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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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4 Reasons Why Taking Time Off Matters
Hear me out. Are you a hard working executive, creative, entrepreneur or simply a human that has a hard time taking some time off? You...
Armen Menechyan
Jan 22, 20245 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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Full Moon Sound Baths in Los Feliz For The Curious Heart
Leave your bathing suit at home folks, its not that kind of bath. One of our intentions at Pür Joy Yoga is to bring people together for...
Armen Menechyan
Jul 14, 20222 min read
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