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New blog entries below. If you are interested in reading about my travels, check out my other blog, Among Buddhas & Babas


Theyyam: Where Gods Come Alive at Night!
Did you ever dream of meeting God face-to-face? Perhaps you’ve yearned for a divine blessing or spiritual advice? In the North Malabar...
Kristi Saare Duarte
May 198 min read


Rapeh: The Sacred Healing Tobacco
It's hard to describe the love I feel for this sacred medicine and its profound impact on my life. The first time I tried rapeh, I was...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Oct 9, 20246 min read


The Day My Parents Died
September 28, 1994. Tallinn, Estonia. I woke up from the sound of the phone ringing in the hallway. Rousing from a deep slumber, I...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Sep 27, 20246 min read


The Healing Power of Shamanic Plant Medicines
As many of you know, I have been exploring shamanic and plant medicines for the last year or so, and they have seriously changed my life....
Kristi Saare Duarte
Feb 21, 20242 min read


50 is the New 30: Embrace Your Age with Confidence
Are you tired of society's constant obsession with youth and unrealistic beauty standards? Are you ready to ditch the anti-aging creams,...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Feb 21, 20242 min read


Embarking on the Sacred Highway to Awakening
The Journey of Spiritual Evolution: Patience, Practice, and Sacred Medicines On the winding road to enlightenment, we often yearn for a...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Feb 21, 20243 min read


The Practice of Loving Kindness
Many years ago, my sister and I were talking about how to achieve enlightenment. “We are supposed to love everybody,” she said, and we...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Jan 18, 20243 min read


How to Understand Any Language You Don’t Speak
The door on the back street in Xi’an stood wide open, casting a glow of fluorescent light onto the pavement. From inside came the sound...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Jan 18, 20242 min read


Life Lesson: Never Judge and Never Compare
The first lesson I learned from the spirit of Ayahuasca was to never judge and never compare. This vital life lesson has served me well...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Jan 5, 20243 min read
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