<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kristi Saare Duarte]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kristi Saare Duarte]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:06:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/es/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Theyyam: Where Gods Come Alive at Night!]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/theyyam-where-gods-come-alive-at-night</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68225ae324d5391e7115715f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 15:04:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6f60a_198d7cfbd56e46bcb3c27affa3d9a3d8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapeh: The Sacred Healing Tobacco]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/rapeh-the-sacred-healing-tobacco</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b51b1a74b3d9af71978dd8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:44:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_332db1cc3c714afc8da72bcdeee1188e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Day My Parents Died]]></title><description><![CDATA[September 28, 1994. Tallinn, Estonia.   I woke up from the sound of the phone ringing in the hallway. Rousing from a deep slumber, I...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/the-day-my-parents-died</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f7168cc8a1c6e4a23ecb56</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:57:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6f60a_164089eeeac447159f92eaeb46301253~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Healing Power of Shamanic Plant Medicines]]></title><description><![CDATA[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....]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/the-healing-power-of-shamanic-plant-medicines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d62a42653379214e2e91e8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:13:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6f60a_c832c0d18d5d48d39cee1ba0f53444e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[50 is the New 30: Embrace Your Age with Confidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you tired of society's constant obsession with youth and unrealistic beauty standards? Are you ready to ditch the anti-aging creams,...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/50-is-the-new-30-embrace-your-age-with-confidence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d6267927b0949deeb21886</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:49:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6f60a_0845e83b7a224d24b6ab19186250322f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embarking on the Sacred Highway to Awakening]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Journey of Spiritual Evolution: Patience, Practice, and Sacred Medicines On the winding road to enlightenment, we often yearn for a...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/embarking-on-the-sacred-highway-to-awakening</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d61adf87b1ded504ba5b9d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:19:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_435643586a586862575259~mv2_d_3895_5834_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Practice of Loving Kindness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many years ago, my sister and I were talking about how to achieve enlightenment. “We are supposed to love everybody,” she said, and we...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/the-practice-of-loving-kindness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a99b62294d373d17654a2a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 22:05:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6444373569553555415534~mv2_d_2000_3000_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Understand Any Language You Don’t Speak]]></title><description><![CDATA[The door on the back street in Xi’an stood wide open, casting a glow of fluorescent light onto the pavement. 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This vital life lesson has served me well...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/life-lesson-never-judge-and-never-compare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6596dd12b7efc72bc9471ffc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:44:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5855436f36795861563867~mv2_d_3840_5760_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude = The Key to Happiness]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few years ago, coming home from a five-month trip around Asia (see my travel blog HERE), I believed I had found the key to happiness:...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/gratitude-the-key-to-happiness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65708658223c368e11521c37</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:51:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_02c1dc6674f0422bbc0186ccd423235d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who was Nicolas Notovich – and did Jesus really visit India?]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first novel, The Transmigrant, was inspired by an 1894 book written by a Russian-Jewish explorer named Nicolas Notovitch. 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Honestly, I have nothing to prove; I don’t care if Jesus ever lived, or if he was simply the...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/why-i-wrote-a-book-about-jesus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65707ea6efcc78f3d26a8d4b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:17:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_799dbc50498e4244b4db3ab1bfa605de~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Happiness Comes from a Cactus]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first experience with the medicine of Huachuma (the San Pedro cactus) was one of the best days of my life. 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This plant medicine stings!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[At my last Kambô session, the medicine woman suggested I might want to do a 21-day dieta with Sananga. No way, I thought. Why would I...]]></description><link>https://www.kristisaareduarte.com/post/holy-sananga-this-plant-medicine-stings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6425d94891b1deee26984e63</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 21:08:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_69587370464356586f6177~mv2_d_2737_3649_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kristi Saare Duarte</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>