Body Language with Sofia Mella

Welcome to Night Blooming Jasmine A podcast about Twin Peaks, dreams, and the spiritual imagination. I’m your host, Sofia Mella.

The show Twin Peaks came out in 1990, when I was 11 years old, and somehow, I understood it perfectly. The fictional town under the shadow of Laura Palmer’s murder shaped my young mind, and influenced the rest of my life, and thousands of others like me.

This is not a recap podcast. I won’t try to explain Twin Peaks. Many have tried. All have failed.

Instead, I’ll explore spiritual symbols and the soul in crisis. Look for clues in Buddhist and Vedic philosophy, The Upanishads, and dream logic. And dive down deep into what David Lynch called the unified field, where all ideas come from.

The veil is thin in Twin Peaks. The American Dream conceals the American Nightmare…. sometimes.

In January 2025, during the LA fires, David Lynch passed away. He was 79. He’s buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. His headstone reads: Night Blooming Jasmine.

This podcast is named in his honor. And for Los Angeles — City of Angels, City of Fire, city of flowers that bloom after dark.

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We did it Joe! This is the last episode in the Yoga Ethics For Modern Living Series. A journey that began under a democrat and ended in the desert of our collective souls, lolz. Jk, things are looking up! In this episode:

A tribute to Oliver & Phoenix and their saltwater pilgrimage <3 - leaving corporate America and following your dharma in real life.

Ishvara Pranidhana – the practice of devotion and surrender to the divine

A teaser for the next series: Night Blooming Jasmine, an exploration of the spiritual symbols of David Lynch's Twin Peaks

also... Upanishads, wind turbines, Euro black outs, and does anyone know how to change a stereo fuse in a Fiat 500?

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Welcome back, party people. Yoga Ethics for Modern Living returns with Svadyaya, the yogic principle of self-study—a tool for radical self-awareness and a spiritual survival skill for 2025. Explore what it means to just look at yourself: your patterns, your ego, your addictions, your motivations. From avoiding a Whole Foods wine aisle spiral to five minutes of stillness in a hot car, this episode is a call to turn inward, slow down, and face the real you (before life does it for you).

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Also: – the wild prospect of a 100% film tariff and the possible death of global storytelling! – the ego’s grip on pleasure and power! – the brilliance of unsung creatives like Shere Hite and Allee Willis! - the extra $1 for so-called organic mushrooms?!

Yoga Ethics continues with Tapas, forging strength in the fires of life. Listen as I grapple with the terror of facing life head on through the lens of surrealist cinema. Also, Taurus season is upon us, the women on board Blue Origin humiliate feminists on a universal scale, I stare down the now familiar barrel of middle age, and find comfort in the new Selena Gomez album.

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As a result of the LA fires, many are going through PTSD, grief, and slow recovery. Now we're left with complicated feelings of loss and survivor's guilt. Using myself as a case study (whilst grieving all the Case Study houses that burnt down in Altadena and the Palisades!) we traverse the singed and smoking landscape of making sense after the fires.

This episode is edited. You can find the full extended version on Patreon - Try it for free for one week! My gift to you to offset these tariffs! Join Patreon to support the pod, receive bonus episodes and all that jazz.

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And remember the ABCs - Always Be Cool. Ciao.

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Get in the ring! Yoga Ethics for Modern Living is back for another round. In this episode we talk finding contentment, or Santosha, the second Niyama in the Yoga Sutras. Like Rihanna sang, it's possible to find love in a hopeless place - within. Like The Dude in the Big Lebowski, we too can abide in Santosha.

We’re taking out the trash on this episode of Yoga Ethics for Modern Living, as we take a freestyle look at the first Niyama, Saucha, aka Purity. Of mind, of body, of environment.. Lets gooooooo!

Mentioned in the episode: Patanjali Yoga Sutra 2.40

On the bonus we explore the pipeline from mental breakdowns to nazism, the relationship between Bianca Censori, autism, and chemtrails, and I get illegally evicted after a catastrophic fire. Strap in and strap on.

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Live from Yucca Valley, CA, it's 2025 in review. Hint: it's terrible!

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Smile though your heart is aching,

Smile even though it's breaking,

When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by,

If you smile through your fear and sorrow,

Smile and maybe tomorrow

You'll see the sun come shining through for you <3

*Art by Angelique Houtkamp

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Apocalyptic thoughts in Q1, Marianne Faithfull's departure from Planet Mother Fucker, my polyamorous 20s, and the importance of having a full tank of gas. It's your premium content Extra Body Bonus!

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