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WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE? We WE are arE married MarriEd jenya jENya BORN IN RUSSIA AUTO TECHNICIAN A BIT OF A PERFECTIONIST LOVES MAKING AND EATING BREAD MET WIFE ON MEDITATION RETREAT IN INDIA MADHURIMA MadHuriMa MOM OF 2 TEEN BOYS LAWYER IN INDIA CAN SPEAK RUSSIAN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR TEACHES SAHAjA SAHAJA YOGA YOgA MEDITATION We WE arE are surrey surrEy CURIOUS? LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE AT WWW.SURREYLIP.CA CURIOUS? LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE AT WWW.SURREYLIP.CA 16 who do THECITYOFSURREY you think we are? CITYOFSURREY #WEARESURREY
we are married / we are surrey Madhurima and Jenya Marychev Love, Marriage and Meditation When people of different cultures live together in a multicultural country like Canada, there will no doubt be a few who fall in love. That happened to Madhurima and Jenya Marychev, although their love story began long before they immigrated to Canada. In fact, they first met in Madhurima’s homeland of India at a meditation retreat. Madhurima, a lawyer, and Jenya, a successful heavy duty machinery businessman from Russia, were both practitioners of Sahaja Yoga meditation, a unique method of meditation based on an experience called self-realization (kundalini awakening). Seeing beyond their different races, cultures and languages, Madhurima and Jenya connected over their meditation practice and fell in love. Madhurima joined him in Russia in 1997. “In those days we had broken many cultural barriers and taboos,” she says. “Indian people did not trust someone outside the culture to be married.” But the couple followed their hearts, got married and started a family, blending their two cultures. They have two sons, one with a Western name, Gabriel (now 17), and one with an Indian one, Chaytanya (now 15). Fortunately, in Russia, they didn’t face many challenges as an interracial couple. “When people found out I was from India, we were always welcomed,” she recalls. But Madhurima had to make a lot of adjustments, including learning the Russian language. “I had to adapt to the language and culture of the country,” she says. Reciprocally, Jenya started learning more about her Indian culture, finding a deep appreciation for its music. (These days, you can find him learning and playing Indian classical music on a tabla and harmonium.) MOM OF 2 TEEN BOYS LAWYER IN INDIA CAN SPEAK RUSSIAN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR Teaches Sahaja Yoga Meditation “Canada was also country of choice for me as it enjoys one of the highest standards of living. I also wanted to educate my children in English.” who do you think we are? 17
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