe it's myself that I miss"
Mary Oliver was with us a few nights ago when we gathered to set our intentions for the year. Not sure how her "Blue Horses" book of...

Armen Menechyan
Jan 19, 20233 min read
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An End of Year Open Letter on Rituals, Success, Failure, Rest and Vitality of Retreating
Dearest Friend, I sit en-route to Edinburgh from London to celebrate the holidays in a way that is unconventional and one that is...

Armen Menechyan
Dec 23, 20224 min read
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Think Tarot, but let's call it by its name... Armenian Coffee Cup Divination
There is a sacredness about this traditional practice that has remained so underground, often taboo, yet we are bringing it into sacred...

Armen Menechyan
Jul 14, 20222 min read
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