Mina SemyonSep 27, 20211 minWhy is my Yoga book called ‘The Distracted Centipede’?It was inspired by the anonymous ditty: ‘The centipede was happy quite until a toad in fun said:’Pray, which leg comes after which?’ The...
Mina SemyonSep 27, 20211 minIt's cool to be cool ‘It’s cool to be cool when you’re cool You know you’re nobody’s fool. It’s tough when you’re in a tight spot, Pretending to be cool when...
Mina SemyonSep 27, 20211 minWhat does it mean - to relax?What does it mean – to relax; to be ‘relaxed’? relaxed: free from tension and anxiety; at ease. (New Oxford Dictionary) ease: in Latin,...
Mina SemyonJun 18, 20209 minEvery time I wash rice I think of Nod“No, not this way, you must wash rice so that not a single grain is lost.” Nod would say it in a manner that left no room for discussion:...
Mina SemyonJun 18, 20205 minFlowing Like A RiverMama Kira asked Grandma Mina, ‘Can you have Alexi on Tuesday evening because I want to go to Yoga? Oh, and Harriett said that he can play w
Mina SemyonMay 19, 20201 min18th July 2017Walking on Primrose Hill doing my singing exercises from a lesson with Mr G, recorded on my phone, a man with a long white beard driving...
Mina SemyonMay 19, 20201 minWhat has 'The Distracted Centipede' got to do with Yoga?The centipede was happy quite Until a toad in fun Said, 'Pray, which leg comes after which?' This raised her mind to such a pitch, She...
Mina SemyonMay 19, 20201 minYou can't let go of what you are not aware of "To talk about your trauma is not enough, even to a nice chap like me'", that's how Ronnie Laing introduced me to Yoga in 1969. It had a...
Mina SemyonMay 19, 20201 minGiving Authentic HelpThe following is an extract from my new book 'Yoga Stories for Healthy Living' ‘Here let me help you’, said the monkey, putting the fish...
Mina SemyonMay 5, 202016 minMy Singing TeachersI heard about Maestro George Cunelli from Jan Ward, who was also in therapy with RD Laing and was married to Justin De Villeneuve,...