Laughter Yoga SoMa 14
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In this episode, you are learning about Laughter Yoga and a bit of Sophie and Marianne’s history with this practice. Sophie wrote an excellent article explaining the practice and the benefits of Laughter Yoga, which you can find on our . Please join us there, read all about it, and become part of our community. Great news! You all can laugh with us. We are offering a free virtual Laughter Yoga session on November 23, 2024 at 10 AM Pacific Time. Find details on how to join on our . The session has limited participants. Please make sure to...
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SoMa 13 The Power of Symbols
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Come and join our Patreon community to take part in further conversations about the topics we discuss on the podcast - or whatever is on your mind. AND! We have free memberships. Of course, there are more perks to all who support us but plenty of fun to be had for our free members. In today’s episode, we start in the world of knitting and end up exploring the meanings of symbols and how much power we give them - or maybe we shouldn’t? Tell us what you think! And if you are wondering about the Placebo Effect we are referring to, join us on Patreon and...
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Get Together Live
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IIn this special recording, Sophie and Marianne explain why they are on the platform Patreon iin addition to releasing their podcast. They also share members' podcast views and reward one lucky member for their quarterly "Giveaway".
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SoMa 12 Knitting
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Did you know that you could be the proud owner of a pair of hand-knit socks simply by supporting us on Patreon? We are holding a raffle on June 12th and one lucky winner will get a pair of awesome socks made to order. Not into Patreon? You still can get a raffle ticked. Contact as at exploresomepod @ gmail.com to find out how. In this episode, Sophie tries to find out why Marianne loves knitting so much. Patreon: You can also find us on Instagram and on Facebook We are looking forward to hearing from you. Sophie & Marianne
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SoMa 11 Hope and Fear
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Hope and Fear Quote by Maya Angelou: “Hope and Fear can not occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.” Before we dive into the content of this episode - we are having a raffle on Patreon for all of our supporters! This time, the prize will be a custom hand-knit pair of socks! Find out more here: Sophie asked Marianne why this quote is resonating with her at this time. Marianne speaks about her feelings and fear regarding the climate crisis, which is manifesting in many unusual and often dangerous weather events, and her anger that most everyone doesn’t...
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Who Wants a Pair of Hand Knit Socks?
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As many of you might know, Marianne is passionate about knitting. Handmade socks are a treasure and fun to wear and to show off. Sophie and Marianne thought it would be fun for us and for our Patrons to share the joy of handmade items with our supporters. Here is what we came up with. We will have a raffle for a custom-made pair of socks. To enter, you must support us on any level on Patreon. We will hold the raffle in three months - the beginning of June. Your will receive on entry for every month you supported us during that time. To be fair to Patrons who support us on a...
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Ayurveda SoMa 10
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Sophie has studied Ayurveda for many years now and has a website all about the art of living the Ayurvedic way. , she has a link to a Marianne took. In this conversation, Sophie is going over some of the basics of Ayurveda and how to apply the principles to our daily lives. You can find if you are curious about your doshas. Sophie explains what Doshas are. If you are interested in a detailed example of how the results can be interpreted - or, for that matter, how to determine your answers to the question, we have a detailed analysis of Marianne’s results on our Patreon...
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SoMa 9 Sophie Got a Drum!
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Learn something new no matter your age. Sophie’s friend had a drum and it was love at first sight. Before you know it, Sophie also had a drum. This is the story of a girl and her drum lol After exploring the usual channels we learn these days - YouTube and other internet resources, Sophie decided to find a teacher. As with everything, practice is the most important way to improvement. But a drum is loud and when your partner works from home, other places must be found to get the daily 15 minutes of practice in. Where there is a will - there is a way. ...
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Soma 8 Listen to Your Body
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Marianne is sitting on the sofa with her foot up, looking at a mess all around her. Why, oh why, is she just sitting there? Because she didn’t listen!! Didn’t listen to her body. While packing the car for a trip, she dropped a full metal water bottle on her foot. While it hurt like hell in the moment, she soon forgot about it while sitting in the car, not using her foot at all, and filling her mind and soul by drinking in the beautiful countryside. A week spend with family, friends, walking, talking, and being happy added to suppressing the memory of that heavy...
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Soma 7 From Weather to Fermentation
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Marianne is sharing with Sophie how a change of weather seems to impact her mood and even her body. She gets very tired and runs out of energy. Sophie explains some of the theories of Ayurveda. For example, if a person has a lot of air element and a strong wind is blowing, maybe some grounding is in order. That can be as simple as placing feet firmly on the ground. People with lots of air element also tend to be cold. So, keeping warm and drinking warming drinks is important. Did you know that even hot mint tea is cooling? Try a mixture of cumin, coriander,...
info_outlineWe all will experience grief many times throughout our lives. Sophie recorded a meditation designed to help us move through the phases of grief and is making it available to our Patrons.
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Sophie took an unexpected trip to France. Her brother in Law had suddenly died.
First, she felt resistance to traveling with her husband until she realized that she didn’t want to relive the grief she felt when her mother passed six years ago.
Once in France, she felt that her presence and the emotional support she could give to her in-law family was not only supportive to them but also freed her husband to deal with his emotions.
Many years ago, Marianne’s mother died, and she had to make a similar decision - to go or not to go.
She is glad she went and had the chance to say goodbye.
Also, coming together with her siblings and making a pact to get along was a healing experience for the family.
While there, she attended a workshop on death and dying and came out with a death-positive attitude.
Some of the things she learned:
- Dying people like a firm touch. A light touch feels irritating.
- The Living sometimes need to give permission to the dying person to leave.
Sophie mentioned this book she had just read.
The Need of the Dying by David Kessler
Please support your independent bookstores. If you don’t, they will be gone.
If you want to know how Marianne feels about the easy order solution that most people use, listen to Episode #4 - Find Good News.
Marianne recalls her own cancer experience and realizes that her current struggle is not with the fact that our lives have an end date but rather with the question of whether she is living her life well.
During the same time Sophie was mourning her brother-in-law, Marianne had to make the decision to end the life of her very sick dog.
SoMa explore how grief impacts our lives and what we can do for ourselves to help us move to a happier space.
Sophie asks herself, if she died today, did she do everything she wanted to do?
Have you asked yourself that question? Please share your experience with us.
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